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- 01 Oct 1998
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Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
leave big business in 1970 to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity with SABO, a small manufacturer of lawn-mower machinery with a market value of some 6 million deutsche marks. "I was particularly interested in SABO because of its... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
been a series of interwoven threads. Coming back to HBS has been an opportunity to tie them together," says Senior Lecturer Diana Barrett. The most recent of the three to return to HBS, Barrett joined the faculty in 1998, drawn by her... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 27 May 2014
- News
Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma
alumni had a desire to relive the classroom experience," says van Bever. "This was a chance to consider big questions with smart people in an engaged environment." That opportunity didn't end with publication. In the next phase of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
appointed Representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza last year. She also serves as Assistant Director-General for the Communicable Diseases Cluster. With so much at stake, what keeps Chan focused? “A sheer passion for global health,” she... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
themselves and the opportunity at hand, the contest is a terrific part of the MBA experience that has only gained strength over the years,” says HBS professor Bill Sahlman, a contest organizer with faculty members Michael Chu, Joe... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
opportunities for MBA graduates. “It became clear that innovation was no longer taking place only in the United States, and that there were different kinds of innovations in different places,” says Palepu. Beginning in the late 1980s,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
know we have the capability in McHenry to fix any problem and make that product work.” CGM has some twenty full-time U.S. employees. Although the global recession brought about downsizing at the company in 2009, it was also an opportunity... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
they don't want to gloat or because they're afraid the great things won't last. We aim to get participants to stay in the five percent on either end of the curve, because when you do that, you develop really strong bonds and you have the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
with graduate students. This was one of the best things that HBS offered—the opportunity to be part of the incredible Harvard and MIT community. Can you finish this statement? “Tomorrow’s programmer will be ” A business manager able to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Pursuing the Ultimate Deal
necessary “to introduce a new factor that has enough drama built into it so that both sides have a reason to step back and to pause.” Ross would call on Israel to cease its attacks for ten days, to give the Palestinians an opportunity to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
opportunity and assuming a high degree of social responsibility.” Cohen began his own journey down this road in 2000 when the British government asked him to chair a task force to study ways to boost the economic prospects of the nation’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
myself as a quarterback. I try to figure out where the receiver will be before I release the ball. I knew we had a phenomenal opportunity to build a significant brand in Panera Bread, but years of experience also taught me how difficult... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
forty-year low, but they aren't going very high anytime soon and could go even lower. Even with rates so low, there are still plenty of opportunities to make money in the bond markets. While many investors ignored bonds in the late 1990s,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business by Thomas H. Davenport and John C. Beck Geeks & Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders by Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas Value Sweep: Mapping Corporate Growth View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
many factors including technology, climate change, demographics and inequality. Such extreme change is throwing up unprecedented opportunities and creating an ‘adaptive challenge’ for individuals, organizations and societies. Those who... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
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Alumni Books
broader society. Written for both the new and experienced family office principal, Building a Sustainable Family Office will inform and inspire with an insider’s view of the opportunities and challenges of building a family office that... View Details
- 12 May 2015
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A Flash of Insight
using the resources of large corporations to build new businesses, and he tried to identify opportunities where he personally could make a big difference. Watching the smoke rise from Ground Zero, however, he knew that once again it was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
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Five Bright Ideas
Opportunities for Schools Mickey Freeman (MBA 1993) Name your high-school gym after a sneaker company? Go for it, says Education Funding Partners president and CEO Mickey Freeman. For-profit EFP matches Fortune 500 companies with large... View Details
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
marriage. Christensen: Yeah, that's right. Morrell: I want to go back to something you said about children, and ensuring that they have an opportunity to fail. What does that look like in practice? How do you do that as a parent?... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
However, like most social sciences, it’s historically based and typically involves one faculty member and their research assistant working on the case project. But there is a real opportunity here to adopt a scaled research model, a lab... View Details
Keywords: April White