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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
we’ll accept anything. But, globally, I’m trying to take into account the human aspect of running a business, not just the financial aspect. “Jeannette is the oldest startup in France, with the highest... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
battery-powered SpinBrush, now the nation's best-selling toothbrush. Retailing for around five dollars, SpinBrush accounted for $160 million in sales last year and is the subject of an HBS case study.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
early and regularly. According to a recent study, she said, 88 percent of American women invest primarily in low-yield vehicles such as savings accounts and CDs, none of which... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
to consumers and thereby fuel demand for their cars. Entering a complementary business requires that companies do their accounting a little differently. You cannot measure the profitability of the two... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
leadership electives. Required Curriculum (First Year) Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise. Leadership and Corporate View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
chance to work as a special assistant to the chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission in D. C. The chief accountant's name was John. And I said, “John, what do you want me to do?” And he said, “Well, we'll sort View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
comprehensive program designed to ensure a basic level of competency throughout the cohort. By all accounts from the students, faculty members, and staff involved in the initial Foundations module, the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
and mentors—were the key to engaging and inspiring his students. Here, Walker records those stories in a memoir that spans five decades and reveals a man whose curiosity, resourcefulness, and luck led him out View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
power structures and the fact that our economic system doesn't account for the negative externalities of pollution, injustice, etc. And that's why I think it's even more important to emphasize the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
early pioneer of this proactive approach, also undertaken by Kathy Giusti’s MBA 1985 Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and John Crowley’s MBA 1997 Amicus Therapeutics.) The MJFF demands accountability and... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
to an account in her name, her savings are less susceptible to theft and she can maintain control of the funds to ensure they are spent on school fees. When she then pays the school via digital transfer, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
amazing for India. Falls are a leading cause of emergency calls, but traffic accidents are also a huge problem. India has only 1 percent of the world’s vehicles but accounts... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Summing Up the New Students
Minneapolis. It was beautiful, and a great time to just think.” Jonathan Gary Dallas, Texas CV: Account associate, PIMCO, Newport Beach, California “I had to do some shopping once I got to Boston—a pair of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
other schools accepted only men. "One of the men used a mild bit of profanity, then looked at me and said, 'Oh, I'm sorry.' The professor very wisely said, 'Mrs. Wilkinson has worked at IBM. She's heard all... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
filled with news from enlisted men and officers serving in theaters around the world: letters sent in by parents from sons at sea; first-person and news accounts of harrowing escapes, rescues, and bravery;... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
Federation of America Award for Media Service. His most recent book,My Vast Fortune, due out this month, is a memoir that recalls some of his greatest adventures and misadventures with money. It includes... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: In October of last year, curator Denise Murrell’s (MBA 1980) exhibition opened at Columbia University's Wallach Art Gallery, most View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Europe and the United States, he said, "they have already reached a threshold in customer orientation, so you have to do different things to succeed." That's not the case yet in Asia, he pointed out, as Deshpandé listened intently. HBS professor Paul M. Healy spoke on... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
You're really looking for the sweet spot of contribution and passion. To me that accounts for a ton of great “leader A” days. April: You raised a really good point. This sort... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
war’s progress? In matters of the human spirit, numbers could be deceiving. After teaching accounting and control for three years at HBS, McNamara became a War Department consultant and later was inducted... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons