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- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
photo by Brandon Thibodeaux Chris Riley (MBA 2008) didn’t have any experience with renewable power when he cofounded Guzman Energy in 2013. Riley, who had spent most his career as an officer in the US Navy and then as director of investment banking at Guzman & Company,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Lighting It Up
Last December, David Wilkins (MBA 1990) admired the brilliant skyline of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, with its color-changing buildings and holiday lighting. “I love when nighttime comes,” the former investment banker told the Rocky Mountain News (December 24, 2004).... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Robots to the Rescue
STANDING TALL: Mountz flanked by colleagues Raffaello D'Andrea (left) and Pete Wurman. PHOTO BY ERIK JACOBS/BOSTON GLOBE Order fulfillment will never be the same if Mick Mountz (MBA ’96) has his way. Distribution centers typically rely on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
Globe is in 2012. Will you do it and the program again? For now, I’m giving talks, and there’s a book in the works. As for 2012, we know how to do successful school programs. If we could get distribution channel commitment to our other... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
over 2 percent of our sales. And that exceeds the development aid as a percentage of GDP of many countries, where the agreed target should be .07 percent of GDP. Most countries are way below that. However, we cannot fix poor governance, corruption, inadequate View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
after they've contracted an illness, compared with public health's cost-effective preventive approach. I realized that public health is all about policies, systems, and distribution on a wide scale. As an investor, I could see huge... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
energy-generating products to teach about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); inspire invention with limited resources; and encourage students to see life as a game that can be won regardless of age, religion, race, or gender. The products and curriculum... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
Northwest Harvest, Washington’s largest food bank, to help distribute food to people in need in Seattle. “It’s important for the club to give back to the community,” notes Kwiker, who also feels the event provided members with a memorable... View Details
Keywords: Elena N. Berg
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
self-confidence in financial skills improved by significant amounts, jumping as much as 50 to 60 percent. As an unexpected side benefit, Maynard notes that middle school and high school teachers are also using the games to teach students about different aspects of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
World Bank's Wolfensohn Highlights Challenges, Increased Role for Private Sector
twenty-five million kids don't go to school. There are too many people dying due to lack of vaccines, and the world is showing an increasing inequity in terms of the distribution of assets and income. The rich are getting richer, and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Home from the Sea
classrooms to adventures and expeditions worldwide. The programs are distributed both online and via Newspapers in Education channels. I met with Wilson recently in the historic seaport of Salem, Massachusetts. Over breakfast, he... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Economic Forum
'64), which was attended by more than seventy alumni and friends. Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who wrote the lead article in the World Economic Forum's World Link magazine, which was distributed at the conference, was a panelist on a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Big Turnout for Business Plan Contest
The dream of starting their own business inspired 110 teams of students to enter the 2010 HBS Business Plan Contest, which awarded $170,000 in cash and in-kind services to winners and runners-up in separate business venture and social venture tracks. The final round of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
to behave in one of two ways. Some people prefer distributions that are more beneficial to themselves—“pro-selfs”—and some prefer distributions that are equal to or maybe even more beneficial to the other... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
The World at a Click
Like so many dot-com businesses these days, the Internet travel industry is, well, taking off. Among the e-travel elite are Travelocity.com, known for the depth of its travel content and bolstered by distribution relationships with... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelly
- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
for 10 years, taking over as CEO in 2011. Match has a three-pronged approach: it runs a system of six public charter schools, manages its own master's degree-granting graduate school of education, and operates a publishing arm that View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
be represented at the gala. One of this year’s nominees for Best Picture, Winter’s Bone, and Biutiful, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, are both distributed by Roadside Attractions, cofounded by Eric D’Arbeloff (MBA ’93). A... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
yield; internet sales (limited to France and Belgium) and distribution to regional gourmet stores and supermarkets account for the rest. Capacity—and distribution—are the next challenges for Jeannette. “Today the factory is working well,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
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Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
increases - instead, the institution will bear the risk. Corporations are also using contract technologies for strategic purposes. To illustrate, Merton cited a hypothetical example of a company with widespread crude-oil reserves and a major View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
position by establishing the black community as a lucrative mass market and by developing the concept of targeted marketing in corporate America. Known throughout his life as a gifted mentor, Fitzhugh continued his practice of helping others during his years at Pepsi.... View Details