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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Books
to breakdowns in strategic outcomes, and where top management can intervene to shape desired results. They show that a company’s realized strategy emerges less from formal statements of corporate strategy and more often from the pattern... View Details
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
A Chance to Lead
in the mutual fund business. An opportunity that in many ways you couldn't make up. Somebody came and went as the president pretty quickly in that era, and I sort of quickly replaced him. I was young—30, I guess—and formally became the... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
McKinsey let him put his engineering education to work on large projects, but the experience also demonstrated the need for a formal business education to advance his career. "The HBS story really began when I spent a year at MIT as a... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
Indonesian villages cost $6 a month for 10 months or $60. Aldi realized he could provide pots for $25 each—and he could do it without interest charges. He would formalize something that was already popular in Indonesian culture, the... View Details
- 30 Jan 2021
- News
Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
serviced by Simon’s three full-time drivers, Heath writes. The rest of his business comes from walk-ins: wedding gowns and formal attire, or a homeowner looking for careful cleaning of an antique rug, for example. Over the years Parkway... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
University of Houston professor, and Shara Bumgarner, a Houston elementary school teacher. Melcher located some classroom space and then watched as her daughter began to acquire social and communication skills in the new environment. Within three months, Melcher had... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
you can’t regulate your way to strong leadership or good character any more than you can legislate morality. Companies and their shareholders have to want to change their boards — and to help make board members perform better. Formal... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
HBS Is Committed to Increasing Alumni Engagement
value both formal reunions and impromptu minireunions. Events with HBS professors and networking opportunities continue to receive widespread support. Local HBS Alumni Clubs are a valuable convener for these engagements. The next phase of... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Turning Point: Tell Me More
boards, formalized my angel investing, and was off and running. In 2017, I launched a new online panel of 500 voters from all points along the political spectrum, of every age and ethnicity, and from every state in the union. For the next... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Looking back; looking forward
campus, we have planned several special activities. Our Centennial celebration formally began on October 1 when we dedicated the new Centennial Bell hung in Baker Library’s cupola and a half-sized replica installed on Baker’s Lawn (see... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
Who Does Good and Why While it's common knowledge that business leaders often serve on nonprofit boards, there has been little formal information about the characteristics and motivations of such individuals. In a 1997 working paper... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
provide housing and practical education for orphaned and at-risk boys. Outward Bound’s influence on the island began with when it launched its first adventure learning and character development programming in the mid-1970s. The island became View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
Administration at HBS and is also formally affiliated with Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Psychology Department, Center on the Environment, and Program on Negotiation. Predictable Surprises (HBS Press) was published in 2004. You... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
Mendhro grew up with a desire to learn and experience the world, she had no formal opportunities to do so. “My brother and I would wake up in the morning and explore. It was self-learning,” she says. “Education became a personal goal and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
early to commercialize it," says Anquetil. "The company was not a great success." He knew he was missing something: formal business training. "I had picked up some knowledge along the way, but I wanted the right knowledge," he says. "HBS... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
10.” In Peru, Anglo American recently reached agreement with local communities and government to establish a development fund and water infrastructure as part of the company’s Quellaveco copper mine project. This was achieved through a View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
what it takes to build intellectual and human capital and prepared me for the processes we are now engaged in with our own faculty. What are some of the cultural differences between doing business in the West and in Asia? The West tends toward litigation and View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
determined. It started out of her dorm room. We joined a tech accelerator and that really propelled us forward. Our formal launch was in May of this year, but we had been working on it for five months before that. And my sister still... View Details
- 25 Jul 2024
- News
Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success
been the foundation of the program,” says Tan. “We plan to gradually grow again from here, as we continue to prioritize quality over quantity.” While they don’t formally keep track of mentees after the program ends each year, Furman says... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste
brought to the competition,” said HBS professor Lynda Applegate, head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. “We are pleased that the contest not only is helping to identify promising new business ventures among our alumni but also is acting as a View Details