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- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
about a free ride in a submarine?” And the place went nuts, and that was my cold call horror story. Page Knudsen Cowles, 1983. Second year, I was very conscientious—I did my work. And my mother came to visit, and it was a class where we... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
decide, for example, when to disclose plans for the merger, what restrictions to place on insider use of information, what counts as fair and proper accounting and taxation, and how to treat employees who may lose their jobs. "In M&As;... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
commodities. But they are not places to find leading-edge opportunities in technologies.” However, Venrock foresaw the globalization of venture opportunities several years ago and sponsored a new, independent venture partnership called... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
He recalls when the specter of “Japan, Inc.,” was one of manufacturing’s looming concerns. “We’ve been through a cycle of lost competitiveness followed by renewal,” observes Jasinowski, who once worked on the Studebaker assembly line in South Bend, Indiana. “Now I... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Bounce Back
questions about the continuing reign of email and how to put it to use in any industry. How is email monetization different from web optimization? Email monetization places pay-per-click ads directly into emails that are sent by... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business
understanding of it,” he says. “In addition to wanting to gain some important analytical tools at HBS, I realized that there was a fruitful internal journey to be taken by coming to a place where I was not acquainted with the way of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
proposal. At the end of FIELD 3, the team—which was by then armed with a better understanding of both sides of the market and how to engage business owners—pitched HourlyNerd again. This time, the mock stock price climbed to the maximum allowed—$1,000—earning them... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 May 2008
- News
Small World? Read Nil about It
Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil some decades ago, I saw how the arrival of electricity — and a television mounted in the public square — changed life in my rural village. The outside world became visible. Other peoples and places were... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
importance of facilitating faculty contact with prominent issues, individuals, and companies in the region. “One of the primary values of our center is to help faculty identify key business players and to place interesting business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
artwork on Instagram.” HBS oasis: Aldrich alcove tables, at sunrise or sunset. “The windows let in so much light—it was the best place on campus to catch your breath and think.” Find HBS alumni at Bessemer Venture Partners View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Ronald P. Mitchell
Ron Mitchell says his most valuable learning experience at HBS did not take place in the classroom. Rather, it emerged from his work as student government president. "That's where I learned about working with people in a political and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
At Soldiers Field, Small indeed found the tools she had been looking for to advance her career - as well as a place where she could keep up her interest in family matters. An active member of the Women's Student Association, Small... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The New “In” Crowd
Student Interest in Social Enterprise Is on the Rise As I sat in Burden Auditorium on a dreary Sunday back in March, surrounded by upwards of 1,100 students, I wondered whether I was witness to the arrival of a new zeitgeist. The occasion was the annual Social... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Scott C. Bolick
where he instituted the Student Association/MBA Awards to complement the annual Dean's Award for exceptional leadership and service. "HBS students are just fantastic people," remarks Bolick. "I felt that it was important to have a mechanism in View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
received strong support from many of his professors, MBA Program staff, and classmates. “Students who don't have the troubles I did go through this place without finding out who their real and true friends are,” he observes. “I found that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
insists, “it's theirs.” One opinion that was heard loud and clear during Schock's SA service was a call for a new prescription drug plan for HBS students. Schock was among student leaders who met with University health officials and the HBS administration early last... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Dynamic Group
ten-year wedding anniversary present for his wife, Nina. The pair left their two young children at home in Bogotâ¡ with Miguel’s parents and spent an extra night in Amsterdam on their way home. “The tranquility and the intensity felt in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
birth, or place of birth. “This was a particularly difficult database to put together because there is no public source of CEO tenure data prior to 1978,” says Mayo, who spent countless hours in Baker Library working with research... View Details
- 13 Jul 2011
- News
China Boot Camp
organized by C.B. Sung (MBA ’50), a Chinese native who, upon graduation, found himself unable to go home after his country’s fall to Communist forces in 1949. With the gradual opening of China, Sung, a career executive at Motorola, made return trips — and brought... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
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What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
powerfully together. I'm so encouraged to see climate movements and racial justice movements coming together in places like Flint or with the Dakota Access Pipeline, because when we realize that there's multiple negative effects to a... View Details