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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
Barksdale Group and former CEO of Netscape; Hank Barry, CEO of Napster; Irwin Jacobs, chairman and CEO of QUALCOMM; and Carl Yankowski, CEO of Palm, Inc. Representatives from top venture-capital and consulting firms joined a diverse mix of View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
sponsors, including Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. A traditional highlight of the conference is the presentation of awards to alumni in recognition of outstanding leadership and... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
your classmates’ experiences. That’s part of the value of HBS. It’s huge.” At Morgan Stanley, which she joined right out of HBS, Harris leads the equity private placements effort in global capital markets and covers the retail and consumer industry as well. “I work... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
Chairman & CEO, Invacare Corporation Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Harvard College, 1962 A.B., Physical Sciences LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "At HBS I learned about all the functional parts of a business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
the School’s Global Research Centers in helping faculty work on cases and find research opportunities. The LSP builds contacts, compiles databases, organizes seminars, and encourages and supports case writing across units to raise... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
sites and perform other labor-intensive high-tech work. A year later, that company is up and running. CitySoft (www.citysoft.com), which harnesses the computer skills of young adults from low-income Boston neighborhoods, has just completed its eleventh contract and is... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
happens is the man is at the center of this city that is sort of horseshoe-shaped. And there is a beautiful procession to light the man with the lamplighters, and the people who have worked as fire spinners, and are involved in the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Beyond Hong Kong's towering skyline and ship-filled harbor, the Kowloon Peninsula gives way to the verdant hills and peaks of the Chinese mainland. The bustling international business center is a natural gateway to an area that has... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
professional development and visibility of executives of color in the not-for-profit sector.” Contributions from individuals and corporations are welcomed. With seed money from its founders and multiyear pledges from companies and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
younger brother grew up speaking French and a smattering of Arabic. Cohen’s father, whose family traces its roots to the Syrian trading center of Aleppo, started a successful import/ export business at age 30. After the Suez Canal crisis... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Every year, members of HBS student clubs work overtime to organize conferences that address an array of business-related themes and issues. This year’s events, which featured renowned guest speakers and thought-provoking panels, focused on topics such as technology and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the VC community to see itself as a real industry.” The venture capital industry began to take shape after World War II on the northeastern seaboard when in 1946 Doriot became president of the first public venture capital firm: Boston-based American Research and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
in collaboration with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, attracted some 350 attendees for a full agenda of speakers, panels, and case presentations. In an afternoon keynote address, Ricardo... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
past decade, I have structured my life in a more "balanced" fashion, making time for family, community volunteerism and leadership (chairing several nonprofits), and corporate board work. While I have welcomed the ongoing successes of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
ambition and great expectations." Alumni Message Boards While the campus community came together to cope in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, members of the extended HBS community did the same. Given that two of the attacks View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
professional lives in a new direction. An early pioneer in the high-tech world, Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) worked in senior management and chief leadership roles at established corporations and start-ups alike during the 1980s and ’90s,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
65,000 children Outward Bound serves each year. He also works with Outward Bound schools and centers to ensure that their 750 wilderness courses — and scores of programs for corporate clients and kids in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
recently coauthored Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives of Becoming a Great Leader with Kent Lineback (2011). Cynthia Montgomery is the Timken Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit and a director of research at the School. Her work View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
low-income youth and companies needing skilled labor. His yearlong training program offers 18 through 24-year-olds the technical, professional, and communications skills needed to transition into careers and college. The award-winning nonprofit has partnered with 250... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
practice and Joseph L. Rice III Faculty Fellow. It wasn’t until the idea of “lean” corporations came into vogue that companies began to treat employees as just another resource to be allocated as needed. In the decades since, layoffs have... View Details