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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Heroines and Helping Hands
high-school girl in New Jersey figured that out. When Jordana Confino heard about Mukhtar, she was moved to action. With a friend, she started a club, Girls Learn International. They attended a United Nations conference on women and girls that underscored the critical... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
Dichter, “but we know that if we can truly capture and quantify this, it could be revolutionary, and not just for the impact investing sector—it could change how we understand the role of business in society.” Before coming to Acumen,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
approach to resolving tough questions, such as whether or not to umbrella brand, how to determine the right number of brands, and the role of the brand manager in the 21st century. Tempered Radicals: How People Use Difference to Inspire... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
traveling volunteer program. He took on the new role after returning from a February trip to New Zealand, where he worked with a family for three weeks to build their home. And Murch has found yet another way to help. To keep his... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
Council, where Eccles serves on the steering committee, has set out to create an integrated-reporting global framework that brings together financial, environmental, social, and governance information in a consistent format. Reflecting on the current state of play... View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
ahead. But they had virtually no experience in the roles of government and private sector in creating a dynamic economy. Putting Myanmar in perspective, it's the size of Texas, and it has a population of 54 million-- same as California... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
indeed personality can be a factor. But, more often, an individual's role in the system is a more fundamental reason for conflict. In questions of dividend policy, for example, someone in sector four (a family member who is an owner but... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
marketing skills, I felt the company could become the 'shark' that ate all its smaller competitors in the saturated European lawn-mower market." Andresen says that he "thoroughly enjoyed" his role as general manager at SABO. "The... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
moments that you have with you with your loved ones. I thought that maybe there has to be more to life than what I was currently doing my role within the banking community and then as an entrepreneur, and I think that that started as a... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
mentor, but he was that, for sure, because he set the example for me in all ways humane, wise and generous. He also played an important role in introducing my consulting firm to corporations on whose boards he sat which, while it was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Adapting to Meet Changing Needs
into a leader, and the roles leaders play as they take on expanded responsibilities within their organizations. HBX was conceived to bring the engaged learning of the HBS class-room to an online platform. Video cases in an HBX course “not... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
complete overhaul of an important booklet articulating the role of Ed Reps, while helping to strengthen the MBA Academic Committee. In addition, she revitalized the troubled HBS Ventures, a collection of campus businesses ranging from... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lydia M. Marshall: Gumption and Grace
mother, Marshall admits to feeling "slightly breathless" trying to keep up with her 10-year-old son and college-sophomore daughter. Crediting her mother with instilling in her a social conscience, Marshall says fondly, "She fought for many important things, from civil... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
pleased with her dual role as a parent and a key player in getting this particular dot-com off to a running start. "I can't imagine a better place to understand the dynamics of the Internet," she says. "We've built a fairly complex site... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Making Lives Better
precisely the tools with which to make that jump—first, in 2005, into the role of CEO of the newly formed Autism Speaks, a science and advocacy organization founded by her former NBC boss Bob Wright, and later, in forming her own... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Inside Executive Search
consultant’s role is to keep the dialogue open and positive as we guide both sides through the tricky compensation issues. We’re trying to make the deal happen in a way that pleases everyone. Tip: If you play hardball, this will likely... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
discovered a company that I thought was amazing. Sodexo is a French company, Global French Company. I just fell in love with their mission and their values and their lens of the world, and their role in it as a corporate citizen. So, I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Monaco's Digital Transformation
country’s own digital security agency handles all encryption. Genta, who brings to his role a background in business leadership at Google, Amazon, and Orange, also worked with his team to develop the Monaco ID card, a secure way for a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
“Invigorating” is the word Marne Levine (MBA 2005) uses to describe her work at Facebook. As vice president of global partnerships and business development, a role she took on in February, Levine oversees a broad swath of the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna