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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
On Track
stay calm when volatility strikes.” In 1984, Hatchett, then a student at the University of Virginia, went to the Olympic trials focused on securing a berth on the team as a 400-meter hurdler or high jumper, with a dream of winning a medal... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 May 2013
- News
Michael F. Cronin, MBA 1977
Detroit, and even the student whose idea it was to put solar panels on the roof of Shad,” he notes. Cronin is the cofounder and managing partner of Weston Presidio, a private equity firm with offices on both... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
takes an in-depth look at microfinance, an important and relatively new poverty-alleviating weapon. Introduced about thirty years ago, this system of very small loans to grassroots entrepreneurs such as street vendors, subsistence... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders
public, somebody is always opposed. But that’s the exception. On other occasions, consensus is worth striving for.” Asked by a student about moving from the private to public sector, Whitehead said, “I found... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
seventy HBS students who participated in the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program, which gives financial support to MBA students who choose to work in the public and nonprofit sectors during the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Making It Possible to Explore and Grow
major obstacle. “I couldn’t pay for graduate education out of pocket and taking a large loan would limit what I could do afterward,” he says. “Luckily, HBS offered me a fellowship, which helped me overcome that obstacle.” Receiving the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Welcome to the Future
building was of paramount importance to the planners. All architectural details, the open and private meeting spaces, and even the tools to facilitate learning (such as multimedia technology and movable furniture) were designed to create... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Accelerating Therapies
multi-disciplinary team project to create a business plan for commercializing research from a university or private sector lab. As Dean Nohria explained, "With student interest in entrepreneurship at an... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A model of service
private schools, enabling students to volunteer on a regular basis. "Students come away from the experience realizing that we are all alike, but sometimes bad things happen to people and they are forced to... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- News
New Thinking for China
China’s educational system is undergoing a radical transformation—from an emphasis on rote memorization to teaching styles that emphasize critical and creative-thinking skills. And Chen Weiming is at the forefront of that change. Chen is founder of Xing Wei College, a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
School - both in and out of the classroom - to fit his professional goals. For instance, as one of ten HBS students chosen for the Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Program, he spent last summer in India at Aditi Technologies, a software... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
specialist who is in charge of the privatization process for nearly two hundred Iraqi state-owned businesses, excluding the country’s oil industry and large utilities. HBS Students with Military Service in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Next Lessons
serving some 10 million students a month, and used in more than 300,000 classrooms around the world to teach math, science, arts, economics, and more. Khan, who now leads a team of 60 at the non-profit, counts Microsoft’s Bill and Melinda... View Details
Keywords: William Weber
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
competitor acquired the company’s technology and Novak-ovich was back at HBS, this time as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR). “My primary charter was to help students who were interested in starting businesses upon graduation,” says... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Ronald P. Mitchell
Ron Mitchell says his most valuable learning experience at HBS did not take place in the classroom. Rather, it emerged from his work as student government president. "That's where I learned about working with people in a political and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
College, the authors argue that rankings, metrics, analytics, college visits, and advice that we use today to help make college decisions are out of step with the progress individual students are trying to make. They don't give View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
Gene Markowski Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Richard Kondo Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Blending military leadership and View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
differences between consumers in the United States and Europe was just one of the topics covered at the fourth annual European Business Conference, presented November 21 and 22 by students of the HBS European Club. Other panels considered... View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
Helping HBS Make Big Bets
students as summer and leadership fellows at Lincoln Center and now at ABT. And shortly before her 10th HBS Reunion this year, she hosted a private rehearsal and reception at ABT for leading donors in her... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
STUDENTS "Enjoy whatever you are doing or move on." CURRENT READING Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements, by Austin Burt and Robert Trivers As the overseer of Singapore's economic direction for many years, Philip Yeo... View Details