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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
organization, Fouraker was the author of a number of publications and journal articles. A study (with Sidney Siegel) titled Bargaining and Group Decision-Making won the 1959 monograph prize in the social sciences from the American Academy... View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
were not attracting the full range of alumni, Sachin Gupta (MBA 2015) had an idea. As vice president of social enterprise for the club, Gupta knew exactly what to do to bring more alumni to the table—quite literally. Earlier this year,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the founder of the modern VC industry, but there’s been remarkably little written about him,” says Josh Lerner, a professor at HBS who specializes in the study of private equity. “He is the first person who basically ran an institutional... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
boards of several Boston organizations, including The Windsor School, MATCH Education, the Telluride Foundation, and the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), which she describes as "all incredible, impact-oriented nonprofit organizations... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
Department of Urban Studies and Planning and was director of research at MIT's Center for Real Estate Development. "Housing in any form is relatively more expensive for municipalities than most other uses of land," Wheeler notes. "It means education and other View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
of their goals, write the authors, is to correct the mistaken belief among some entrepreneurs, corporations, and academic institutions that "venture capitalists can add little value to young firms aside from money." After a historical... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
“Every time there’s a shift in politics, everything gets reversed.” In the US wind sector that meant decades of stop-and-start innovation, a lack of institutional structures, and speculative investing. This stood in contrast to Denmark.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
of the MBA Program before focusing his research on how large institutional investors make decisions about social issues. (He also worked simultaneously at a small church in Somerville, Massachusetts.) With... View Details
- 11 Jul 2025
- News
Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast
Utah Alumni Explore Future of Great Salt Lake The HBS Club of Utah recently got an insider’s look at the economic and ecological health of the Great Salt Lake (GSL) with a presentation by Utah’s first GSL commissioner, Brian Steed, at the headquarters of Traeger Grills... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
she had a different type of leukemia. They ran more tests but saw no sign of one. The hospital was affiliated with the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science, which had partnered with IBM Watson, a cloud-based... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
that money. Kanter: When that kind of intervention takes place, however, we hear cries that the tax system is being used for social engineering. But I certainly have the sense now that without some degree of public and View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
well: the small, dynamic, stable economies of Mauritius, Tunisia, and Botswana were recently lauded in the Africa Competitiveness Report compiled by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard Institute for International Development. The... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
today. Through social media and the immediate connections people have to brands, customers are able to have direct dialogue with companies they love (or hate). We think about this when we look at our platform. We want people to feel... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
considerably better off, even as it creates both winners and losers, and the losers often suffer through no fault of their own. A capitalist economy should be judged not just on the aggregate economic improvement driven by its innovation but also on the design and... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
margins, want reform to be instituted through the familiar public-school structure. For their part, HBS graduates have long been involved in various education initiatives and reform efforts. Alumni have created and funded national... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
number of black students at HBS, the hiring of black faculty members, and the creation of more socially relevant electives. By establishing the African-American Student Union (AASU) in 1968, the five founders also hoped to support... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
brings to light the often invisible reality and irreparable damage of childhood poverty in America. Madrick examines the roots of the problem, including the toothless remnants of our social welfare system, entrenched racism, and a... View Details
- 14 Aug 2019
- News
Leading from Within
mentorship and financially or personally, to those in need or to groups and institutions whose missions they value. True to the values it teaches, the program donates all its profits to Thistle Farms, a View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Meditations on the Bottom Line
of the most difficult things about this job has been managing the ongoing emotional trauma of those members who have stayed on," says Bothwick. "This is not a typical organizational restructuring; this is a place where people lived what they taught and had their View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
(or lifelong learning) is critical if one is to keep up with a rapidly changing business and social environment. All agreed that the School is in a unique position to strengthen connectedness by offering educational programs that meet the... View Details