Economics Of Science - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2002
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Straddling Two Worlds

succeeded in business. “I've really had two careers,” he observes, “one as a for-profit financial entrepreneur and one as a crusader for economic development.” As a managing partner in his own investment firm, Tierney has the freedom to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jan 2003
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Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.

57th PMD, 1989 Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page ©Jason Grow EARLIER EDUCATION University of Fribourg and University of Bern, 1979 M.D. LIFELONG IMPACT OF HBS "HBS... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office

support for the arts and stimulating new resources available to the arts; Promoting the use of the arts as an economic resource to the country as a whole; Creating an environment that fosters the development... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

impact, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE For 50 years, Harvard Business School has recognized a number of outstanding women and men by conferring on them its highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award.... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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The View from the Pit

to HBS faculty member involved relating to former professors and mentors as colleagues. "I had a hard time calling them by their first names," she says. Now the William L. White Professor of Business Administration and a senior associate... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 2012
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Around the World

and has transformed itself from a poverty-plagued backwater to an economic powerhouse now ranked second only to the United States in GDP. The Cold War abruptly ended when the Berlin Wall fell and the USSR fractured into 15 sovereign... View Details

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

01 Oct 2002
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Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

leaders in society, and the ed-ucational priorities that are behind the most ambitious fundraising effort ever undertaken by HBS. Looking back on the past year, the School — like other institutions around the world — faced a number of... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Ilene Lang

professional lives in a new direction. An early pioneer in the high-tech world, Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) worked in senior management and chief leadership roles at established corporations and start-ups alike during the 1980s and ’90s, including a stint as founding CEO... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

31 Jan 2023
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Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

startups, led the panelists through a meaningful discussion that touched on their various experiences with building and scaling a tech company during the pandemic and now, during a time of great economic... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Nov 2019
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Seismic Shift

head of Strategic Partnerships, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at LinkedIn, began working with Culture Shift Labs, she loved how closely its mission aligned with what she works to accomplish at LinkedIn. “Our mission and vision... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Sep 2004
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One-on-One with Robert McNamara

economics major at the University of California at Berkeley, McNamara discovered at HBS “a field of specialization he would make his own and use to change three institutions... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

economic drivers" of business use of the Internet, explaining, "The change in the production process of information is altering the way it's... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Jun 2013
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Five Bright Ideas

Article 26 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is a driving force behind the founding of ALISON.com, the online education company Mike Feerick launched in... View Details

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

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

and pursue my personal passions of women's economic empowerment and education. I began at Merrill Lynch, but in pursuit of independence, I eventually became an entrepreneur,... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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New Wave

shore of Roosevelt Island, a narrow strip of land that lies between Manhattan and Queens. Smith’s eyes are fixed on a patch of water demarcated by a series View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

01 Jun 2007
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Letters

eliminates a core source of international instability, and replaces expensive, tax-supported aid with productive, locally generated economic activities. Henry L. Kotkins Jr. (MBA ’72) Seattle, WA Poor Taste?... View Details

13 Jul 2020
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The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)

what it would mean to feel physically present with anyone from anywhere. It unlocks economic opportunities for people who can’t move to major industry hubs; has the potential to dramatically improve our environmental impact View Details

01 Dec 2020
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

often-overlooked role of Black women in the social, political, psychological, and economic history of the United States, A Blessing offers a playbook for Black teams to find... View Details