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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
control and involvement and argue that its impact on business performance will be positive. They offer a road map to help CEOs and directors better balance board oversight with the firm's daily operations and to give directors a better... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight
law-abiding start-up enterprises. The brainchild of former venture capitalist Catherine Rohr, who founded the program in 2004, PEP has seen dozens of participants benefit from its demanding regimen. Multiple interviews and tests are required to gain admittance to its... View Details
- 21 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Evelyne White (MBA 2010)
local customs were. My best travel experiences have always involved having a local person on the ground, so I set out to launch a platform where travelers could connect with local people. Sharing a meal is one of the best ways to break... View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
Procedural acts work as punctuation in a negotiation, creating order and rhythm. The sales rep's procedural act established the expectation that the manager would make an informed counteroffer. Improvising effectively at the micro level of a negotiation View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
margins, want reform to be instituted through the familiar public-school structure. For their part, HBS graduates have long been involved in various education initiatives and reform efforts. Alumni have created and funded national... View Details
- 23 May 2016
- Blog Post
Advice for Prospective Students from Africa
Q&A session with current students and representatives from admissions, and a campus tour. This really gave me an opportunity to get a good understanding of what life was like at HBS. As a student I am very involved with ABC. I am... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
content that hopefully powers the marketing of companies. But is that advertising? A lot of the work we do for our clients involves media not on a rate card or in a typical distribution unit. Is producing the telephone “hold” music for... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A Commitment to Education
involved in education in the 1970s when his two daughters were enrolled in the Charlotte, North Carolina, public schools. As president of UNC, he increased enrollment and the university’s operating budget, enhanced access to UNC’s... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Shoshanah Cohen (MBA '92)
involved with little else.” So Cohen, now a PRTM director, stepped up her activities outside the office, committing herself to pro bono projects and membership work with the HBS Association of Northern California. Gearing down a bit at... View Details
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Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog
diplomacy, the not-for-profit world, and across sectors. Since 2001, the Program on Negotiation—an interuniversity consortium involving Harvard, MIT, and Tufts—has regularly bestowed the “Great Negotiator Award” on men and women from... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
(including recent winners of the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon who raced to victory in special chairs fabri_cated by an Invacare subsidiary), arranging for them to visit with children with disabilities in schools and hospitals. And it has long been View Details
- 25 Nov 2019
Geographic Regions Webinar Series: India
The Geographic Regions Webinar Series aims to highlight different student populations, their experiences at HBS, and the organizations they are involved in. Each Geographic Region Webinar will feature student panelists from those regions. View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Curtain Call
way back to campus by following the Crimson Brick Road. To do so successfully, they must find and be true to their moral compass. Following custom, faculty and staff were also spoofed, as with this year’s Dean-like character, “The Wizard of Crimsonland.” The 2011... View Details
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Alejandro Gracia-Zhang | MBA
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: My main motivation to become involved in the intersection of technology and business is because I see this as the most effective way of developing and spreading a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation
second-year Managing Innovation course. He assigned all 105 students in his two sections to field projects with Ford, General Electric, NASA, and Nike. “Since the course is about innovation, the projects all involved areas in which the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
A Growing Array of Engagement Opportunities
inspired an expanded menu of opportunities for alumni to contribute their wisdom, time, and talents across the HBS community. Long involved in small pockets of campus activities, alumni are now returning to Soldiers Field in larger... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
In 2020, the city of Detroit logged some 7,000 calls involving mental health emergencies—a critical issue, notes Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who says, “When the mentally ill turn to the police for a response, the system is broken.” To fix... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
made up of a diverse group of graduates. Twelve members are appointed to the Board each year through a nominating process that starts in the fall and involves input from a variety of sources, including clubs, alumni, fund agents, class... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
finds such gratification in the 47-mile bike and pedestrian route soon to connect the six-city region. It will be a legacy enjoyed by generations. “It’s very psychically rewarding,” he says. “It’s so much fun to be involved in something... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
Buy, Lie, and Sell High by D. Quinn Mills Prentice Hall Any investor or person involved in America's financial-services industry will be interested in Buy, Lie, and Sell High: How Investors Lost Out on Enron and the Internet Bubble. In... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry