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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
just steaming around in circles." Even as Liz Claiborne circled, AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, the world's largest airline, was in the process of laying off several hundred managers, technical specialists, and clerical View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
pandemic. The program provides an opportunity for students to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. This summer, HBS is supporting a record 162 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows, with many of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
employed more than 10 million American workers and generated $1.8 trillion in revenue in 2003, concluded a study by Global Insight, a leading economic and forecasting firm. HBS professors Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner, in their 2001 book,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
population of poor, underserved people and a severe shortage of skills and capacity, some resourceful private enterprises have found a way to deliver high-quality health care, at ultra-low prices, to all patients who need it. This book... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
recently in terms of public perception. We need to restore confidence through effective and proactive communications, through openness and candor, and through accuracy and conservatism in financial reporting. What are some of the important View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in Dallas, where I had hands-on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
with applications and now employs local residents, many of whom walk to work, with much less turnover than Sprint's suburban call centers. "They took a risk, but it paid off - they now have a solid pool of workers who are very happy to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
work, nonprofit fellows contribute to and witness transformations in the lives of others — with lasting effects on their own lives as well. One day last August in rural Kharagpur, India, Neera Nundy (HBS '02) accompanied a middle-aged bakery View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
workers into capitalists, and Americans-historically passbook savers-into a nation of investors. "For the general public," notes John J. Brennan (MBA '80), chairman and CEO of the Vanguard Group, one of America's largest mutual fund... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
It's an international celebration of sport and goodwill whose humble beginnings date back two millennia. Today, with the vastly expanded modern Games, putting on the Olympics has become as much of a test of management skill as athletic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
didn’t provide value to corporations,” says Chertavian. “The deficit in skilled workers is projected to reach 14 million over the next decade, and a lot of companies realize they would be well served to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
In addition to its growth in manufacturing, India began grabbing headlines in the United States a few years ago for its sudden surge as a center of offshore IT work and business process outsourcing (BPO), industries unto themselves that have reshaped companies and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
explored questions like “How can business, government, and nonprofit leaders come together to mitigate the effects of worker displacement? How should entrants to the workforce best prepare themselves?” Leaders from the City of San... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
questions for leaders and potential leaders. What does it take to lead effectively now? What does leadership even mean? In Lead to Win, Carla Harris examines the journey from individual contributor to leader. She targets the essential View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
Of course it does. But it also depends on creative thinking as a skill that involves qualities such as the propensity to take risks and to turn a problem on its head to get a new perspective. That can be learned.” For example, in her... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
Photography by Webb Chappell HBS students are already exceptionally skilled and accomplished people when they arrive at Soldiers Field. But perhaps their education here truly begins when they first understand — and are humbled by — what a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
Nemak employs 14,300 workers at 29 plants around the world; 2008 revenues totaled $3 billion. We round out our day back at the hotel, where we hear from Dr. Paulino Decanini Garza, founder of Primedic, as well as its COO, Fernando García.... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
speaking with a worker at the BulkWhiz warehouse. Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) Rashad: I am Amira Rashad. I am founder and CEO of BulkWhiz, an online bulk grocery platform based out of Dubai in the UAE and covering the... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
create a culture of gratitude and positive reinforcement of the values that members espouse. Reimert learned these lessons firsthand as a remote worker from the very start of her career. When she began at the high-tech firm, the job offer... View Details