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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
into a book, How Will You Measure Your Life? The following excerpt, adapted for the Bulletin by Allworth, presents a fresh look at what it means to have “the right stuff” at work and draws a parallel to good parenting. Helping your... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
to take that first step.” Then one of the most successful investors in Silicon Valley—all 6'4" of him—plunges into the water clothed in suit and tie. The students follow hesitantly, until the water is teeming with hooting 20-somethings... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
from molds. It was also dependent on tariffs and benefited from disruptions caused by European wars: The first half of the 20th century offered plenty of both. By the 1940s, Westmoreland had moved away from high-quality, hand-decorated, and hand-cut glass and enjoyed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
make a measurable improvement in life on our planet. Learning to build a successful company is a stepping stone to that.” At HBS, Ajanoh acquired the knowledge, contacts, and managerial skills to further... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
his assessment in large measure on the mutual dependency of the two entities, Cheng said, "Hong Kong has benefited enormously from the economic opening of China. At the same time, Hong Kong has helped China build a View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
In this episode of Skydeck, Lewin speaks with contributor April White about the impetus behind the pledge, what success might look like, and why she remains optimistic that real change is possible. Lisa Lewin (MBA 2003) READ MORE April... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up
Believin’”—shows that people who channel their nervous energy into excitement are more successful at tasks than those who remain anxious or try to calm themselves. Something as simple as saying “I’m so excited” before singing Journey can... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
Mount Koonka could be that high?” Mount Everest—then considered the world’s highest peak—had been measured at 29,002 feet above sea level; it had never been successfully scaled. Carpé was skeptical. He knew there were still unsurveyed... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
also some sticks and penalties in it. The most important one is probably the first-of-its-kind fee on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, which is boosting the developing market for equipment to detect and measure methane... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
or competitive strategic analysis could measure. I learned that, as with so many things in Africa, the context was everything. It is hard to put a number on the “value” of reconciliation, but it is here where measures like social return... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
stage isn’t the goal; it’s the indicator. The goal is learning what users need and value, and how successful you are is measured by growth in users, retention, and loyalty. It’s why the early emphasis should... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
spirit to build a successful business, whether it be from the ground up or by representing a company’s product, is at the heart of direct selling; and it is people who have made—and continue to make—direct selling the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
among the many essential ingredients for success in a business where product life cycles are measured in months and where "new-and-improved" is a mantra. Dubbed by Fortune magazine last year as one of the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry
when they leave; the restaurant will do whatever's necessary to ensure that. A qualitative experience measured quantitatively - it's a case study in successful customer service and service management. What's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
experience. He shows how this is already happening. Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter (MBA 2003) (Knopf) Klout Matters: How to Engage Customers, Boost Your Digital Influence—and Raise Your Klout Score for Success by Gina Carr (MBA 1990) and... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
of what the future might hold. For Kidwai, those dreams led to the United States, where in 1982, she became the first woman from India to graduate from HBS. But Kidwai always knew she wanted to return to help shape her country. Highlights from her long and extremely... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
suppliers—run with thin margins and minimal cash reserves, even in the best of times. “When COVID-19 hit, they felt the shock immediately,” Mills explains. Beginning in March 2020, the pandemic and unprecedented public health measures... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
the successes of the BNVC became the basis of the 2020 case, “The Black New Venture Competition,” written by HBS faculty members Karen Mills, Jeff Bussgang, and Martin Sinozich. The case is also the basis for the HBS course, Scaling... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
self-assessments. They can measure their accounting, quantitative reasoning, and writing skills to determine their strengths and weaknesses in order to better prepare themselves for the Program. In addition, for the first time we are... View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
startup, for-profit context might. There’s nothing soft about nonprofit work. In many ways, it’s even harder. We’ve been really committed to demonstrating, with the data, the learning outcomes from the year. We look broadly before and after our fellows’ global citizen... View Details