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- 29 Nov 2023
- News
A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway
Scholarship Fund has sent more than 200 local MBA students to Harvard since 1968. The fund has also supported 11 local nonprofit leaders to attend the Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management Program (SPNM) at HBS. In addition, the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
the Initiative ended last December with the announcement that HBS graduates from across Canada had raised $20 million (Canadian) to create the Canadian Financial Aid Program. Barford continues to work with the School as chairman of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
Instead of joining the other parents in a competition for weak Wi-Fi in a crowded waiting room, Dixon camped out in her car. She used the time to strategize her startup; news radio kept her company. In all likelihood she was in her car,... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
students, case development is central to developing a strong HBS faculty and their understanding of the trends and strategic issues facing organizations, says emeritus professor Joseph Bower. A gift from the Joseph Bower Family Fund to... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
reallocated for city delivery work. That’s going to make things more efficient and strengthen supply-chain security.” Just Charge It That EV section of your nearby parking lot is only going to grow, says Molly Middaugh (MBA 2018). She’s director of business development... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
organizational behavior. "I love the intellectual hunt behind research," he says. "It's a process of trying to understand elements that initially don't seem to have any relation to one another. When they come together, it's a big... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
Nisa Godrej Illustration by Anita Kunz In the summer of 2007, Mark Kahn (MBA 2006) received an unusual call from Mumbai. A former HBS classmate had a problem. She wanted him to look over strategic and financial documents for a diversified... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
3, a startup competitor—but was fired when his strategic recommendations for expansion didn’t align with upper management’s. At that point, Keen made good on his HBS application essay and joined Cherokee Nation Enterprises (now Cherokee... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
critical role in global society. In the lead-up to COP26, the Business & Environment Initiative asked HBS alumni business leaders from a wide range of sectors and disciplines what they see as the role of business and business leaders in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Social Enterprse Forum Discusses Strategy
School's Initiative on Social Enterprise. The two-day Social Enterprise Research Forum on Nonprofit Strategy gathered a diverse group of leaders - both practitioners and academics - to discuss the applicability of business strategies to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model
fellowships and professorships — by their donors. Current-use gifts to the HBS Fund provide an annual influx of funds that can be spent immediately. “As HBS has made strategic investments in recent years, gifts to the HBS Fund have... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
Since its official launch four years ago, the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise has flourished, providing ever-greater support and know-how for HBS students, alumni, and nonprofit leaders who are keen on bringing their expertise to... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
it's Professor Michael E. Porter's seminal work on the competitive advantage of nations or Professor Cynthia A. Montgomery's recent book on corporate strategy, HBS C&S faculty are a leading voice in the strategic management arena. Most of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
John Whitehead Played a Key Role in Developing the HBS Initiative AUSTIN, WHITEHEAD, AND RANGAN: Social enterprise pioneers. In the early 1990s, legendary Wall Street executive and former deputy secretary of state John Whitehead (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Surviving Success
surrounding the key moment at which a founder hands off his or her “baby” to a new CEO. “In my initial research on founders, I focused on the question of compensation and issues around building a board,” says Wasserman. “After... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
than 35 Israeli-Jordanian and Israeli- Egyptian joint ventures are already up and running. Why are top Middle Eastern business leaders now seeking out strategic alliances with their neighbors? What benefits can regional cooperation at the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
New Releases
demand, and on pleasing the best customers - can ultimately weaken a strong firm. In The Innovator's Dilemma, Christensen shows how significant breakthroughs in products and services are often initially rejected by mainstream customers... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
male-dominated mining community. The first woman and non–South African to lead the 95-year-old company, Carroll, a native of Princeton, New Jersey, was hired as a change agent, and her combination of compassion, strategic vision, and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
articles, and books; and MBA courses and seminars such as Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector, Business Leadership in the Social Sector, and Effective Leadership of Social Enterprise. Two Executive Education programs have also been developed under the aegis of the... View Details
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
Americans have had on the School, the business world, and society at large. The HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) has partnered with the AASU and the HBS Leadership Initiative to produce five core View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley