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Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
new and adventurous attitude on the part of the business community." 67 In 1987, Doriot died at the age of 87. From an era of conservative investment and large corporations, the patient visionary and calculated risk taker paved the way... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
relate his adventures in Southern California. It was a long time before the family learned that Billy, who had mental health issues, was living on the streets of Pasadena. Hudson recalls not even knowing what “homeless” meant when her... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
the investment firm, The Baupost Group, or just trying a new restaurant, became not only an adventure but fun.” — HBS adjunct professor emeritus Bill Poorvu View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
The International Experience at HBS
it through your own eyes? That’s what the numerous trips organized by students to places like Australia, South Africa, Israel or South Korea are for. I myself had the chance to welcome 16 of my friends for an adventure in Morocco last... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader by Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business Review Press) This fictional narrative about newly minted CEO Jim Barton allows readers to... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
integrate professional and personal goals in making career choices. Christina R. Lane (MBA '82) took listeners on a humorous sojourn, recounting her adventures as an international management consultant to governments, businesses, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
herself.) He has tried to pass along the values he learned from his parents to his three children, who have brought him much joy, as have his grandchildren. Each of his children has worked in international development, he notes, and pointing to a spectacular pair of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
book: Adventures of an IT Leader (2009). In our Adventures book, we experimented with mechanisms to facilitate active learning such as Jim Barton's "living whiteboard," whereby Barton kept a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette
there is a bustle of activity as the premises are readied to receive the three hundred guests who will arrive for an evening reception and book-signing party to celebrate the publication of a handsome new volume, Adventures with Old... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 03 Mar 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?
have been more active in reviewing the mergers of the major firms as the industry consolidated over the last fifteen years." Several responses hinted at the need for audit committees to be more adventurous in their selection of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
inefficient markets efficient”—intrigued Whitman enough to move her family across the country for what the less adventurous might have considered a risky endeavor. Whitman’s 25 years prior to joining eBay seem tailored to preparing her to... View Details
- Profile
Andrea Nadosy
entrepreneurs, four of whom are from HBS. “We recreate the case method for own business problems,” Andrea says. She sees her West Coast group as an extension of her MBA degree. “HBS allows you to surround yourself with extraordinary faculty and colleagues who are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993)
fellow adventurers on a journey together. You can try to get them really fired up about what you’re trying to do and why you’re trying to do it. And the advantage of that is if they find themselves making tough decisions on their own... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
afternoon works wonders.” — James E. Aisner (send e-mail to the author) DISTINCT YET OF A PIECE PROFILES FROM THE CLASS OF 1977 John R. Davis: Nature's Blessing Michael F. Cronin: A Focus on the Fundamentals Ann M. Fudge: Enhanced Perspective Steven C. Watson: Course... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
interlocking bricks and figures: “He was talking to himself and telling stories. He had a much bigger adventure in his head than what was physically in front of him. I realized it would touch people universally if we could make a movie... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
Valley to Swaziland: How One Couple Found Purpose and Adventure in an Encore Career Quoted (iStock) “We’ve now surveyed thousands of executives at hundreds of companies, and they’re always shocked to see how poorly their strategy is... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-Testing by Sabbaticals
paradise. But it did help him to find passion in his job. After this sabbatical, Paul left consulting and joined a company which shared his passion for travel and exploration: Airbnb. He credits his adventures and time off for helping him... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance
The Bookshelf Travel maven Zhang Mei (MBA 1996), founder of WildChina, on her new travelogue (and recipe collection) and two other literary escapes for the armchair adventurer NEW Travels Through Dali with a Leg of Ham by Zhang Mei... View Details
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Teams | New Venture Competition
through information justice Samraj Shiva Velingker (MBA 2025) Turning money management into an engaging adventure game for overwhelmed students Sante Barbara Regis (MBA 2026) Mirelle Pereira Bruno Kunzler Victoria Rentrop Revolutionizing... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
Federation of America Award for Media Service. His most recent book,My Vast Fortune, due out this month, is a memoir that recalls some of his greatest adventures and misadventures with money. It includes accounts of another facet of... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)