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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
ELY: Drilling down for valuable perspectives on how gender issues affect efficiency, safety, and productivity in the workplace. Field-based research can take HBS faculty members to some unusual places. Professor Robin Ely’s recent working paper, “Unmask-ing Manly Men:... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
to sit down, work, use Wi-Fi.” He unabashedly cites a “Starbucks-like feel” as the objective, although some essential parts of that experience may take even longer to develop than a taste for coffee. It’s unusual in Nigeria to offer only counter View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
“erstwhile Californian,” he is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego. An avid long-distance runner and a voracious reader, Moreton also enjoys sailing, hiking, skiing, and other outdoor activities. The Federal View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
Homelessness. Entrepreneurial services for the poor. The arts. Spirituality. Who — or what — in our society can best address these issues? Here's a hint: It's not business, and it's most definitely not government. "Nonprofits are the most... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
way to make the world a better place. For instance, its World Community Grid project came about when IBM had a breakthrough in grid computing, which involves tying many computers together to boost computing power. The company took that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The Maestro and the Market
Business and Creativity at elBulli WIZARD: Chef Ferran Adrià at the World Summit of Gastronomy in Tokyo. He’s been called “the Salvador Dalí of the kitchen” for creations ranging from beetroot and yogurt ice-cream lollipops to a deconstructed Spanish omelet served in a... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Broken Link
If the internet was this poor at a private K–8 school in the heart of Silicon Valley, Marwell wondered, what was it like at other schools across the United States? Not much better, he soon found out. One Federal Communications Commission... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Survey Spotlights HBS Experience
social relationship with at least one fellow alumnus. Fifty-seven percent take advantage of the alumni community for professional networking, and 46 percent tap the network for job search advice. “The information gathered thus far... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Latin American Conference
Two former Latin American presidents, a dozen chief executives, and more than thirty top managers and HBS faculty participated in the lX Latin American Conference held at HBS in January. Some 400 attendees took part in a daylong series of presentations on the business... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
Cofounder, Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer American Management Systems, Inc. Former Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page ©2003 www.RockyThies.com... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
water entrepreneurship ecosystem is lagging behind other sectors that are on focused climate and sustainability—led Ferguson to found Burnt Island Ventures in 2020. The company invests exclusively in entrepreneurs building technologies and providing View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Ink
communicating to their team when they invite them in for a meeting. In other words, it’s more than just a collection of anecdotal evidence, says Raje, it’s a strategy guide in narrative form: “Rather than trying to identify if and how... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
service PayPal, launching a classifieds business, and acquiring Skype, a leading online communications firm. “We’ve had a chance to make business history and at the same time have an incredible social... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
stories embody what makes HBS such a remarkable community and hint at the potential contributions these talented young people will make as alumni. While we always enjoy talking to these students, we can’t say that selecting them is an... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 27 Jan 2011
- News
The Joys of Cooking
and the value of nutrition. As the La Jolla Light noted (November 11, 2010), Kasrai’s program is now in more than 30 schools and community centers in San Diego County. Most recently, Kasrai has partnered with SieMatic of Germany, Subzero,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A New Day for Fellowships
fellowship funds that support MBA students, and the average two-year fellowship for the Class of 2007 will be close to $32,000, nearly double what it was for the Class of 2002. About 450 members of the HBS community attended this year’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Porter Helps Jerusalem Mayor with Economic Development
Nir Barkat, a software entrepreneur elected mayor of Jerusalem last November, visited HBS in late March to take part in a roundtable discussion on the economic development of his city, Israel’s poorest. HBS professor Michael Porter, a leading authority on... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
Community, who is also chair of the School’s new Gender Initiative. Ely has long studied gender in business, focusing her research on professional services firms. Recently, though, several large tech companies have approached her on the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 May 2015
- News
Washington, DC Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
and faculty in organizations and communities around the world. The effort to engage alumni began in Boston on April 26, 2014 and has extended around the world in the months since, as Dean Nohria and select faculty continue to travel to... View Details