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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Making It Possible to Explore and Grow
Entrepreneurs In her role as a senior analyst with Bessemer Venture Partners prior to attending HBS, Anna Khan (MBA 2016) heard pitches from thousands of entrepreneurs. “Of that number, probably only 10 to 20 were women. It wasn’t that we... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
Myra M. Hart) has played a central role in directing the growth of the entrepreneurship faculty in recent years. “It causes us all to reflect on the past, as well as the future. What are the unanswered questions, and how can we attack... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
expectations market; reining in monopoly pension and hedge funds; and enlarging private companies' role in the economy. Seeing Patients: Unconscious Biasin Health Care by Augustus A. White III (AMP 94, 1984) with David Chanoff (Harvard... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty
more than thrive. Now she’s bringing that exper-tise to bear on a new shift in business: the “greening” of the global economy. After 21 years as a management professor at MIT’s Sloan School, Henderson arrived on the HBS campus this fall to take on her new View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards
things. I think being astute about what’s going on in the world broadly is important for any corporate leader. So I have to make sure that I get out and do that—and play that role for the organization. Sometimes it feels like it would be... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
strength and performance, with the goal of preserving and extending patients’ independence and functionality. Blum, who has served Cytokinetics in various roles since its launch in 1998, is quick to point out that the company’s business... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
relevant regulatory agency to resolve the problem. So you get the best of both worlds. The Fed does what it’s best at, macro risk monitoring. And the agencies with the deepest expertise in the relevant financial area would be in charge of problem resolution. Moreover,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
restricted networks. As a result, some believe we ought to get rid of health plans and move to a single-payer system where the government is the payer. We disagree, because health plans have important value-adding roles in the system,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
transitions, achieving work-life balance, and developing the right traits and leadership skills. The organizational segment will focus on leveraging female talent and the role of leadership and organizational practices in creating an... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
Khan Academy across 190 countries and 50 languages. In this special edition of Skydeck honoring recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award, Associate Editor Julia Hanna talks to Khan about how the nonprofit got its start and the role it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
stockholders. The notion that the board must somehow balance the interests of other stakeholders fundamentally misconstrues the role of directors. It is, moreover, an unworkable notion because it would leave the board with no criterion... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
What is the connection to the gangs of Soweto, and how is the nefarious and powerful Imam Abed Al-Kumein involved? What is one of the largest investment banks in South Africa’s role and who is the mysterious hacker, Vladimir Al-Masri? To... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
Exchange. "The role of intellectual capital is more important in this business than any other, except perhaps the pharmaceutical and computer science industries. Oil is a hugely volatile commodity that very few people want to play in, so... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
studies (see sidebar). I recently had a chance to talk with Nohria about his formative years, the opportunities he sees ahead for the School, and his views on the role of business in society. What follows is an edited version of that... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
cannot be successful unless they show vulnerability, are consistent, take time to be balanced, have a vision, and embrace their role as decision-makers. In the 2010 case “Toby Johnson: Leading After School,” Johnson, with military service... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 26 Apr 2022
- News
Leading on Climate Change
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) welcomed Her Excellency Mariam Bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, the Minister of Climate Change and Environment for the United Arab Emirates, and Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, for a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
commons”: issues where stakeholders with different agendas and clashing cultures each own part of the problem and must each play a role in the solution. That makes collaboration essential, no matter how unlikely the partnerships might... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Surviving Success
In the frenzied, early months of a new venture’s launch, few entrepreneurs anticipate a future beyond their role as company leader. In “Founder–CEO Succession at Wily Technology,” HBS assistant professor Noam Wasserman and former HBS... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
poverty,” Gupta says. What they lack are the awareness, the information, and the tools required to take a more active role in supporting their children’s early cognitive development—all of which are gaps that Rocket Learning aims to fill.... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
How can we foster this kind of leadership? Universities have a role to play when they replace the ivory tower with the goal of serving society. Universities can bring together groups of people that are highly diverse, with a range of... View Details