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- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
political dynasties, stretching into the uppermost boughs of his family tree. His father, Constantine Mitsotakis, held a number of government roles before serving as prime minister from 1990 to 1993. (Kyriakos spent those years earning a master’s in View Details
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 06 Oct 2016
- News
Drone Racing League Signs ESPN Deal
(Sports Illustrated) (Sports Illustrated) Sports Illustrated recently profiled Nicholas Horbaczewski (MBA 2008), founder of the Drone Racing League—which just signed a ten-episode deal with ESPN. Drone racing works the way you might expect it to: Pilots use remote...
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- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
city or region wins the rights to host a Super Bowl, it is required to form a host committee, Blumkin explains. "The NFL controls the game and all surrounding events. Our responsibility was to welcome guests into the region, help people...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
full-time employees, the new factory will add another 50 people per shift, doing everything from laser-cutting steel frames to inspection, painting, general assembly, and quality testing. The company worked with contract assembly to build its first 50 vehicles, so the...
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Amy Yee
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
women was the power to control their own money and time. Koehn quoted Josephine Baker, a factory worker who, in 1847, wrote, "The money we earn comes promptly and comes to us. When we are finished we feel perfectly free until the time to...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
thing to do, but it also contributes to a feeling of fairness on the part of the people who remain. What are some of the things you've learned from your international experience? I used to think that Cummins should have a View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
fraud? What kinds of internal control levers, employee training programs, or perhaps even internal (nonfinancial) rewards and recognitions lead to a greater number of View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
Among the classes Christenson taught at HBS were Managerial Economics and Control in the MBA Program's required curriculum, Management Control in the Owner/President Management Program, and a doctoral...
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Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
of internal and external factors have an impact on their pay, and that, in fact, today's CEO compensation packages are tied very closely to company performance.Lorsch began his study by looking at the proxy statements of 72 companies...
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Judith A. Ross
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
search for adventure. These places gave a flavor of that.” There were more corporate transfers (to fresh vegetables, then fresh fruit) until 1983, when he landed what he saw as his dream role as Castle & Cooke’s international View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
was terrible.” But he did seem to have something to say. During his summer breaks, Singer interned at Nickelodeon, working in the strategy and legal groups and later following up that experience with a stint at the Disney Channel. “The...
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
Compassionate Support, which helps members of the HBS community, particularly secretarial staff and research associates, who are in need of temporary financial assistance. A Scholar with Worldwide Influence Raymond Vernon, the Clarence Dillon Professor of View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
itself had become outdated. Two aspects of Baker that needed immediate attention were its lack of climate controls (uncomfortable for patrons, devastating for collections) and the inaccessibility of its stacks. Conversations took off from...
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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
Dean Kim B. Clark. "He paved the way for the kind of international point of view that we regard as so essential today in educating leaders for the 21st century." Former HBS Dean John H. McArthur praised Fouraker's successful efforts to...
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- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
of its contracts. "Suddenly, I was losing a lot of money," she says "It took us three years to be profitable again." Stringent cost controls and aggressive outreach to commercial clients made the difference. As Centennial One grew through...
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- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
percent control of BlackRock. “Are you recommending we grow domestically?” asked Gordon. “Initially, yes,” said Kashyap. “We are not ready for the combination of both retail and expanding abroad, neither of which we have much experience...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
beginning. Before Roshan launched, demand for its service was so high that a prelaunch informational leaflet began selling in the Kabul bazaar for $1. Police were called in to control the crowds waiting outside Roshan’s flagship store in...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
almost 9,000 miles of travel. "I think the logistical challenge that we have today in Brazil is probably bigger than any other country has seen." For Sender, the event has forced a complete rethink of operations at TAM, which flies to 42 domestic and 19 View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
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Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
Embroidery. There she experienced all aspects of a small business, from sales to quality control to delivering merchandise. "Every businessperson should have sales experience," she says. "That's where the rubber meets the road. It is also...
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- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
end, human dynamics are the only real lever we can pull, and they are incredibly hard to learn. A business can get everything else right, but if the human dynamics aren’t what they need to be—both internally and externally (for example,...
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