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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
both physically and mentally," says the energetic Meyer. While she finds her new post all-consuming, Meyer says it is a thrilling time to be involved in her country's government. South Africans are clamoring for leadership that will... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
neighbors. Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything by Charles Conn (MBA 1990) and Robert McLean Wiley Complex problem solving is a critical skill, and necessary to keep up with rapid change. But this kind of... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
FINANCIAL AID AT-A-GLANCE SCHOLARSHIP BUDGET $43M Total funds awarded annually SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING 800-900 Need-based scholarships funded annually SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS $42K Average one-year scholarship award SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS 223 MBA students participated in Summer... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
Art DeFehr (MBA 1967) didn’t plan to become a businessman. The Canadian-born DeFehr always imagined life as a diplomat—until he ran afoul of the FBI. As a college student in Indiana, DeFehr had become involved in anti-Vietnam protests and the civil rights movement. He... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses
Behavior “We’ve thought deeply about creating a course that not only looks at different types of management challenges, but also suggests how to deal with those challenges based on your seniority in an organization,” Raffaelli says. “What does it mean to lead a View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
included everything from international political conflicts to “an increasingly competitive marketplace.” Most observers assumed this latter challenge was a sign of America’s changing tastes—that the fast-casual, more ingredient- conscious... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
several audience members wanted to know what it's like to succeed a man Fortune magazine named the top CEO of the last century. “I never viewed my job as replacing Jack Welch,” he replied. “The fact is, his leadership style wouldn't work... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Massport, Back on Course
and employs 1,149 people. Political fallout from 9/11 has profoundly changed the operations of the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the independent public agency that operates Boston’s Logan International Airport. After hijackers... View Details
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
different departments. "NABCO was instrumental in changing the course of breast cancer screening, treatment, and care," she says. "Our physician and corporate partnerships to educate women replaced fear with facts. We helped craft and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990)
daily basis, however, he is focused on operations and loves the energy of commercial challenges. “I am more of an execution-under-pressure type than a chess player,” he says. “I’ve seen too many strategies fail due to poor execution—and in the telecom sector,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater
instead, just tried to do what was best for the company. Steve Gallagher: My student experience has directly informed how I think about the services I’m delivering. When I talk to my sectionmates at reunions, they ask me how things have View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
leadership and changed the basic structure of Wall Street, as outlined in this excerpt from the chapter “Revolution in Investment Banking.” During their time together working on the Ford offering [in 1956,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
innovative concepts and models (including The Managerial Target); and describes, interrelates, and integrates about 100 gurus’ major concepts, processes, models, and practices into a single unified practice of management model. The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that... View Details
- 08 Aug 2019
- News
Cloudflare Pulls the Plug on Hate Site
In the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso, Cloudflare’s CEO Matthew Prince (MBA 2009) announced that his web performance and security company was terminating service for the 8chan message board—an online forum where the alleged shooter had posted his manifesto. In a... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Angie Hicks, MBA 2000
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1972 Born, Fort Wayne, Indiana 1995 Earns BA, Economics, DePauw University 1995 Launches Angie’s List 1996 Angie’s List buys Unified Neighbors 2000 Earns MBA 2002 Cofounds Orr Fellowship Program in Indianapolis... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
office in China to manage sales and marketing. Our revenues have increased by more than 44 percent in the past year. So operationally, the business has changed a lot in a short period of time. What are some of the challenges that come... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
No Small Beer
Sicupira (OPM 9, 1984), and Marcel Telles (OPM 10, 1985)—acquiring or rolling out new craft beer divisions in the past few years to keep up with consumers' changing palates. Here's a look at some of the HBS alumni leading the craft beer... View Details
- 12 Aug 2015
- News
Alphabet--the Pros and Cons
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
maybe this is just a checkbox. But honestly, I think doing purpose is hard work. It’s not some kind of change management exercise. You can’t just launch a purpose and then cascade it out into the organization. People have to buy into it.... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
contributed complementary skills from the energy sector—to establish the firm’s leadership team. Advani believes the company’s middle-market private equity investment strategy is better executed and better aligns the firm with its... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon