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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
Hansjörg Wyss (MBA 1965) has been unusually public of late, celebrated for his visionary accomplishments in health care and conservation. Wyss, 75, founded Synthes USA, a Swiss-American firm, in 1974 and led it to global prominence as a... View Details
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Nathalie du Preez
it to see it from other perspectives." That desire for different points of view led Nathalie to the United States, where she fulfilled a business degree at Wharton and later worked for Goldman Sachs. These formative experiences... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Innovative Course Brings Students and Alumni Together
implement change in an existing large organization," notes Garvin, "for the entrepreneur, staffing is everything. That insight surprised students and led to an interesting discussion." The thirty alumni who were able to come to campus for... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner; photo by Joshua Lavine
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
Monsanto, moving up the ranks to president of its Performance Materials division, a $400 million enterprise. In 1997, he left the company to become president and COO of the Performance Materials unit at BFGoodrich in Ohio. There he led a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
event, Dean Kim B. Clark introduced the panel of five alumni and presented each of them with their award, HBS’s highest honor. Next came the case discussion, led by HBS professor Nitin Nohria, featuring comments from both the student... View Details
Anthony Soohoo
a Fortune 100 company. He led one of the largest digital transformations in history, delivering multi-billion dollars of incremental revenue and record profits, catalyzing Walmart Home to become the nation’s largest retailer for home... View Details
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Matt Oppenheimer
example, from veterans who've led soldiers into combat in Iraq." Matt believes the school's size delivers important advantages. "My initial inclination was that HBS was too big. But the section experience gives you a strong... View Details
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Krishna Yeshwant
technology transfer issues, which in turn led him to the joint MD/MBA program at Harvard. "My focus," says Krishna, "is on bringing new technology to bear on health care problems. I see the MBA as a giant brainstorming... View Details
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Matt Spielman
divisions and several initiatives in response to the dramatic changes in the media landscape. At Moxie Interactive, a digital media agency within the Publicis Groupe, Matt led the New York office and partnered with brands to develop... View Details
- 27 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
auditorium.Photo: Susan Young Professor Sunil Gupta, who chairs the General Management Program, led the question-and-answer session. Gupta asked whether anything had surprised Virts during his space station stint. Virts recalled the view... View Details
- 02 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Spending on Happiness
percentage of that bonus they spent on others that increased their well-being. In another study, we showed that spending as little as $5 over the course of a day on another person led to demonstrable increases in happiness. In other... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
equilibrium of poverty." In Galbraith's view, there is an answer: migration from poor to rich countries, with benefits for both. In the coming months, be prepared for a reopening of a discussion of these issues. It will be led by a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program
When Rob Zeaske (MBA 2002) came to Harvard Business School two decades ago, he was also interested in having an impact at the intersection of business and social enterprise, but he didn’t know exactly how to pursue that career. Fast forward to today and Zeaske has... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
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What We Do | Research Associates
analyzed our data, we put together a draft of a paper that was eventually published in a journal and as a policy brief. It also eventually led to the creation of an IRS form that makes it easier for people to electronically deposit all or... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
When the coronavirus pandemic led many brick-and-mortar retailers to close their doors, consumers turned to online shopping in record numbers—US ecommerce sales rose by 31.8 percent between the first and second quarter of 2020 to $211.5... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
would bridge private- and public-sector work,” he says, “so it was an opportunity see how that could play out in an amazing, mission-driven organization.” The experience led to his joint MBA/MMP studies at Harvard. “I was meeting people... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
In June, Professor Joe Bower (with fellow HBS professors Dutch Leonard, David Moss, and Lynn Paine) led an HBS faculty colloquium on “The Future of Market Capitalism.” The Bulletin spoke with Bower shortly after the event. BOWER: On the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
the space agency in applying open innovation approaches to big data and computational challenges, and works with Harvard Catalyst, the University-wide initiative led by Harvard Medical School. What are some examples of different kinds of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
regular reunion attendee, class volunteer, and a past member of the HBS Visiting Committee, Tisch currently serves on the Board of Dean’s Advisors. His strong interest in strategic philanthropy led him to get involved with the School’s... View Details