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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)
I was scared to death that everyone would be smarter than me. And they were. On the first day of class we were all anxious to talk and make a good first impression. I held my hand up until it had gangrene. Then Professor Ted Levitt ate me... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Giving hope and inspiration to cancer patients around the globe
Every new day is a good day for Kathryn E. Giusti (MBA 1985) since that morning in 1996 when her oncologist told her to get her affairs in order because she had a rare blood cancer, with three years to live.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
mother was dying of cancer, and he was caring for his grandparents. A younger brother had been killed in crossfire between the Israeli army and Palestinian police.” That fall, back at college, Hussein opened up a newspaper one View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
manufacturing an estimated 9.08 million vehicles in 2005). Increasingly, the glory days seem a thing of the past. How could such a reversal have occurred? Can it be corrected, and does it matter if it can’t? Car Trouble Every novice... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
they’re just curious because their business somehow sources from the region. Ten or twenty years ago, a whole slew of people became China watchers. Whether you were of Chinese descent or not, you suddenly had to care about what was going... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
sabotaged some of my most important relationships-- romantic ones, friendships, and alienated the people who cared about me the most, which were my family and friends. That, for me, really encompasses the seven year struggle. I'd say... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)
patient and doctor has few parallels, and I am sure my appreciation of it will only continue to grow as I advance in my career. “HBS greatly enriched my understanding of the challenges and opportunities in health care today. It’s an... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
Going back to the leadership discussion, I believe that if you grow the people in the company, the company will take care of itself. What really turns people on is not so much pay, not so much that they’re working on the 777, although... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain
arming women with better information will encourage them to become more involved in their own care and lead to better results in their fight with cancer. Cohen was working at Price Waterhouse as marketing director for the consulting... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
Burlington, Massachusetts-based, Rochester Shoe Tree Company, the country's leading manufacturer of private-label shoe care products, where he directed all new business ventures and substantially increased the firm's base business. Last... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
he’s hosting a tour of the space—and assigning McKenna a key card. Ten months in as CEO of the humanitarian aid organization, it’s finally her first day in the office. One by one, a few other senior leaders assemble in the lobby for the 1... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
ours was a unique time at the School, but it wasn't as though we were burning down buildings and joining the SDS - we worked very hard," continues O'Donnell, who has vivid memories of his first day at HBS. "We were greeted by the Dean in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
fast-food joints proliferate. Globalization and downsizing affected blue- and white-collar workers alike. “Layoff” used to mean “temporary unemployment”; now it meant “loss of job.” David McNew/Getty Images If we worked only four hours a View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
employs 9,000 people and ranks as Georgia’s largest, most comprehensive health system. Under consideration this day is a proposal to add specialists — known as neurohospitalists — to manage care for patients... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
instance, that insurance should have a big seat at this table. And a lot of the early days of climate and ESG and all the rest, focused more on banking and the asset management side of the house. I think folks are coming around to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
recalls a fateful day at home during the Christmas holidays when Bradach came over to finish the final plan. Hours on, after completing their task, Tierney recalls suddenly seeing themselves in the climactic scene in Butch Cassidy and the... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
mission. And as I was walking out of the door my dad looked up and said, son, when you finish firing my manager I expect you to replace him with your manager. And yours better be as good as mine. So as I was on the way back to take care... View Details
- 09 Apr 2025
- News
The Working Parent Revolution
expectations of employees, how companies are reacting to this push, and what the future of family care might look like. READ MORE April White: Stephen, you've been CEO of Bright Horizons for the last seven years, but I know you've also... View Details