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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
Six months before Harvard Business School officially opened in October 1908, the School had no classrooms, no faculty, and no curriculum. But its proponents had a Big Idea: Create a professional school designed to train managers for a rapidly industrializing economy,... View Details
- 18 May 2017
- News
Getting to Know Student Class Day Speaker: Andrew Cone, MBA 2017
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Business Plan Contest Winners
The 12th annual HBS Business Plan Contest winner in the social enterprise track was Diagnostics-For-All (DFA), a nonprofit launched to develop a disposable, low-cost, paper-based “lab-on-a-chip” for use in diagnosing liver, kidney, and metabolic diseases in the world’s... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
T. Gary Rogers, Dreyer’s Owner, Philanthropist, Dies at 74
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
WSA Launches Scholarship Fund
The HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA) has announced plans to establish a new scholarship fund and has revived its popular first-year exam review sessions, an idea first suggested by the newly formed Alumnae Advisory Board. The WSA scholarship is only the second... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Business Environment in the 21st century
The business leaders surveyed for the colloquium suggested several ways in which business schools generally, and HBS in particular, could play a role. They included research and thought leadership on major challenges to capitalism; scenario planning to stimulate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
El-Hage Takes Alumni Post
EL-HAGE: Generous alumni support has helped make HBS a “great institution.” Seven years ago, Nabil El-Hage took a one-semester sabbatical from his high-pressure day job to teach two finance courses at HBS. He enjoyed the experience so much that he quit to teach full... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Document Assesses Impact of Financial Crisis, Looks Ahead
Annual Report The economic crisis was a catalyst for radical shifts in budget management at HBS, which enabled the School to remain cash flow positive and conclude the year ended June 30, 2009, with a strong reserves balance. The HBS Annual Report for fiscal 2009,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2016
- News
Four Alumni on '40 Under 40' List
Four HBS alumni have landed on this year’s Boston Business Journal “40 Under 40” list, which covers a wide range of industries, government functions, and nonprofit organizations. The list of recent HBS graduates includes: Tiffany Freitas (MBA 2005), chief financial... View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- News
Leading the Way for Dallas Arts Community
When HBS Leadership Fellow Jennifer Scripps (MBA 2005) left HBS for a job as director of special projects at Lincoln Center in New York City, little did she know that her career trail would eventually point back to her hometown of Dallas, Texas. In 2007, she accepted a... View Details
- 28 Jul 2016
- News
Adrienne Thomas: Making A Difference
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Rolling on the River
New England is known for more than its apples and pumpkins. In early October, a bumper crop of over 2,000 alumni and guests popped up on the HBS campus to attend reunion celebrations for the MBA Classes of 1949, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, and 1984. This year marked the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
“I Read Playboy for the Articles”: Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences When people behave in ways that might appear selfish, prejudiced, or perverted, they employ a host of strategies designed to justify questionable behavior with rational excuses: “I... View Details
- 09 Jun 2016
- News
Thomas J. Perkins, Pioneering Venture Capitalist in Silicon Valley, Dies at 84
Keywords: Finance
- 21 May 2016
- News
The Age of Consignment
“Ethical elimination” is the necessary corollary of ethical consumption, writes the New York Times, and HBS alumni are leading the way with online resell companies that make it easy to get rid of—and even make a profit from—your old gadgets, outdated fashion, and... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- News
Creating a Public Greenway in Northern California’s Scenic Wine Country
Chuck McMinn (MBA 1978) is a man on the move as founder and chair of the Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition, a 47-mile bike and pedestrian route that will connect the entire region by 2020. “It’s very psychically rewarding. The trail will be there for 100 years,” says... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Yurt Man
ZWERN, WITH “GLIMMER”: At Burning Man, a cool yurt has potential for disaster relief and housing for much of the world. Arthur Zwern (MBA ’85) and his solar-powered Hexayurt generated buzz at this year’s Burning Man festival, the annual bohemian happening of free... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?
The Boston Globe has a long feature on Brian Shortsleeve (MBA 2001), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) new chief administrator. The piece notes Shortsleeve’s challenge: $5.5 billion in debt and a $7 billion maintenance backlog, and pushback on his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Rethinking Housing in the Motor City
Detroit needs more housing, says developer John Rhea (MBA 1992). That’s a counterintuitive idea for most people who have driven the streets of that shrinking city, passing thousands of vacant homes and nearly abandoned neighborhoods. “Generally speaking, Detroit is a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Innovating Education to Create College-Ready Academic Achievers
Ian Rowe (MBA 1993) is navigating a clear path to success for students at Public Prep, a network of tuition-free charter schools in New York City. Like the North Star-shaped model that frames the schools’ mission, Rowe is building a foundation for children in pre-K,... View Details