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- 01 Apr 1999
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Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities
"a growth-enhancing and stable macroeconomic framework that rewards productivity and creativity." Susan E. Rice, U.S. assistant secretary for African Affairs, was the distinguished luncheon speaker. Citing indicators of Africa's "improved economic performance and View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Social Enterprise Conference Draws 800 Participants
association that identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs (currently some 1,700 individuals in sixty countries). The convergence under discussion was the overlap of the public, private, and nonprofit sectors and the reality... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
to invest all that money? Typically we’ll invest a new fund over a three-year period, and then go out and raise our next fund. Accel IX, which we started investing in January... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Notebook
if you walk into Best Buy and purchase a cell phone, we run your credit score and activate the account so you can walk out with a phone that’s ready to use. We tie together the retailers that sell digital services with the providers of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Constant Inspiration
Ellen Guidera (MBA 1986) Ellen Guidera (MBA 1986) has played an active role in the evolution of the HBS immersive student learning experience. Shortly after the first-year Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD) MBA... View Details
- 26 Oct 2011
- News
On Top, Down Under
Fookes: Leading the way at one of Australia's premier real estate firms. Photo courtesy Mark Fookes Mark Fookes (AMP 178, 2010) is head of investment management at The GPT Group, a Sydney, Australia, firm that manages $9.8 billion of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference
paper as you can get." Participants ready to launch new ventures added skills to their entrepreneurial tool kits in an interactive seminar presented by HBS professor Myra M. Hart, while others heard about international investment... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
Clubs News Clubs News HBS Association of Boston Commemorates Centennial In 2023, the HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) is commemorating its Centennial Year with activities and events aimed at celebrating a century of alumni... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Research Brief: So Many Sites, So Little Time
paper by Professor Shane Greenstein with Andre Boik of UC Davis and Jeffrey Prince of Indiana University offers surprising—and helpful—insights for advertisers or anyone else hoping to win online attention. Greenstein and his coauthors analyzed View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources
leadership of Henderson and Professor Forest Reinhardt, the BEI coordinates the activities of a large group of Harvard faculty members from multiple disciplines in an effort, Henderson says, "to create new business models that encourage... View Details
Keywords: Dalai Lama
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
Bloomfield Hills, MI A Taxing Question Regarding his My Two Cents column, “My Beautiful Capital Gain,” in the March issue, I’d ask this of Dal LaMagna (MBA 1970): The money you invested was already taxed once at ordinary income tax rates,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
Fifty-three years ago, Judge Harold Medina dismissed charges brought by the Justice Department against seventeen leading investment banks. A case built up over a decade of investigations and almost three years of trial collapsed when the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Make or Break
BLOOM: Build it and good things will come. Ron Bloom (MBA ’85) has been an investment banker, a special assistant to the president of the United Steelworkers, and cochairman of President Obama’s task force over-seeing the Chrysler and GM... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
pursued a variety of career aspirations. Heffernan trained as a doctor (graduating first in his class), practiced briefly, and decided that medicine was not the right fit. He tried investment banking with Goldman Sachs for a few years,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
contributed to specific priorities, such as those featured here. Global Activities HBS recognizes that effective leadership requires a truly global perspective and understanding. Generous early commitments from Global Leaders Circle... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
especially given the substantial investment the students are making in terms of their own time and money. For all three stages, we are deeply grateful to HBS alumni who generously support our financial aid programs as they pay it forward... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
promoter of development? Foreign investment will play a small part, possibly a catalytic one, but at the end of the day, countries will get richer due to the activity of their domestic private sector. That... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
including some of my dear friends from HBS,” says Magwegwe. “Donors will allow us to include more schools in the broader Orange Farm community. The long-term plan is to become active in other poor communities in South Africa.” Magwegwe... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
Support for the Global Century
Robert F. Greenhill (MBA 1962), the founder and chairman of an investment banking firm with 13 offices across five continents, is acutely aware of the global nature of business in the 21st century. “As is the case in most companies today,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
At HBS, I actively engaged in building the Africa Business Club and ramping up the Social Enterprise Initiative. This period really shaped my career focus and propelled my desire to return to Nigeria. Over the past 20 years, I have worked... View Details