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- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
pursue anti-racist initiatives in the areas of policing reform; safe ballot access and civic participation; and economic inclusion. The initiative was spearheaded by six Black HBS alumni members of the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
Illustration by Avalon Nuovo Before launching her own startup, Lily Liang (MBA 2008) worked as a product manager in San Francisco’s tech industry, including a stint at the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes from 2012 to 2017. Those were... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
backgrounds or experience levels of the top management team -- the CEO, CFO, and chief scientific officer, in particular -- aren't really the deciding factors for investment bankers," explains HBS associate professor Monica C. Higgins,... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
was leading a once-mighty firm into bankruptcy. Markets don’t always get it right, we now know. Nor do company boards when they determine CEO compensation, as HBS professors such as Jay Lorsch, George Baker, Brian Hall, Rakesh Khurana,... View Details
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
By 1998, Pilar Deza (OPM 30, 2001) had weathered several storms on her way to becoming a leading education entrepreneur in Peru. Deza had gone from founding a nursery school in her garage with four neighborhood children to operating two... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources
consequences in the future." Supported primarily by the Dean's Fund and some early leadership gifts, the BEI has already posted significant accomplishments since its founding in 2010. In addition to launching new MBA courses such as... View Details
Keywords: Dalai Lama
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
All photos by Webb Chappell From the Charles River, the newly renovated Baker Library looks very much as it has for the past seventy-some years — stately columns, enormous windows, the signature bell tower. But a closer inspection reveals... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Classroom Hijinks: Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
In the first part of “Classroom Hijinks” last week, I discussed catchphrases, cheers, and mascots as examples of section spirit engendered by the fortunate decision to have a first-year section’s courses all taught in the same classroom.... View Details
- 14 Oct 2021
- News
Disney’s Alan Horn to Retire
Longtime Disney studio head Alan Horn (MBA 1971) announced this week that he is set to retire at the end of this year. Holding the official title chief creative officer of Disney Studios Content, his deep impact on the company was highlighted View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
identify you by your purchase patterns and assemble a profile. Wanamaker was simply living in the wrong century. But it's also a time when the NSA's eavesdropping has many worrying that, on some levels, Big Data is really Big Brother.... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
Senior Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Harvard College, 1969 A.B., Government LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "By... View Details
- 06 May 2019
- News
Startup Talk in Chicago
Clubs News Clubs News “For entrepreneurs to succeed, they must stay humble.” This was just one of the takeaways from the HBS Club of Chicago’s (HBSCC) recent conversation with Penny Pritzker, founder and chairman of investment firm PSP... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
When HBS launched the US Competitiveness Project in 2011, the American economy was struggling to recover from the Great Recession, Washington was in gridlock, and the nation was caught in the hype of a presidential election. Against this... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
As a junior Episcopal minister, Bob Massie (DBA 1989) infuriated church leaders by revealing to his congregation that its $9 million endowment was secretly invested in a number of unchurchly entities, including military contractors,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Booting Up
SELLING SHOES on the Internet was pretty far from Barbara Thornton's mind when she enrolled at HBS at the age of 45. The city planner and international consultant figured that opening power plants in Southeast Asia would best challenge... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
“This is the most exciting time in the technology industry since I left Stanford Business School 26 years ago,” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (Harvard ’77) told a student audience that nearly filled Burden Auditorium in early December. Ballmer had been invited View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
As I write this column, preparations are under way for Spring Reunions Weekend, and I am struck by the fact that there is perhaps no better example of the School’s commitment to providing “continuous learning and continuous engagement”... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Turning Point: Sparking Change
made manufacturing a fascinating, exciting topic in a way I’d never expected. Years later, as an entrepreneur, whenever I had to bring on a new manufacturing plant for ComfortCake, I wasn’t intimidated by the process. Those were turning... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
its third consecutive fund commenced in 1992. We are currently raising a fourth fund which includes some HBS classmates (all others are welcome!!!). I have two daughters, ages 30 and 28, respectively, and a son, age 1, View Details
- 10 May 2023
- News
Alumna Snags an Emmy
my internship at YouTube during HBS that I realized I could make a career out of these interests. The YouTube TV team was just starting to form in summer 2015 with a goal of reimagining cable TV and I was really intrigued View Details