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- 01 Jun 2001
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Richard Pechter: Learning New Lessons
kids last summer and experienced something he hadn’t in years: complete panic. Once a “master of the universe” as chairman of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette’s Financial Services Group, Pechter was now just another teacher-in-training, View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
group's majority stake in the rural retailer was sold, and the poultry business was placed in a joint venture with US-based Tyson Foods. The most significant changes came at the top. In August 2007, the managing director—a longtime Godrej... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Student "Treks" Lead to Jobs and Opportunities
Entertainment Players in the New Economy" highlighted the schedule. Eurotrek's student organizers view London as the financial center of Europe, as well as a growing base for many of Europe's Internet and high-tech companies. England, of course, isn't the only View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
in charge of a large-scale construction project, developing our team, developing ongoing partnerships with university administrators, managing my board, and even making sure the plumber unclogs drains in the building. In a weird, strange... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody dropped the girl off the bridge. And so John D. MacDonald (MBA ’39) begins another book, with an opening line so deft it makes other writers want to give up and call it a career.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
TOBIAS: “When CEOs make 500 times what their employees make, there is an upper class.” So there I am moderating last fall’s 35th Reunion panel, “Two Steves and a Joe,” with classmates Steve Schwarzman (estimated net worth, $15 billion),... View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- News
If I Were You
Try something else. But really open your eyes. Xavier Paternot (MBA 2002): Xavier Paternot, 2002. Make career decisions based on your, on your guts and your, and your heart, and not on- on your head. Hang Li (MBA 2006): Hang Li, MBA,... View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- News
The Seeds of Learning
that Harvard opened my eyes to the opportunities in which I could place my unique abilities in order to make a difference. “Gardeneers is a nonprofit organization that does school garden programs for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine
communicating appropriately to maximize the therapeutic effects. The electrodes are placed inside the brain at the precise spot where the issue originates and communicate to a wireless monitor that tracks the neurotransmitter changes to... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 31 Jan 2016
- News
Studios Back App, Hoping to Fill Cinema Seats
making group sales easier, the new company will allow for dynamic pricing for movie tickets: Theaters set ticket prices, though studios typically set the minimum revenue they will accept per ticket sold, which can View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
MAYO: Since the 1970s, the MBA has become a necessary credential to pursue the inside track to corporate power. So much of what business schools teach is focused on making the right managerial decisions at a particular moment in time,”... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Comfort Zone
industry, most recently as CEO of the Swiss/Chilean company Aport SA. Airlines have since abandoned all aspirations of luxury to focus on reducing operational expenses. It’s the reason we’re seeing a bumper crop of low-cost carriers, Fraser adds. If anyone is to pick... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Pooling resources to tackle India's social challenges
and Pune—a spin-off of the Seattle-based nonprofit—Venkatesan and fellow partners take on issues essential to India, such as jobs creation. "We've created a platform so that if you want to make a difference, there's a View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Net Positive
At LOVB, designing a “community-up” volleyball ecosystem, from youth teams to a professional league. (photo by Melissa Golden) Volleyball is the number-one sport for girls in the United States by participation, yet unlike soccer and basketball, it hasn’t had an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Extending goodwill to all in the global community
people and placed more than 215,000 people in jobs, many of whom participated in the organization’s career-training programs. When Gibbons visits Goodwill centers, the advice he gives to the people they serve is simple: “Keep hope alive,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
communities. Everyone was scrambling to direct resources to places where they could do the most good.” “We wanted to place behavioral health professionals in situations where their expertise would View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Reunited and It Feels So Good
also hosted individualized panels, led by faculty and classmates, on topics such as entrepreneurship, balancing work and family, and making lifestyle and career changes. Dinner cruises, gala events, and tours of local sites, all taking... View Details
- 16 Mar 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition
music and teach a new generation of young musicians the traditional rhythms. “I had a dream of a musical community,” he says, describing his initial concept. “A place where people went and were fully immersed in music as if it were a... View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
position as “capital of the heartland” (making it a magnet for graduates of the Midwest’s top universities), its relatively low cost of living (number 10 in the nation), and its position as a central aviation hub as just a few of the qualities that View Details