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- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
Fidelity Bank Plc., for leadership in general management. Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, Nigeria, presided over the annual event, which brought together more than 200 HBS alumni and friends to review the year and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
chief of Operations. “We have photovoltaic panels on a portion of the roof, and we run a cogeneration plant in the basement that uses natural gas to fire a generator to help power the building, with the waste heat going to create domestic... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
generation of Internet-savvy consumers, and how today's CEOs can transform their own focus and that of their organizations from "dot-com" concerns to a more sweeping "dot-corp" vision. Next up was Microsoft president Steve Ballmer, who... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
companies, complete and accurate patient data would help in screening participants in drug trials and make it possible to track and troubleshoot unexpected problems that show up after a drug is introduced into the general population, like... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
generous welfare state. It emerged instead from evolving coalitions between fledgling consumer lenders seeking to make their business socially acceptable and a range of nongovernmental groups working to promote public welfare, labor, and... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
says Dorsen, "including several of whom had not even been formally invited." While there was a lot of interest in the idea, the principal concern among the group was whether there were enough good companies in the pipeline to generate... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
morning paper, a history lesson, or a conflict in the classroom," recalls Slifka. At HBS, he notes, General Georges F. Doriot's manufacturing course also had a powerful impact. "He taught us to be innovative, to be courageous, and to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
firms, establishing the foundation for her eventual move into television and the executive suite. In 1999, feeling "the ten-year itch," Thomas-Graham talked to a longtime mentor who recommended that she meet with Jack Welch, then CEO of View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
trusts, fake foundations, regulatory loopholes, money laundering techniques, and more that make up the financial secrecy system. He then examines the motivations driving the system that generates and shelters trillions of dollars that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
school districts fail to improve, and what can we do about it?” Coyne describes the system that has generated the challenges we face today and illustrates them with a number of case studies, based on his unique perspective as an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
siblings, get to work every day on time, work toward a degree at night (paying their own tuition), and manage to save enough to slowly build a house. While generally excited by democracy, Liberians are understandably impatient for roads... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
summary of the magazine during his tenure. Under a succession of dedicated editors, the Bulletin has helped to create an extended community at HBS, linking generations of alumni to each other and to the people, ideas, and events that... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
strategy that the professor labeled “Ram it!” That became a catchphrase, which was often called out loud. 1989G. Several funny phrases originally used by sectionmates were regularly borrowed for openings and comments to great general... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
system of choosing directors to “the old Soviet-style elections” in which shareholders’ real choice is to vote for anointed nominees, abstain, or sell the stock. Of all the nominees put forward by boards, 99.7 percent win election. Also, thanks to the Delaware courts’... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
participants will end up with the right level of risk taking, so regulation is important. There are also periods of crisis, like the one we just experienced, when financial markets generally break down. And that’s when the government can... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
sustainable institutions and organizations and inspire hope and opportunity in communities around the world. Nitin has set out an ambitious agenda for the School—exactly what is needed to educate the next generation of leaders in business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
about the up-and-coming general manager of Nickelodeon Latin America. “I was interested in the entertainment industry and globalization,” Hill recalls. “The article was about the business, not how she led.” So how did “Taran Swan at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
Citizen Year — SEF 2009 honoree Global Citizen Year is disrupting the traditional path to college and creating a new generation of global leaders through a "bridge" year of service learning and leadership training in Africa, Latin... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
for solutions to make the next generation of microfinance tools even more transformative. One of the great surprises of microfinance has been the astonishingly high rates of loan repayment, at around 96 or 98 percent. How do you interpret... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
as a national blueprint. Near-universal coverage, a pipe dream anywhere in the United States a few short years ago, is the chief reason that the state’s model has generated so much excitement. And the Bay State’s example has arguably put... View Details