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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Richard Edelman
Chicago community, Edelman finds it natural to give back to society. A Civil War buff, he is an active board member of the New-York Historical Society. His interest in fitness and fighting obesity attracted him to the board of the Centers... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
hone their leadership, teamwork, and design thinking skills to prepare for their Brazil immersion. The process informed the goal: to help their partner company attract more young families to the bakery chain and scale the business. “In... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Sparking Internet Commerce
ATTRACTING INVESTORS like moths to a flame is Firefly Network, Inc. (www.firefly.com), a privately held firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that strives to make the Internet more consumer-friendly. Firefly CEO and co-founder Nicholas Grouf... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
among Maine's business leaders and entrepreneurs, who left the event with a clearer understanding of the problems that keep Maine from attracting new business. At the end of the discussion, Governor King spoke about his commitment to... View Details
Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker
- 20 Jan 2011
- News
A Precursor from the 1930s
professors from other graduate schools on research in interdisciplinary fields. They are also teaching courses that attract the interest of graduate students from other schools. And the Harvard Innovation Lab that HBS will fund, to be... View Details
- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion
attract young engineers to work on exciting projects like designing rockets for satellite delivery. Besides, he held the “naive view that starting a space company might be fun and profitable.” Founded with two HBS classmates, Bruce... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
prides itself on a handcrafted approach to coffee beverages that highlight natural flavors. Before coming to HBS, Keller served four years in the Navy; he cites teamwork as one of the greatest attractions of the work he did then and now.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Star Search
think about attracting candidates differently: We’re not necessarily looking for someone who is on the market, we’re looking to start a dialogue with somebody six months, one year, even two years out from a job transition. One tool we’d... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
professorship is both a tribute to Fitzhugh's career and a means for HBS to build upon his efforts by attracting and retaining faculty whose research focuses on issues of diversity. "Naylor Fitzhugh was a pioneer in his professional... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
in collaboration with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, attracted some 350 attendees for a full agenda of speakers, panels, and case presentations. In an afternoon keynote address, Ricardo... View Details
- 14 Jun 2024
- News
Highlights from the Spring 2024 Alumni Board Meeting
Attendees also heard updates from MBA Program Senior Associate Dean and Chair Matthew Weinzierl, highlighting the three priorities he and Executive Director Kierstead have focused on in the MBA program: Invigorate our sense of purpose, center the education, and View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Health Care’s New Frontier
1999, the nascent success of that program, called athenaNet, and the interest it attracted from investors and other medical practices convinced Bush and Park to shift the company’s focus from clinical care to Internet billing and... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
The Puzzle of Life
nonprofits, as well as individuals with an annual income of at least $200,000 or a net worth of at least $1 million, excluding the value of one's primary residence.) "It's essentially a form of equity crowdfunding," says Farquharson. "We see deals that we believe are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
whaling industry. Morrell: In the early nineteenth century, it was the whaling ships of New England that offered the kinds of high-risk, high-reward stakes that attracted investors. Lazarow: At the time, 70% of the whaling industry was... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
In Harmony
organization, with nearly 25 percent of its income going directly toward scholarships to attract top performers. The rest is used to bring in guest artists, recruit top faculty, maintain facilities, and continually improve the experience... View Details
- 07 Nov 2016
- News
The Business of Saving Old Buildings
organizations in Massachusetts. It was certainly unplanned and unforeseen, but very satisfying to be able to attract a lot of funds in an area that really was quite underfunded. “Preservation Massachusetts has evolved over 30 years into a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
Joseph Badaracco and David Moss, taught and shared their research in the January 2019 week-long program, which also educates business executives and government officials about the importance of empowering and promoting women employees. The HBS Japan Research Center... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Bridging the Success Gap
explains that he didn’t so much leave his career but start on his longtime dream. “I was coming back home,” he says. Navarro launched the program with private foundation support after spending a year researching the concept and piloting a model. It soon View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
for Executive Education, sought to achieve broad-based appeal by selecting five faculty presenters with recently published research in several different areas. The approach evidently succeeded, as the program sold out, attracting eighty... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates
entire spectrum of manufacturing and service enterprises in the United States and upward of 100 other nations. Executive Education alumni are different from MBA alumni in important ways. Unlike the MBA Program, Executive Education primarily View Details