Hostility - Publications - Faculty & Research

In 2019, after more than a decade scaling the heights of product management in Silicon Valley, Lisa Kostova (MBA 2009) decided to take on a different kind of climb. Over a sabbatical year, Kostova trained for and summited Denali, which, at 20,310 feet, is the tallest... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

12 Feb 2021
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How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

surely started to shed away as I began to realize the wisdom that came from my teammates, that many people had better ideas than those that came out of either my head or out of headquarters. Hanna: About 25 years after you took the reins, you became the target of a... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2005
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Wizard to the Rescue

and a hostile takeover looms. Enter four heroic student characters — Justin Thyme, Anita Richman, Dia Prentice, and Kris Matic — who set off on a journey to summon the Wizard of Hawes to the School’s rescue. The all-student song-and-dance... View Details

Keywords: The Wizard of Hawes; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2002
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Pursuing the Ultimate Deal

Ambassador Dennis B. Ross played a leading role in helping to shape U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process. Thus, when he spoke at HBS in mid-March, as hostilities in the region threatened to spiral out of control, the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Middle East; peace; Israel; Palestine; policy; Government

01 Oct 1996
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No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)

"Wall Street in 1971 was not just subtly hostile toward women, it was blatantly so," says Havens-Hasty, who today sits at the helm of her own investment management company, Havens Advisors. Laughingly referring to herself in those days as... View Details

Keywords: Linda Goodspeed

01 Sep 2007
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Got Global?

for example, how Pakistan and India picked key business leaders to negotiate a reduction in dangerously escalating border hostilities between the two countries back in 2002. The Pakistani team had four HBS alums — including Shirazi —... View Details

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

01 Dec 2012
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50 Years & Counting

how research can benefit from cross-University collaboration." While Bazerman thinks that overt bias against individuals or groups is less of a problem than it was a couple of decades ago, "that does not mean we've solved problems of inequality." "Someone could have... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2025
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2025

citizens with firm friendliness and safely lead a group with very different skill levels in unfriendly or even hostile environments.” Important read: “I fell in love with telco and media as a consultant at McKinsey. When I read The Death... View Details

Keywords: leadership; Alumni Achievement Awards

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