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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
just those who are mini-Toms. While it sounds comforting to have ninety reflections of myself all focused on me, I can’t do my work as a teacher if the outcome is a reproduction of me. The class works when each student makes a choice to...
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- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
determining what market research to buy to aid their choice of commercials. As data on the copy concepts from focus groups and customer surveys were revealed, many students found that they had to adjust their strategies. Student teams...
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by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
investment (one made as managing director at Global Ventures), demonstrating that impact and profit aren't mutually exclusive. "I want founders and entrepreneurs to be wealth creators and invest in their communities and families," Enan says. "And I also want to have...
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Julia Hanna;
entrepreneurship;
women;
venture capital;
Egypt;
developing economies;
Finance
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
two students, Elana Silver Green (MBA 2010) and David Rosales (MBA 2010), later approached Sucher to express concern for the 3,000 people their classmates were eager to lay off during the case discussion. “These two students felt there were View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Case Study: A Place at the Table
School was making strides in research on gender issues. For example, Myra Hart (MBA 1981, DBA 1995) joined the faculty in 1995 and initiated an executive program for women, which was based on her doctoral research on the career choices of...
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
admitted that such solutions are “horrible,” but there isn't much choice in a crisis. The appropriate strategy is to minimize the number of rules that have to be broken in order to get the country out of the current situation, he stated....
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
or place. Although the choice for business schools that Biddle presented nearly a century ago has yet to be decisively made, a number of factors suggest that all is not well within the institution of the university-based business school:...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
IIB Bank by Paddy McEvoy (MBA 1970) Choice Publishing The story of one man’s journey from the early 1940s to the present day. It is a reflection on how choosing the positives and taking advantage of life’s opportunities can lead to good...
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- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
accounting books and doing things that hurt a lot of people at the end of the day. On a personal level, I lost two children. My wife was expecting triplets. Happiness comes within. It doesn't matter what happens to you, the choices you...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
intellectual passions, even though I think the roots of it go back to the relationship with my father. I didn’t put it all together until I came to MIT. When I graduated in 1988, I had offers from nearly all the business schools I had ever dreamed of being part of. In...
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Roger Thompson
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
easily outsource the work. But this choice that BulkWhiz was forced to make because of the ecosystem they were operating in—it actually put them in a better position to meet the demands of 2020. Rashad: Most startups that have created...
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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Wanted: Leaders for the New Millennium
HBS, and meeting professors and other potential MBA students helped make Harvard my first choice when the time came to apply to graduate school. I also think my admissions application was stronger as a result, since I could articulate...
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Cindy Olnick
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
against their best intentions, by the demands of the moment? Welch proposes a transformative solution to deal with this pressure and shares her own life-tested strategy to help people regain control of their choices and reclaim their...
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- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
sense of parity with intention, particularly in the hiring-intensive early months. It’s equal part culture choice and strategy: “I think most of the other entrants in this space were either media companies that tried to become tech...
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- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
organizations that seek funding in this arena. The Goodness Web estimates there are currently 10,000 nonprofit organizations that address mental health in the United States, which presents an overwhelming array of choices for the average...
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April White
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
During McGowan's tenure, MCI developed cutting-edge voice and data communications technologies, providing millions of customers with more choices at lower prices. Today MCI is the world's third-largest carrier of international calling and...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
processes, examples, and case studies offering an effective framework in which to transform healthcare systems. It helps leaders answer such questions as: Why change? What to change? How to change? And when to change? Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and...
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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
education, as superintendent. In partnership with the charismatic Stanford, Nielsen worked to bring about a "transformation"—a word he much prefers over "reform." In a series of controversial moves, the school board eliminated mandatory busing and instituted...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
their availability on more than one platform and accept the best offer? That said, there’s less risk in moving quickly than there is in moving slowly. The key business challenge isn’t in contemplating a careful choice between fast and...
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April White
- 23 Sep 2020
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Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
Over time, Jones found that her son would ask for the stories, or she would make one up if a situation presented itself. She realized it was having an effect when she observed her child making good choices or making the effort to consider...
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Margie Kelley