Informal Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jun 2015
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Yat-Pang (MBA 2000) and Helina Au

information networking. “I was a linear thinker,” he says. “After being exposed to the case method and a diverse group of peers, I began to think more broadly and understand the importance of relationships in business.” A native of the... View Details

30 Jun 2022
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Scaling Hope

Photos by Benjamin Norman In 2014, Stephen D’Antonio (MBA 1986) was living the life he had always envisioned. He’d been a partner at Morgan Stanley for nearly two decades. He sat on the Firm Management Committee and was the COO of the... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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An Engine of Innovation

Innovation Labs. Previously, Joseph Lassiter, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, Retired, and Srikant Datar, the George F. Baker Professor of Administration and Dean of the Faculty, served... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2009
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One Man Crime Wave

decisions of living which has meant the most to me.” By the 1950s, the pulps had given way to the new market in paperbacks. Accordingly, MacDonald began writing for this longer and more lucrative form. He turned his HBS management studies... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Information; Information; Information

07 Oct 2021
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Planning Ahead

As founder and chief information officer of Sound Point Capital Management, Steve Ketchum is someone who thinks about long-term investments for a living. But like so many people, when it came to his personal estate planning, Ketchum... View Details

24 May 2017
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John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

over $4 trillion under management and maintains a sharp focus on low client costs for its 25 million investors. In 2008, at the age of 54, Brennan turned the company over to his handpicked successor, Bill McNabb. “Jack surprised us,” says... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 Aug 2014
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Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981

Download Ashraf Dahod profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1951 Born, Mumbai, India 1971 Earns BS, Physics, University of Bombay 1972 Earns BSEE, University of Michigan 1973 Earns MSEE, Stanford University 1979 Earns MSEM, Northeastern... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 1997
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Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner

perfection, and she attracts people who are like her. What are you most proud of at MSLO? That we've created a company that is viewed as a leader. We've managed to keep and extend all of the partnerships without offending anybody. We... View Details

01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

goal is to gauge the integrity and empathy of these young men and women. We need to learn about their values and judgment; we want to find out if they're warm, honest, and sincere. All of this is critical information for our firm, which... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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Dynamic Duo

Steve Pagliuca and Judy Pagliuca New HBS Fund Chairs Steve Pagliuca (MBA 1982) and Judy Pagliuca (MBA 1983) know the importance of giving back. Steve, a managing director of Bain Capital and co-owner of the Boston Celtics, serves as a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order

progress nationwide is slow. A 2019 US Energy Information Administration report indicated that just over 100,000 of the estimated 6 million commercial buildings in the United States had achieved LEED certification. “Vast potential remains... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services

01 Mar 2008
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THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

people compete for recognition, they stop sharing information. And that’s destructive because nobody in an organization has all of the information required to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. A Streamlined Organization Is a... View Details

Keywords: Management; Management; Management

08 Nov 2021
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New Director Named for Mid-US Research Office

of the School’s research efforts,” said Victoria W. Winston, executive director of the HBS Global Initiative. “Alicia will work closely with HBS faculty and experts in the field, developing case studies, managing research projects,... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

to HBS came with the caveat that he add another year of work experience to the two already listed on his résumé and complete some of the quantitative courses his transcript lacked. He spent the year in Omaha, working as a project manager... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

15 Jun 2021
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Leading at State

government officials. “My observation was that senior military people have, in the course of their careers, received significant additional training in management and leadership,” Cox says. But the State Department, he noted, had few... View Details

Keywords: leadership; international relations; politics; Executive Education

25 Jan 2024
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Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest

Clubs News Clubs News HBS Alumni in Nigeria Discuss New Government’s Fiscal Policies To better understand the economic and policy direction of Nigeria’s newly sworn-in government, the HBS Association of Nigeria hosted a hybrid program on December 14 featuring Taiwo... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

broadened to include management dynamics in entrepreneurial and venture capital firms. Despite attention from the media, relatively little hard information exists on these companies; Wasserman is using data... View Details