Roger Talermo Hitting A Home Run on: BusinessWeek Amer Sports CEO Roger Talermo stresses the importance of R&D in getting growth from familiar brands and how the U.S. Open is an important event for his company
Andrew Rose Is the World Really Flat? Profs. Rose and Lyons Level Each Other on: University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Professors Andrew Rose and Richard Lyons discuss Thomas Friedman's recently updated book Is the World Flat? Lyons takes the affirmative position in debating the perspective on globalization put forth by Friedman. Rose argues the negative position. 'John Lennon once wrote 'Imagine there's no country. It isn't hard to do.' That seems to capture the views of my opponent and I take it about as seriously as other lyrics by Lennon like 'I am the walrus,'' says Rose.
Gloria Steinem Networking Women on: BusinessWeek Will women ever embrace talk radio? Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda will launch a new female-oriented talk radio network on Sept. 12, hoping to attract women back to the airwaves
Robert Higgins HBS Entrepreneurs interview on: Harvard Business School, Arthur Rock Center Robert 'Bob' Higgins (Highland Capital Partners), HBS 1970, began his career in the admissions office first at Harvard and then at West Point. He went on to the U.S. Treasury where he realized he preferred small teams. He then led various foundations, including the Florence Burden Foundation, the Robert S. Clark Foundation, and the John A. Hartford Foundation. During those years, he developed an interest in healthcare. Eventually, he thought venture capital might be a more effective way to build healthcare businesses so he joined Charles River Ventures before launching Highland Capital Partners in 1988.
Alissa Quart The Gifted-Child Dilemma on: BusinessWeek Parents are pushing their kids to be smarter and more accomplished at younger ages, but many who show promise are pushed to the point where the talent is squandered
Andrew Rose Rose vs. Lyons Debate: The US Dollar: Will the Bottom Fall Out? on: University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Acting Dean Rich Lyons and Professor Andy Rose debate before the East Bay Chapter of the Haas Alumni Network. Spurious accusations and vague insults fly as they tackle the topic, 'The US dollar: Will the bottom fall out?'
Dave Olsen Leading from the Heart on: University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Starbucks has been consistently ranked as both one of the best companies to work for in America as well as one of the most admired. Olsen discusses how Starbucks maintains its extraordinary values, operations, and fiscal performance while adding almost 2000 stores each year.
Andrea Mitchell Talking Back on: BusinessWeek NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell has covered everything from the Jonestown massacre to the war in Iraq. She reflects on her career -- and her high-profile marriage
Andrew Rose Haas Professors Debate on Multilateral Trade Liberalization on: University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Professors Andrew Rose and David Vogel go head-to-head in a debate over whether the US should participate in multilateral trade liberalization. This annual debate is hosted by the Clausen Center for International Business & Policy
Rupert Murdoch Interview, Part 1 on: BusinessWeek Rupert Murdoch talks with BusinessWeek's editor-in- chief, Stephen J. Adler, at the 2007 Media Summit about traditional news media's role and its economic viability in the digital age. He also talks about the satellite TV business and his company's interest in Dow Jones
Rupert Murdoch Interview, Part 4 on: BusinessWeek Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation's chairman and CEO, talks about politics, why Fox is 'fair and balanced,' his thoughts on Newt Gingrich, Obama, and Bloomberg as a presidential candidate, and why he agreed to host a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton
Thomas Murphy HBS Entrepreneurs interview on: Harvard Business School, Arthur Rock Center Thomas 'Tom' Murphy (Capital Cities/ABC), HBS 1949, joined a small television station in upstate New York after graduating from HBS. Over several decades, and as a result of many brilliantly crafted deals, he gradually built the telecommunications empire Capital Cities. In 1985, Tom engineered the purchase of ABC with the backing of his long-time friend Warren Buffett, and the company became Cap Cities/ABC. Ten years later, Tom sold Cap Cities/ABC to Disney for about $19 billion. He described his experiences in an interview from his Manhattan office at ABC in December 2000.
Paul Newman on: University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Actor and philanthropist Paul Newman inaugurates a new Haas School program, the Forum on Philanthropy in Business, with an informal chat with Dean Tyson. In this clip, Tyson asks him to describe his game plan. In response, he talks about his early years, his early influences and how and why he came to found the Newman's Own line of salad dressings, tomato sauces, popcorn, and other products. In his light, humorous style, he recounts the origin of Newman's Own motto: 'Shameless exploitation in pursuit of the common good.'
Dean LeBaron HBS Entrepreneurs interview on: Harvard Business School, Arthur Rock Center Dean LeBaron (Batterymarch), HBS 1960, was with an investment services firm when he became interested in cutting-edge economic theories about portfolio management. One insight that captured his imagination was that a kind of complexity science based on computer models could be applied to portfolios to spread risk across many stocks with particular characteristics. He launched Batterymarch to apply these concepts to real-world investing and was among the first to use computer models to manage investment portfolios. Dean was also early to Latin America, the former Soviet Union, and China when investment opportunities opened there. He described his entrepreneurial experiences in a video interview at his home in New Hampshire in February 2001.
Eric Benhamou Adding Value With Information Technology on: University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business The Haas School's Business Faculty Research Dialogue series presents Eric Benhamou, the chairman of the board of 3Com Corporation and Palm, Inc., speaking on 'Adding Value with Information Technology.'
What is Human Nature? Are character traits genetic? Where do morals come from? How big a role does the environment play in Human development? This is a MUST SEE lecture on what science TODAY has to say about Human Nature.
