Education - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2016
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HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society

those who have not founded companies have served on corporate and/or nonprofit boards, including current service in more than 140,000 organizations across the globe. Non-founders who responded to questions about volunteerism named View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Honorable Mention

has been an institution that educates leaders. Those whom we honor today have been measured against a very high standard: they are leaders in a community of leaders." Clark then announced the award winners and briefly described their... View Details

10 Aug 2010
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Time to Switch Chairs

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do

Katie Hood: Fast Forward Hood Hood and Fox In the hit movie Back to the Future, actor Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, a teenager in a hurry. Accidentally sent backward through time, Marty encounters a slew of nasty complications. (One of his main concerns is eluding... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Accommodation; Hospitality; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

1.1 billion citizens surviving on less than $2 a day. Education remains inaccessible or insufficient for millions, and the country has the world’s second-largest HIV-positive population. Mumbai’s airport is emblematic of the country’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

Every School: One Citizen’s Guide to Transforming Education by Don Nielsen (MBA 1963) (Discovery Institute) How would an entrepreneur reform education? Nielsen draws on his business career and two decades as a school activist to offer... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2003
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One Western Avenue

Over the summer, the University’s newest residential building, One Western Avenue, opened at the corner of Western Avenue and Soldiers Field Road, adjacent to HBS. The building contains 235 apartments and will house about 350 occupants, including HBS students, which... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

22 Mar 2016
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Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George

philanthropy by including HBS as a beneficiary of their estate. Through their planning, they will continue to support the next generation of emerging leaders who will make a difference in their communities. (March 2016) Learn how you, too, can help View Details

01 Oct 1999
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HBS Clubs Help Nonprofits Succeed

Nonprofit Management, a program offered by Executive Education and the Initiative on Social Enterprise. In addition, several clubs, including Philadelphia and Northern California, have sponsored summer internships in their communities for... View Details

20 Jan 2011
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Oil Spill Solution

Nohria said OB would become if we were ever to be involved in something that would change the world,” notes Smith, who also is working with the Girl Scouts of the USA Louisiana East to develop an environmental education initiative. “I... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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Ink: Framing the Full Picture

Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

toward its $100 million goal. The first round of grants, totaling $1 million, was awarded to 20 local and regional organizations, with a focus on addressing urgent racial justice or pandemic-related challenges. Inaugural recipients include city-based groups such as... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2000
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Books

strategy. The text of Performance Measurement & Control Systems for Implementing Strategy is supported by more than thirty new case studies, all of which have been taught in the HBS Executive Education and MBA Programs. (A text-only... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs

module. In keeping with Foundations' goals to build a sense of community and to set the stage for some of the educational themes in the MBA Program, Crimson Greetings evolved out of extensive external research that paired the community-... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

each other, the School has rolled out section e-mail lists. By accessing www.alumni.hbs.edu/class/section, you will be able to send an e-mail message to your entire MBA section or Executive Education class - a wonderful way to share news... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Willoughby G. Walling II: A Learning Experience

more than anything else, I think I've done just about all of them." Walling's interest in educational reform runs deep, and when you ask him about his experiences on the front lines of the battle for better schools, he doesn't hide his... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2014
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Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses

stories about celebrities like Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, and LeBron James into novel strategy lessons about the growing "market" for superstars. As an alum imbued with HBS's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world, I... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Mar 2006
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Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care

BRAILER: Aiming to give every American an electronic health-care record by 2014. American health-care providers may use the best technology in the world, but when it comes to patient records, the system is an inefficient maze responsible for unacceptably high numbers... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2005
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Cooper Elected Alumni Board President

Peter J. Cooper (MBA ’75) is the new president of the HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors. President and CEO of Scienta Health Inc., in Toronto, Cooper is the first international president of the Alumni Board and will serve for two years. He joined the board in... View Details