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- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Pitching In for Female Leaders
yet I was one of the few women who made it through the glass ceiling to the top of international football. Until one day, the rug was pulled off from underneath me, and I found myself out of a job. There was a horrible social media defamation campaign against me. I... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Christopher Cox: Capitol Hill Intellectual
experience. Such experience has served him well as he has introduced numerous pieces of legislation that have, among other things, repealed inheritance taxes (the so-called death tax), banned taxes on Internet commerce, and limited... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
closely with actor Marlon Brando before his death in 2004 to create a development plan for Brando’s 1,500-acre Tahitian atoll. When the forty-unit project is completed in 2012, the resort will be virtually carbon neutral and a showcase... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
purchasing, had just been notified by the contract manufacturer of SmartPak’s dog food that the weight-control formula might contain melamine. The substance, which has been used by Chinese manufacturers to spike protein levels in certain pet food ingredients, was... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
who spent six years commercializing drugs and diagnostics in East and West Africa before earning her MBA. “There are frequently delays in diagnosis, where the turnaround time for a biopsy could be several weeks or months.” That lag time, she explains, can be a matter... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Mary Quin: A Life-Changing Story
so close to death was a wake-up call," she says. "It made me reevaluate how I wanted to spend the rest of my life." Upon reflection, she decided to leave the corporate world and take time off to write, with the plan of eventually starting... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
death made the next big VC deal or M&A transaction seem much less important. Instead, Friedman reoriented his life, focusing more on philanthropy—and also getting back into one of his favorite childhood pursuits: motorcycle riding.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
60 percent. I remember one shift at the end of March where we were crushed by the number of patients, and for the first time in my career I had to specifically schedule extra time after my shift to complete all of the death certificates... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
where we try to ease the pain of the death of at least one, possibly two, of these companies. That’s wise because it would be a tremendous shock to confidence if unemployment was to suddenly leap up by a million or more. But the long-term... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
Death Star,’” recalls Crespin, the founder of CollaborateUp, a consulting firm that specializes in tackling big societal problems and bridging difficult, cross-sector relationships. He adds, “The environmental people had their arms... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
"Dehydration is the leading cause of death among refugees. Before this panel ends, nearly eight hundred children will die of dehydration caused by diarrhea." Noting that the mortality rate for Afghan children under the age of five is 25... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
Hanna: In addition to serving as COO and treasurer of the Ford Foundation, Depelsha Thomas McGruder (MBA 1998) started the nonprofit advocacy group, Moms of Black Boys United, after the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
think I would have predicted that Ken would rise to managing director of Goldman Sachs and that Giff would become a widely respected CEO before his tragic death in 1990. We all have similar stories of friendships begun or sealed at HBS --... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
she describes as her “wake-up call” followed the death of her mother in 2001. “I thought, Why am I waiting to do something that matters?” she recalls. She flew to India to work with CARE, the disaster-relief organization, in helping... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
including “Ice Princess” and “Judge 232,” a number referring to her sentence for one defendant (the actual term was 213 years). Her hard-line stance has led to numerous death threats and the necessity for 24-hour police protection. “I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
reputed to be one of the richest men of his era, donated $5 million to Harvard University in 1924 to fund the construction of the new HBS campus. Among the artifacts is a finely crafted cherry wood “Resolutions” chest containing leather-bound tributes to Baker written... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
(MBA '59) ((North American Business Press)) Inside Luxury: The Growth and Future of the Luxury Goods Industry by Maria Eugenia Giron ((LID Publishing)) The Exile: Journey from Life to Death by Ro Kong Kyun (MBA 1959) ((Eloquent Books))... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
profits. 'NuCor Steel' highlights the death of an industry. It's comfortable to think that the leading brands of today and the industries we know and love will be around indefinitely. As 'NuCor' articulates, this thinking is very much a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
launch a start-up based on the technology. Did all of the projects lead to viable business concepts? No, and that’s an essential lesson. A lot of the ideas don’t work, and the students hate that. But it’s reality when you’re dealing with early-stage science. We’re in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
and Thomas K. McCraw, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and his wife, Susan, an attorney, all of whom spoke about how personal events such as death and illness have affected their careers. "I was amazed at how candidly they... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young