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Forest Park Capital (B)

During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020, Betsy Harbison formed the search fund Forest Park Capital with the intention of purchasing a small business. The case conveys the details of Betsy’s final decision at the terminus of her search, between a software company... View Details

Keywords: Search Fund; Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition; Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Tourism Industry; Web Services Industry; North America; Missouri

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Mellon Hall | About

student residence hall. Over the years, the building has served a variety of functions, including Executive Education housing and—during the 2003-2005 renovation of Baker Library | Bloomberg Center—as faculty office space. The... View Details

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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

at the Harvard University Extension School. She has also played a... Jill J. Avery Senior Lecturer of Business Administration C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator Dr. Jill Avery is a Senior Lecturer of Business... View Details

01 Feb 2021
What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

involve initially educating the senior leaders, as these are the folks who can open the right doors, make the needed resources available, and align the D&I process with all of the business objectives. Additionally, leadership must be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

programmatic change, running tens of thousands of people through education aimed at changing their attitudes and behavior. Change must be led by local leaders and involve people in shaping their own destiny. Corporate staff groups can... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

January 2021
Case

Saham Group: It's In the Genes

By: Christina R. Wing and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in August 2020 as Moulay Mhamed Elalamy (Mhamed), CEO of the Saham Group (the Group), a pan-African investment company that operates a variety of businesses out of Morocco, contemplates the Group’s identity, its investment strategy, and how to navigate... View Details

Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Transformation; Transition; Emerging Markets; Change Management; Private Equity; Investment; Strategy; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Morocco; Africa

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23 Jun 2023
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Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

Alumni Board members on campus for their annual spring meeting // Credit: Panfoto Hard work, with humility for humanity, is the spirit that animates Harvard Business School's MBA program today, Matt Weinzierl, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program, told... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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You Only Thought You Were Republican

TOBIAS: “When CEOs make 500 times what their employees make, there is an upper class.” So there I am moderating last fall’s 35th Reunion panel, “Two Steves and a Joe,” with classmates Steve Schwarzman (estimated net worth, $15 billion), Joe Perella (estimated net... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias; national debt; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

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Peggy Mativo-Ochola

Peggy lived with her grandparents, both of whom were teachers. "When you see all your grandparents’ sacrifices for your education," she says, "you always have to bring your ‘A game.’ Education meant a lot." Peggy’s... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) reflects on how her experience at HBS shaped her career and inspired her to make a difference in her home region of Asia through impact investing. How has your education at HBS helped to shape your career in impact... View Details

09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

value of their intellectual property," he says. We asked Lerner to discuss current issues in IP and also describe an Executive Education course he will teach this summer on the subject. Sean Silverthorne: Do you think companies in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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My First Job

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Ross MacDonald Here’s the humbling truth: no matter how high your career soars, how many awards you win or companies you sell or differences you make in this world, everyone has to start somewhere. And in those first... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

16 Dec 2020
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My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)

it’s a perfectly honest and real thing to talk about. We’re paying for something that we’re so lucky to get and we need to be mindful of what will happen in the future. The more we repress it, the more it comes up as anxiety. We’re all so lucky to be receiving this... View Details

Portrait Project

Karen Sein

tragedies of difference often stemmed from the absence of opportunity. My education showed me new juxtapositions wherein abject poverty coexisted with opulent wealth. But the saddest image I saw was the disparities in health care, a... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

growing things could play in educating others about indigenous cultures. Now he talks about the intelligence of corn—how it changes color to optimize filtration of ultraviolet light: Soon, he explains, the corn leaves will be tinted a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

and they are now featured in Forbes as a go-to resource on decarbonizing concrete factories. And I first spoke with Margaret Wang (HGSE 2020) before she even had an idea for a startup. Now she and David Jaffe (ALI 2021) have created Subject to Climate, which connects... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

in the Ethics and Social Responsibility category for “Global Sourcing at Nike” (HBS Case 619-008) with Nien-hê Hsieh and Olivia Hull. Michael W. Toffel : Recipient of the 2023 Highly Commended Financial Times Responsible Business View Details

25 Jan 2017
HBS Case

How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?

Chaturvedi of the School’s India Research Center. “These products have really grown in the last 15 to 20 years, and I was interested in looking at how they have been marketed,” says Deshpandé, who says the case generated a lively debate among business leaders in his... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Beauty & Cosmetics

01 Jan 2004
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D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

Director & Former Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc. Former Treasurer, Harvard University Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Wesleyan University, 1952 B.A., Mathematics LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "HBS... View Details

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