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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Eager to Help Shape School’s Future
the research, and the facilities. Alumni are truly vested in the future of this great institution. Dean Jay Light has led the School under extremely difficult circumstances over the past five years. Our new Dean will face the equally difficult challenge of leading an... View Details
Keywords: Ann Kelly
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
about the perseverance his father showed in restarting life in the US as “the source of my resolve to do something meaningfully good, not only professionally but also personally.” The concept of tikkun olam—Hebrew for “repair the world”—motivated his involvement with... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End
Are big banks using bankruptcy as a bullying tactic? A recent report by the American Bankruptcy Institute suggested that a longtime—and increasingly popular—mechanism in the US code that allows for expedited, less-democratic asset sales... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
To Educate Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World
mission of the University, and we are a far better institution for it,” Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers observed in his dinner speech. He then declared, “What HBS does in the next twenty years will be more important than... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Church on Sunday, Work on Monday
than more, engagement of the institutional church in economics," note Nash and McLennan. "But we do argue that the church should help businesspeople develop a process for personally engaging their faith in the management arena." The book... View Details
- 30 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni in Middle East Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
announced in September 2014. “This Campaign is largely about tapping into our collective imagination to try to envision the future—and to give our institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,”... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- News
Alumni in London Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
September 2014. “This Campaign is largely about tapping into our collective imagination to try to envision the future—and to give our institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean... View Details
- 24 Feb 2015
- News
Florida Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think not only of the challenges and opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
five minutes or so.” Fast-forward 37 years, and that same roadway is 10-lanes wide and jammed with traffic from 7:00 in the morning until 9:00 at night. During more than 70 visits to China, McFarlan has watched the leaders of a nation still shadowed by Mao Zedong’s... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
Striking a Balance
the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The course reshaped the direction of her education, leading her into a career that focused on the impact of information technology in business. For this reason, Silk endowed the Diane Doerge... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
University Elections
holders in annual groups of five. Board members serve six-year terms. The Overseers’ chief roles are to visit the graduate schools, departments, and museums of the University to ensure that the University remains true to its charter as a place of learning and to the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
out some great ideas. His name is Oren Etzioni at the Allen Institute and he talked about the idea of several different regulatory concepts. Sort of a construct. And just to give you the first one as an example. He said, "If it's illegal... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
institutional bets on them. He was an investor in other people's ideas, and the support he gave was often indispensable." Thus, they have dubbed him an "intellectual venture capitalist." The editors point out that it is no coincidence... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
A Transformative Experience
Dr. Claudio L. Haddad (OPM 12, 1987) is chairman of the board of Insper Institute of Education & Research in Brazil and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview, he explains the goal of the school. “How did... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Ink
will get you 80 percent of the results, and forget the rest.” —Laurie Stach (MBA 2011), founder and executive director of MIT Launch, an entrepreneurship program for high-school students, discussing startup time management during a TEDx event at View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism edited by Geoffrey Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani (Edward Elgar Inc.) This selection of articles includes historical research on the role of entrepreneurship in creating global capitalism; the cultural and View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
gatekeepers, and financial institutions they pay to grow their investments. Public outrage over scandals or excessive executive compensation is ephemeral. It must be channeled to demand a transformation in how our companies are governed.... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders
two reasons for management failures to heed shareholder proposals for greater action on ESG issues: processes within the organization may not be sufficiently developed, and performance incentives may be misaligned. “I went back to the data and found both hypotheses to... View Details
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
part thanks to Smyth, who joined the volunteer board of the fledgling Breast Cancer Foundation NZ in the mid-1990s and became its chair in 2009. Her work with the charity has been informed by her business career, she says. A partner at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time By Stephen Auth (MBA 1985) Sophia Institute Press In Pilgrimage to the Museum, author-curator Stephen Auth takes you on a colorful... View Details