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- 01 Sep 2004
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One-on-One with Robert McNamara
Americans of the second half of the 20th century. But regardless of how history may judge his record, McNamara’s decades of service in the public and private sectors enable him to speak with singular authority about the strengths and...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
these things, people look on it as the most difficult country to change." And yet, a shift appears under way. A new reformist government has started treating agriculture as a problem to be solved by industry rather than by aid. Private...
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- 17 Feb 2022
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A Big Bet
Google philanthropy and loan repayments by students. (As an example, a student might contribute flat monthly payments of $100 so long as their annual income exceeds a threshold amount of $40,000.)...
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- 01 May 2013
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Brahmal Vasudevan, MBA 1997
Creating educational opportunities is a way of life for Brahmal Vasudevan. Upon the 2011 launch of Creador, a private equity firm based in Kuala Lumpur, he and his partners set up a foundation funded by a portion of the firm’s profits....
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- 01 Jan 2006
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Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
developed a loan guarantee program for Palestinian banks that enables them to increase the size of the loans they make to small and medium-sized businesses. “The views of businesspeople in the region tend to...
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- 01 Jun 1997
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Jennifer L. Scott
Whether she's participating in privatization efforts in Central Europe or working with technology startups in Cambridge, Scott thrives on helping bring focus to chaotic, fast-paced environments. Scott shared her entrepreneurial talents at...
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Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2019
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In Character: A Case Discussion Drama
What motivates you at work? How about Peter, down the hall in accounting? Or Linda, who heads up sales? In “Stoy Foods,” a case taught in the second-year MBA course Managing, Organizing & Motivating for Value, students adopt different...
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Julia Hanna
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Educating children through inquiry-based learning
industry. In 2004, Frock embarked on what she thought would be a 9-month leave of absence from her high-level job at Corning Inc. to help start ASMS. She ended up staying at the innovative middle school, which is supported in part by Corning Inc. and View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
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The $4 Billion Question
It’s no secret that private equity firms have enjoyed massive profits in recent years. In Private Equity Finance, a course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, students...
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- 21 Sep 2018
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Joyner to Receive Harvard’s DuBois Medal
partner of Avid Partners, a San Francisco firm that provides strategic consulting services for private equity and venture funds. Also a former member of the Obama administration’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, she serves as a...
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- 01 May 2013
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Michael F. Cronin, MBA 1977
Detroit, and even the student whose idea it was to put solar panels on the roof of Shad,” he notes. Cronin is the cofounder and managing partner of Weston Presidio, a private equity firm with offices on both...
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- 28 May 2019
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Case Study: Building the Base
the founders made personal loans to the brand to launch a vanilla shake, which made Sneakz a more legitimate contender in the consumer products space, Philp says. For a longer term capital solution, they ultimately connected with a View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
who started his first company, Tribeca Designs, an efficient storage CD tower, while a student at Harvard Business School, spent his early post-HBS years working for private equity firms before joining Radio...
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- 27 Mar 2012
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One School at a Time
and opened just eight years ago, ASMS is a private school driven by the mission to provide an academically challenging, inquiry-based learning environment for children in grades 6 through 8. “At the end of 5th grade, American View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
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Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change
Stephen Moret has long been driven by a passion for advocacy and leadership. As copresident of the HBS Student Association (SA), Moret created an online “Student Issues Poll” as a way to bridge the communication gap between students, the...
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- 01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
students learn how to apply discipline to the inexact science of valuing private enterprises." Running and Growing the Small Company The dramatic beginnings of entrepreneurial businesses have been much...
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- 01 Jan 2003
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Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
helpful as I built my own business." COMMUNITY OUTREACH Board of Directors, HBS African-American Alumni Association Board of Visitors, Howard University School of Business Former Director, University of Maryland Foundation, Greater Washington Urban League ADVICE TO...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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Career Services Shifts into High Gear
the Class of ’08, current students, and employer relations,” says MBA Career Services Managing Director Jana Pompadur Kierstead. “We’ll be adding to our career coaching staff, compiling a résumé book for the Class of ’08, and doing more employer outreach.” View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
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Immersion Program Digs Deep
NEW FRIENDS: Stephen Kraus (MBA ’08) meets students of Shanghai’s Weihang Migrant School, a privately funded school for the children of rural-to-urban migrant workers. HBS ramped up its commitment to the...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Making a Difference
seventy HBS students who participated in the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program, which gives financial support to MBA students who choose to work in the public and nonprofit sectors during the...
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