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Videos - Advancing Racial Equity

Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, presents “Sankofa:... Pathways to a Just Digital Future Brandeis Marshall on the potential for data equity 20 Feb 2021 HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Director Colleen Ammerman has a... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Light Years Ahead

MBA courses on Investment Management and Capital Markets. Later in the decade, he took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of investment and financial policies for the Ford Foundation, returning in 1979. Back at HBS, Light... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

On a chilly November afternoon in Harlan County, a struggling former mining hub on the edge of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield, Geoff Marietta (MBA 2007) surveys the bustling village he has helped build. Marietta is executive director of... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

period has a significant persistent effect on post-colonial outcomes. Cases & Course MaterialsBaosteel Group: Governance with Chinese Characteristics Harvard Business School Case 309-098 The new outsider-dominated board of directors... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

entrepreneurial instruction (and inspiration) at HBS and the philosophy that underpins The Entrepreneurial Manager. Highlights from the discussion, moderated by Mike Roberts, executive director of Entrepreneurial Studies, follow. Q: We've... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

of capital for startups and established companies." C. Bruce Johnstone (MBA '66), managing director of Fidelity Investments, the Boston-based mutual fund giant, observes that mutual funds have played a significant role as the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

School Case 218-094 Celgene In February 2011, Adam Koppel, a managing director at Brookside Capital, the public equity arm of Bain Capital, must decide whether to increase or exit the firm’s position in Celgene Corporation. News has... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/articles/2010/fall/52118/how-to-do-well-and-do-good/ Corporate Governance When Founders Are Directors Authors:Feng Li and Suraj Srinivasan Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2011
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The Spangler Effect

observes Steve Nelson (MBA ’88), executive director of the MBA Program. “In that time, Spangler has become so much a part of the fabric of the HBS community. We had 32 buildings spread across a 40-acre campus, but no central space for... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?

interest tax deduction. Retsinas is a senior lecturer in real estate at Harvard Business School, director emeritus of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, and former Federal Housing Commissioner. Q: What factors have... View Details

Keywords: Construction; Real Estate

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

something to build on that's pretty strong,'' Habiby said. "The bad news is that the gap is still quite large." Plugging Into Power One of the challenges in bridging that gap is showing inner city residents how technology can improve their lives. Rahsaan... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside

Separating The Wheat From The Chaff Scott Stevens, director of new business development at EMC Corporation, said one of the biggest challenges for EMC was figuring out how to interpret changes in the industry. "There are lots of... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Harvard Business School, offered the following guidance to help organizations understand the metrics that serve as a baseline for diversity and inclusion initiatives and improve... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

11 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital

Director and Career Coach Katja Frey – Recruiting Relations Manager Together, Jonathan and Katja make up the Career & Professional Development team that manages relationships with venture capital firms and works closely with students... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

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Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship

Stevenson Professor of Business Administration Joseph B. Lassiter , Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management Meredith L. McPherron , Director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship William A.... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Covering All Corners

Riad Armanious (MBA 2008) regards the pandemic as the greatest professional challenge he has faced as managing director of family-owned Eva Group and CEO of Eva Pharma, a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Egypt. The... View Details

28 Mar 2018
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Fueling the Future

recruiter and marketing director to head of innovation. Today, she runs Fueled for Growth, an innovation consulting company, which assists financial firms with due diligence in the energy and industrials sector and helps companies solve... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2016
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Offshore Learning

and board directors I worked with at Outward Bound,” he explained. However, during a “fascinating, intellectually engaging, intense, and ultimately life-changing” two years at HBS, Pearson unexpectedly “fell in love” with the economics of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2005
News

Predictable Surprises

its own idiosyncratic preferences. The CEO controls the company culture. One key, I think, is to listen broadly, with an open mind. The board of directors is an important sounding board, but the CEO is in a position to gather and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

process of creating two new boards of directors for these companies. As part of this process, the team reviews the roles and responsibilities of a board, defines what capabilities the new boards need, and reduces a preliminary list of... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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