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- 02 Nov 2010
- News
Commanding Officers
Dee Leopold observes that such students have “navigated uncertainty, managed a diverse ‘workforce,’ shouldered real responsibility, and been held accountable.” Clearly, military experience is useful and desirable in business (as a series... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
“animal spirits,” entrepreneurial energies and imaginings that bring a business to life. They also miss out on the aspirations employees may harbor to think a bit on their own, experiment with new ways of doing the same old drill, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
30 seconds,” recalls the feisty octogenarian. “I had spent previous summers hauling up 125-pound, wooden lobster traps, so my upper body strength exceeded his.” Summers spent lobstering in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and a competitive spirit—along with an View Details
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
economic model and the HR model and getting it all working. But he said leaders need to also be poets. Now, what is a poet? A poet is somebody who creates a vision, a beautiful view of what the world could be, and tries to get everyone... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
dishes, He says he appreciates the democratic aspect of a business that rewards practical experience and a strong work ethic. “People who apply themselves can work their way through the ranks,” he observes. “For many workers —... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
ago. Hanna: I'm guessing that you were probably part of making the barn clean—that you were picking stalls and stuff like that, which is pretty tough work really. Finley: Well, I didn't answer the second part of that question, but you're exactly right. It's an... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
actually put wheels in motion—and they didn’t jump up and down,” she says. The experience stumped Hoffman, and as she began to have more similar encounters over the next few years, she began to see politics, as she puts it, get in the way... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
A Force for Good
“In doing so, we can open up access to economic opportunities to traditionally marginalized groups and bring more equity into our economy, all while making hiring an easier, better experience for companies.”... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Professor Thomas Kennedy Remembered
officers. Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1912, Maynard Thomas Kennedy received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Swarthmore College in 1934. In 1947, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, which published his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
city council for funding to meet their community’s needs. Over time, all these experiences have helped quiet the voices in my head and convince me I am “good enough” the way I am. Gregory K. Tanaka is the author and editor of Systemic... View Details
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
CEO of Competitiveness.com, he brings experience in nearly 200 economic development initiatives in Europe and Latin America to his World Bank job. Comparing his previous development consulting View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF.... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
Blockchain for Good
eco-friendly consensus algorithm. She says they have also tested the first public stablecoin backed entirely by cash. “Our mission is for everyone in the world to experience the benefits of a truly digital financial ecosystem,” she... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
and raising cattle on it is a challenge fit for an MBA—one that Whiteside decided to pursue full-time after finding a new tract of land and selling his company just a few months before the 2008 economic crisis. "If you apply fertilizer,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
neglected in organizational theory, this publication, the culmination of more than a decade of research by the authors, presents important new ideas for how to organize them effectively. Creating Modern Capitalism Thomas K. McCraw, editor (Harvard University Press)... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public
Commencement has always marked a time of promise and possibility, but this year's festivities seem especially charged with anticipation. Not only is the Class of 2000 the first to set forth into a new century, but it graduates into what is widely viewed as the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
After its war of liberation from England, America was bankrupt, disjointed, and devoid of experience in governance. "The new country could have broken apart because of its financial problems," HBS professor emeritus Thomas McCraw writes... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Deborah A. Farrington, MBA 1976
For Debby Farrington, the road to HBS began at age 11 with a visit to the New York Stock Exchange. "I was fascinated," says Farrington, who majored in economics at Smith and was one of just nine women in her HBS section. Comfortable in... View Details
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
to a second chance at having a fuller experience at school since at Harvard College, I often felt like I had to have my head down.” Westphal has no regrets about that time, especially as he succeeded academically, winning the Harris Prize... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty
skills development. Those qualities, known as human capital, provide a better predictor of economic status, says Associate Professor Scott Duke Kominers. “A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility,” authored by Kominers, Kevin Murphy and the... View Details