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- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Pitching In for Female Leaders
yet I was one of the few women who made it through the glass ceiling to the top of international football. Until one day, the rug was pulled off from underneath me, and I found myself out of a job. There was a horrible social media defamation campaign against me. I... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
Mobilizing Action on Climate Change and Water Quality
think what Harvard gave me was a sense of perspective—what was possible working with America, working with New Zealand, bringing people together, building networks; so it was the attitude, the approach, the ‘can-do,’ that’s what I got from Harvard. “Knowing the View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
applied to a wide range of issues,” explains Huckman, who co-chaired Viewpoints. The day opened with a keynote on “The Fragile State of the World,” by Rawi Abdelal, the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, which explored the View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
protesting them, providing inappropriate detail, detour statements, false smiles. The issue that I’m most concerned about right now is inside threat mitigation. Studies show that anywhere from 30 percent to 50 percent of cyberattacks were... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
India, and Bangladesh alone under threat from rising sea levels by 2100, “water is the medium through which climate change is really going to be experienced,” Ferguson says. “Our ability to steward the water molecule is going to be... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
industry's rapid evolution, coupled with the availability of ample data, made it rich ground for research. Given the potentially overwhelming threat of disruptive technologies, why do so many managers appear to overlook them? The problem... View Details
- 25 Sep 2008
- News
Been There, Seen That
possible threats to market capitalism. He will also lead sessions on the topic at the upcoming Business Summit at HBS in October, when no doubt new and pressing dangers will be the subject of passionate discussion. But sadly, at the end... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
have first-mover advantage ("If you have a great idea, assume that ten companies are doing it"); and Oracle/Microsoft/IBM is too slow to be a threat ("They're not so stupid; they're not so slow"). On a more serious note, in his opening... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
India, and Bangladesh alone under threat from rising sea levels by 2100, “our ability to steward the water molecule is going to be fundamental to our ability to respond to whatever inevitable climate change we’ve baked into our future,”... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
into the conscious part of the brain, affecting its operation -- a phenomenon familiarly known as the "fight-or-flight" response. While this reaction is invaluable in the face of physical threat, Jensen noted, "it is also generated by the View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics
rise. It’s one of the greatest threats that human health is facing today,” says Miriam Huntley, a DZD cofounder who focuses on computational approaches to genomic analysis. “Patients with severe infections can die within hours, but... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
appeal of anonymity seems inherently flawed for storing large values in an age when the threat of identity theft through electronic eavesdropping and in-person, gun-to-the-head demands for access and asset transfers are a growing menace.... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective
that make achieving the agreement’s goals so difficult. “I wrote the case to better understand how so many of us view climate change as both a global threat and one of the most important issues facing business in the 21st century, and yet... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
reservists—colleagues who have left active duty and have experience in the private sector—to bring some foundational business skills to bear. In marketing, you do strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. Navy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
braces itself against the prospect of another human influenza pandemic. The 1918 influenza pandemic, caused by a mutated avian virus, killed some 50 million people. How does the current threat compare? First, it’s important to remember... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
assessment came back as “highly effective.” Confused, I asked why. Their lawyer replied, “If your ego is so big you need to hold onto the CEO title, and you’d be willing to hurt the company to do so—we can have that conversation.” It felt like a View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Amy S. Langer
we're now in a completely different part of this race, and heading toward the finish line. Breast cancer will not be the threat to our daughters that it has been to us and to our mothers.” Langer has used a wheelchair since 1996, when a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
urbanization, and business disruption represent both a major opportunity and a threat in the global economy. Although individuals and organizations are aware that the world is changing exponentially, most are ill-equipped to face this... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
citizen petition to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). In addition to outlining the threat to spent fuel pools, the petition proposed technical fixes to ensure “walk-away” safety, such as solar panels to power unattended electric... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
rapid-fire, three-hour discussion of the threats and opportunities inherent in the marketspace, how digital information is changing the infrastructure of companies and why, and the impact of digital information on organizational... View Details