by John D. Macomber - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues

turning by the end of the 1950s. A 1959 article informed readers that women would be allowed to attend the School as second-year MBA students and doctoral candidates. "It is conceivable that a few young women would see good reason for... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

Communications, has learned a lot about coping with the isolation caused by COVID-19 from John McCain, Nelson Mandela, and James Stockdale. “My community is under lockdown and I haven't seen my elderly... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

of the most powerful political and economic jobs in the world, this book charts Al-Naimi’s extraordinary rise to power. Dual Transformation: How to Reposition Today’s Business and Create the Future by Scott View Details

01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over

management consulting field were Bruce D. Henderson (MBA '41) of the Boston Consulting Group, John Diebold (MBA '51) of the Diebold Group, and Richard Vancil (MBA '55) of The MAC Group. Another venerable... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

Leeuwenhof, the majestic estate of Western Cape Premier Gerald Morkel. With the splendor of Table Mountain above and the beauty of Table Bay below, Morkel welcomed his guests to Cape Town, which he described as "a region of great economic hope." Sounding one of the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Aug 1998
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A Roaring Success in the Windy City

In 1943 John H. Johnson sent a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt inviting her to write for Negro Digest, a fledgling magazine that he had recently founded with a $500 loan. The First Lady politely replied that she was too busy at the time.... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

an Earth-shattering cataclysm changes the world forever, foretold by a prophecy from the beginning of time. Dante in China by John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press In View Details

18 Jan 2022
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HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference

to be a blast.” Gong and Nancy Dai (GMP 29) executive director of the Harvard Center Shanghai, welcomed 186 alumni and guests to the virtual forum on November 19, before introducing four keynote speakers: Forest L. Reinhardt, the John... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

Rothschild, creator of the modern bond market; and William Lever, of the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership. Wicked Strategies: How Companies Conquer Complexity and Confound Competitors by View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

Chappaquiddick Island where he grew up. God and Money: How We Discovered True Riches at Harvard Business School by John Cortines and Gregory Baumer (both MBA 2015) (Rose Publishing) The authors tell a story... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Women at the Top

19th-century textile mogul Francis Cabot Lowell, oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, and technology titan Bill Gates. "It was a great way to start the program, because it gave us a background and context for... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

free-for-all five years ago has long since been beaten into submission by the myriad personnel, administrative, and legal hassles of "management." John B. Higginbotham (MBA '79) February 1988 It seems that... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2014
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The Digital Deck

printed paper, rather than reimagining an entirely new online experience for readers. As faculty chair of HBX, the School's new online learning platform, Anand says the intent from the start was to avoid following in the footsteps of those early newspaper efforts View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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