Wood - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

to address today’s pressing challenges. Rainmaker: Superagent Hughes Norton and the Money-Grab Explosion of Golf from Tiger to LIV and Beyond By Hughes Norton (MBA 1972) and George Peper Atria Books When 21-year-old Tiger Woods stunned... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 May 2024
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On the Job

college boys or school boys who were out there. Earning their respect was a challenge and we learned to respect good, hard labor and other people that worked hard. We were called unstackers on the dry chain. When lumber is cut up and it comes down big, long conveyors... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

01 Apr 2024
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The Ritual Effect Book Launch and Faculty Band Performance

27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success

stunning—completely untouched,” says Turner. They named the property Madava Farms after daughters Maddie and Ava. “There were no roads, no houses; just forest, trout streams, and wildlife,” he notes. “We’d walk in the woods and think how... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

24 Apr 2014
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Providing lessons in financial literacy

Sally Wood (MBA 1983) is COO of the Council for Economic Education (CEE), a nonprofit dedicated to teaching economics and personal finance to students from kindergarten through high school. Based in New York City, CEE trains more than... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Every Trick in the Book

shelves stuffed with books. Now the pale wood shelves share wall space with expanded windows, and the center of the long, high-ceilinged store is filled with low, rolling display tables. The store’s design captures the things that make... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 Sep 2016
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Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

14 Dec 2017
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Making Movies Is a Class Act

Glenn Close in Crooked House (photo by Nick Wall) Crooked House, an Agatha Christie mystery published in 1949, was one of her favorites, yet it had never been adapted for film or television. Now, however, HBS sectionmates Joe Abrams and Sally View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Apr 2000
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Help in the Vicinity

Emerick Woods (MBA '81) is CEO of Vicinity Corp., a provider of Internet-based marketing infrastructure services, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Vicinity's "clicks-and-mortar" solutions enable its clients to direct consumers... View Details

02 Apr 2019
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Remembering William Wilder

William Wilder William Wilder William P. Wilder (MBA 1950), a steadfast HBS supporter and the namesake of Wilder House, passed away in Toronto on March 23 at the age of 96. A prominent business leader and philanthropist, Bill Wilder was a former chief executive of... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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@Soldiers Field

welcomed 2,800 alumni and guests to campus for a full program of events and presentations, including “How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life” by Associate Professor Alison Wood Brooks, one of six 10-minute flash talks offered in Klarman... View Details

Keywords: reunions; campus life; Finance; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2014
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Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry

"Never apologize, mister," John Wayne's character famously said in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. "It's a sign of weakness." And while previous academic research has similarly concluded that apologizing during negotiations hurts perceptions of power, those ideas were "never... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; Information

20 Sep 2013
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Connections Add Up

Nan Morrison and Sally Wood It takes a village to raise a game-changing non-profit, and Nan Morrison (MBA 1987) and Sally Wood (MBA 1983) have found a community of support among their HBS friends and fellow... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services