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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
“aims to give students a competitive advantage.” How can understanding happiness, both that of our colleagues and our own, make one a more effective leader? One of the big problems that we have is that when people don’t understand View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
the effect we have on the people who pay the tax, as well as the tax they pay. Both are important. What are the dimensions of this turnaround challenge? Every system, top to bottom, has to be reengineered. Our most fundamental problem is... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
field full-time since the end of 2015, competing in outdoor events and running a backcountry guiding service in Southern Utah. In this episode of Skydeck, Stroeer tells contributor April White about what drives her to compete, walks us... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Wei Zhang (MBA 1999)
it’s so important to follow your passion. In this business, you can create something that will bring insight, inspiration, and happiness to people. When I first came to the United States in 1989, there was no email. And I was very, very... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
managers' ability to put this new technology to effective use, McFarlan stated, "Making it happen is very hard. The major challenge in 1996 is much less the vision than it is the messy, complex problem of implementation." For the next two... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
of future generations to meet their own needs," it is slowly becoming a part of the lexicon of business leaders around the world. Easy Being Green? "One of the problems with turning the idea of environmental sustainability into a viable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
annual, nonbinding votes by shareholders on executive compensation — so-called say on pay; grants substantial shareholders a new right to have their director candidates’ names included on the ballots sent out by the company (dissident shareholders now must send out... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
trade barriers but because gasoline prices were so much lower than in other auto-producing countries. With no serious challenge from abroad, and only relatively benign competition among themselves, the Big 3 and their stakeholders were all View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
intense and very structured: take a concept idea and get to a real prototype for customers to interact with by the end of the day,” Sapone says. On Wednesday of that first Startup Lockdown, the group worked on a concept then called... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
growth market with a sector leader and a smart, trustworthy, deep-pocketed partner, do it and figure out the fund issues later. Your investors will be happy you did! Deborah Farrington (MBA 1976) StarVest Partners Still Buffering I was an... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming
solving a critical need in Singapore. “HBS was centered on leadership and making a difference around a problem that you really cared about, and for me that problem was food security. For the last 10 years... View Details
- 24 Jun 2016
- News
Reinventing Pharma
and in her family life. “It’s a fascinating theory and one I think about a lot, in terms of how it potentially applies within Pharma,” she said. “What inspires me most about Clay though is how he has applied this same theory to how to live a View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
attendees. “As this banquet came together, we identified the need to continue to bring current students into the fold, and to really be a resource for them,” says Carter. “It’s important for us to be close to campus and really be a physical presence for those students.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
history courses today. The first HBS course designed specifically to teach entrepreneurial management - The Management of New Enterprises - was introduced in 1947, one of several HBS initiatives undertaken to address the unique circumstances presented by the cessation... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
to invest outside the core market, because there is less noise, great founders are sometimes overlooked when not in the Valley, and they often solve problems more applicable to a broader population base.” Also: Denver-based Guild... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Of Dugouts and Sweatshops
from his coveted duties, but he reasoned that the case amounted to a violation of public trust and bore no comparison to the sweatshop conditions that originally inspired child labor protections. That evening, the news media reported a View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
the experience of having grown up in Africa and a desire to help solve the problem of unemployment among youth. Navid Rahimi, another classmate, joined the team along with two classmates from an HGSE course on entrepreneurship in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Bob Ryan (MBA 1970) was born in Detroit, the first in his family to graduate from college. His Dad was a Chrysler factory worker whose schooling ended in fifth... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
by research. We know that the quality of the voice is a big driver in how much the end user enjoys the experience,” he says. The solution started to take shape during Sambvani’s tenure at Spotify, where he worked as a data scientist just... View Details