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01 Jun 2010
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HBS Seeks Deeper Ties with China

CHINA INITIATIVE: HBS professor emeritus Warren McFarlan speaks with Jessie Chen (MBA ’99) and Rodney Smith (MBA ’99) before his presentation at the Harvard Center Shanghai. HBS professor emeritus Warren McFarlan, a longtime advocate of... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path

published by the Brookings Institution in the fall of 2020, predicted that business bankruptcies in the United States could increase as much as 140 percent that year, clogging courts and causing confusion in the allocation of capital. “We... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Nov 2022 Alexander Roque is the President and Executive Director of The Ali Forney Center in New York City... HBS Student Club Spotlight: Sustainability Club Angela Son Erin O’ Malley Meghavi Talati 07 Nov 2022 This article was written by... View Details

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Donaldson Room | About

influential Harvard Business School professor, mentor, researcher, and administrator from 1955 to 1993. An expert in corporate financial management, Donaldson held the Willard Prescott Smith Professorship of Corporate Finance. Donaldson’s... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics

2002 Alumni Achievement Awards Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68) Chairman, President, and CEO, Merck & Co. Since June 1994, when Gilmartin became its president and CEO, Merck has launched seventeen new drugs and increased revenues from $15 billion to nearly $50 billion.... View Details

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Student & Academic Support | MBA

accommodations and support are encouraged to reach out to SAS. Physical Disabilities & Learning Differences Harvard Business School (HBS) is committed to supporting all students who report a disability by providing them with the... View Details

01 May 2013
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Deborah A. Farrington, MBA 1976

For Debby Farrington, the road to HBS began at age 11 with a visit to the New York Stock Exchange. "I was fascinated," says Farrington, who majored in economics at Smith and was one of just nine women in her HBS section. Comfortable in... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Kresge’s Afterlife

school was founded by a native of Uganda—and named after his current Massachusetts hometown—to educate AIDS orphans. Oriental rugs Brighton, Mass. Veronica B. Smith Multi-Service Senior Center “For their... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Jenny Holzer Selection from Survival: It is in your self-interest… 2015 | About

Biennale in 1990, the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award in 1996, and the Barnard Medal of Distinction in 2011. She holds honorary degrees from Williams College, the Rhode Island School of Design, The New School, and Smith College. She... View Details

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Deborah A. Farrington

out and be a leader and a pioneer,” she said. In an undergraduate role as head of career coordination and campus recruiting, Farrington got a call from the Smith career office asking her to help arrange a recruiting visit View Details

20 May 2008
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Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot

it also aims at Amherst College, Boston College, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smith College, Tufts University, Wellesley College, and Williams College. Across the country, 67 other colleges and universities... View Details

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

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Finley , League Of Black Women Liz Johnson , Harvard Business School Robert Livingston , Harvard Kennedy School May 06 Friday, May 06, 2022 Panel: Higher Ed: Can It Dismantle the Master’s House? Rakesh Khurana , Harvard University The Double-Edged Sword of Elite... View Details

23 Jan 2019
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The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

congratulations!” Anthony Tucker, principal, Troy Capital Partners: “The list came out at 9 a.m. on the East Coast. I live in LA and so at 6 a.m. my time I woke up to congratulatory calls and text. This was way better than my usually... View Details

17 Jan 2019
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

musician, entrepreneur: “I was buying some bananas from a 7/11 in Seoul, South Korea, when the email appeared in my inbox. I was with a dear friend of mine, Elliott Davis, who graduated from HBS in 2016. He gave me a huge hug and hearty congratulations!” Anthony... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Business as a Force for Good in Society

Illustration by Dana Smith In a world facing myriad complex challenges, Harvard Business School is actively exploring how capitalism is working, what leadership role business can and should play in making it... View Details

30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a mechanism that emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling foreign direct investment (FDI) to promote growth through... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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From Concept to Product | Baker Library

From Concept to Product Meroë Morse and Polaroid’s Culture of Art and Innovation, 1945–1969 The universal appeal of instant photography, introduced by the Polaroid Corporation in 1948, fueled the extraordinary growth of the legendary... View Details

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Class Notes - Alumni

HBS Magazine HBS Magazine Class Notes Current Issue: June 2025 Gerry Berstel with 1881 elephant-shaped NJ building "Lucy." See the MBA 1977C notes. Bill Ross (right) with his new husband, and partner of 20 years, Jorge Ayala. See the MBA 1975A notes. Doug and Jeannette... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Take Time to Transition (If it’s Time)

Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong When Mary Lindley Burton (MBA 1976) came to HBS in the mid-1970s, the Smith College religion major... View Details

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Lucky Ones Coffee: Employing People with Disabilities | Information Technology

business better and you can make the world better by reaching out to a different community for employees than you have before. Richard S. Ruback ; Baker Foundation Professor Willard Prescott Smith Professor... View Details

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