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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Supporting the local community that nurtured him
Franklin P. "Pitch" Johnson (MBA 1952) talks about providing support to local organizations in his hometown of Palo Alto, California. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life is the subject of a new... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
women leaders in the HBS alumni community with events, initiatives and social impact scholarships. So when Club President Boris Tsimerinov (PLDA 16) and Stark were planning events for 2021, they decided to organize something useful for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
venture capital and private equity. Last year, he stepped down from his management responsibilities to devote all his efforts to social investing in the United Kingdom and the Middle East. "Those who have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Alumni Team Up to Fight Cancer
Bill Bowes (MBA ’52) and Kathy Giusti (MBA ’85) first met in 2009, when they were both honored with HBS’s Alumni Achievement Award. This cross-generational meeting would demonstrate not only the power of serendipity but also the power of HBS to convene remarkable... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Philippines Outreach
and elegance,” according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer (December 4, 2011). Bradley is well known in the nation’s capital for his tasteful A-list gatherings featuring US politicians, foreign dignitaries, government officials, and other... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
a little deeper. The students pointedly but diplomatically inquire how CB can create positive social change with a program that charges annualized lending rates as high as 78 percent and offers no support or business guidance to a largely... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Business as a Force for Good in Society
Illustration by Dana Smith In a world facing myriad complex challenges, Harvard Business School is actively exploring how capitalism is working, what leadership role business can and should play in making it work better, and how business can be a force for good in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
book, Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, Henderson says that we have failed to reenvision capitalism. It must be not only an engine of prosperity, she offers, but also a system that is in harmony with environmental realities,... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
used for. So I decided to throw a summit on Necker Island and got a bunch of people together so they could communicate in person. And I divided up a bunch of really cool developers and thought leaders into little groups and I gave them 24-hours to come up with an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
The capital gains rate is a policy lever, not a social lever. A government should care about the less fortunate, for sure. But a government cannot achieve that by punishing success and standing in the way of... View Details
- 16 Oct 2017
- News
Take Time to Serve Others
Rena Clark (MBA 1990) found success by following her heart. A managing partner at Laurel Oak Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in the lower-middle industrial market, Clark forged a nonlinear career path that... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
says Hourdequin. "Another set consists of those who have a mission or impact orientation: they are looking for a financial return, but they also want to direct their capital to investment pools that help to achieve good environmental and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
back to the mainland. “Our classroom is a 204-acre island with two salt marshes, a fresh water marsh, an inner tidal zone, meadows, and forests.” Since 2005, Pearson has spearheaded an $8.3 million capital campaign to fund infrastructure... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
of international capital markets. Several cases go inside multinational firms to consider how hedging strategies can be devised, how to value assets around the world, and how to pursue major financings that View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
Social Partnering in Latin America by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco, Gabriel Berger, Rosa María Fischer, Roberto Gutierrez, Mladen Koljatic, Gerardo Lozano, Enrique Ogliastri, and the SEKN Team (Harvard University Press) Professor Austin... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
He Loves New York
New York magazine lacks in profit and prospects, it makes up for in the social cachet it can bestow on the owner in the media and cultural capital of the United States,” opined the New York Times (December... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
returned home and pursued a career in business, first as partner at Butler Capital in New York and later as global co-head of investor relations with Apax Partners. As he and his wife, Cynthia, began to move through their lives, having... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
and government. Japan, which is strong in all those areas, could once again be a formidable U.S. competitor. And that, say the authors, would ultimately be good for the United States. HBS Press Books in Brief (Harvard Business School Press) In Good Company: How View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
help with these problems. Somehow this bridge has to be built,” says Goodwin, who until earlier this month was CEO of Executives Without Borders (ExecWB), a sort of facilitator for corporate social responsibility. (Goodwin just announced... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken