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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
the insistence of the venture capital community, former Intel executive Mike Markkula joined the team. “So in that way,” Sahlman continues, “it’s different from real estate. It’s about, how do I create experiments that reveal to me, and to View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Spray Canon
are markets where there is not necessarily intrinsic value to the products themselves.” “These are markets where there is not necessarily intrinsic value to the products themselves.” With that kind of attention, some market safeguards can kick in. Big art galleries... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
Riad Armanious (MBA 2008) regards the pandemic as the greatest professional challenge he has faced as managing director of family-owned Eva Group and CEO of Eva Pharma, a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Egypt. The... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
to 12 percent. That’s a significant savings when you are hiring 250 engineers per year.” A short stint as assistant to the area management team for Schlumberger’s land division in 1999 exposed her to upper management, a move that led... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Flex Time
Lauri Union (MBA 1992) manages Union Corrugating Company (UCC) from Boston, where she lives with her husband and two young children. While her early years at the company required more time on-site in North Carolina, she’s View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Record Gift to HBS from India’s Tata Group
to me,” said Tata. “HBS is the preeminent place to learn about the world’s most innovative companies and to be exposed to the world’s best thinking on management and leadership. By supporting the Harvard Business School’s educational... View Details
Keywords: Tata Hall
- 23 Jan 2017
- News
The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee
offices. Burwick managed all of this, the article notes, while guiding the company through a transition from public entity to private ownership. Before joining Peet’s, Burwick worked at PepsiCo and as president of Weight Watchers North... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
the world, both for the better and for the more challenging,” says Lemmon, who wrote The Dressmaker while working at global investment management firm PIMCO. “I want to tell stories that have implications for the broader community, and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Bringing New Life to an Iconic Magazine
the organization (now operating as the Advisory Board Company and Corporate Executive Board) employs more than 6,500 people and generates annual revenues approaching $1.5 billion. While he didn’t fulfill his political dreams, Bradley... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
be the ones left standing once the dust clears. Charan traces the causes of this crisis, identifies the essential priorities managers need to focus on now, and offers clear guidelines for top executives and managers. Create Marketplace... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Alumni Books
why the MBA Oath is necessary and shows how it can be applied in the real world. Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles between Vision and Reality by Scott Belsky (MBA ’08) (Portfolio) After interviewing hundreds of especially productive creative View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
committee, whose previous experience included over a decade of private equity and executive management roles in the sector, with notable experience in battery storage. “When you have a legacy asset base and investments that you’re still... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Take 2: From Ad Copy to Cuneiform
executive vice president and director of the Ted Bates Agency in New York City (then among the top five advertising agencies in the world), managing the firm and million-dollar accounts for big-name clients such as Prudential, Colgate,... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
goals. It also tells some of the stories of the nonprofit leaders who are laboring in virtual anonymity, doing work that requires tremendous leadership and management skills. These are not the people we tend... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Fellowship Fuels a Passion for a Career in Aviation
business have helped him appreciate the importance of diversity of thought, which fellowships enable in the classroom. “You arrive at better solutions when you have people from different backgrounds. It's the way business should work.”... View Details
- 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
Thomas C. Høegh
by Messrs. Arafat and Peres. Given his artistic bent, why did Høegh enroll at HBS? "I see myself as a catalyst," he explains. "Having both an artistic and a financial background makes it easier for me to bring brilliant people together... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron
rural development project in Tanzania between her first and second years at HBS changed her life completely. Professionally, the excitement of the business challenges she tackled showed her that "arts administration wouldn't be creative enough," she says. On the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships
both of her parents had passed away, and Cenat faced a difficult future. But her second-grade teacher urged her to pursue her studies, and she eventually received a college scholarship from the Gates Foundation. Now, Cenat hopes she can use her HBS education to inspire... View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Marketable Skill
talented, artistically, but I was good at managing creative types." After sharpening those management skills at HBS, Gehrke held a succession of marketing jobs with big companies but never stayed in one... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg