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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Take Time to Transition (If it’s Time)
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong When Mary Lindley Burton (MBA 1976) came to HBS in the mid-1970s, the Smith College religion major “felt like a fish out of water.” What saved her, she says, was a...
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- 01 Jun 2007
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A Class All His Own
dedicated, long-serving volunteers. In typical fashion, Brigham says little about himself, instead focusing on his classmates. “There was a fellow from North Dakota whose father was president of the local bank,” he recalls. “The bank went broke during the Depression,...
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- 10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
Janet Kraus doesn’t wear a hoodie. She doesn’t live in Silicon Valley. She doesn’t write code. And she isn’t, perhaps most significantly, a straight, white, 20-something man. “I have built tech-enabled businesses,” says the HBS...
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April White
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
"but that idea really crystallized when I went to Cummins and saw a Fortune 500 company that made values an integral part of its mission statement." Rogers' own values were tested shortly after a 1981 move to rural North Carolina. Upon purchasing a home abutting the...
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- 28 May 2019
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Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Mehta saw them everywhere, piled along the roadsides to dry—or rot—as prices for fresh tomatoes plummeted. She came to HBS with an idea for addressing the problem she had witnessed: Nigeria needed a functional tomato processing plant. A...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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Letters to the Editor
Small Leaders, Important Roles I enjoyed reading “This Is What I Do” in the December Bulletin, with its profiles of three alumni who are changing things for the better in their fields of endeavor. The vast majority of HBS alumni are not...
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- 01 Apr 1997
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Managing a Master
that city. An avid jazz fan, he dropped into a local club to check out a young trumpeter he'd heard about. Arrendell remembers, "I was impressed - Wynton was hot. Since we were the only two black guys in the place, he came up to me after...
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Jeff Lazar
- 13 Jul 2011
- News
China Boot Camp
’76) of Esquel Group (the world’s largest manufacturer of woven shirts), Bruno Filipi (AMP 164, 2003) of Coca-Cola, and Alexander H.K. Zhang (MBA ’07), founder of Clear Suppliers Corporation, all opened their doors to the group, while HBS...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources
business leaders think about and manage resources," notes Henderson. "I don't think any institution other than HBS could do this." For more on the Business and Environment Initiative, visit www.hbs.edu/environment/. Business and the...
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- 21 Nov 2017
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Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
Justin Dawe (MBA 2007), president, Scoot Networks (photo courtesy of Scoot Networks) What do you think the state of the energy industry will be in 2030? HBS students in the Energy and Environment Club asked...
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- 01 Dec 2004
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GLF Showcases London
them as graduates of the School. In addition, the group will explore ways to attract more alumni to the School’s lifelong learning programs, including working with HBS clubs and associations to identify and...
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- 15 Nov 2020
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
debuted its Alumni on Air series of monthly webinars, cohosted with the HBS Club of India, in April. Through these virtual convenings, South Asian alumni are sharing their perspectives about the current...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
hosted an HBS Club of New York panel discussion on cryptocurrencies earlier this year, and she’s here to help us forecast the future of digital dough. “People who got burned when the price of bitcoin crashed...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Feb 2001
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New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
Educational Clubs of America, he developed the award-winning "Learn and Earn" program, which introduces high-school students to business through hands-on economic education. As an HBS alumnus, he was the...
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- 13 Jul 2016
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From Money to Ministry
has been very meaningful.” He is also serving two churches part-time, Christ Church in Winnetka, Illinois and First Presbyterian Church in Wilmette, Illinois. Throughout his career, Quainton has been active with his HBS alumni View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 1999
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Newman's Own Brand of Charity
With the understated charm that has won him legions of fans on the big screen, Hollywood legend Paul Newman came to HBS in mid-October to talk about his successful second career as a social entrepreneur. During his daylong visit, Newman...
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- 19 Jun 2014
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Turning "Black Gold" to Green
doctorate at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and on a dissertation entitled "On the Physics and Chemistry of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in Terrestrial and Marine Environments." Dawe was the co-president of the HBS...
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- 12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
JULY 12 The HBS Club of India recently launched an “Alumni in Action” campaign, which highlights stories of members who have led pandemic relief efforts. The first two alumni highlighted are Akshay Navaladi...
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- 01 Mar 2017
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A Summit Higher Than Everest
Alaska Fairbanks; descriptions from his family and other climbers; and other historical sources. I. The first time Terris Moore (MBA 1933, DCS 1937) saw the magnificent Minya Konka was in March 1930. He was sitting in the cozy library of the Explorers View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
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A Conversation with Dean Nohria
Under your leadership, there seems to be an emphasis on involving HBS alumni in advancing the School's objectives. Is that fair to say? We've long benefited from alumni engagement in the work of the School as case protagonists, student...
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