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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
nine secrets to happiness, each of which takes a common ideal, flips it on its head, and casts it in a completely new light. He provides step-by-step guidelines for applying each secret to live a happier life today and discusses such View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
The idea of attacking core memory in mainframe computers with the 1103 DRAM proved a winner because, despite this product’s problems, it was far more economical to use than the existing alternative. When Intel turned a profit and went... View Details
- 30 Aug 2021
- News
One and the Same
that and, of course, all your ideas end up on the whiteboard, along with everyone else’s,” she told the Sydney Morning Herald. “You become the person facilitating the conversation, and you are the one taking the notes in terms of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
GE’s Immelt Urges MBAs to Dream Big, Work Hard
job today is 30 to 40 percent about people, mainly teaching them how to compete in the 21st century”); judgment as to what constitutes a sound idea (“Being able to see through the chatter into those one or two things that make a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Pursuing a passion
really intriguing,” Amabile continues. “Frans found that highly creative individuals often have degrees in widely disparate disciplines, were raised in two or more cultures or countries, or have work experience in a couple of unrelated professions. They are able to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Crowdfunding capital for small business
like the idea of the crowd vetting ideas, and determining winners and losers by voting with their capital.” Although the partners had been friends for four decades, they had never worked together before iCrowd. McGee, a US Navy veteran,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Global Outreach Program Planned for HBS Centennial
Centennial with alumni. “These events offer a wonderful opportunity for our alumni to interact with faculty and hear about the latest work and ideas coming out of the School,” says Stephanie Goff, senior director for Alumni Relations. As... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
From Das’s Desk
As I wrote in my September 2019 column, HBS reunions serve many valuable purposes, including reconnecting with classmates and being a platform to learn about the latest pathbreaking research and ideas from the faculty. Armed with alumni... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
stage for so long. I wanted to go back to kind of like how do ideas work? Small teams. Working on solving big problems. And that's what led me to venture. My wife and I had lived all over the place but we had never lived in Silicon Valley... View Details
- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
average person would say, I'm going to go into that meeting, it starts at 11:00, I need to be out of there by 11:45. The best executives would say things like I'm to go into that meeting, it's going start at 11:00, it's going to start with Jim like bringing up some... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
offer for the company. Yet the company, and its workers, formed the grain of an idea that began to grow in Viana’s mind. “Jeannette, for me, became a double mission, the first being to save the company,” he says. Just past 50, with a full... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
fact that what business prioritizes and where business puts its muscle can get done in a way that often the public is not able to do and exercise influence. So the idea of the business pledge is for businesses to embrace and use that... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
these riveting tales grew the idea for a column "voice," leading to the innovation of class secretaries. "Upon election, the Class Secretary accepts a long-term commitment to perform a liaison function within the class and between the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
range of ideas and voices assembled by a succession of talented editors. From ardent speeches on leadership by the School's founders, to impassioned editorials about the causes of the Great Depression, to insightful commentary on the dawn... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
dating back to the 18th century, is not up to 21st-century demands, for investors or for directors themselves. Ideas for Fundamental Reforms Boards are not going to disappear. Nor, despite their many flaws, should they. They remain the... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
Alzheimer’s research. At McCance’s urging, they based the organization on venture capital principles: locate visionaries and invest in them; run a lean, frugal institution; and take the risk on bold ideas with enormous promise. Having... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
“Back then, the valley was still mostly apricot and prune orchards. When we saw some promising sign, we’d knock on the door,” says Johnson, who worked in a steel mill after earning his MBA and serving in the Air Force. “We’d tell them that we were venture capitalists.... View Details
- 29 Apr 2019
- News
A Global Mission
International University in Klaipėda, which he helped to establish in 1991. He’s also working in Mexico, developing an idea for an overland shipping route in southern Mexico to rival the Panama Canal that will bring business opportunities... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
How Does the HBS Endowment Work?
professorships and fellowships. Only the remaining 13 percent is unrestricted—$19 million in FY17—and can be used to help fund new ideas and initiatives. An enduring investment: Donors who establish an endowed fund at HBS take the long... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
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In Brief
billion in revenue. It’s the toughest job he’s ever had. Letters to the Editor; Gore at HBS; Robert Anthony Remembered; 2006 Annual Report; Jailhouse Entrepreneurs; Avon CEO; of Note; Winter Break; Steve Ballmer; Alumni Bookshelf; Ideas... View Details