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- 01 Oct 1998
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A Zest to Invest
markets, Kingdon oversees a $3-billion company that invests in a global array of stocks, bonds, currencies, and options. So he isn't exactly the type to overreact to wide swings in the market. Besides, as any hedge-fund manager knows,... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Examining Global Workforce Management
As executives of an international company are considering workforce reductions in Europe and South America, they are providing layoff support to employees and working with communities to create incentives for new businesses to replace... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Power of Many
Collectively, this support has a significant impact on the School, and on the world beyond through the leaders and ideas that HBS generates. Giving to HBS (photo by Russ Campbell) (photo by Russ Campbell) “When I heard Dean Nohria speak... View Details
- 31 Jul 2014
- News
Making Private Equity Public Knowledge
first tried to transition to private equity from consulting, looking for more ownership over his work. Because the consulting company he worked for wasn't targeted by private equity, he had to go out and sell himself. "Traditional... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
it, by establishing accounting methodologies for the valuation of impacts that a company has on society—e.g., carbon emissions generated, water withdrawal from water-scarce locations, employee wages, job... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
could one company or brand do?” she wondered. Photos courtesy VPL Photos courtesy VPL Hanazawa also understood the fashion-industry network is powerful and has the potential for wider impact. In 2011, she tapped fellow industry leaders... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building a better India through business and philanthropy
more than 30 countries, Mumbai-based Piramal Group comprises companies focused on health care, life sciences, drug discovery, health care information management, financial services, specialty-glass packaging, and real estate. Recently,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
How the Ron Brown Award Was Born
The Ron Brown Awards grew out of President Clinton's wish to establish an award that would honor corporate citizenship, explains Richard E. Cavanagh (MBA '70), president of The Conference Board, a business research and membership organization of some 2,900 View Details
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Giving Back to Help The Next Generation
I am happy to give back,” she explains. “It was a nice surprise to me to learn that, as a younger alumna, I could create a named fellowship fund with a lower minimum gift and use my company match to help fulfill my pledge,” she adds. “My... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
practices by understanding the true social impact of investing in early-stage companies that serve low-income customers in India, Pakistan, East and West Africa, and Latin America. These View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
create a company with a workplace that truly has a positive impact on its employees. That requires, by the way, we be successful as a business for sure, is a big part of that. It requires we develop people,... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Leveraging entrepreneurial expertise
Bert Twaalfhoven (MBA 1954) created companies in 13 countries and cofounded the European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research, which has trained more than 500 professors from European universities in the field of entrepreneurship.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
Charan (MBA ’65, DBA ’67) team up to show how P&G has reconnected with customers and primed a sustainable innovation engine. Charan contributes cases and lessons from companies he has worked with, including IDEO, Nokia, Shimano,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Good Luck Charm
at Time Warner, who said the satisfaction she gets from helping deserving local organizations makes her “the luckiest girl in the world.” In 2006, Time Warner gave a total of $50 million to support arts and education in New York City, and it is Quiroz that has “put... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
Corporations in the world. “What I have been doing for the past three years is making connections—working with trade groups, universities, municipalities, NGOs, and other entities—and traveling around the state, inspiring companies to... View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965
fascinated by stocks since he was a boy, Allan Gray has built a successful career around finding and investing in companies which are priced well below his assessment of their intrinsic value. After earning his MBA and sharpening his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
says. “My heroes are the waste pickers, the brands and consumers making better choices, and the companies working on alternatives to petroleum-based plastics. I am simply a guide to help inform people so they can become the heroes of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Giving Through HBS
of our graduates—has the power to change the world and to change lives, and that work relies heavily on alumni giving. Most alumni donors take a portfolio approach to giving—they give to local organizations that serve their communities;... View Details
Keywords: Professor Howard Stevenson
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
treadmill pressure, where people feel urgency to attend to a variety of unrelated tasks each day and are constantly forced to shift from one to another. That kind of time pressure definitely has a negative impact on creative thinking. On... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Hail to the Chief
transportation would have the greatest immediate impact on energy use. This possibility inspired her to launch AltWheels, a two-day alternative transportation festival that took place in July. The event, a first for New England, featured... View Details