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- 23 Oct 2019
- News
An Experiment in Online Education Reaches 50,000 Learners in Five Years
executive director of HBS Online. Courses are developed and taught by HBS faculty members and delivered through two distinctive mediums. One is an online platform where students take self-paced courses on their own time. The other is a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
“Where can we find such a person?”
for managing a complex organization. Where can we find such a person?” It turns out that an HBS graduate filled the bill. Brock Reeve (MBA ’88), a nonscientist, was hired in 2006 as HSCI’s executive director in large measure because of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
“Culture Is Everything”
application of technology. “We were able to define a strategic path that made sense,” said Gerstner, who then added a caveat: “You don’t win with strategy. Execution is a hell of a lot harder than strategy. How do you get people to go in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alumni Board Goes Global to Pick New President
Executive Education programs — one-third and one-half, respectively — and the School’s five global research centers. The cumulative impact of the School’s global outreach will be unmistakable, says Shirazi. “Over the next twenty to thirty... View Details
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
Sister Cities International. “Most importantly,” she says, “the OPM program inspired me to look for opportunities to grow and expand while leveraging my existing brand. My OPM classmates gave me a lot of inspiration and ideas as I was developing the concept for Growing... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
finance, media, and other executives are calling on Americans to stay cool during a heated election season.” March to the Polls “2020 is not canceled. It’s the year we woke up,” according to the March to the Polls (M2P), a grassroots... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
School,” he responded. Sills knew he wasn’t being truthful but nonetheless hired him to be the opera’s finance director. Later, he would be promoted to executive director. “This was the first time I challenged the path that seemed laid... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
Theatre Company; Deborah Perry, from the YWCA of Rhode Island; and Karen Santilli, from Crossroads RI, shared their perspectives on the program and agreed it was “the most outstanding executive experience” of their careers. According to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
mission, a focus on the needs and aspirations of employees, and a well-defined industry niche. This interest led to his coauthoring The Winning Performance with Richard E. Cavanagh (MBA 1970), who later served as executive dean of the... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Moving Mountains
way." (Barco's elder brother, Keith, similarly branched out, first in construction and now in real estate.) Sensing in Barry a desire to become a manager, yet aware of his need for more experience, Barco attended the School's Families in Business View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
you. This e-mail forwarding system is a terrific way to find and maintain contact with classmates. The School has also taken the extra step of providing access to section e-mail lists, enabling you to communicate efficiently with your entire MBA section or View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Jakurski Chair Supports Research in Global Finance
endow a chair at the School. After graduating from HBS as a Baker Scholar, he worked for a number of years at Unibanco, Brazil's third largest bank, including service as executive director. In 1983, he and three partners founded Pactual,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Winter Break Just Got Educational
have transformed China over the past 25 years. The itinerary included academic and media panel presentations on a variety of topics affecting China and networking events with HBS alumni. Students also met with corporate executives and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Advance Racial Equity in the Office
those challenges. Quantitatively and qualitatively, define the standard of what “good” looks like, and then commit to bringing the same standard of rigor with which organizations approach any other aspect of the business, such as ESG or strategy View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
What a Difference a Community Can Make
should be proud that 59 percent of MBA alumni participated in this effort and that there was a significant increase in Executive Education alumni giving as well. The $1.4 billion raised is already having a meaningful impact at HBS. While... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
battled it out in an ever-increasing test of nerves, a kind of Darwinian gauntlet. Early NASA executives had decided this was how to identify who had been born with “the right stuff.” Many companies looking to make top staffing decisions... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
help with these problems. Somehow this bridge has to be built,” says Goodwin, who until earlier this month was CEO of Executives Without Borders (ExecWB), a sort of facilitator for corporate social responsibility. (Goodwin just announced... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
by Roger Thompson A spate of business scandals — from Enron’s spectacular collapse to stock option backdating — have put business schools on the spot to explain what, if any, responsibility they might have for what’s gone wrong in America’s View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
October Reunions Break Records, Strengthen Ties
of the many lifelong learning opportunities available through HBS, including the evolving alumni electronic network, executive education courses, HBS Publishing offerings, and the annual Global Alumni Conference, which next year will take... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
When You Speak, This Group Listens
cross-section of MBA, Executive Education, and Doctoral alumni. Before joining the board for three-year terms, each of us had volunteered in a variety of capacities, including serving in key roles in HBS clubs and associations, mentoring... View Details