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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
inspiration boards with images ranging from playful to sexy to Brooklyn, to get a better sense of the brand Jess Deckinger describes as “warm and fuzzy,” and “a cooler way to do dating.” As the meeting ends, one designer sums up the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
’53), an Alumni Board member: “I was particularly struck by how Dean Nohria shared his personal life with us. I was also impressed by his effort to listen and engage faculty and alumni in creating a vision for the School. Sharing and... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
president and had attended Georgetown, that’s where I set my sights.” Brown soon established herself as a student leader at Georgetown. One of the university’s board members, Lloyd Campbell, then a managing director at Credit Suisse First... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
being brought on by the board at Liz Claiborne as vice chairman and COO in 1994. Founded in 1976 by fashion designer Liz Claiborne, her husband, Arthur Ortenberg, and two other partners, the tiny shop had rocketed to success in its first... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
board papers, policy papers, management strategy reports, business proposals, a commission of inquiry report, minutes of meeting, corporate letters, audit reports, opinion editorials and blog articles. The author also taught a course on... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
implementation. By facilitating execution, leaders drive growth and innovation. While some leaders define themselves by how much they accomplish, they don’t always get employees on board when it comes to getting things done. They may be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Labor Relations Board then notifies the business owner that a secret ballot election must take place within six weeks. During that time employers wishing to make the case to their employees that they would be better off without a union... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
six years ago. “It started as a simple gathering, and has grown into a must-attend event in the region,” says HBS Club of the GCC President, Goulam Amarsy (MBA 1981). “We continue to be very active in the region and we owe this to a supportive View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
has considerable power to forestall any merger that doesn't appeal to him." Sometimes, however, Lorsch adds, reluctant CEOs do come under such intense pressure from boards that they are forced to accept offers, or directors recognize that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
Authority, and it's locally based in Accra, with a governing board made up of top figures from government, business, and civil society. That, I think, is a very serious advance." "We have enormous respect for a principle we call country... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Massachusetts,” he says, adding that his goal is to “put ourselves out of business.” DECEMBER 15 Eighteen months ago, when Bill Hatanaka (AMP 115, 1994) was appointed the inaugural chair of the Board of Ontario Health, the organization... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
shifting carbon footprint when they have a big life event? Jen Flint: One of the side effects of this crisis has been that we all abruptly stopped getting in our cars and boarding airplanes, we stopped all kinds of activities that also... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
“Let’s make fashion smart,” Shin quips, a phrase Foalea later borrows as the perfect tagline. Foalea looks at her watch: 11:45 a.m. “Let’s get started on creating the app mock-ups before lunch,” she says. Behrens breaks out the art supplies: paper, scissors, colored... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
his mind: “You’ve been away from India for over fourteen years, and unless you spend some time there to understand the environment, you won’t get an understanding of the opportunity or know if you really want to work there.” Within two weeks, Varma View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
35-year-old institution. We have been working on the transition to a clean, prosperous, and secure low carbon energy future for the last 35 years. I joined the organization three years ago, with a specific mandate from the board to take... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
than in satellites. Approximately half of all satellites launched today are CubeSats—shoebox-sized satellites that can be made for $50,000-$200,000 and launched for $30,000-$500,000 on board a scheduled flight that has extra cargo space.... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
pay phones in Tanzania - and recently won a bid to become Ghana's Second National Operator. A Liberian national who spent much of her childhood in English boarding schools, Maddy holds foreign service and economics degrees from Georgetown... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
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A Summit Higher Than Everest
the way to the Canadian border—a “thrilling education.” And the summer after that, he bought a Model T for $50 and drove from New England to British Columbia. There, he sold the broken-down car for train fare and rode the boards back... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
and staying engaged in some way are intrinsic to sustaining both confidence and opportunities. Serving on meaningful nonprofit boards that deal with serious business issues is one good route. Part-time projects and consulting is another.... View Details