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- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
who drove almost three hours to attend the talk. “The topic is extremely timely. Everybody seems to know these problems in healthcare and finance, the environment and government that need to be fixed. The question is ‘What do we do?’ Etienne offered some good View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Words and Pictures
As a student in Professor Nitin Nohria’s LEAD class, in the spring of 2001, Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) was particularly captivated by the idea of reflective leadership. “We talked a lot about the human aspects of business, and I was... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
law for “38 seconds” before starting two other tech companies. Michelle Zatlyn (MBA ’09): Saskatchewan native with experience in product marketing and product management. The pair hatched the idea for what would become CloudFlare during... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
widely accepted and utilized in much of the rest of the world, remain virtually unknown in North America. “I suspect it boils down to the following: Too cheap + too simple = minimal profit. Not my idea of responsible capitalism,” he says.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
management as an agent of shareholders and a servant to share price. Other stakeholders, such as workers and communities, no longer mattered. The rise of agency theory and its dissemination in business schools reflected, among other things, the revolution in View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
harsh statement. I think that that has really changed over the last 15 years. I think management really is taught and valued here. I think that's part of the reason why the ideas started spreading here first, but it's been really fun to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
deliver, they go. I think that is pretty clear to everybody,” says Natarajan. Natarajan led the company’s turnaround by instituting an annual Vision Community exercise, which invites selected employees at all levels to join in brainstorming sessions to identify 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
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
costs.” The HBS Club of Philadelphia has sent 49 community leaders to SPNM since 2001, thanks to its dedicated endowment, says club president David Othmer (MBA 1966). “Our predecessors had the idea to send one or two people to the SPNM... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
broad social transformation. Second, it is not always easy to see this idea of “social return,” nor is it easy to quantify. The risks of “social business” are high, and likely require some economic cost to capture the value of increased... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
of your vehicle. And it could mean that you’re not going to make it to orbit. Those are mistakes that can be done with very strong engineers. On the people side: It’s easy for engineers to fall prey to the “not made here” syndrome or “not invented here” syndrome- the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
Research Center in Hong Kong, which has served as a jumping-off point for scholars who are involved in a fascinating exchange of ideas with many of the senior executives who are charting the future course of Asian business. “Asia has... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Burunda Prince (MBA 1987)
estate and construction business in Atlanta 70 years ago. He was an incubator and accelerator before the terms were even coined. Our Big IDEAS curriculum helps develop a step-by-step plan for creating a sustainable business. The process... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn
High-Tech Start-Up Outcomes,” Roche and coauthor Annamaria Conti found that high-tech and medical-device startups launched in uncertain financial times underperform those whose founders have better job security. As a result, the bar for good View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation
are foundational elements of the School’s mission. These are far-reaching and often expensive areas of focus that require ongoing funding from multiple sources. For more than a century, Harvard Business School has proven fertile ground for View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Clusters and Competition
William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard, whose ideas have been applied to improve the economic performance of companies, cities, states, regions, and entire nations. “This goes beyond the traditional writing of articles and... View Details
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
1999. Bringing back Glass-Steagall, however, is an idea attracting some high-profile congressional advocates, including Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell. Writing in the Financial Times, HBS senior... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
faculty to tell us about their desert-island picks or the books that have been most meaningful to them over the years. Here are a few of their favorites to consider for your warm-weather reading. The idea of being on a desert island with... View Details
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
Harriet Manners. And I think the thing for me is Harriet is a very specific character, but she kind of represents everybody in a way because she comes across as an outsider. And that idea of feeling like an outsider, I think is incredibly... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
"What did people do before ATMs?" That's a question that causes most twentysomethings to draw a blank. They don't remember the days when people conducted their banking - face-to-face with a teller - between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays. The View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
years of training and placing job seekers. Why should she risk financial ruin on a big-ticket real estate purchase? The idea first surfaced when Russo’s accountant matter-of-factly suggested that she stop paying office rent — upwards of... View Details