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- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
tell you that corn's symbiotic relationship with humans stretches back 10,000 years, originating in Mesoamerica and migrating north about 1,000 years ago with its human caretakers. The bond is practical, based on sustenance, but also spiritual: In Native View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Hajim (MBA 1964) and Glenn Plaskin Skyhorse On the Road Less Traveled is the story of Edmund Hajim, an American financier and philanthropist who rises from dire childhood circumstances to achieve professional success and personal... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
other organization, is actually part of a community. And it cannot differ in terms of behavioral norms from the community you’re operating in. Like any American business school at the time, the only thing that Harvard could teach me was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
firsthand as CFO of Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA). An American citizen, I came here in 2006 to work in a USAID-sponsored project aimed at combating corruption in state-owned enterprises. Here’s one case I encountered: A... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
alumni profiles are introduced as "Interesting and Important Things about Men You Know." Summer 1942 Full page photo/obituary announcing the death of Ensign Francis X. Clarke (MBA '41), the first American alumnus "to lose his life in the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
John Gillespie (right) and David Zweig (MBA ’83) are the authors of Money for Nothing: How the Failure of Corporate Boards Is Ruining American Business and Costing Us Trillions (Free Press, 2010). Gillespie was an investment banker for... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Action Plan: Come as You Are
is of utmost importance,” he adds. “But engaging with art—whether it’s a second-century Roman bust or a nineteenth-century American painting of the Hudson River—gets you out of your usual head space.” How to: Live artfully Look outside... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Baker Bell Dedication Rings in HBS Centennial
launched the School’s Centennial, an unlikely pairing until you know the backstory. It begins in 1930 when American industrialist and diplomat Charles R. Crane purchased a set of eighteen bells taken from the St. Danilov Monastery in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
always been intriguing to me,” says Carty, which explains his five decades in the field—starting at Air Canada, moving on to American Airlines (where he served as chairman and CEO), and including board stints with Porter Airlines, Virgin... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
TV and, to some extent, that’s true. But on the other hand, there are people screaming on TV about the minimum wage. It may be a good sign that Americans have discussions with that kind of passion about what might seem like dry policy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
alumni. He states that the “once-moderate centrist Republican Party has shifted to the right edge of the scale” and goes on to promote Democrats’ “market-oriented, solutions-driven politics.” Please note that the Republican standard-bearer, John McCain, is well in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
Philanthropies, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s (MBA 1966) charitable foundation. At Bloomberg, he co-led and expanded the Mayors Challenge, a $9 million prize competition to inspire American cities to develop bold solutions... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
terrific, 80-year-old American brand. A lot of people didn’t think Hager fit our profile, but it’s incredibly exciting for us because we’re touching all aspects of the brand. In addition to advertising, we’re involved in the design and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
the truth is that women-led enterprises grow more slowly and remain much smaller than those created by men. In 2000, for instance, American firms owned by women averaged $2.4 million in sales, compared with an average of $12.3 million for... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we're going to highlight another one of the great podcasts here at HBS: Managing the Future of Work, hosted by professor and visiting fellow at the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
again: As the very first person to enroll in an innovative new health-care program in Massachusetts, she may be leading the way to medical coverage and care for the 47 million Americans who are currently uninsured. Rhenisch’s experience... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
that HBS alumni have gone into the world and done just that - today, and in decades past - and have seen their products and services become both pervasive and influential in the American economy. On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
census takers in Watford City, North Dakota—in the far west of the state, 50 miles from the Montana border—counted 1,435 people. Today, that number is estimated to be at least 10,000. A familiar fuel for American boomtowns fed the rapid... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
historical context of the struggle in which Marcus died, or the events that cast him as a real-life player in an event marked by destiny. Chasing the Shadow: Mickey Marcus’s 200 Days of Destiny is the first comprehensive and balanced biography of Marcus, a founder of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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The Camel and the Unicorn
children for modern American startup success—lost $10 billion between January and October of 2020. There’s also been huge social and political pushback against some of the tech giants, who are under fire for exacerbating issues of... View Details