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- 11 Aug 2011
- News
Heard on the Street and the She-E-Os
After its first a cappella group, The Tycoons, disbanded ca. 1970-71, HBS had to wait almost 20 years before two new a cappella groups, Heard on the Street (HOTS) and the She-E-Os, were founded in the late 1980s: HOTS in 1987 by View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Books
presents research from outside Latin America, illustrating the broad range of approaches that have been fruitful in studying crime in developed nations. The People’s Republic of China at 60: An International Assessment edited by William... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
organizations tighten their belts by simply cutting travel across the board? “I think the core issue for everyone is the same, which is how do you buy time?” remarks HBS professor Bill Sahlman, coauthor with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Five-Star Research
a star. Elite reviewers—a Yelp-awarded certification—have nearly double the impact of other reviewers. In another study looking at movie reviews, Luca found that consumer reviews could correctly predict expert reviews 85 percent of the time. (And yes, this is a real... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
through for him at a scary moment.” — Andy O’Brien, HBS Chief of Operations. (O’Brien, assisted by others, administered life-saving CPR to Howard Stevenson during a heart attack in front of Baker Library, January 2006.) “I asked Howard to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Model Teamwork
commitment of two motivated veteran volunteers. Longtime class leader (and former HBS Fund Chair) Mike Johnston was joined by new cochair Bill Spears last summer. Invested in the future of the MBA Program,... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Canadian Fellowships
fellowships,” says Ralph Barford (MBA 1952), a longtime supporter of HBS and one of the initial leaders of the initiative to raise fellowship funds for Canadian students. “HBS was the making of me. The School made a tremendous difference in my life,” says View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Former Buyer Turns Designer
Yaqub: Inspired by HBS field study. Photo courtesy Ammara Yaqub Other Newsmakers Bob Gannon (OPM 16, 1990) Diana ("Dido") Harding (MBA ’92) David Miller (MBA ’03) Allison O’Kelly (MBA ’99) Amos Schocken (MBA ’70) Mike Stone (MBA ’88) Tom... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Turnaround Situation
centerpiece of the restoration project, the old Sundowner motel, was once home to “a struggling computer geek named Bill Gates who had a special deal with the Sundowner’s owner for an extended stay” while he tried to raise funds for his... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Managing Change
Narayandas (photo by Jimmy Ushkurnis) Narayandas (photo by Jimmy Ushkurnis) Das Narayandas, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, was named Senior Associate Dean for External Relations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Faculty Books
stories and cases drawn from years in the field, Bohmer shows how to manage both modes successfully. Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide by Bill George, Andrew McLean, and Nick Craig (Jossey-Bass)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Murray Named Class of ’08 Fellow
skills. “I knew a key element that was missing for me was experience managing people,” says Murray, who hopes to someday run his own medical-device or health-care company. Murray is the recipient of the MBA Class of 2008 Centennial Fellowship, a fund established View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
Illustration by Martin Leon Barreto In a lot of ways, it didn’t seem like a very good experiment to run. A young HBS professor—a rising star in the Finance area, an economist by training, View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
New Ventures by Jon Burgstone (MBA 1999) and Bill Murphy Jr. (Farallon Publishing) The authors explain the key common strategies and tactics used by some of today’s most... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Elevator Pitch: Rec Checks
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Concept: A social app (with Bill Gates as lead investor) that helps users find and share great experiences. Likewise... View Details
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
Last week, The Giving Pledge announced that forty of the wealthiest families and individuals in the United States have committed to give away at least half their fortunes to charitable organizations. Cofounded by View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Service Leadership Fellows Named
Eight members of the Class of 2005 left Soldiers Field last spring with one-year fellowships coordinated by the HBS Service Leadership Fellows Program. The program encourages graduating students to gain experience in nonprofit and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency
on how to succeed in the new economy. “We look at how the Internet can enhance our business by improving communication with both our customers and our network of suppliers around the world,” he explains. A quality-control problem at a... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Energy Efficiency as a Common Purpose
less of our product. And we do that through innovative billing strategies that allow them to repay investments in their own household that make it more efficient on their utility bill. “The AMP program for me was a real life-changing... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- News
Philanthropy’s Dilemma
An estimated ten times more money will pour into philanthropy during the first half of this century than during the entire century before. A high-profile case in point is the Giving Pledge, a campaign headed by View Details