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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Books
business school education. Drawing on archival material from business schools, foundations, and academic associations, he traces how university-based business schools, founded to train a professional class of managers similar to doctors... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
addition to the discouraging share price, one other thing from that day sticks in Petitti’s mind: A classmate noted she had explored a similar business model before concluding it wouldn’t work. “What makes you different?” he recalls her... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 May 2008
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Small World? Read Nil about It
well-known, newspapers are dying in the age of the Internet. As newspapers cut back on staff, one of the first things to go is the foreign bureau, which is expensive to maintain and whose reporting is deemed not as interesting to readers, nor as profitable, as coverage... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
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Fellowship to Honor Professor Jim Austin
Efforts are under way to create an endowed MBA fellowship to honor Professor Emeritus James E. Austin, cofounder and former chair of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative. A member of the HBS faculty since 1972, Austin is a leading expert on management in developing... View Details
Keywords: Professor James E. Austin; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
- 17 Feb 2011
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Field Report: Rwanda
Rwandan President Paul Kagame greets HBS students. From left, Jon Porter, Karisimbi Partners intern; Eugene Nyagahene, Tele-10 CEO; Colin Barry, HBS '12; Mariam Dombrovskaja, HBS '12; Dano Jukanovich, Karisimbi Partners, Monne Williams, HBS '12; Carter Crockett, Greg... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
- 10 Jan 2012
- News
The Tender Taxman
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
The man who laid the foundation for DU's big moment
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
Wyss: Thanks the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association for presenting him with the Beatrice D. Ellerin Alumni Achievement Award. Related Links 2007 Alumni Achievement profile Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University For... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Students Assist Needy Family
A Boston family threatened with homelessness got a financial lift from more than seventy HBS students just before Thanksgiving. In response to an e-mail campaign launched by roommates Grace Simmons and Jennifer Kelm (both HBS ’10), their classmates used the charity... View Details
- 11 Oct 2019
- News
Balancing Act
assigned to a team led by another woman, the experience was revelatory. “I could see myself in that more senior role,” she says. Still, Eberle Walker had never envisioned herself on the path to CEO. Her mentors were chief operating officers and chief administrative... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
lend his business savvy to help found a museum dedicated to American writers similar to the Dublin Writers Museum of O’Hagan’s native Ireland. The museum, which includes a children’s books exhibit, encourages visitor engagement. The... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Scott C. Bolick
outstanding efforts. Twice Bolick has spearheaded awards programs to honor worthy achievers and to inspire others to reach similar heights: in the Army, where he helped establish the Hurley Awards to recognize leadership and community... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
yet today, open up any major newspaper and the first thing you see are mechanical watch ads. The Swiss now own between 55 and 60 percent of the global market value for watches. They were able to redefine what it means to wear a Swiss watch. Several industries have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships
similar challenges. “I want to succeed in business and become a philanthropist so that I can help others in the same way,” she says. Until then, she is already having an impact as a role model for peers in her hometown of Pleasantville,... View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
As a junior Episcopal minister, Bob Massie (DBA 1989) infuriated church leaders by revealing to his congregation that its $9 million endowment was secretly invested in a number of unchurchly entities, including military contractors, casinos, and countries led by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; social activism; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
- 01 Mar 2009
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Philly Club Hosts Nonprofit Execs
Sixty nonprofit executives from the Philadelphia area attended the HBS Club of Philadelphia’s fifth annual nonprofit conference in November. The one-day event provided attendees with leading-edge thinking on executing strategy in nonprofit organizations as well as a... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2003
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Gregg Petersmeyer
C. Gregg Petersmeyer learned about giving back from his parents. He observed in them and their contemporaries a tremendous empathy for their fellow citizens going through the shared hard times of the Depression and World War II. “Today,” he says, “we must revive that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
- 01 Dec 2022
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Turning Point: Soul Cycle
recognizing that feeling as something to pay attention to. At Wellesley, I had a similar intuitive experience when I switched majors from neuropsych to economics. That change was scary because it was late in the game, but the decision led... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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A Silent Workplace Crisis
of life. Caring for my parents at home until the end, even with professional help, eventually became a full-time job. Today, 55 million Americans support at least one older loved one, and many countries face similar challenges. In the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
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Research Brief: Field Research
intervention that amounted to less than $10 per person (but at no cost to the farmer). Even more encouraging to Cole was news that another colleague, Harvard economics professor Michael Kremer, had seen similar results in Kenya. “We were... View Details