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- 01 Mar 2008
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An American Odyssey
coauthored two books. But his longest sustained commitment has been to help public and private decision-makers more fully understand the causes of black poverty in the United States and underdevelopment in Africa and the Afro-Latin world....
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- 25 Apr 2014
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Harnessing for-profit strategies for social good
experience to her current position as chief investment officer at ImpactAssets, a $120 million donor-advised fund that invests capital for social and environmental impact through public and private debt and...
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- 01 Jan 2007
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Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
United States specializing in sales promotion, design, and direct marketing. But WPP wasn't small for long. In 1987 Sorrell made an astonishing move. Using both debt and equity, he bought one of the most famous names in the business, the...
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- 04 Nov 2014
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Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
care while pursuing a master’s at the Harvard School of Public Health. That experience inspired him to enroll at HBS. “It was all made possible by the support of the Fundación México en Harvard” Ocejo says. The group provided the funds...
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April White
- 08 Mar 2013
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The Accidental Innovator
Khan and his not-for-profit, Internet-based Khan Academy, are turning traditional—and, many would say, obsolete—paradigms of public education upside down, as well as recasting learning and extending it to the remotest corners of the...
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- 19 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track
headquarters, where Skullcandy creates and markets high-quality, boldly designed headphones, earbuds, speaker docks, iPhone/iPod accessories, and clothing. What’s this first year as CEO been like? We went public in July 2011, a few months...
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- 01 Jun 2005
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Fellowship Campaign Approaching Goal
recently established a fund to support students who intend to work to improve society. “Today not only is the debt burden much higher, but the education the School provides is extremely valuable to those interested in View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
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Jonathan Mariner
watchdog since early 2002. “Baseball is a public trust,” elaborates the thoughtful CFO who oversees MLB’s $800 million budget. “Every decision you make is analyzed, debated, and second-guessed by fans, politicians, sportswriters, and...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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The Accidental Innovator
grateful student fans, Khan and his not-for-profit, Internet-based Khan Academy, are turning traditional—and, many would say, obsolete—paradigms of public education upside down, as well as recasting learning and extending it to the...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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The Class of 1977
employers' traditional expectations. Our HBS tuition was a hefty $4,000 a year, but we were certain that we would be able to pay off the debt since The Gospel According to Harvard Business School predicted that one in six of us would...
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Desmond Wong
- 01 Oct 1999
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Four Promoted to Full Professor
environment. He has written on a broad range of restructuring topics, including corporate bankruptcy and debt workouts, tracking stock, equity spin-offs, corporate downsizing, bank mergers, and employee buyouts. Currently, he is studying...
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- 11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow
In 2000, Fisher founded ViaCell, a cellular medicines company that became the parent of ViaCord and the subject of an HBS case study. She took ViaCell public in 2005 and sold it to Perkin Elmer in 2007 for $300 million. Water and Beer Her...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2011
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Local Hero
recounts during an interview at his memorabilia-filled office at the Giants’ AT&T Park. No stranger to wacky publicity gimmicks, Finley eventually agreed to let the low-watt station broadcast games for the first few weeks of the season,...
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- 08 May 2019
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Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities
Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) Since enrolling in HBS’s joint MBA/Master of Public Policy program with the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in 2017, the only thing Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) hasn’t been able to do...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Record-Breaking Gift for Fellowships
longtime supporters of multiple Harvard initiatives, including scholarships at Harvard College (from which Jeannie also graduated) and a training program for humanitarian relief workers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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Banking on HBS
other public institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund, as well as representatives from the private sector, client countries, and nongovernmental organizations. EDP cohorts typically consist of some 120 participants; the first...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2005
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Predictable Surprises
a huge and growing debt owed by the airlines, and it’s only a matter of time before those frequent-flier miles disappear. That’s something consumers can do right now, but most of the other problems we touch on are far less easily acted...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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Q & A: Herb Kohl
the Senate, do you feel like an outsider? My business background is certainly a big part of what I do here and how I look at things. People often say, "You just don't seem like a politician." But I'm delighted to be a businessman in View Details
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Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2002
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Andrew H. Tisch
after he graduated from HBS, when Loews bought Bulova in 1979. “Although Bulova had a strong brand name,” he explains, “we soon realized it was losing out to its Japanese competitors in technology, styling, quality, marketing, and service.” With View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track
headquarters, where Skullcandy creates and markets high-quality, boldly designed headphones, earbuds, speaker docks, iPhone/iPod accessories, and clothing. What’s this first year as CEO been like? We went public in July 2011, a few months...
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