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Kimble McCraw

didn't communicate well with each other. And that having the skills to bridge both sides would be very powerful." That realization led her to apply to HBS in her senior year; she was accepted with a deferral that allowed her to gain... View Details

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Funa Maduka

led to a meeting with Gayle King and another exceptional offer. In September 2006, Funa became coordinator of extracurricular and student life at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley on Klip, South Africa, rapidly... View Details

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Benjamin Story

In Los Angeles, Mickey Mouse casts a long shadow. While majoring in theater at UCLA, Ben Story got a touch of "Disney magic" when a vice president of the firm helmed "one of the best classes I took:" a course in theme entertainment. The course View Details

14 Jun 2024
News

Highlights from the Spring 2024 Alumni Board Meeting

Harvard Business School hosted its annual spring Alumni Board Meeting in late May, bringing together its members for a two-day event that included interactive sessions with faculty and HBS leadership on the School and its programs, updates on Board working groups, and... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Advance Racial Equity in the Office

have to start by establishing clarity on the problem, Rice explains. This is a deep-dive process to examine the specific policies or behaviors that led to this point and the effect they have on the workplace. Demand rigor. Next, identify... View Details

23 Oct 2019
News

Understanding Business Firsthand in South Korea

launched an upscale version of the cake and enlisted a team of first-year MBA students to help refine the product’s marketing strategy. The six-person team was among a group of 180 students, led by two HBS faculty members, who worked in... View Details

Keywords: Global Understanding; Internationalization; Educational Innovation

28 May 2019
News

Action Plan: Border Crossing

Tea’s products. We chose our name because tea evokes a sense of presence, connection, and timelessness.” Rawdon’s desire to foster these cross-cultural connections also led to Tea’s partnership with the Global Fund for Children (GFC), a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1998
News

John (“Bo”) Kemp

"That grew into a desire to save, invest, and make more" - a predilection that eventually led to an interest in private-equity investing. Kemp attended Yale, where he continued his entrepreneurial efforts by creating The Greek Shop, a... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photograph by Webb Chappell

11 Jun 2021
News

The Power of Resilience

what my priorities are. I actually didn't know what that mission-driven work would be at the time. But I came across a company whose mission it was to democratize access to genetic testing for hereditary cancers. It was that power of genetic information that View Details

10 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal

scandal generating more than five New York Times pieces in the month following news of the incident led to an 8.8 percent drop; and long-form coverage of a scandal was followed by a 10.4 percent decline. “These long-form stories that go... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

01 Dec 2004
News

A Life by Design

created the distinctive Studebaker Hawk automobile. “Years later, I realized what an amazing place I had grown up in,” says Ross, who acknowledges her father’s influence on her own choice of careers — fashion product design. Over the past 25 years, she has successfully... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

emphasis on coordinating and communicating with the center's many diverse leaders. "Many nonprofits are led by people who only know programs, not operations," Grossman says. "A key strength of Levy's is knowing how to... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

incident, but then, under the aggressive leadership of John Stumpf and consumer banking head Carrie Tolstedt, the company created 3.3 million fictious consumer accounts. This led to Stumpf’s forced retirement and his replacement by COO... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?

Andresen Professor of Business Administration at HBS, who led the discussion. In the old model, he said, economies of scale regulated success and performers had to be big to spread out high fixed costs. Now, as a result of the way we... View Details

Keywords: Re: Felix Oberholzer-Gee; Music

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

competitiveness of individual firms. Harvard Business School and Harvard University jointly created the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness in 2001. It is led by Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at HBS and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)

force in our world, whether we like it or not. So, what are we going to do with that driving force? I also wanted my career to be grounded in the true rigor of business, and the marriage of business rigor with positive impact in the world. These guiding lights View Details

Keywords: All Industries

15 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development

cooperatively owned grocery store. In my work, I primarily organized our outreach efforts with several foundations and community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and strategized ways for us to successfully secure both grant funding and low-interest loans.... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Jeff Bussgang

and financial services firm that is helping more than 12 million families save over $20 billion for college. Since January 2003, he has been a partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm that Jeff helped start. While at Flybridge, Jeff... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

In Character: A Case Discussion Drama

pressure? “We try to emphasize that this is not easy,” says Beshears, who led the course with Senior Lecturer Andy Wasynczuk. “A big part of achieving some degree of success is having the flexibility to change your mind. That’s important... View Details