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- 01 May 2013
- News
Thompson Dean, MBA 1984
Growing up as the son of a foreign service officer, Tom Dean spent much of his youth in Asia and developed a curiosity about American business. After graduating from the University of Virginia and working at Irving Trust Company in New... View Details
- 24 Feb 2016
- News
Did William Alden Invent the Car of the Future in the 1960s?
Logan Airport. The system would be comprised of two-passenger carts that travelers could call up and ride the same way they would a PRT. But vitally, it wouldn’t require any new tracks or guideways — something Alden says would have been a dealbreaker for Logan. The... View Details
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
competition is really the right medicine. "Competition in the ratings industry has been increasing, and there have been calls for yet more competition. Whether competition is likely to reduce quality or improve it has been unclear," says HBS professor Bo... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Rethink pricing to create shared—and expanded—value
John T. Gourville, the Albert J. Weatherhead Jr. Professor of Business Administration, advocates that value be shared by a firm and its customers. “Without a willing customer, there is no value,” he says. “When companies view customers as... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
operating effectiveness and efficiency, ensure high levels of employee engagement, and improve their overall global competitiveness. After a successful career as an executive with Fortune 500 companies Chase Manhattan View Details
Eric Boutin
Longwood Fund, a life sciences venture capital fund, where he led early-stage biotech deals and founded Flex Pharma, a neuromuscular sports performance company, which went on to IPO (NASDAQ: FLKS). Eric holds an MBA from Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Arjun Chopra
Arjun holds multiple technology patents that have been cited as prior art by firms like Apple, AT&T and iRobot. He has also held several technology development and management positions in consumer and enterprise software View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
Founding Cochair, Partners HealthCare 1995 Retires from HBS 1995 Named Senior Advisor to the President of The World Bank 1997 John and Natty McArthur University Professorship established at Harvard 1999 McArthur Hall dedicated at HBS 2002... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
households, or masters of the universe on Wall Street, rely on their own personal experience when forming judgments about the financial future. That means the average chief executive of an investment bank was working on data going back no... View Details
Nimi Katragadda
Nimi Katragadda is a Partner at BoxGroup, a seed stage venture fund where she focuses on investments in enterprise software, fintech, healthcare, and more. BoxGroup's portfolio includes companies such as Ramp, Plaid, Airtable, Ro, and... View Details
Robert R. Young
Young set out to take over the holding company that owned the C&O Railroad, and despite losing substantial backing from a group of General Motors executives, Young eventually gained control of the... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
requires all publicly held corporate companies to increase board diversity, and the proposed NASDAQ listing rule that would require companies to disclose information about their board diversity and have at... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Student Plan Goes to Washington
to their board positions, a situation widely regarded as a major impediment to good governance. Since the CGC’s professional directors would hold no other jobs, they would come to positions without industry conflicts and could serve View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
trust of the communities they serve.” For the Oregon Community Partners, that has meant teaming up with Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), a micro-lending organization providing entrepreneurs of color with opportunities for financial coaching and access to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Allie Corless
startup rather than a well-funded private equity firm or investment bank because my HBS experience has helped me to clearly see that I am an entrepreneur at heart. I have a strong appetite for risk and now, as I graduate from HBS with few... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Argentina
style="tab-stops:list 1.0in">Search tips: At the top of the page under Region/Country, deselect all and re-select your GEO country. Then enter... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
Issues surrounding corporate governance are a source of ongoing debate in the boardrooms of companies around the world — not just the United States. A new case, “Governing Sumida Corporation,” takes readers inside a Japanese manufacturer... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
liquid, the observation refers to her involvement in, first, the 1993 launch of ViaCord, a company that enabled parents to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells that help treat life-threatening diseases like... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
are not driven by reverse causality. These patterns are not driven solely by common law nations such as the United Kingdom and United States, but also hold in Continental Europe. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Advertising Ephemera | Baker Library
Advertising Ephemera David's Prize Soap chromolithograph trade card, between 1876 and 1899. Advertising Ephemera Collection. Within the Advertising Ephemera Collection, Baker Library holds more than 8,000 trade cards, over 1,100 of which... View Details