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- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
people he wanted to hurt, or why he must hurt them,” she recalls. That moment in December 2007 set in motion Mendhro’s vision for the Dreamfly, a global initiative designed to educate, expose, and empower people living in communities of... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
Bob Ryan (MBA 1970) Bob Ryan (MBA 1970), the first in his family to attend college, has come a long way from his Detroit roots. When the former chief financial officer (CFO) of Medtronic set up a fellowship fund at HBS, he wanted to pay... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
relentless pressure from various political parties,” he says. “But that has not happened, in part I think because my team moves so fast. It's important to be in the driver's seat when you propose measures and set the economic policy... View Details
- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
mention wanting to work in a “creative industry” on his HBS application, but his path to that goal was not direct. After graduation, he worked at McKinsey, consulting for companies all over Europe. “I had a couple of amazing years,” he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
much unstoppable when he sets his sights on something. In the past, that has included carving green space out of Atlanta’s urban wastelands; writing legislation to preserve Georgia’s Native American archaeological sites threatened by... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
without interactive curricula, the well-meaning movement may backfire. “Our fear is that if the schools teach entrepreneurship just as another typical subject, the kids rote learn to get high marks in the examination and that will do very little good to the long-term... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
humor Professor Sahlman and sign up for his adventurous new course. Wouldn’t they? Sahlman believed he had a conceptual structure for the course that might protect him from the dreaded Onion Outcome. “My goal from the beginning,” he... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
knows, an inspirational business concept is only the beginning of a long and complicated journey marked by unexpected obstacles at every turn. The successful entrepreneur must possess an unshakable belief in his or her goal and - as the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
our ultimate goal of bringing benefits to all our constituents through good management, high technology, and, of course, creativity," she concludes. "It's very important for us to set an example in Asia as a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Turning Point: Living History
alongside my day job. But as we talked to people, it became clear that there was support, and in 2016, the government of the Indian state of Punjab offered a building to house the museum. We set the goal to... View Details
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
liquid hydrogen rocket engine that was subsequently used in many of the major space exploration programs, and Fern taught in the first public high school in Palm Beach County to be integrated.” One of the goals the couple had when they... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
e-Leadership by D. Quinn Mills (Cyber Classics, Inc. /BNI/ Publications) In today's fast-changing, global, Internet-influenced economy, the successful corporate leader must bring a new set of skills to the job. In e-Leadership: Guiding... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
ADHD, dyslexia and dyscalculia, and auditory processing disorder. But Rosner, who passed away in 2014, and Bumgarner, who is now head of school, set one simple educational philosophy—“just teach them”—that entailed meeting students,... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
Inventions at Georgia Tech’s ATDC incubator, with a mission to commercialize a set of scientific breakthroughs for improving silicon photovoltaics. Through his Freeing Energy Project, Nussey is writing a book to help people outside the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
This is my first letter to you in my capacity as president of the HBSAA Board of Directors. I am honored to carry on the work of my predecessor, Ed Hajim (MBA '64), who over the years has done so much for the School and its alumni. Ed has View Details
- 28 Jan 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation
three content areas is a set of process skills that will pervade and define the FIELD experience: self-reflection, hands-on learning, and teamwork. "Everything will happen in teams" with the goal of helping... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
her competition—Macy’s—is now her partner. “When you are uncomfortable, you are learning and growing.” “When you are uncomfortable, you are learning and growing.” Beck has a remarkable ability to set high View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations
off-campus immersion experiences during the January Term. Unifying the three content areas is a set of process skills that will pervade and define the FIELD experience: self-reflection, hands-on learning, and teamwork. “Everything will... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
business infrastructure to make biotech ventures thrive — was pretty much set as of 1982. So the states that jumped on the biotech bandwagon in the 1990s or 2000s were too late. You see a lot of the same mistakes happening now in the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
carbon offsets to account for the energy used in transportation and logistics. “Our diamonds are carbon negative, but as a company we’re currently carbon-neutral,” Hagemann explains. He’s not content with that: “Our goal is to be carbon... View Details