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- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
thought the client wanted and needed. Her case was strong, the data sound. But the executives didn’t bite. “I just remember presenting this incredible data that spoke directly to the very thing they hired me to do, the very thing that... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
Lincoln—already besieged by personal and political difficulties—weighed his options, knowing that a loss at the polls would almost certainly mean a permanently divided nation. By late August, Lincoln faced a crisis as great as any other... View Details
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
the front page of newspapers everywhere. We are past the 11th hour and, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report, the impacts are worse than we thought and our window to avert the worst of climate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
for investment banking internships, so Amyn was a great resource for us during that time. Sonia Sahney: When I went to my summer internship at Goldman after our first year I had already seen how they did modeling because Amyn had shown me the way he built models, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
iron ore among them—found a growing market as China's demands grew with its economy. And because Brazil had done the hard work of building a better policy foundation, the boom meant sustained economic growth. So while other Latin American countries that enjoyed a boost... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
thought this would become my life's work," remarked Aossey, whose organization, formed in response to the Soviet invasion, trains medical personnel around the world in order to create a sustainable health-care system. "The attacks on... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
In 1943 John H. Johnson sent a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt inviting her to write for Negro Digest, a fledgling magazine that he had recently founded with a $500 loan. The First Lady politely replied that she was too busy at the time.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Career and Relationships by Ramabadran Gopalakrishnan (AMP 115, 1994) (Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.) According to Gopalakrishnan, perceptions influence our thoughts and actions, and these, in turn, are influenced by the “lenses”... View Details
- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
whatever research we thought was important, and to see if there was a way to make a positive impact,” adds Malhotra, an expert on negotiation, dealmaking, diplomacy, and conflict resolution. DEEPAK MALHOTRA, Eli Goldston Professor of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
ten-year time frames for your next move. It's better to focus on what you're doing and stick with it until it becomes redundant or isn't fun anymore.” CURRENT READING Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
five-year plan, and I can't analyze things with spreadsheets. I get bored." The same has held true for how Wyss has approached his career. Asked if he ever thought he would spend thirty years building a medical device company into a $2.3... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
supporting gay and lesbian rights, and saving the rainforest. I'd like to see more companies copy our business model and become advocates for social change." Working Assets' charitable-donation model, thought to be the first of its kind,... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
best people you can find and then let them do their job." CURRENT READING Political Education: National Policy Comes of Age, by Christopher T. Cross As head of Hazleton, which he turned into the largest independent contract laboratory in... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
undertaking something much more serious, leading Xerox’s entry into the Chinese market and fearlessly chastising the company’s chairman for publicizing its activities in the press. Always up for a new challenge, she also began serving on... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
of all, I had really good jobs, right? I liked the work I did. I liked the variety. But also the nature of the work I thought was, you know, great fun. I didn't have all great bosses, but I had a lot of really great bosses and mentors.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
that was hastily withdrawn once her gender became apparent. “I’m sorry, we don’t hire women,” the interviewing partner politely told her. After graduating at the top of her class in 1966, she received offers from firms in New York and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
Spar In her new book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception, HBS professor Debora Spar takes an unflinching look at a taboo topic: the myriad kinds of interpersonal arrangements and financial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Pursuing the Ultimate Deal
noteworthy “in terms of its psychology,” Ross explained, for several reasons: Saudi Arabia, a seat of religious orthodoxy, was presenting it; the proposal was being put forth despite the most intense hostilities in decades; it gave hope to the Israeli public, which... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
studio and uplink center. Not bad for a kid who received a “low pass” in Production and Operations Management and thought he could get away with not having to buy a pocket calculator to do the math for Managerial Economics. Life throws a... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
the elimination of enemy nations as political and economic powers, and through the emergence and development of other nations. There will be many major changes in the flow of trade and of capital investment." (Please see Pearson Hunt's... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg