Filter Results:
(453)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,608)
- News (453)
- Research (696)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (13)
- Faculty Publications (498)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,608)
- News (453)
- Research (696)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (13)
- Faculty Publications (498)
Sort by
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia
skills I’d developed over several decades of consulting work. Yet I had no idea how to make that happen. Working in Washington at the time, I cold-called the curator of Southeast Asian ceramics at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Museum, asking, who do you know in Cambodia?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
economic shocks, corporate scandals, international competition, or technological disruptions. Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange by Erika S. Olson (MBA ’03) (Wiley) Olson, a former managing director at the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
are trying to do the right thing. How do we make boards even stronger? Some good ideas I've heard recently call for getting the independent directors to meet alone without management and having somebody... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
passing over it of the loyalty to country and alma mater and a lasting suggestion that they should devote their manhood developed by study and play on the banks of this river to the nation and its needs. In that spirit, Fieldhouse, the View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
Anheuser-Busch InBev Board Member, Fundação Estudar Chairman, Lemann Foundation Jorge Paulo Lemann (above, center) is the leading force behind Banco Garantia, Brazil’s most prestigious investment bank. At Garantia and later at GP... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
(“Shiggi”) Yawata moves Sumida toward a U.S.-inspired “committee system” for its board of directors — the first Japanese company to do so. The case was a collaborative project undertaken by Professor Lynn... View Details
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
African American Directors Forum, which connects companies with Black board candidates and builds community among Black board members across the country. Motley’s Pittsburgh... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Novartis AG Establishes Global Research Fund
Indonesian operations during the Asian financial crisis. "With our merger, Novartis associates had to respond flexibly and rapidly to deep change," says Vasella, who now serves on the HBS Board of Directors... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Donella Rapier to Head External Relations
the Alumni Board, the Visiting Committee, and the Board of Directors of the Associates. “I’ve enjoyed working with the talented External Relations staff, and it has been a real privilege to have met so many... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
recruiting,” he says. “I got a deep appreciation for how much impact two years of business school can have on someone’s trajectory. And, beyond that, I saw how much impact senior leaders could have; and not just within their organizations, but also outside in their... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
clubs and four Harvard clubs worldwide. “Many nonprofits could not afford to send someone to SPNM without this support,” says SEI Director Amelia Angella (MBA 2001). “Alumni clubs very often cover the whole thing: tuition, room, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
At a recent gathering of chief executives in New York City, the heads of two companies shared pleasant dinner conversation. The first led a large, successful corporation; the second also happened to serve as a director of a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
think I would have predicted that Ken would rise to managing director of Goldman Sachs and that Giff would become a widely respected CEO before his tragic death in 1990. We all have similar stories of friendships begun or sealed at HBS --... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
The Show Goes On
marketing, and board oversight. A month before showtime, director Kent Bennett (HBS ’08) talked about the ins and outs of carrying on a School tradition. What’s the plot of the Show? This year, our lovebirds... View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup
simultaneously deploying resources to serve local nonprofits and community groups. “I just had this idea to get these two different leaders from very different organizations together to hear how they work to benefit our community,” says Phil Hway (MBA 1970), a current... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Feb 2014
- News
Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs
educations together as a health care investor. As managing director of KBL Healthcare Ventures, she has invested in a number of groundbreaking companies, including Summit Technologies and the Candela Corporation, now a leading maker of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
of Corporate Boards Is Ruining American Business and Costing Us Trillions by John Gillespie (MBA ’83) and David Zweig (MBA ’83) (Free Press) The authors expose the flaws in the dysfunctional corporate board... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
1999), program manager, Strategic Decisions Group Diane and Peter Escher (both MBA 2009) Children: Hazel (4); Josh (2) Diane and Peter both work for startups in downtown Seattle, commuting to different floors of the same building. Diane is business development View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
Board of Directors of the Associates and assisting in the formation of the Asia-Pacific Research Center. Indeed, HBS research centers around the world have benefited greatly from the involvement of Class of... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
but it is an excruciating reality for many women." Piette did get pregnant after she quit her job, and since the birth of her daughter in 1999, she has been working about ten hours a week, helping entrepreneurs with strategic planning. "No travel, no View Details