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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
team. It’s amazing what getting out of the office and onto a ropes course can do for a group. How does running Outward Bound compare with running a truck-parts company? It is similar in that you need to marshal support for an idea and direct the View Details
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
While a number of organizations work to address the inequities that exist in America’s public schools, one in particular has caught the eye of President Obama. And with good reason: the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), recently featured on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
“It’s still early in its implementation and a process of two steps forward and one step back,” Cohen cautions. “Development pressures are huge,so we keep our fingers crossed.” In 1997, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright asked Cohen to... View Details
- 04 Sep 2014
- News
Our focus was to get drug companies to invest money in ALS
millions of dollars into research, and removed critical barriers to the development of treatments. “Our focus was to get drug companies to invest money in ALS,” says Kremer, who was diagnosed in 2004, just weeks into his first year at HBS. “We studied the View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
up the value chain from call center operations to legal document processing and graphic design. I do feel optimistic about Jamaica’s future. We’re hoping to see businesses create 50 or 100 new jobs, not one or two. We’ve doubled down on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
its wine, but inferior product from Canada and China had begun flooding the market, driving down retail prices from $50 a pound that year to $12 a pound by 2006. Instead of joining the family business, Hsu went to work for General Mills after college, where he... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Creating Change
anyone seeking to change an organization from within, says Professor Kathleen McGinn, who recently presented on the topic to the HBS Women’s Association of New England. She outlines four steps to creating change in the face of resistance:... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
From One to Many
actions to shift team behavior. “While traditional companies struggle with siloed organizations and slow decision-making, the most disruptive companies are being built by founder teams that have teamship behaviors born into their everyday... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
long-term success. But the world is changing rapidly—and this old one-and-done contract no longer applies. The skills and knowledge we need to manage and lead today’s organizations are in constant flux, and there is a growing need for... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management
find that the boss isn't interested in their suggestions? These are very real questions for anyone making the transition from functional to general manager. Last October, in Professor David A. Garvin's elective course General Management: View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success
of students accepting jobs in each industry, as did their 607 classmates who entered in September. The similarities stem from a combination of many factors, from the admissions process (which admits all students from a single applicant... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- News
Voting for Optimism in Baltimore
Baltimore? At NYU, I learned that being a mechanical engineer is about taking things that wouldn’t normally be able to do something and putting them together in a way that makes them work. HBS taught me strategy and how to do things economically. And the case method... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
opportunities," Loughran observes. Working closely with Stephen C. Messner (MBA '80), Loughran also launched "Your Next Job/Your Next Career," a program designed to support alumni during the daunting process of searching for new... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Back to School
family moved to Florida, and Whitney “retired” to be with her kids. “I got involved in parent organizations and became one of those supermom volunteers — chairing fundraisers and all that,” says Whitney. “I found out I was really good at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Notebook
Name: Sasha Novakovich (MBA ’99), President & CEO Company: GetConnected, Inc. (founded 1999) Size: $20M annual revenue, 100 employees Location: Boston, MA Web: www.getconnected.com Elevator pitch: GetConnected processes voice, data, and... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
favorite HBS class? Christine: "My favorite class was TOM, which helps you understand operating systems and processes behind how people and organizations work. One of my favorite memories was when Professor... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
evolve strategy — without the stress. Being a CEO, whether it’s a turnaround situation or not, is 24/7 stress. The process of going from one turnaround to another, but having some time in between to rejuvenate, has worked out very well. View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain
of information that she could not find elsewhere, she realized her research might help others as well. "The book is the collective wisdom of those who've been there, the anecdotal advice only a friend might tell you," observes Cohen. "Putting it all into a book was a... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
organization's vital information, knowledge, and expertise cannot be hauled to top-management levels for reallocation across competing needs. These reside deep within the organization and therefore must be developed and leveraged through... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
track, defined as any organization whose core activities address social issues. Each winning team received $10,000 in cash as well as $10,000 in in-kind accounting and legal services to get its venture up and running. For the fourth year,... View Details