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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera
a business perspective - with a product, a customer base, and quality issues - and has helped instill that attitude in his staff. "It's all about marketing and having your own image," he says. Mulroney is pragmatic, not boastful, when he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Big Bailouts, Little Debate
profound panic could change the attitudes and politics that caused this mess. And while things are bad, they are a far cry from the unemployment and despair of the Great Depression. As evidence, let me point to the question I get most... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
programs has grown by 25 percent to 330 participants. Looking back over the past decade, Childress detects a growing interest among young alums in starting or joining an organization dedicated to social change. “The attitude is that this... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
approaching patient care is not universally embraced within the hospital. “We don’t make cars, we treat patients!” is a common complaint. Ten doctors leave the medical center. In class, Kaplan confirms that 10 percent of his staff had an “over my dead body” View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
of company data and gender representations in the business press shows that the firm's approach to recruiting and retaining women more or less coincided with reported shifts in national attitudes toward women and work. "As an... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
firing trigger. We make every effort to help our employees succeed and achieve excellence. And we have an attitude of gratefulness." He adds: "It's not necessarily any easier to run a company based on spiritual principles, but it... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
rather the weather. Even today, Gandhi shivers a little when he talks about “crossing that darn bridge in the middle of winter.” Just as bracing to him, however, was the HBS attitude of being able to do anything you set your mind to.... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
he ran in 2009 in San Francisco, Houston, and New York, where he asked the audience about their attitudes on climate change, doing a “show-of-hands” survey. At that time, about half of the New York alumni who participated advocated for... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
“My dad taught me to shake hands with my opponents after the race, win or lose,” says Johnson. Johnson meets with San Francisco opera leaders. That attitude has served him well throughout his career in business as well as in his... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
would describe people's attitude for entrepreneurship in Indonesia in 2010 as mostly unaware and confused. What are you doing? Why are you starting a company? It was very, very unusual for somebody who had potential to start a company.... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
us to reduce negative attitudes of the identity group(s) to which the individual belongs.” But sharing is one thing. Couple that with true vulnerability and you’re on to something important, say Harmeling and Henderson. Harmeling points... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Karen Tumulty Reports on America
has somewhat restrained politicking-as-usual in Washington. Out in the rest of America, however, based on polling results and last fall's elections, Tumulty is able to discern some changing attitudes in the aftermath of September's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
today’s China,” Huang observes. That attitude must give way to “an ideological commitment to private property rights” and to the institutional reforms that would necessarily follow. That development seems more likely, he believes, after... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
seven-year collaboration with University of North Carolina economics professor Steven Rosefielde. Their impressively researched volume challenges global leaders in government and business alike to push beyond culturally entrenched View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
prize. In a community-based setting, you give up IP in exchange for complementary assets that create value for customers. Then there's the fear that my competitors will find out what I'm working on. Open companies have adopted a nuanced View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
transaction prices and bank deposits — that carry stiff penalties if violated. What are the attitudes overseas about U.S. enforcement efforts? The perception is widespread in developing and transitional economies that the West, including... View Details
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
sport where women’s teams were still a novelty, was in keeping with an attitude that has since served Gelman well as a game-changing executive in the male-dominated sports industry. “I’ve always been drawn to opportunities to help others... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
method at HBS illustrated that your situations really aren’t hopeless,” he says. “It was that attitude of ‘If this doesn’t work, let’s try something else, because there’s more than one way to get from here to there.’ That was a new way of... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
adversity, they deserve respect as survivors. But in reality they are more than survivors: They have shown the courage, competence, and determination to be change makers. Our attitudes toward them should recognize that.” Changing View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
In addition, customers will be able to order beverages and access content relating to events and news in their immediate area. What is Starbucks' attitude toward coffee farmers and the environment in developing countries? We became... View Details