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- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
regard real estate as a new asset class. Cynthia Foster (HBS MBA '90), executive managing director of Cushman & Wakefield, the world's largest privately held real estate services firm, regards this... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
with colleagues and practitioners. The event's overriding message, according to organizer Karen Wilson (MBA '91), executive director of the HBS Global Initiative, is that the School is open to new ideas,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- Career Coach
Doug Lester
Doug’s approach to career and executive coaching is informed by over ten years in marketing, digital, and general management roles at Johnson & Johnson and other Fortune 500 companies. He offers perspective as a former executive recruiter and often counsels alumni on... View Details
- 21 Jun 2022
- News
Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
Clubs News Clubs News Latino Alumni Reunite for 18th Annual Banquet The HBS Latino Alumni Association held its 18th Annual Banquet on April 29, drawing more than 100 HBS alumni and guests—including current... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
Ivy League credentials, Ovia decided to chart a different path. Two years ago, the leadership team, including cofounder and CEO Paris Wallace (MBA 2007), dropped all degree requirements for new hires and shifted to a skills- or... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
stereotype and expand their image of what’s possible for them.” Since 2014, Owusu-Kesse has served as COO of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), a path-breaking New York nonprofit known for its multifaceted approach to ending... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- Web
2025 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Info - Video Recording - Slides The rapid evolution of new technologies is reshaping the landscape of skills and occupations, impacting organizations across diverse industries and at a global level. The Organization for Economic... View Details
- Web
“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
would allow us to infuse different skill sets into BMC – a low risk way of trying out new talent, maybe someone with no healthcare experience at all.” “The one-year commitment was key,” says Josh. “I was going into a View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent
as Digitas, AKQA, and TWBA—when, in 2013, a shared workspace coffee-bar conversation provoked the career pivot that would launch her new business venture, Prokanga. “I had a bunch of interactions with people who were starting companies,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
has enough leverage to practice it. Boards of directors play an important role in championing the cause of stakeholders of all kinds. DF in AZ put it this way: “If a company promises a fundamental shift towards shareholder capitalism but... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 07 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
How One Organization Increased Their Internship Yield
confusion. “Consider Sara,” says Lauren Murphy, Director of Career and Professional Development at HBS. “Sara” is not a real student, but a hypothetical illustration of a real phenomenon Murphy has frequently witnessed. “She’s been... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
that, which is virtually impossible, according to Jayant Sinha, Member of the Indian Parliament. This discussion underscored the tension between optimism and foreboding that characterizes our current situation. Climate Policy Prof. Gunnar Trumbull spoke of “a View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
thousands of children in his native country. He went on fact-finding missions, acquiring intel from Vanessa Kirsch, CEO of New Profit, a Boston-based venture philanthropy fund supported by the Monitor Group and HBS professor Michael... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
dedicated to creating and advancing solutions to the core issues driving climate change Matthew Commons (MBA 2007) FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation Waltham and Wilbraham, Massachusetts Wind turbine manufacturer Patricia A. Connolly (MBA 1989) View Details
- Profile
Brittany Williams
“When I got to college, I learned about other engineering disciplines,” says Brittany. With expanded opportunity came new questions: “Do I really want to be an astronaut? Do I want to narrow myself?” Seeking flexibility while remaining... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
of night, you would see the glow from the mills that lined the river,” he recalls. Now Motley sees an entirely new city. Along the river are the offices of medical and technology companies. “Pittsburgh has successfully transitioned from... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
market. “Many summer internships were canceled,” explains Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003), managing director of HBS’s Career & Professional Development (CPD). “Graduating students who already had job offers saw their start dates delayed,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
JULY 12 The HBS Club of India recently launched an “Alumni in Action” campaign, which highlights stories of members who have led pandemic relief efforts. The first two alumni highlighted are Akshay Navaladi (HBS MBA 2013), founder of Healthskool Pharmacy, a chain of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Japanese Connection
It all started with a Japanese language class. Steven Williams (MBA ’84) was a senior marketing director at San Francisco’s Genentech when he took Saturday classes at Soko Gakuen Japanese language school four years ago “just to keep the... View Details