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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Advance Racial Equity in the Office
don’t even realize it’s happening, Rice says, but it means that people of color can’t compete on equal footing for career mobility. Doing nothing to fix systemic disadvantages is “fundamentally racist, not to mention cancerous to our... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
What a Difference a Community Can Make
As chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, I am honored to have worked with all of you and thrilled that our collective efforts have been so successful to create a solid financial foundation for Harvard Business School’s future. View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
leaves more and more people behind will ultimately become unstable, Cohen fears. Which brings him to a pressing question: “How do we create a stable system?” His answer is his new mission. “The private sector has to assume the responsibility for making the system... View Details
- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Pitching In for Female Leaders
positions. “Those of us who are very passionate about achieving gender equality know that empowering women is only part of the solution. And true parity can only be reached if those decision-makers at the top also buy in and understand... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
34,000 Pages and Counting
is Class Notes. Divided into three chronological versions whose total quarterly page count is equal to an issue of Vogue, Class Notes require not only editing skill but a sense of humor, diplomacy, and grace under deadline pressure.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Support for a Common Theme
Ralph James (MBA 1982) here with Patty and Lincoln Benet (both MBA 1989) at The Harvard Business School Campaign Regional Event in London. "HBS is part of the extraordinary Harvard community that serves the world in equally positive ways,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Against All Odds
never accomplished by any other European country, despite 150 years of trying). If it sounds almost as difficult as bringing a profitable drug to market, maybe that’s why Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA ’93), CEO of the Swiss biotech company Serono International, was View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
influence can equal any government’s. Based in Switzerland, UBS is a financial services company with no obligation to comply with the Kyoto Accord or European Trade Union restrictions on carbon emissions. It has a strong internal culture... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
TO CURRENT STUDENTS "While facts and knowledge are important, interpersonal skills, respect for others, and the ability to establish mutual trust are equally significant-and sometimes more so-as you move ahead in your career. To succeed... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
together.” As equal partners, each had to come up with $14,000 to satisfy Charterhouse. This is where Rogers’ Porsche came into play. Incredibly, its Blue Book value was exactly $14,000, so Rogers sold it to the company, used the proceeds... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
organizations waste $2.8 billion every year powering unused PCs. In 2009, these unused PCs emitted approximately 20 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent — equal to the annual emissions of 4 million cars. Transportation accounts for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
Palandjian Photo courtesy Tracy Palandjian Cohen Main article: Where Innovation Rules Governments and philanthropies have long sought to improve the lives of society’s least fortunate and most vulnerable, often with discouraging results. Money spent doesn’t reliably... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
take action to speed up economic growth and improve the standard of living by providing a stable and effective legal environment for business operations; equal opportunities for the public and private sectors; investment in better... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
and wanted to provide new hires with leadership opportunities. Equally important, the limited partners could now have some flexibility in their commitments. At about the same time, the firm confronted the problem of sustaining Greylock's... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Training Principals to Build Great Schools
Picture two schools with the same demographics—rural middle schools, for example, that serve equally high-need populations. Both use the same state-mandated curriculum taught by certified teachers. Why is one school thriving while the... View Details
Keywords: University Collaborations
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Christian Bjelland
As president and fourth-generation owner of Chr. Bjelland & Company, an industrial holding company headquartered in Oslo, Christian Bjelland has more than enough challenges to fill any given workday. But over the last decade, Bjelland has devoted himself to an View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- News
Remembering Walter Shipley
Labrecque as “totally equal partners”. “Some people's philosophy is I win, you lose,” Mr. Shipley said in a 1999 interview, “Our philosophy is that the best is when both sides feel they've come out winners.” That sense of collegiality was... View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
The Lines That Divide America
fair process they had come to expect, is increasingly aiding and abetting these line-cutters.” Nohria argues that feelings are equally strong among people with means, who see their own hard work, creativity, and sacrifices as... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
“smartest” and most cost-effective cause—in all likelihood not a panhandler on the street) and the spirit of service and giving that he considered an equally vital aspect of his work. “It was a personal exploration that became more public... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna