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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership
Senior Executive Programme, an initiative developed through the collective efforts of HBS, Wits Business School in Johannesburg, and several other private, public, and international organizations. Designed for the region's experienced and emerging managers who View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
office was, and one by one passionately voiced their thoughts and feelings about the situation to each other and our local leadership team. People did not hold back,” Jacobs recalls. “Not even a little.” Gisel Kordestani (MBA 2003) was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
of Severodvinsk, Russia, Natalia Mlotok has witnessed the stark effects of perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev’s program of economic, political, and social restructuring. Located on the White Sea in northern Russia, Mlotok’s hometown was built... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
benefactor and main trading partner, entering what is referred to as “the Special Period,” which would last until the mid-1990s. Gas shortages led to farming and distribution disruptions, which led to food shortages. The average Cuban lost 12 pounds. There were rolling... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
vision of sustainability. Holding on to stringent notions is not going to lead to practical, workable solutions." Yet Vietor points out that more and more companies are spontaneously coming up with sustainable development strategies that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
Funding While charter school educators are unburdened from much regulation, going it alone can often be a struggle. This is especially true in the early stages of school growth and replication. Hitting the ground running is crucial.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
Bill opened doors for men from many different backgrounds, but we’re just beginning to see the results of Title IX and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. In 2000, 40 percent of the graduates of MBA programs nationwide were women, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
attend Stanford, where he majored in mathematics. Although he confesses he had never heard of Harvard when applying to colleges, Stevenson learned about HBS while in Palo Alto. Upon graduation, he chose Harvard’s MBA Program over... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
Issue Focus: Business and the Environment The Earth At Night, 2009: Cities may occupy just 2 percent of the planet’s landmass but they hold half the world’s people and produce much of its carbon emissions. Image by NASA/Corbis Issue Focus... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
Hayes, for advice on how “to think like a businessman.” Hayes encouraged Navasky to consider the Owner/President Management Program (OPM), an HBS Executive Education offering for family- and small-business executives. Navasky was an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
essential). SABIS uses computerized learning assessment systems and online learning to reinforce, not disrupt, the traditional SABIS classroom process. Says Bistany, "It's an approach, honed by decades of practice, that holds powerful... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
right to nominate directors into something that is real — and has a real chance of holding boards of directors accountable to company owners.” Major business groups lost no time denouncing the reform measures as vehicles for ceding... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
float DeWitt a loan for $3.5 million, which he used to buy the team in 1961. It’s hard to imagine better circumstances for absorbing the many financial, legal, and political details that go into the successful management of a professional sports team, or a more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
become a contemporary businessperson. Yet we can’t disregard the traditional subject matter. And if you try to hold the program to two years, it’s inevitable that you can’t go into as much depth. I’m not... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
Partners — touched on several systemic problems that hold the green tech industry back. One is a failure to think about the interrelationship of resources: You can grow great biofuels, for example, but only if you have an abundant supply... View Details
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
scale, we found common ground in some of the challenges that we face, and that gives perspective as well. And as we drilled down, some of the solutions were very much the same.” Aden was nominated to apply to the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Four Promoted to Full Professor
served as assistant to U.S. Transportation Secretaries Drew Lewis and Elizabeth Dole. Christensen holds a BA with highest honors in economics from Brigham Young University and an M.Phil. in economics from Oxford University, where he... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
World War II,” says Thomas. It was assumed then that applicants for a teaching position didn’t want to do anything else, or that they didn’t have many other options, conditions that clearly don’t hold in today’s world, where vacancy rates... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Student Plan Goes to Washington
to their board positions, a situation widely regarded as a major impediment to good governance. Since the CGC’s professional directors would hold no other jobs, they would come to positions without industry conflicts and could serve... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
“excess” cash holdings. The definition of excess cash holdings will be critical. But such levels easily could be defined relative to industry benchmarks from periods that featured more standard corporate savings behavior. Implementing a... View Details