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- 26 May 2016
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Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
‘social entrepreneur’ and ‘venture philanthropy’ did not exist. We took a page out of Bain & Company’s book about how to add value, customizing it for the social sector to create extraordinary results.” At the height of his success at... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
When Bill George (MBA ’66) talks about leadership, people listen. And well they should. For a decade, he quietly grew a midsized Minnesota medical-device maker into a world-class medical technology company. When George joined Medtronic in... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
covers many of the most important issues currently facing business - strategy, innovation, customer focus, global trends, leadership for change, strategic alliances, compensation systems, and community... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
This past November, the HBS Healthcare Alumni Association held its 14th annual conference at the Charles Hotel in Boston, with more than 300 alumni coming to connect and hear from industry leaders. We asked HBSHAA president Tom Robinson... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
Yes, overall, the US business sector has been remarkably strong in this crisis, but there has been a lot of reallocation between sectors. Roughly 400,000 firms in the United States fail every single year. We don’t have updated numbers yet... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
we finally pulled the trigger, it was the difference between $30 million and $100 million. I STARTED OUT in a variety of jobs at the Times, most of them not very glamorous. I was a building manager, negotiating janitorial View Details
- 07 Jul 2016
- News
A World Without Borders
well-regulated reserve with natural geographic defenses. Kent has been up close with the animals during the relocation and other wildlife management efforts: “It’s a very raw experience to be close with a... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Action Plan: Fired Up
growth at a 26-year-old regional business. Its self-described “Traegerite” customers were intensely loyal to the company’s signature wood pellet–fired grills and smokers. But he didn’t anticipate the challenge of View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
course developer. As Dean, he led HBS through some of the most momentous and challenging times in its history. In 2008, as the global economic crisis unfolded, Light acted swiftly to strengthen the School’s... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
Rothrock’s cell phone rings. Rothrock (MBA 1988) is the CEO of the cybersecurity firm Red Seal, and a higher-up at Sony was looking for his help. After the breach, he told Rothrock, the company essentially... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
Supporting Critical Initiatives
focuses research and teaching on the advancement of women leaders and the promotion of gender equity in business and society. Raun Schlesinger, View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Releases
Engines of Innovation edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom and William J. Spencer (HBS Press) In past decades, industrial laboratories such as AT&T's Bell Labs and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center were... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
venture capital firm when he and his wife, Lee Bendig (whom he describes as a “foodie”), decided to open a fresh pasta retail store in 1989 with a few seats for lunchtime customers. On the first day of... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
get behind their ideas, going through fertility treatments while launching a company, managing investor expectations, prioritizing mental health, setting benchmarks, hiring to fill experience gaps, and even... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Supporting Women in Leadership
women and leadership. "Harvard is a global platform—HBS cases are read by so many individuals around the world. We thought, how do we help the leading business school in the world focus on this?" says... View Details
Keywords: W50
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
even some investors—including Eric Paley (MBA 2003), managing partner of seed-stage fund Founder Collective—have been speaking openly about the downside of venture capital, cautioning that it should be regarded as only one of many... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 08 Dec 2015
- News
Living the Legacy
HBS invented management education. This is where great ideas emanate.” Ray and his wife, Kathryn, who holds an MBA from Northwestern, have four adult children with very different interests. It was important... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
advertisers, historical and real-time traffic information to insurance underwriters, and more. Mistele was a Detroit kid, the son of a lawyer, who had an early interest in technology. “When I was in high... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
and therapy, and start to explore what else is out there and what you would want to do. That's stage two. Then stage three is more of an integrating what you've learned. I... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
optimism about the future of McDonald’s that was hard to find two years ago. In January 2015, the company released its worst earnings report in 30 years, with revenue at its more than 36,000 global locations falling by 7 percent from the... View Details