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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
leave big business in 1970 to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity with SABO, a small manufacturer of lawn-mower machinery with a market value of some 6 million deutsche marks. "I was particularly View Details
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
interest in the health of the soil. “If you restore soil and agriculture and don’t use chemical fertilizers to grow crops, and you change your tilling practices, if you did this with one in five farms around... View Details
- 30 Aug 2018
- News
Sharing a Passion for Art
collection expanded quickly, as visits to museums and galleries intensified his interest in the work of prominent artists, such as Serra, Ellsworth Kelly, Damien Hirst, and Tracey Emin, as well as talented... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
view focusing on pieces he found interesting and attractive. Representing many different tribes and regions, the collection includes textiles, leather pouches, war shirts, dresses, vests, cradleboards, beadwork, weaponry, pottery, toys,... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
Itzhak Perlman. And they eat alongside 500 other students, all of whom are interested in Beethoven and Mozart and how to make a reed for an oboe. These are things that none of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
following year, interest free. Both divisions win, and we improve execution rates at the enterprise level.” The new plan went into effect in 2019, and change came fast. Within the first year of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
children and parents alike. “Our interests really aligned on early childhood education,” Mahajan says. Recognizing that more than 50 percent of Indians have smartphones—and that mobile internet penetration... View Details
- 27 Jan 2023
- News
Turning Up the Volume
more vocal in sharing stories of its students and alumni, as well as its programming, including LEDA Scholars, LEDA Career and Alumni Services, and LEDA Policy Project, which is geared toward supporting scholars View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
money out there looking for interesting new businesses. On the face of it, it’s a match made in heaven, with lots of positives; but beware the negatives. Those investment... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
following, lucrative corporate sponsorships, and paid the players relatively high wages. Around this time, Bruce Levy (MBA 1977) became the first ever agent for women's professional basketball, negotiating player contracts around the world. But as he tells associate... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
product that you launched to allow a new group of investors to get in, but I’m interested in how else you think about developing products for underrepresented groups. How do you actively seek out their... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
interest in me were the reasons I considered an academic career and developed a passion for research," said Porter, who holds an endowed professorship named after his mentor. Born on August 17, 1919, Christensen grew up in Iowa City and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
groups, I may never convince them that we’re doing good things in Iraq, but the fact that we’re interested enough to talk and listen to them is really important. How does your business background translate to the world View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
investment banking division for Goldman Sachs. And it was kind of an interesting experience I thought I'd share quickly. We started the training program in about September of... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
Clubs News Clubs News Singapore War Room Sessions Link Startups with HBS Alumni Mentors The HBS Club of Singapore (HBSCS), in collaboration with the Textile and Fashion Federation (TaFF) and its signature The Bridge Fashion Incubator... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
going into consulting or investment banking. What I was interested in was the grain merchandising business. His class was very popular and tough, and I loved it. Somehow it struck me—all these large companies that move giant quantities... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969
diversifying interests, Finansbank grew to become one of Turkey's largest private banks, with 200 branches in 10 countries. Although he sold his interest in the bank in 2006, he remained chairman until last... View Details