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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
today goes to telecom, high tech, or software,” said Mahesh, founder and CEO of Sundaram Medical Devices in Chennai. Mahesh trained at Stanford as an engineer and worked for McKinsey and Toyota before attending HBS. He plans to apply... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
3-Minute Briefing: David Perpich (MBA 2007)
loved entrepreneurial ventures and media. After college I cofounded a training school and booking business for DJs called Scratch Music. At HBS, I did a field study with five other people about happiness. The basic takeaway was that when... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Terry Virts (GMP 11, 2011)
INTO THE BLUE: Virts, poised for a space-walk training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near Johnson Space Center. (Photos by NASA) An astronaut with NASA since 2000, Terry Virts (GMP 11, 2011) piloted the space shuttle... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
needed someone with his business acumen to execute them. “I was a 50-year-old person when I got that call about social entrepreneurship, but I stepped onto the playing field,” says Crane, who is now 63. “My initial reluctance was overcome... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
emotional context of business decisions,” Andrews noted. “The addition of personal values and aspirations became an integral part of his philosophy of management.” As his interest and influence in the Business Policy area expanded,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
INK: The Bookshelf
to salvation. So it’s this strange idea of a leader cutting off resources, but as with all great teams, it shows that having resourcefulness is more important than having resources.” PERSONAL PICK Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
responsible for the personal growth of such people and illustrates the archetypes with personal stories, many in the CEOs’ own words. The Executive’s Guide to Information Technology, 2nd ed. by John Baschab... View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- News
My First Job
assistant. At that time, they had a training program there. It was basically, your first job was very much training. I absolutely hated it because they took every person who came into the program, as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
gratifying: We will be helping HBS to collaborate with academics from the region. The first step in that direction is the Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, which will take place at HBS July 16-28. We will convene sixty Latin American academics, who will be... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
came across a study about the differences between men and women legislators. I began thinking, what would it be like if a woman were president of the United States? One way to find out, my MBA training told me, was to seek out examples of... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Racial Bias Pervades Health Care
cites a library full of studies (some his own) as well as his own personal experiences to document that minorities receive a lower standard of health care than do white men. For example, he writes, African Americans receive fewer... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Joel Bines
training in account management, Bines was picked for the vacant position. He lost no time demonstrating his abilities and was soon hired by Mont Blanc as promotions manager. When Mont Blanc's president left to take over the struggling... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
platform and training moms to be advocates in public arenas. We still have so far to go with this issue. It’s something that we want to work on proactively, not reactively. I can’t stop. As an introvert, I never expected to do something... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA 1992), who created a summer training program for five students in response to the School’s outreach. “My background is in health care,” says Powers, who worked remotely for the San Francisco, California–based firm... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers for HPE compared the lives of two people with autism living on their own—one in Dandelion, one not. The person not in the program collects $16,838 a year in government welfare benefits, while the one in... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
ask questions or to appear vulnerable, and pressuring coworkers to prove themselves through acts of physical bravery. The goal of this company’s training was to enhance employee safety and reliability in a very hazardous workplace. We... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Porter Course Goes Abroad
stimulating for him personally as well. “We're a relatively small school and tend to teach courses individually,” he notes. “The supporting material available for faculty and the interaction with the Harvard team was extremely rich and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer Merck & Co., Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education Union College, 1963 B.S., Electrical Engineering Other Jobs Eastman Kodak Company, 1963-66 "I was the first View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Action Plan: Writing the Next Chapter
emphasizes. Pencils and pens are more inspiring. “Look at an artist, an architect; they will always draw the first lines by hand.” For learning. Studies show that students who take notes by hand retain more information and understand it better: “The brain is like a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
ISSUE FOCUS: EDUCATION INNOVATION Bright Idea #1 Training the Global Workforce, Gratis Mike Feerick (MBA 1993) FEERICK: At the grade school he attended in Ireland. "Knowledge and understanding," he says, "are being unleashed via the web... View Details