Posted in Alumni in the News, QOTD on Nov 21st, 2009
“I was helping Fox News produce a documentary marking the 15th anniversary of [Reagan's] Berlin Wall address. After the day’s shooting, [anchorman Tony] Snow and I walked through the Brandenburg Gate to the former East Berlin, a place that once appeared drab and lifeless but now pulsed with color and energy. In a building that [...]
Posted in Alumni in the News, QOTD on Nov 20th, 2009
“In a complicated task involving critical decisions, working with good partners and listening to them is almost always better that working alone. Somehow, the group process ensures that most bad ideas are weeded out, even if their owners shout and cajole, while ideas that make sense influence the group’s opinion, even if their owners speak [...]
Posted in Alumni in the News, QOTD on Nov 19th, 2009
“What happened in the world economy is something that happens every 100 or 120 years; it was completely unexpected. … If what you did was an error, there has to be a change in management. But if it was an act of God, and it wasn’t your fault, why? I believe that in many companies [...]
Posted in Alumni in the News, QOTD on Nov 4th, 2009
“Americans still believe in the power of leadership. If they have lost faith, it’s about the current crop of individuals in leadership roles that seem to be driving their disenchantment and dismay – not the idea that leaders can make a difference.”
— Roderick Kramer, the William R. Kimball Professor of Organizational Behavior, in the Washington [...]
Posted in Alumni in the News, QOTD on Oct 29th, 2009
“How do you rebel against a family of Communists? I rebelled by putting on a suit and tie and becoming a businessman.“
–Bill Browder, MBA ‘89, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management. He is the grandson of Earl Browder, a union organizer from Kansas who went to Moscow in 1927, married a Russian, and became the head [...]
Posted in QOTD on Oct 16th, 2009
“The term ‘emerging markets’ is obsolete. They represent half of the world’s economy; their financial markets are large and liquid, with volatility, corporate governance, and government policies very similar to those of developed markets. . . . There is, however, one measure that highlights a clear and continuing distinction between emerging and developed markets: growth.”
– [...]
Posted in QOTD on Oct 15th, 2009
“Now, with the advent of what some technologists call the ‘internet of things,’ we are encountering a new wave of hacking, one that encompasses not only wired computers and networks, but also intelligent devices including smart phones, routers and switches, printers, smart grid components, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, and even medical devices. . [...]
Posted in QOTD on Oct 12th, 2009
…It may be precisely the fact that India’s rich and poor live side by side that make many Indian urban areas such productive drivers of economic development, in contrast to many areas in the West where the poor live in economically segregated neighbourhoods or even “projects” set up in the name of urban renewal.
–Assistant Professor [...]
Posted in QOTD on Oct 9th, 2009
“There’s nothing balanced about my life. When you sign up for a job that is so encompassing, you have to know this and love it, or else don’t do it.”
– Ann Livermore, MBA ‘82, in an interview in Forbes. Livermore joined HP straight out of business school and is currently executive vice president of the [...]
Posted in QOTD on Oct 6th, 2009
“The promise of biomimicry is if we can get people to appreciate nature, not just aesthetically … to appreciate the fact that nature is a library of design solutions, then we may be able to bring more people to the conservation table.”
– According to Prof. Chip Heath there’s no better R&D Lab for industry to [...]
