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27 Apr 2017
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Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World

Tucker York (MBA 1986) (photo by Chris Taggart) Tucker York (MBA 1986) (photo by Chris Taggart) DONOR: Tucker York (MBA 1986) Goldman Sachs Scholars Fellowship Tucker York (MBA 1986) recalls that, as a student at HBS, he didn’t realize... View Details

01 Jun 2025
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Keeping the Faith

warmth.” She asks the students to close their eyes, sit comfortably, and take three deep, healing breaths—in through the nose, out through the mouth—inviting them to enjoy the sensation of being in the room together. There is a profound... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Illustrations by Victo ngai

01 Mar 2015
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Committed To HBS’s Success

Keeping HBS Competitive Mel Tukman (MBA 1966), a longtime supporter of Harvard Business School, recognizes the far-reaching impact of the School’s mission. He is committed to helping HBS continue to attract and cultivate the best minds—from the professors who lead case... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2014
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Groundswells

strengthened residential life and recognized the growing importance of interdisciplinary faculty research. EX ED’S SPACE RACE In large part, the growing space demands of HBS Executive Education programs drove campus projects in the late... View Details

Keywords: George F. Baker III; Read Estate Development

06 Dec 2021
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HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

Digital Initiative, was how to develop the skills and insight to become a leader in the digital age. Today’s MBA Program has multiple electives designed to help students conceive, lead, and execute digital innovation initiatives and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 2007
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Up from the Ashes

mechanism, progressively raises the standard of life of the masses.” As James Tobin, one of Schumpeter’s best Harvard students and himself a Nobel laureate, later wrote, “I have always thought that... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2025
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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job

safety.” To help prepare students for this work, Edmondson and Assistant Professor Tiona Zuzul teach Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job. The EC course is based on the hypothesis that the results you achieve as a general... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mcfarland Flint; Illustration by Peter Arkle; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

04 Sep 2019
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A Measured Approach

(MBA/MPA-ID 2011), one of IDinsight’s four founders. When they met as graduate students at Harvard, the foursome was drawn together by their passion for making a difference in the world through international development. They were also... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

01 Jun 2020
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All Hands on Deck

In the past few months, HBS has mobilized, adapted, innovated, and collaborated to support MBA students during a very turbulent time. As the economic consequences of the pandemic took hold, students found... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

30 Oct 2018
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Paths of Victory

Reflecting HBS’s standing as the top school for entrepreneurs (according to the most-recent PitchBook rankings), the annual HBS New Venture Competition has helped Harvard Business School students and alumni launch dozens of new... View Details

Keywords: Alumni New Venture Contest; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

01 Mar 2013
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Two Decades of Social Progress

research and teaching. More than 500 students have enrolled in social enterprise electives this year, and more than 300 are currently involved in the Social Enterprise Club—one of the largest clubs on campus. Alumni, too, continue to... View Details

02 Dec 2019
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A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding

Tom (MBA 1969) and Patricia Barry It was a given in Tom Barry’s family that, having done well in math and science in high school, he would pursue a degree in a related field as a student at Yale. But during his junior year, the Ohio... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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School of Hard Knocks

Illustration by Richard Downs, Theispot.com When I was in sixth grade, I used to spend recess hiding under a truck in a garage at school. One of the few Caucasian students enrolled in what was my "neighborhood" school—on a Native American... View Details

Keywords: discrimination; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

26 May 2016
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Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980

his focus to the nonprofit world and launched Bridgespan, an organization dedicated to helping address society’s most complex problems. Tierney has a knack for making it seem like his success is accidental. As a high-school student when... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2003
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South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs

and sales management, spoke on the subject “Specialties vs. Commodities: It’s Not All about the Price.” He is pictured with Philadelphia Club chairman V.J. Pappas (MBA ’76, at left) and Robert Bristol Collins (MBA ’91). Health Industry Alumni Present View Details

Keywords: Alumni groups; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Nov 2012
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Remembering His Roots

happened. “My life was spared, and I felt that it was my destiny to continue going forward with full force; this included completing a higher education, providing for my family, and helping my fellow farmworkers.” Curiel wasted no time,... View Details

Keywords: farmworkers

01 Jun 2014
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Executive Action

building will serve as a hub for Executive Education participants, allowing them to meet with one another, as well as faculty, guests, and students from the School's MBA and Doctoral Programs. "The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center is a symbol... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jan 2003
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Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969

helpful as I built my own business." COMMUNITY OUTREACH Board of Directors, HBS African-American Alumni Association Board of Visitors, Howard University School of Business Former Director, University of Maryland Foundation, Greater Washington Urban League ADVICE TO... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

passionate teaching, the building of intellectual capital, and the broad communication of ideas, we are advancing knowledge of how organizations and institutions can perform more effectively and, ultimately, benefit people in every sphere of View Details