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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
entrepreneurs, now VC and CEO advisers) believe the four traits in the title (or HSGL) are critical for entrepreneurs. From their work with hundreds of business builders around the globe, they found that every one of their subjects possesses these View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
25-year-old company that sells fashion jewelry and home accessories to 450 retail accounts, discussed some of the challenges she has faced as a woman in business. Friedlander attributed her success to a "constant state of being creatively... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
for its milk glass, which it made more of and for a longer period of time than any other company. But it was once recognized as a glassware innovator, pioneering several kinds of glass that are now usually attributed to other companies.... View Details
- 22 Sep 2020
- News
Balancing Act
and also has these other diverse attributes we want.’ That person is out there.” But that’s not the last step, she says. “You can’t set one goal and call victory, which is something I did in the early rounds.” Eberle Walker admits that... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Emerging Information
"a huge chicken-and-egg game" between signing up data suppliers and finding customers willing to pay for the data. But Mueller's perseverance has paid off. Mueller attributes much of Internet Securities' success to learning what customers... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
Photos by Joe Szurszewski “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.” That observation, attributed to Plato, is inscribed on the Athena Leadership Award that graces Barbara Nick’s home office in Madison, Wisconsin. Nick (AMP... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
organizations identify the net positives of tradeoffs and on making them thoughtfully and deliberately, without remorse. Could you talk a little about the four service “truths”? Frei: Companies that excel at service typically do a great job in four areas: identifying... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
“human transporter.” But tons of funding and big-name partners couldn’t overcome consumer reluctance. “Kamen endowed Segway with many positive attributes but not enough to break through and claim commercial success,” Harris writes. Many... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Author
on skills or education or experience. It is based on personal attributes and approaches to life. Specifically, I have divided the book into four sections: gaining perspective, managing yourself, leading others, and building values. Were... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Books
also knows its people, suppliers, customers, and future direction. Bower describes the inside outsider’s attributes and reveals how to recruit, nurture, and promote this special type of leader. With a healthy supply of qualified internal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The New Global Business Manager
best solution for an organization. What is the global manager’s most essential trait? The two most critical attributes are open-mindedness and recognizing that global management is all about legitimizing diverse views in an organization,... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
organizational settings. (One such useful psychoanalytic concept is "splitting," a defense mechanism against anxiety in which the individual ascribes positive attributes to one entity—usually one's own group—while imbuing another group... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
El-Hage Takes Alumni Post
He also made the rounds of reunion gatherings, taught two finance classes, and held office hours for students. Yet in the middle of such a hectic schedule, El-Hage remained composed and affable — attributes that will serve him well as he... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
chemical-industry giant Monsanto in St. Louis, Price had an epiphany. He realized that "the people who run the world are businesspeople" and that many had studied at Harvard. So he set his sights on HBS. When Price and his wife, Joyce (to whom he View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
striptease parties; male faculty would occasionally and good-naturedly attribute female faculty members' teaching ratings to their physical features. It didn't really bother me, to be honest, and I settled quite happily into my own female... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time
of a crash. Simple attributes related to the price run up can help predict both the crash probability and future returns. FUTURE SCOPE Greenwood is also conducting research that looks at predicting financial crises, which harnesses data... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
At Cyberposium, Amazon's Bezos Debunks Internet Myths
house of some one thousand participants. After attributing the giant bookseller's success to its focus on the customer, Bezos set out to debunk seven "big myths of the Internet." Myth #1: The Internet changes everything. Not really,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
grading standards? Associate Professor Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the "fundamental attribution error." The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking Senator John Heinz Professor of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
the New England Patriots to a thriving family business. In the process, he’s had a tremendous impact on the Boston community. As a kid growing up in Brookline, Massachusetts, Kraft dreamed of going to business school, and he attributes... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
Swisher; Pod Save America. “I worked in the White House with those guys. They’re really good.” Best business advice: “It’s summed up in a great quote often attributed to Einstein. ‘If I had an hour to solve a problem, I would spend 55... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna