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- 01 Dec 2002
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Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
enterprise,” Austin notes. “NGOs are critical actors in the global arena that play an increasingly important role in shaping the business environment and in enabling companies to more effectively address social issues through... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
that women could lead in war and must enjoy equal rights. In helping to cement the territorial defeat of ISIS, whose savagery toward women astounded the world, these women played a central role in neutralizing the threat the group posed... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
I took some venture funding. Things have changed with the rise of the Internet and dot-coms; VCs now take a much more proactive role in the business. O'Lear: Since I'm both an entrepreneur and an investor, I believe it's fundamental to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
wished that his fellow students would give voice in class to the ethical concerns they preferred to convey to him in private. As he would later write of his MBA experience, “I stuck to the role I had been granted as a liberal bellwether,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots
to others in their personal networks. Over the past eight years, the FIL has played a crucial role in building what HBS professor of management practice Mitch Weiss calls a city’s “innovation infrastructure.” In previous eras, that might... View Details
- 01 May 2015
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Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
out the opportunities in America’s transportation and infrastructure challenges. And at events in China, Japan, and India, attendees heard from Professors Benjamin Esty and Shawn Cole about the latest thinking on global business leadership. Alumni leaders have played a... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
@Soldiers Field
Daphne Dufresne (MBA 1999) delivered the opening keynote address at the fifth annual Women in Investing Summit in Klarman Hall. The student-led Women in Investing Club seeks to strengthen the network of HBS students and alumnae pursuing investment management View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
schedule. Patty ultimately left the US team and went on to ski for Dartmouth, where she was a three-time All American and won the NCAA Skiing Championships in 1988. She never looked back, going on to HBS and a successful career in banking, consulting, and tech. And... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
programs linking MBA students with medicine, government and public policy, and law. “Jay was, in so many ways, ahead of his time,” says HBS Dean Srikant Datar. “He saw clearly the ways business would need to play a role in solving... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
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Vision: Into the Breach
plays a role in nudging enterprises toward less risky digital practices. “Saving our clients from being breached is the prime directive,” says Itskovich, who previously worked at Bain Capital and financial services startup Ebury. “It’s... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
Investment returns are not a major aspect of the decision. That makes impact investing (which is usually more illiquid and a long-term commitment than the typical portfolio) complicated—it’s hard to know what its appropriate role is.... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
percent. The resulting reduction in pickups didn’t just save on collection time. “European cities have very narrow streets,” says Satyam, “and now there were fewer recycling trucks blocking traffic.” Sensors play a big role in Cisco’s... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
alma maters (Miami University of Ohio and Vanderbilt University). They've also taken a leadership role at the school, serving on the Board of Dean's Advisors and as cochairs of their 25th Reunion, and as early founding donors of the... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
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A Capital Idea for Small Business
Management, and Fiduciary Trust; and a senior advisor role at PeriCor Therapeutics, Inc. Before leaving HBS, however, he paid a visit to McGee, who was an officer in the US Navy at the time. "He gave the program a strong push," recalls... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
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Impact: Business in an Age of Sustainability
What is the role of business in addressing climate change? How should asset managers weigh the social impact of their investments? What steps should a company take to ensure transparency in management and compensation? Climate change and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Social Enterprise Pioneer
examining how, in their teaching and research, they can best prepare students for leadership roles in this key sector of the economy. The Prophet of Start-Ups A new biography of HBS professor Georges Doriot declares him the prophet of... View Details
- 11 Jun 2015
- News
Leading the way in sustainable style
offices worldwide—and throughout the garment industry. “We can be a catalyst of change,” says Yang. Since 1995, she has held a leadership role in the Hong Kong–based company her father founded, which makes more men’s cotton shirts than... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
When it comes to climate change, companies must prepare now
Climate change is a fact of life, and it’s playing an increasing role in business competition. Forest L. Reinhardt, the John D. Black Professor of Business Administration, advises companies to adjust and adapt to a carbon-constrained... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Nelson Mandela’s Right-Hand Man
Kathrada. A fellow “alumnus” of Robben Island and a longtime friend of and adviser to Nelson Mandela, Kathrada visited the HBS campus where he spoke to students from across Harvard University who had assembled for the occasion. Discussing the View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
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Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
clerking for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. When, after World War II, Meyer left the Post to become the first president of the World Bank, he asked his daughter's husband to take over as the paper's publisher. "Neither I nor anyone else even considered that I... View Details