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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
HBS alumni have a complicated relationship with the notion of retirement. The simple vision of leaving one’s career at the age of 65 and moving to a sunny clime to while away the days playing golf may work well for some. But an... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 14 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Growing CEOs from the Inside
brutal, understanding of what needs to change if the company is to succeed in the competitive environment that lies ahead. The inside-outsider knows that if his or her vision of the way the world is headed is remotely right, then real... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
long-tail view," she remarks. "It also promotes a more democratic view of the world. It's comforting to think that everyone has a shot at success by posting a video on a site like YouTube." On the other hand, the superstar, winner-take-all View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Henry McGee: From HBO to HBS
Nick Nicholas, HBS ’64, he convinced me that HBO had the potential to revolutionize the industry. His vision was so compelling that I signed on and didn’t leave for 34 years when I retired and return to HBS. Starting with Nick, the... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
Alumnae to Celebrate Official Launch of HBS Women’s Association The Harvard Business School Women’s Association (HBSWA) will host a Virtual Launch Celebration on Wednesday, June 12, to mark its official expansion as a nationwide HBS alumnae Shared Interest Group (SIG).... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
amplification, and net equity. “Its likeability doesn’t matter if these things aren’t in place,” adds Calkins, who also serves as a co-academic director of the Kellogg on Branding Executive Education program. Behind every Super Bowl ad is an intriguing business story,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
drive growth, while existing users need Bubble to grow and were with us from the beginning. What are your short- and long-term goals for Bubble? Our long-term vision is to redefine computer programming. We think everyone should be able to... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
(photo by Neal Hamberg) Ask Malay Kundu (MBA 2003) about StopLift Checkout Vision Systems, and he’s more than happy to talk about his thriving software company, which deploys video and scanning technologies to stop retail theft. The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
in the mid-1990s, I never realized how many team members who believed in me would be hurt financially in the short term. That, plus convincing others of a vision of the future before it is a reality, has created some stressful times. On... View Details
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
founder and a software engineer to build something that would contribute a small part to this broader vision of rebuilding a large, well-paid, highly-trained industrial workforce in the U.S. It’s a critical step on the path to... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
over hundreds of years: scientifically, it's absolutely elegant." Above ground, the garden is a tranquil vision of rustling corn, nodding sunflowers, and whirring insects. Below ground, things are less idyllic. The site's previous life as... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
responsible," she concludes. "In any successful change process, an understanding of the starting point is as important as a vision of the ultimate objective." View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 02 Feb 2007
- What Do You Think?
Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?
Aggarwal asked, "How many businesses truly were established with the vision of making the world a better place?" Jassi Brar said, "One must be able to 'afford' the good." Steve Holton had a different take on this... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 29 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS
very valuable to have a perfect vision in your mind if you cannot articulate it well or provide your team or client with the tools they need for it to be well executed. This transition of information is time consuming, but so important,... View Details
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IFC: Saudi Arabia; A Nation and its Oil Economy Reimagined - Course Catalog
Saudi Arabia, the largest economy in the Middle East, is implementing its hugely ambitious Vision 2030 initiative, which aims to transform the nation and diversify its economy away from oil dependency. This transition entails massive... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
For its initial handful of customers, AGR has focused on high-value, high-margin but labor-intensive crops like berries and table grapes, where Burro can use computer vision to navigate between rows, following pickers to shoulder the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
A Vision for Venture Capital: Realizing the Promise of Global Venture Capital & Private Equity by Peter A. Brooke (MBA ’54) with Daniel Penrice (New Ventures) This book chronicles the career of Peter Brooke, who has been called “the... View Details
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
called "The Computer as a Communication Device." These guys imagined human capabilities moving to a new level when real-time interactivity was realized. They expected an acceleration of our abilities to innovate and work creatively. The View Details
- 06 May 2025
- Blog Post
The Incredible Land of Ice and Fire: Exploring Iceland's Renewable Energy Model for a Changing Planet
Imagine a place where all electricity comes from clean sources, where most cars are EVs and can be charged on almost every street, where daily hot water for homes and pools is drawn from the depths of the Earth, and where sweet tomatoes can grow even in the starkest... View Details
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
MBA '83), vice chairman of advertising firm Arnold Worldwide. "It takes longer than you think to get everybody on the bus. And even then, is your vision clear? Does everyone know where they're going? Sometimes you think everybody is on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman