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01 Dec 1997
News

Arthur Rock (MBA '51)

In 1957 a group of eight scientists, disenchanted with the management style of their Nobel Prize-winning boss, William Shockley, walked out of Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories in Palo Alto. Armed with the technical expertise to... View Details

15 Nov 2020
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Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard

record. The $25,000 Peter M. Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize went to DreamworldVR, a nonprofit that connects isolated pediatric patients battling chronic conditions to others in the same situation through a virtual reality multiplayer video game. As always, every View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

three-day versions of it are now being held at management schools in Mexico, Canada, and Switzerland, with the participation of HBS interest group members. In 1995, unit member Assistant Professor Jeffrey F.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Feb 2000
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

very grateful. As you know, the Alumni Board of Directors works hard to ensure that the quality of your experience as an HBS graduate doesn't stop when you leave Soldiers Field. The Board meets on campus three times a year, as a group... View Details

Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)

08 May 2014
News

The Sky's the Limit

of women helicopter pilots, and the Ninety-Nines, an international group of female pilots founded by Amelia Earhart. "I realized I should do things like speak at schools and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; women's issues; avaition; Air Transportation; Transportation

23 Sep 2021
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Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies

materials, articles, and other alumni resources to this client, and introducing the client to our network on a monthly basis,” says Barnett. The Opportunity and Performance... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2004
News

Maasai Village

our dollars and shillings. While the performance aspect was disturbing to some of us, it was heartening to see members of our group connect with the Maasai: showing them how our digital cameras offered... View Details

Keywords: Hospitality

01 Dec 1999
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EMC's Ruettgers Finds Gold in Data Storage

usually don't get to participate in a third," Ruettgers said. "A team can't be successful unless the whole team is producing." Despite increasing competition, the future looks busy for EMC, with a new mother... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Trek Talk

The tradition of the HBS “trek” continued this year with hundreds of future graduates pounding the pavement and working the HBS network to investigate career options near and far. In early January, while one... View Details

19 Apr 2017
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Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

noted that entrepreneurship has been happening in Chicago for a while, “but we were missing an opportunity where we could talk.” As chairman of ChicagoNEXT, a group of business leaders working with city government View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

01 Jun 2002
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Africa Business Conference Creates Ongoing Forum for Change

Professor John Quelch (center) moderated a panel on emerging opportunities in Africa. Photo: Justin A. Knight Singer Angelique Kidjo performed for an enthusiastic group Friday night. Photo: Justin A. Knight Over six hundred participants... View Details

01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey

billion in annual revenues. Continental merged with US WEST Media Group in November 1996. "Working with US WEST, within the next five to eight years we will be delivering to people's homes a whole package of services, including video,... View Details

18 May 2017
News

Pioneer Spirit

with the company’s president one day, the man suggested that Ross go to HBS. “It was an unbelievable experience,” Freeman recalls. “Competing against such a talented group of people, at that level, really helped me gain self-confidence... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 2009
News

INCAE Making Global Impact

A REGIONAL LEADER: Founded nearly fifty years ago with HBS’s help, INCAE looks to a bright future, building on its role and reputation as a center for business education in Latin America. Photo Courtesy Incae As the HBS Global Initiative... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Learning from Global Immersion Experiences

other centers. Their original focus was to facilitate research throughout South Asia, working with HBS faculty to lay the groundwork for cases and new course development. Now, staff members also help the MBA Admissions View Details

26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

and challenges. It was one of the best teams I’ve ever worked with.” In the US, Mango said the Operation Warp Speed team was “spectacular. They were focused on a single mission... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

22 Jul 2014
News

Hungry for Change

community through new partners like the Boston Consulting Group and American Public Media. We want to make sure that this is not an issue for food companies alone." Effectively framing the conversation... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

01 Jun 1997
News

Go Team!

January cohort students attempt to swish ten free throws as one of many tasks in a "treasure hunt" that took place in February as part of Technology and Operations Management's Project Management module. The hunt involved student View Details

23 Apr 2018
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Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

socially responsible development projects in economically challenged communities. Students come from 48 countries, predominately in Latin America and Africa. The admissions team View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone

building and thinking, 'I'm going to die if I don't get out of here,' " she says. So in 1993, Rapone became a college freshman again, earning high honors studying wildlife biology at the University of Montana View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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