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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Passion & Purpose
curveballs life throws.” After successfully leading turnarounds at Converse and Keds, Jacobson launched Strategic Grant Partners, a foundation and pro bono consulting firm that collaborates with social entrepreneurs to improve the lives... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Executive Action
so pleased to be here today at this auspicious occasion of the groundbreaking of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center. We are grateful to America for giving our family so many opportunities," said Dr. Chao at the ceremony. "We are grateful to my ancestral land, China, for... View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
school’s art program or another school’s annual field trip to study the Bay,” Scheel stresses. “The foundation has contributed $30 million to Palo Alto schools since it began. It’s really an honor for the band to be a part of that View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Paine, a Baker Foundation Professor and senior associate dean for international development. More than half of the HBS faculty are actively involved in international research. While they often work with a specific global center to pursue... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
blah, blah. Talking about a case and the antipathy towards theory, the lack of a foundation in disciplines like economics and mathematics and so on, I thought was appalling. Okay. So on one WAC, you know, Written Analysis of Case. Okay.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
values against what's expected of them as responsible professionals. We don't teach them about the dysfunctional aspects that we've been discussing here, and we should. As someone who's interested in corporate governance issues, I believe we can do more to reach out to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
communication technology that works with the same cellular spectrums that telecommunications companies use. Since that first experiment four years ago, Project Loon has improved balloon steerability, connectivity, and stamina—the balloons... View Details
- 01 Jul 2018
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
challenges. To achieve this, we are focused on several priorities. We need to ensure the School’s ability both to strengthen its core programs and to seize new opportunities. Annual gifts to the HBS Fund provide this critical support and serve as the View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
value to their products. At the time, Keshavjee was the head of the Aga Khan Foundation in East Africa, a major development agency, and believed that the best way to sustain health and education initiatives was through income generation... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Rhenisch Rick Bern/Courtesy Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority A community organizer during the 1960s, Madelyn Rhenisch was a pioneering advocate for better medical care for the people of rural upstate New York. More... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
and indeed very beautiful, it’s the story of ‘an almost perfect crime.’ Set in a monastery in the Quebec wilderness, Chief Inspector Gamache—one of my favorite detectives in crime fiction—is one of the few outsiders allowed in this View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1969 Born, Mt. Pleasant, Texas 1991 Earns BS, Political Science, US Air Force Academy 1995 Awarded Doctorate, Politics, Oxford University 1996 Completes Flight School as a helicopter pilot 1998 Founds Impact Young... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
Image © politicalcartoons.com/R.J. Matson It was easy to dismiss the Occupy Wall Street protesters. By many accounts, they were disorganized, lacked a clear agenda, advanced arguments that were inconsistent and poorly reasoned, and had no solutions. In style, they were... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Three conferences sponsored by student organizations at HBS in January brought together alumni, students, and experts from business, government, and academia to discuss a wide range of topical issues. Summaries of those conferences follow. AASU: Focus on View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
forces, differentiation—Professor Porter’s conceptual frameworks are the foundation for understanding how companies achieve and sustain competitive success. A senior associate at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at HBS,... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
charity sector, volunteering for a national breast cancer foundation and within her local community, often with her son in tow. She returned to finance in 2015, but her heart wasn’t in it. That’s when businessman and philanthropist Robert... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
and supported the track programs at Stanford and at Drake University, where Johnson’s father began his coaching career in 1928. Closer to home, the foundation supports several smaller nonprofits that help local youth. “This town nurtured... View Details
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
significant award, and a wonderful opportunity for the clubs to give back. They understand what an HBS experience would afford these community leaders.” A SPNM scholarship allows clubs to recognize the outstanding contributions of local... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
Raymond James Financial 1983 Raymond James Financial IPO, NYSE 1987 Appointed Trustee, Salvador Dalí Museum 1992 Named Chairman, Securities Industry Association 1994 Establishes Thomas A. and Mary S. James Foundation 2007 Named Chairman,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
affiliates in Chicago and Philadelphia, Churchville is now president and general manager of NBC’s WJAR-TV in Providence, Rhode Island. She has received numerous awards for her community work. Last year our station ran a special about the... View Details