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- 17 Nov 2016
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Wired for Innovation
long-distance oil and gas pipelines are guided by modern regulations and an infrastructure blueprint,” Skelly explains. “But existing US electric lines were erected by utility companies several decades ago, to connect local customers to nearby fossil fuel sources. That... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
can't do it all, you can probably do enough to satisfy customers and stay in business. Do you foresee crises as dramatic as some of those described in the press? You mean airplanes falling from the sky? It's not likely with the airlines... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
pandemic-preparedness plans, consisting of a constellation of public-health measures. Simply having stockpiles of antivirals doesn’t mean that countries will be ready to deal with a pandemic. Also necessary is multisector cooperation for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
opportunity — and a strategy for growth — in creating clean and sustainable industrial technologies and systems. “We’ve been stunned by the impact not just on our bottom line but in terms of what it means for our employees, for people who... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
front of the leaders’ minds and a part of the team’s culture. Nobody can do it alone, and everyone must be accountable. One missed block by a seemingly less-important player can easily destroy a play otherwise destined for the end zone. That View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
Millions by Bill Lewis (AMP 98, 1986) (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) The lessons in this book are conveyed by means of a story of the journey of a young man, Midas, accompanied by lessons from Midas’s mentor and guide,... View Details
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
of your mental illness? What it's called. And how do you cope with it now? How do you stay well? Switz: Sure. I have what's called bipolar disorder and I have what's called, bipolar 1, which means I have regular psychotic breaks. And... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
is now an absolute focal point, meaning that flights typically serving leisure or corporate travelers—the latter accounting for more than 50 percent of current air travel in the country—will be reduced in favor of more site-to-site... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
give doesn’t necessarily mean they’re looking for excuses not to give, ever. They may be looking for excuses not to always say “yes,” but rather to say “no” sometimes. Zlatev: Researchers at Yale have coined phrases that I find helpful in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
yourself in a situation where investors keep saying “no” and you think this means the business is not for you, then it's probably a sign that this isn't the right venture for you. What was your favorite thing to do at HBS when you weren’t... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
profit margins, so getting rid of that problem can mean retailers make their profit, or even double it. “It’s been motivating to create something out of nothing, and make a step change in things, as opposed to just optimizing what’s... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
and work experiences. We had some evidence that the experience had broadened their sense of what it meant to be a man. In fact, we actually posed the question “What does it mean to you to be a man?” fully realizing that they might think... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
out of those excesses, and that means several years of negative returns. All of my clients have had to readjust their assumptions regarding risks and returns. Your clients are extremely wealthy. Do they take that readjustment in stride?... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
governments often do, which is to throw money at entrepreneurs without creating an environment that is hospitable to entrepreneurship. You’ve written that government stimulus packages sometimes fail because they are directed by a “herd mentality.” What do you View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Anomalie, a custom wedding dress company, Leslie Voorhees and Calley Means (both MBA 2015) have connections to manufacturers in China as well as to people on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. They decided to use their network to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
of future generations to meet their own needs," it is slowly becoming a part of the lexicon of business leaders around the world. Easy Being Green? "One of the problems with turning the idea of environmental sustainability into a viable operating principle for business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Global Mission
Just in case “global” isn’t an adjective you readily ascribe to HBS, consider this. Nearly 30 percent of the School’s more than 78,000 alumni live abroad, scattered across 167 countries. That means there’s almost no nation you can visit... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
Acing the SAT (ReganBooks), an in-depth look at 160 high-school students who scored 1600 on the SAT. What got you interested in SAT scores? The son of a friend from HBS scored 1600 and I wondered, Who is this guy? I’ve always been fascinated by the best and the... View Details
- 11 Aug 2011
- News
Heard on the Street and the She-E-Os
students. Although the current groups do not perform at the Boston Pops concerts as the Tycoons had, their music is publicized by means of a CD recording every year. According to Laurent de Vitton de Peyruis (MBA 2003K), recording that... View Details