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...announcement hit Japan like an earthquake. Stringer may not be the first Westerner to take the helm of a major Japanese company, but his ascension trumps Carlos Ghosn's 1999 appointment to the executive suite of Nissan Motors in significant ways. First, unlike Nissan, Sony is not just one of many world-class Japanese companies; it is the quintessential Japanese company, linked to the nation's identity as the very embodiment of the country's postwar economic miracle. Second, Renault, which owns 44% of Nissan, forced Ghosn upon Japan's second largest automaker, whereas Sony willingly sought Stringer's assistance...
After 21 years at the helm of one of Harvard’s largest undergraduate courses, Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 will hand the reins of Ec 10 to Freed Professor of Economics N. Gregory Mankiw next fall...
...events Summers could not have foreseen at his installation in 2001. Indeed, he thought he was coming to Harvard freshly reformed. His five years at the Treasury were like a term at reform school for Summers, where Robert E. Rubin ’60, his predecessor at the helm of the department, trained him in the art of diplomacy. Rubin, known among reporters as an impeccably polished leader, taught Summers how to watch his mouth, treat people with sensitivity, and approach potential controversy with caution. Never again would Summers allow himself to be caught with his name next to anything...
...president and vice-president are both men. At the Institute of Politics (IOP), only four of fifteen committee or policy group chairs are women and the executive leadership consists of a male president and a female vice-president (the office I currently hold). That a woman is at the helm of the Crimson is an anomaly considering the undergraduate political landscape. The managing editor and the two business managers...
CATHERINE HODGMAN HELM...