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- 07 Mar 2017
- News
From Harvard to INSEAD: Change Management in a Disruptive World
(via INSEAD.edu) In a wide-ranging interview for the St. Gallen’s Symposium, published by the Huffington Post, Dr. Olivier Giscard D’Estaing (MBA 1951) talks about the deep roots of HBS within the foundation of INSEAD, the European View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
keep that history, and that original mission, in focus. “David recognized early on that the web was absolutely transforming the way the media business in general functioned,” says James Bennet, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Feedback
undercut us. Our employees have to trust that we will deliver on our promises. We have to trust that business partners will deliver on their contracts. But I find it hard to know whom to trust, and I have proven to myself that I am bad at... View Details
- 22 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles
by Alex Popa (MBA 2007). During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that place the School at the cutting edge of addressing the challenges facing View Details
- 07 May 2019
- News
How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal
attending Harvard Business School, Hoel Perkins landed a job on the ground floor of the venture capital firm TA Associates in Boston. There she impressed management with her computer skills—all self-taught—and her knack for finding... View Details
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
that made me wonder if we’re in the early stages of a cultural shift to downsizing, minimalism, and generally questioning if personal wealth, public success, and material goods lead to lasting happiness. In the July-August issue of HBR,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
Six months before Harvard Business School officially opened in October 1908, the School had no classrooms, no faculty, and no curriculum. But its proponents had a Big Idea: Create a professional school designed to train managers for a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
superficial. People are hungry for context and to understand the whys and the connections. I think we can play a huge role there. What’s the business plan for Khan Academy? Our number one objective is not to mess up a good thing, so we... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Planning Process with Minimal Effort by Tracy Morgan (MBA 1990) (North Star Strategies) Supreme Commander: MacArthur's Triumph in Japan by Mike Morris (MBA 1971) (HarperCollins) Morris combines political history, military biography, and View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
things like shapes, lines, and colors. So if you ask Google what a dog is, Google Images will offer you billions of results. Google’s not the only one. From Microsoft and Amazon to countless buzzy Valley startups, when someone says they are involved in AI, they are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
Mawilmada’s office in Colombo Fort, the city’s central business district. A somewhat hazardous stroll along broken sidewalks, ducking in and out of traffic, took us past the presidential palace, majestic colonial-era buildings, and,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
his generosity. “Frank Batten’s remarkable career as an entrepreneur, chief executive officer, and philanthropist is an inspiration to us all,” Summers commented. “Through his extremely generous gift, he has set an example for others in... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
Frese's financial accounting class. I didn't even know what that day's case was but this was a supposed "safe class"—no cold-calling. Suddenly through my haze, I heard Professor Frese say: "Well, Mr. MacKinnon, perhaps you can tell us all how View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
and Santiago, Chile For-profit conservationists David Blood (MBA 1985) Generation Investment Management London, New York, and Sydney Investment management that integrates sustainability factors and traditional equity research Scott Bolick... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Two Sides of the General Re: your June article about General Doriot: As a confused 23-year-old head of a very unsuccessful used-car business who needed help trying to decide... View Details
- 03 Apr 2015
- News
Texas Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
Business School, but also the great opportunities we have to help create positive change throughout the world. “And the Campaign is about more than raising money,” he noted. “It provides an opportunity to inspire and engage the next View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
ideas, explanations, and solutions for the smartest business readers.'" In 1996, after nearly twenty years at Fortune, Kiechel brought his high editorial standards and equally high regard for savvy business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
company’s culture on three cornerstones: quality, performance, and valuing the individual employee. As for strategy and the bottom line, the commercial areas he focused on were the medical-services business and the fiber division—even... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 16 Dec 2010
- News
The Emergent Arab World
frequently “turn against their own people” and a business community that too often “can’t stand on its own two feet.” Going forward, Obeid said, the focus should be on the 65 percent of the MENA population that is under 30 years of age,... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
generates electricity as it rolls—“[a] project that makes the world a better place.” Cofounder and CEO of Uncharted Play, a company based in New York City that creates a line of socially beneficial play-based products, she was on Forbes... View Details