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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
celebrate a new peace: After 20 years of negotiations, the four groups had agreed on a historic deal for land use in the Great Bear Rainforest, a 25,000-square-mile stretch of BC’s north and central coastlands—the largest intact coastal... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
recommendation. She suggested A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles. It did not disappoint. A great story for a claustrophobic time. —Josh Green (MBA 2006) The Premonition, by Michael Lewis, is a fascinating account about how creative... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
product prototype would have meant costly and time-consuming changes. In contrast, the second technology could adapt much more readily to design changes, including late-stage customer requests, thus allowing designers greater latitude and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
donated by club members and sponsors. “This is the second year that the gala has supported Dallas Reads,” said Marla McDonald (MBA ’91), acting liaison between the club and the charity. “We selected Dallas Reads because individually we... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
a product that has 15 million users or reaches a market value of $100 million or $500 million, that’s a great feeling. At Google, the scale of your impact is much bigger. The first day we launched Social Search, we reached a billion... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
combinations of courses) they can offer, and students more options to explore a variety of interests. Dean Nohria recently reflected on these changes as he moves into his second year in office. Why has innovation emerged as such a... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
added that "with almost Œreal-time' information, business can now make appropriate decisions rather than guess." Second on the list was telecommunications, "a great facilitator, the pipeline that allows... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
myself and my struggles in middle school. We need to have the same love and high expectations for the kids we serve. There can’t be two sets of rules.” Gospel truth: “I sing with a group at my church. I’m a solid alto, now and then I can hit a View Details
- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
fellow collectors of rare records and books with sellers. His solution, the early e-commerce site Exchange.com, was sold to Amazon.com for a reported $200 million in 1999. The second time Leschly sat down to assess his future, he again... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
of trying to go for those home runs all the time and the next Google or the next Facebook, you know, you can certainly make great returns when you go for singles and doubles. And we've seen that by having a diverse group of people, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
knows, maybe never.” Did you ever consider declaring the business a total loss? As bad as it was, and as great as the uncertainty was, there was never a question about whether we were going to get up and running. No one on the management... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
satisfaction in the food industry. People love coming to Panera Bread — last week we served four million customers! They get what we’re doing. As I travel the country I find it amazing that people come up and thank me. It feels great... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
Sternhell and Oakes on the job. Photos by Jared Leeds One lives in a Manhattan studio five blocks from Wall Street, the other on the second floor of a triple-decker in Jamaica Plain, a culturally diverse neighborhood in Boston. Both are... View Details
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
the first time I had a psychotic break in my second year at Harvard Business School. When I looked back after that, I realized that I had actually had symptoms as early as fourth grade, but it really wasn't until I had that break, that I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
a global institution devoted to expanding low-income women's economic access, participation, and power. The second half of her summer was devoted to fieldwork with ImpactPartners, a venture philanthropy organization that assists... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
very durable and the company offers software updates and support for their older model phones. “That is why iPhones tend to be resold multiple times,” Serafeim says. The second is branding. “It is cool to have an iPhone,” Serafeim... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
industry. “We’re looking ahead and thinking very deeply about where the industry is going as a result of innovation, as opposed to looking in the past,” he says. One sector where the partners see great potential for growth: battery... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
music as if it were a language they were speaking constantly and through that were able to develop their musical senses and abilities to a very high level. And that was just this idea floating around in my mind: Wouldn’t it be great if... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
purchase. It was a home run with our customers. Instead of losing them, we developed immensely loyal customers. Sahlman: I took advantage of the opportunity to avoid upheaval by pursuing the only job from which you can't get fired! Actually, my colleagues and I try to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
people have become disillusioned in their religious beliefs and are leaving the church in great numbers. They are doing so mainly because they find church dogmas and traditions lack credibility. The church has not maintained pace with... View Details