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- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “We have been very successful at finding people of color to be operating partners, to be employees at ICV. We've been doing this for two decades. We've had no problem finding... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
self-described amateur musician, who endured seven years of playing scales during childhood piano lessons, it was important that the curriculum be fun and engaging to the students. For guidance, de Menil has turned to the Suzuki method,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
Hilton Wood and Vanessa Royle from the Southern California region. In addition to being HBS classmates, the winning teams all cut their teeth in either the Startup Operations course or the first-year immersion program, Startup... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
foresees. He quoted Thomas Malone's writing that "We are in the early stages of an increase of human freedom in business that may, in the long run, be as important a change for businesses as the change to democracy was for... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Clark Bids Farewell to HBS
freedom of inquiry. If it’s done well, we know that discipline and excellence of execution can enhance the research environment and learning process. In fact, it’s liberating. I think people admire how we make that work at HBS. Where else... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
participated in the signing ceremony for an investment of $132 million by Fruit of the Loom, which is closing its plant in Ireland to consolidate operations here to serve the EU market. One of our most successful initiatives is a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alumni Board Goes Global to Pick New President
countries will be filled by HBS graduates.” Looking back on his experience at HBS, Shirazi says that a commitment to service is one of the enduring lessons imparted by Dean John McArthur. “He would have breakfast with a student every day... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Taking Flight
calls, and range maps.” Meanwhile, Thayer and his primary partner at Gateway had decided to part ways, leading Thayer to sell his majority stake in the firm. The financial freedom allowed him to focus full-time on what was beginning to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
He’s got a superhero’s name, and he’s shining a light on enduring wrongs here at home while confronting challenges in the Third World as well. Meet Richard America, who sees policy analysis and quality management as keys to development... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
mutual fund operation in Edmonton, Alberta. The day I arrived the chairman said, “Go home and put on your jeans — we’re going to the ranch.” It turned out that he owned 18,000 acres and 6,000 head of cattle. I learned a lot about ranching... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
done.” Effective communication must be accompanied with efficiencies in structure. “We have to operate more like a private company in which different departments have their own authority to act without running every decision up the chain... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell
well, the family has a higher risk of losing its wealth through bad investment decisions and overconsumption. Starting now, before your sale and liquidity event, you need to adopt the attitudes of those families that endure as... View Details
- Web
Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
companies. Those who will join early-stage startups (typically in a product manager, business development, sales, marketing, or growth role). Those who will work at growth stage technology firms (in a similar range of roles) that try to maintain a similar, nimble View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
the hallmarks of many luxury brands, some of which are hundreds of years old. The enduring quality of a particular luxury good can be part of its appeal, yet consumers — particularly young, fashion-conscious consumers — want a product... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
A daily apartment cleaning service (Fresh Maid). An organizer of one-day extreme endurance events for men (Tough Mudder). A market-based solution to increase the milk production of cattle in rural India (Doodh Bhandar). These are just a... View Details
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4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA
stage a march, picket, sit-in, rally, or other form of collective action on the HBS campus should register with HBS Operations at least three business days in advance of the desired date. Groups that may necessitate additional security... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
When hotel manager Alessandro Benedetti worked for Kempinski chain locations in Spain and Switzerland, morning meetings were a time to go over the numbers and discuss strategy for the days ahead. But ever since Benedetti moved to Havana in February 2017 to help open... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54490 May–June 2018 Harvard Business Review Structure That's Not Stifling: How to Give Your People Essential Direction—Without Shutting Them Down By: Gulati, Ranjay Abstract—Most leaders view employee... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Aaron Chadbourne
styles Aaron believes that professors "teach very differently at each school. The Law School emphasizes logic and has forced me to examine the way I reach conclusions. HBS is more creative – there's more freedom to explore ideas... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
into the conscious part of the brain, affecting its operation -- a phenomenon familiarly known as the "fight-or-flight" response. While this reaction is invaluable in the face of physical threat, Jensen noted, "it is also generated by the... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)