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- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
speakers in the program, very often, have no networks and little resources. Yet they see a problem and say ‘I’m going to fix that.’ And they’ve done it with amazing results There’s no better role model.” For the panel, Hunger and Food... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
the seminar also confront pressing global problems, including poor nutrition and obesity, food waste, population growth, and feeding the world’s hungry. “Tackling these challenges centers on leadership,” observes Alvarez. “The Agribusiness Seminar plays an important... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
directly with smelters, eliminating the need for a middleman. Think of it like eBay but for million-dollar shipments of raw minerals. Intermediaries have long played a key role in these deals because the market for metal concentrates—the... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
that having this distinction, people look at me differently, especially as a woman. It forces me to be a role model. It gives me a status I have to respect.” Being a woman in a male-dominated industry has provided Herlaut a unique... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
from Africa.com are twitter.africa.com, starbucks.africa.com, and nokia.africa.com. Clarke says it was an easier to jump into the role of website CEO because of the support of the HBS alumni network. “There’s been no point in my career... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
recently about the role they can play in changing society. But I know this is a topic you've been engaged in for a long time. What first sparked your interest in it? Lisa Lewin: I think it was probably my family. My father was a corporate... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
popular demand and voiced the hope that "no alumnus will be so overwhelmed with modesty that he will fail to send in items of interest about himself." Further changes were announced in 1941 when Assistant Dean Luther G. Holbrook (MBA '36) signed on as editor, and - in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
Princeton University, 1941 A.B., History "Broaden your business education as much as possible through courses and real-life experiences. This will prepare you for your role as a general manager. Over time, you will also develop a focus on... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
flexible schedule, the lack of appropriate role models in traditionally "male" industries, the impact of maternity leaves on promotion opportunities, and a realignment of ambitions after experiencing parenthood. Barbara A. Piette (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
began to realize its other goals-from increasing financial aid to providing career development opportunities. More recently, Lambert helped HBS, the African-American Alumni Association, and others honor Naylor Fitzhugh's life and pioneering View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
the concession. Why does Manila Water support the development of local small enterprises? We believe that as the biggest water and wastewater service provider in the Philippines, we have a major role to play in our country’s economic... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
mechanical engineering courses at Northeastern University, and two years as a second lieutenant in the Army (“doing a major’s job”)—proved to be ideal credentials for Knott’s eventual role as founder, president, and CEO of Riverdale Mills... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
implications for the workplace. When hiring a person from outside one’s firm, for example, Gino has found that focusing on a candidate’s achievements can preclude consideration of the role of circumstance and context in the individual’s... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
friends and family while hanging out in a VR living room, to attending a concert with hundreds of people from around the world, to just playing games together.” Can you tell us about your role as head of product marketing for AR/VR... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
of his role in influencing markets. As Fed chairman, when he advised people not very many years ago to take out variable rate mortgages, he aided and abetted the housing market excesses. When he said there was irrational exuberance in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
examined the role of business in ending global poverty, strike anyone else as being in poor taste? If “Every day, nearly 3 billion people have to get by on this,” as the headline and stark image of two crumpled dollar bills on the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
cardiovascular disease. In addition, apart from any possible therapeutic benefits, embryonic stem-cell research could play a central role in helping to understand the nature and development of disease generally. Spar, the Spangler Family... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
on the effort? Our most important responsibility is to discover, develop, and market better products. That’s fundamentally our first responsibility. If we are successful, that success raises the question of what other roles and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
microfinance into an industry. The distinction is important, he argues. While foundations, governments, and NGOs all play significant roles in pioneering social-good organizations, such funding can never equal the dimensions of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Righting the Ship
something of the suffering that this ruthless viral enemy can inflict. How can we build something good out of the loss, vulnerability, chaos, and fear? The sooner that we can get a little sense of that, the more we can feel empowered to realize that each of us has a... View Details