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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
entrepreneur Diane Hessan (MBA 1977) concerning her qualitative research on the American electorate. In late September, the HBS Association of Boston hosted a fireside chat with General Electric’s Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) and HBS professor emeritus Ben Shapiro. Immelt,... View Details
- 21 Aug 2019
- News
Analyzing Homelessness
his company relocated to a site near a shelter and soup kitchen on the city’s west side, where many Cicero employees volunteer or work pro bono on strategy development. He finds cause for optimism in his work with city and state task... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’
Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring... View Details
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HBS Magazine - Alumni
Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel Venture: A Welcome Assist Alumni and Faculty Books Crucible Crucible: Relocation A physical and mental shift brings newfound peace Feedback Please send feedback to magazine@hbs.edu . Class Notes What's... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Directors of Research Centers Share Global Perspectives
also play a key role for the centers by helping to identify and facilitate research opportunities worldwide. In related news, Masako Egawa has announced that as of September, the Japan Research Office has a new home, having relocated to... View Details
- 21 Nov 2008
- News
No More Squawking about the Campus Turkey
Turk definitely staked a claim to the HBS campus. But a little aggression wasn’t enough to run afoul of state law that protects wild creatures from relocation just to soothe jangled human nerves. Alas, perhaps the celebrity status Turk... View Details
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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Nicole Bucala As a student at HBS, Nicole Bucala (MBA 2015) could not stop thinking ... Activating a Legion of People Bertina Ceccarelli When a company I was working for relocated to Omaha, I knew I wanted t... Alumni Clubs Supporting &... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Home to HBS
husband and I were starting a family at the same time I was starting my MBA, I applied only to schools that met the following two criteria: Located where my husband would have been able to relocate with his job; Was a top school. Since we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Managing Change
the Graduate School of Education, and collaborations with the Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science as it relocates to Western Avenue. The move, according to the announcement by Dean Nohria and Executive Dean for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
"Tobin tax" on financial transactions? Claire Martin (AMP 175, 2008), VP, Renault, France I'm skeptical for three reasons. First, empirical evidence indicates such taxes have raised little revenue and have simply relocated trading rather... View Details
- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
going to scale back in the U.S. to keep their options open by continuing to operate a plant in America,” he noted. But the damage done by offshoring high-tech manufacturing may be irreversible, he warned. Once factories relocate abroad,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Surveying Students’ Summer Plans
be part of GE just as it’s relocating its headquarters to Boston.” Graham Fairbairn (MBA 2018) Hometown: Sydney, Australia Destination: General Mills, Minneapolis “I come from a consumer packaged goods background and have had the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
researchers found that German companies struggling to maintain long-term survival in India adopted a mix of political risk management strategies: Disguise Some companies used a “cloaking” strategy, altering their organizational structure to camouflage ownership or... View Details
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Health Care’s New Frontier
1999, the nascent success of that program, called athenaNet, and the interest it attracted from investors and other medical practices convinced Bush and Park to shift the company’s focus from clinical care to Internet billing and information processing. Along the way,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future
memory of war on one's home soil. We know how tragic history can be, and we understand the fragility of society." A native of France who relocated to New York last summer, Hannezo recalled John F. Kennedy's famous declaration, "Ich bin... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
disasters. Floods the previous February had displaced 14,000 city residents and caused $100 million in damages. Because his own family’s home in Texas had been damaged during Hurricane Harvey, Tsai understood firsthand the importance of quickly View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
pioneers a new supplier-retailer partnership between P&G and Wal-Mart. Built on proximity (Muccio relocated to Wal-Mart’s turf in Arkansas) and growing trust (both sides eventually eliminated elaborate legal contracts in favor of Letters... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Transforming Baker Library
relocated so that library patrons will sacrifice nothing. In some cases, such as the book-delivery program, the service levels will actually increase during the renovation.” — Margie Kelley View Details