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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
a return of the slide rule. But no one seems quite willing to consign the WAC once and for all to the annals of HBS history. Hired in 1961, Virginia Plexico was one of some two dozen female WAC graders that year, most of whom were recent... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Web
Commencement 2020 Address | About
Commencement 2020 Address Play Video duration: 13:29 As prepared by Dean Nitin Nohria, May 28, 2020 Class of 2020, friends and family, and members of the Harvard Business School community: In the nearly 400-year history of Harvard, this... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
As the Bulletin celebrates its 75th birthday, this is a good time to reflect on the principal topics the magazine has covered over the years. In paging through 75 years of Bulletins, we found a remarkable amount of ink given to matters that continue to be top... View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
badly. Other apparent areas of interest in the last 12 months included corporate social responsibility, marketing techniques, and, of course, the ubiquitous Lady Gaga. Here are the Top 10 most-read articles and 10 most-read working papers that appeared in View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
The Bulletin staff set out to answer a question they hear all the time: Who ARE the HBS alumni? Digging into the alumni database,* they found a network that ranged from farmers to financiers, and just about everything in between. Here, a... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
to engage with,” Weinzierl says. “It helps that we’re at a remarkable point in history where we have people like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk with the vision and the capital to even make such a discussion possible.” “If a private company can... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
in the history of the U.S. banking system. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/12-106_d9833135-0192-4c99-abab-476fa0ea84a2.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsSay on Pay at The Walt Disney Company Gow, Ian D.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
particularly since Whitman installed a countdown clock in a central spot of the open-plan office, just down the hall from her desk. On that morning in May, it blinks out an unambiguous warning: 326 days, 10 hours, 15 minutes, 56 seconds. The story of how Whitman, one... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
as returns to investors. So the question becomes, what is the board's responsibility in that context? Q: The survey that you summarize in the book's first chapter shows that directors are really wrestling with that question. A: In 2009, eight senior members of the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
understand differences among the groups and find ways to appeal to a broader set of employees and customers," according to HBS professor David A. Thomas. Since then, the number of female executives in the company has grown by 370... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
cord and placenta. Next, the company made history by providing the first cord-blood stem cell transplant in treating sickle cell anemia. Today, more than 30,000 children have been transplanted with cord blood from units, privately from... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- Profile
Brian T. Bedol
became MTV. He got his MBA from HBS in 1985 and then plunged into a career in the entertainment industry. Working with people like Bob Pittman, the founder of MTV, Bedol immersed himself in a series of development projects as part of Time... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
From social media to the grocery store to the corner office and all the way to the stratosphere, the research and entrepreneurial adventures HBS faculty, doctoral students and alumni undertook this year have changed the way we understand... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
commercial innovation in chemistry, advanced materials, and agro‐sciences. But if Dow's long history of innovation is impressive, the greatest change in the past few years has been the company's use of innovation to reinforce its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
U.S. taxation of foreign-source corporate income. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207085 WildChina (A) Harvard Business School Case 807-046 WildChina (A) tells the story of Mei Zhang, a Chinese-born View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
There is an inescapable sense of history in the Bulletin's Sherman Hall offices, where three eight-foot-long bookshelves sag under the weight of 75 years of musty, leather-bound volumes of the magazine. But as often as our editors have... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
Princeton University, 1941 A.B., History "Broaden your business education as much as possible through courses and real-life experiences. This will prepare you for your role as a general manager. Over time, you will also develop a focus on... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
mindsets, behaviors, and actions they need to pursue. Launching the Navy Family Support Program: A Heartfelt Blend of History and Memoir by Ann O’Keefe, Ed.D. (PMD 26, 1973) Self-published Part historical account, part memoir, O’Keefe’s... View Details
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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
identity. Jim's history of overcoming obstacles inspires us to power through the challenges that come with doing this work. We have a job to do, and we want to make sure we're carrying on the work that Jim and other folks have done. How... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
Issue Focus: Entrepreneurship The Sweet Life: Paul Conforti at Finale Desserterie & Bakery. “Everything is a balancing act... you’ve got to be able to adapt.” Related Links A Growing Drumbeat Show Me the Money - or Not Cloudflare introductory video A Day at the... View Details