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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
that trigger a director's resignation. Section 8 of the Clayton Act, for example, prohibits a person from serving as a director or officer of competitors (to avoid possible antitrust complications). A new job may preempt time and... View Details
Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
understand the impact of illiteracy on our community.” Alumni support the organization as board members, volunteers, and literacy tutors. “We are very proud of how the club has evolved to serve an important role for both our members and... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
graduates from working-class families. I helped my parents deliver packages and clean college dorms in Philadelphia. Christine helped her immigrant parents run a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles. It was impossible for us to experience... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
That’s it. That’s the secret.” Morriss is the executive founder of The Leadership Consortium; Frei, the consortium's co-founder, served as senior vice president of leadership and strategy at Uber. They draw from their work with companies... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 18 Jul 2018
- News
Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community
Rebecca Sumner Lien (MBA 1993) (photo by Genevieve Shiffrar) Rebecca Sumner Lien (MBA 1993) (photo by Genevieve Shiffrar) A part-time job at a Roy Rogers restaurant first introduced Rebecca Sumner Lien to business. “I was fascinated by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
darkness, and saying, what is it that I can actually leave behind in the past that no longer serves me? Now that I have the time to even confront these personal demons. All of us have a version of that, but I never drop into it because... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Professors Pearson, Thurston Remembered
an enormous and long-lasting impact on students and faculty alike.” After retiring from the faculty in 1993, Pearson served as an operating partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice until 1997 and as chairman and CEO of YUM Brands, PepsiCo’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)
A self-described SOB — son of the boss — Bill Dunaway grew up working in his father’s pharmacy in Marietta, Georgia, a town of 61,000 outside Atlanta. After expanding the business to a chain of 18 drug stores, Dunaway sold the operation in 1989 and opened the 1848... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
Above: Chris Kempczinski is one of the alumni working to modernize McDonald’s. Nick Karavites owns 24 McDonald’s restaurants in the Chicago area and the surrounding suburbs, and when he visits them, he always keeps his eye out for a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
this was something I was meant to do.” People, People, People After brainstorming restaurant concepts over pizza in Harvard Square, Paul D. Conforti (MBA 1997) and some friends got the idea to open a dessert establishment. When he and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
miracle. Professor David B. Yoffie served as informal moderator and faculty chair. Global Gathering Early in the opening session on April 6, conference chairman Robert Piccus and HBS Dean Kim B. Clark welcomed the international group,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
those kinds of projects. No siree. We remember last time around.’ ” Myers is managing director of Dallas/Ft. Worth–based Boldmore Growth Partners, and launched the Internet service provider Bakken Wireless in 2012 to serve the region’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
the challenge of managing an organization that was larger and arguably more complex would be good for me. For example, we have a team involved in automating performance metrics, which makes reporting very quick and seamless. We can also... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
that organizes coffee farmers, links them directly to coffee importers, and guarantees a premium over the prevailing price being paid on the international market. Starbucks has been quick to respond in times of crisis, too. When... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
informed decisions using data and make the system more resilient, limiting the consequences of bad decisions.” One such effort is the Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Project, an interdisciplinary research initiative across Harvard and led by Greenwood that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
(MBA 2002), served as the city’s CFO from 2010 to 2014 after working as an advisor to the mayor and serving in the department of administration and finance. Mitch Weiss (MBA 2004)—now Senior Lecturer in the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
or more mindful drinking is bigger than just Vanessa and myself. So we said, let’s see if we can create a product that actually serves that market.” After a lot of trial and error, Tilden launched a line of non-alcoholic cocktails in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
more than you will eliminate disease. The whole range of human incentives is involved, not just money. In the UK, people like to say “We are not corrupt,” but we’re not all as squeaky clean as we like to suggest. Hugh Quick (MBA ’56)... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
Finals Round and aNVC Finale, to be held March 22 and 23. The aNVC serves as a launchpad for innovative new ventures from HBS alumni, providing access and exposure to potential investors, mentors, and advisors, as well as significant... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley