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01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize

accomplishment from both sides of the Charles. "Robert Merton has been an innovative leader in the field of economic valuations and in improving the capacity to manage financial risk," said Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine. "This is a... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout

released in theaters nationally September 16. “Many of the patterns and issues that existed before the bailout are still present today,” says Burke, who was born outside Detroit in Pontiac. “We think it’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2018
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Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?

20th century at best, if not the first half of the 20th century,” Eykher says. To address the issue of trust, the Open Mineral team verifies the identity of every member and only accepts companies with a... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

02 Nov 2020
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The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

job was in grocery retail and I knew the food space was where I wanted to be long-term. Food forms such a foundational part of life and I immediately found it meaningful to be part of the industry providing... View Details

27 Jul 2017
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Seeing a Way Forward

opportunities,” Leger says. “I believe the idea that there is an inevitable tradeoff between profit and impact is fundamentally flawed and can be challenged through innovative social enterprises that will... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Oct 1999
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New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

trying to move the basic building-block skills out of the required curriculum and into prematriculation. Our goal is to free up time for students to delve more deeply into the economic logic required to... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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A Vibrant Brand

officer at Chemical Bank in New York, he began to notice a disturbing phenomenon among the media: a lack of balanced journalism relating to African Americans. The idea of starting a magazine dedicated to View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Jun 2017
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Finding Common Ground

pesticide exposure, diet, or perhaps complex interactions among all those factors and others. “With honey-bee health problems there are multiple possible causes,” says Crespin, who also works on sustainability View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

what all those employees, who call themselves "athenistas," will be doing: improving health care efficiency and quality by connecting doctors, hospitals, and patients. For... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2002
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Mary Callahan Erdoes

even in the womb!” explains Erdoes, who heads global investments for the private bank of J.P. Morgan Chase & Company. Her job puts her in charge of more than $200 billion in assets, managed on behalf of an... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2023
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Batteries Included

Henderson explains. That’s Fleetzero’s goal. John McCown (MBA 1980), nonresident senior fellow at the Center for Maritime Strategy and author of Giants of the Sea, says he’s intrigued by the Fleetzero model,... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2007
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Steve Schwarzman

rise of private equity here and abroad hasn’t gone unchallenged. The Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether buyout deals involving multiple private-equity firms are anticompetitive. In Europe, critics are... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

director of Nedcor, South Africa's second-largest banking group. HBS professor Linda A. Hill's session, titled "Unbundling and Black Empowerment," featured an impressive panel of advocates View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

08 Apr 2021
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Real Talk

Photos Courtesy Equitas Advisory Group Photos Courtesy Equitas Advisory Group Just weeks after the death of George Floyd, Susan Harmeling (MBA 1991) and Charles Henderson (MBA 1991) came together for a... View Details

02 Sep 2021
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Back to School

investment banking to become a seventh-grade math teacher at Harlem West Middle School, teaching for three years before taking positions in school leadership at Success Academy Midtown West View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2011
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‘Green’ Trailblazers

Provides high tech products and services for building energy efficiency Jeffrey Brown (MBA 1983) Summit Power Group, LLC. Seattle, Washington Developer of electric power projects Michael Cavallo (MBA 1978)... View Details

Keywords: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

01 Jun 2000
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The Business of Biotech

concerns regarding the medical sector of the industry. Privacy is an issue for those who worry that complete knowledge of an individual's genetic makeup could have negative effects. If employers know an... View Details