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01 Jan 2017
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Sphere of Influence

scholarships to study in Canada and the United States. Recently named a “Global Visionary” by the Swiss bank UBS, Balares is founder and CEO of Womensphere Foundation, a nonprofit that supports women’s advancement in leadership,... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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A Book by Its Cover

series to accommodate different preferences, the company employed a stable of writers, hundreds of whom today crank out 130 million books a year in 29 languages. A prominent backer of the fine arts, Heisey was named an Officer of the Order of View Details

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Layeeka Ismail

she always had a dream to come to the US. She knew an education would get her here and she ended up pursing her PhD in India. At the end of her program she was ready to move to Canada for her postdoc, but she was pregnant with my older... View Details

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Payam Shodjai

Payam Shodjai has enjoyed a behind-the-scenes perspective of the information revolution that shapes contemporary life: first as an engineer at Microsoft, then as a product manager working on search at Google. "My team led the efforts for search... View Details

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Oliver Bladek

Early in his career as a consultant with McKinsey, Oliver Bladek recognized the hard impact of so-called "soft" skills. "I was working on a major, $10-billion oil project that included everything from drilling thousands of wells to transporting refined... View Details

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Marie Kyle

Late in her undergraduate career at Northwestern University, Marie Kyle experienced a dramatic shift in priorities. Her original enthusiasm for engineering and aerospace design had been tempered by her initial career inquiries. "Most of the available positions... View Details

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Ashiana Jivraj

The patient’s eyes darted around the makeshift dental practice in India, pleading for a discount to remove her last decayed tooth. She was only 35. I wanted to hand her the US$7 from my pocket but instead I sat there silently listening to the increasingly frantic... View Details

Joseph Boyer

Boyer helped William S. Burroughs develop the adding machine and was the inventor of the first successful pneumatic hammer. In 1900, Boyer moved the Burroughs Adding Machine Company to Detroit. By 1930, at the time of Boyer's death, Burroughs Adding Machine Company was... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

John G. Smale

Known for his patient managerial style, Smale worked at Procter & Gamble for 38 years. Under Smale's leadership as CEO, P&G's earnings and stock price doubled while the company expanded abroad and into higher margin products. Two years after retiring as... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

Elizabeth Arden

Through her salons and cosmetics line, Arden was a pioneer in the development of the personal care industry. By 1929, Arden owned 150 salons throughout the world, sold her 1,000 different products in 25 countries and generated over $4 million in sales. By 1965, the... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

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Events | Baker Library

Events Upcoming Events Time Zone: Eastern Time - US & Canada Baker Library Tour (August 6) Join us for a 20-minute general tour to learn about our spaces, resources, and history. All are welcome on our general tours. Date: Wednesday,... View Details

01 May 2013
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Canadian Fellowships

rebuilding the faculty and staff organization. The well-liked former forester also inspired a fellowship initiative that has enabled hundreds of Canadians to attend HBS. "John’s ambition was to bring a broader representation of Canadians to HBS, so we traveled across... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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The New Venture Competition Crowns a New Crop

affordable in Africa through microfinance and mobile payments. Alumnus: Alexandre Skander Allegue, PLDA 18, 2015 Region: Africa Vention: A platform that allows businesses to design and order industrial equipment online. Alumnus: Etienne Lacroix, MBA 2011 Region: View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

24 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 24

(C):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411008-PDF-ENG Fidelity Retires in Canada Robert C. Pozen and Edward ScottHarvard Business School Case 311-023 The head of Fidelity Canada was faced with a decision... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jan 2016
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Water for the World

in 24 countries around the world. Our distributor here in the United States is Anheuser Busch; we have been working with them since 2007. We also do very well up in Canada and in Asia and the Middle East. “We don’t only want to sell water... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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In the Zone

11,000 community members. Owusu-Kesse had already spent a year at Canada’s side, thanks to an externship sponsored by his employer, Morgan Stanley. Now Canada wanted him back. “I had no idea how much money I would make. I had no idea what... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; nonprofit management; urban development; leadership; public education; Educational Services

01 Oct 1996
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Stephen Baine (MBA '74) Chicago, IL Harry J.F. Bloomfield (MBA '71) Montreal, Canada Robert S. Boyd (MBA '63) Chevy Chase, MD Edward D. Bullard (MBA '75) Cynthiana, KY John J. Burns, Jr. (MBA '55) New York, NY Rena F. Clark (MBA '90)... View Details

Keywords: Cathy Connett

15 Dec 2015
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Jacek Makowski (MBA 1960)

says he hopes it will “enable young, entrepreneurial managers from Poland to lead even more business growth in the years ahead.” Educated as an engineer in England, where his father led a Polish squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II, Makowski immigrated... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions

1960), former chief economist, Royal Bank of Canada, Canada The United States has the worst of all worlds: a relatively high marginal tax rate that influences behavior negatively, but a considerably lower average tax rate that precludes... View Details

Keywords: ask the expert; Finance

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Hann Yew

One might think that an HBS student with a recent victory in the Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge would be eager to represent her life as a success story. Instead, Hann Yew, MBA 2015, sees it as a cautionary tale that began for her in the fourth grade. "I... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Healthcare/Biotech

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