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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. “These five distinguished alumni are role... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
established Heritage Link Brands and, almost before they knew it, were in the wine-distribution business. "Founding the company wasn't about wine; it was about hoping that we could transform the way the world perceived Africa and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Hail to the Chief
transportation would have the greatest immediate impact on energy use. This possibility inspired her to launch AltWheels, a two-day alternative transportation festival that took place in July. The event, a first for New England, featured... View Details
- 13 Apr 2022
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New School
could have the biggest positive impact in education. When Waldron joined Curriculum Associates, the company had already been doing just that for almost 40 years. The owner asked Waldron to make a long-term... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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On Purpose
you get impact to scale. It can’t be a bolted-on thing somewhere over on the side,” she says. For starters, Disney’s fans and 190,000 employees wouldn’t stand for it. More and more staff, particularly the younger generation, expect their... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
The leaders of Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, know the strength of the area in which they sit. They aren’t looking for portfolio businesses... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
president and served for one year on the School's faculty. There's a lot of talk these days about corporate responsibility. What are a company's obligations to its stakeholders? A company's stakeholders should expect that the company will... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
model was needed that we could adapt continuously so the School would always be on the bleeding edge.” The Institute is not the first to recognize the dramatic impact of digitalization, data science, and design on the world, Lakhani says.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
treadmill pressure, where people feel urgency to attend to a variety of unrelated tasks each day and are constantly forced to shift from one to another. That kind of time pressure definitely has a negative impact on creative thinking. On... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
students during a talk titled “A Change in Business Climate” presented in Burden Auditorium in December. Gore explained that the population explosion, coupled with the revolutions in science and technology, have greatly magnified the View Details
- 30 May 2025
- News
Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte
HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
well as a strategic one. The tactical question is around the math of making added investments and the short-term impact it would have on more volume and perhaps more margin. Assuming the answer is a good one, the strategic question would... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Online Job Bank Debuts
Services. She notes that as of mid-December, the job bank had posted more than 1,000 positions in 47 geographic regions (primarily in the United States), representing 61 industries and 34 functional areas. Of its strong portfolio of job... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
social impact. And the way to magnify that impact is to give away valuable knowledge to anyone who can use it. Bridgespan is unique in another equally important way. It is a pioneer in the application of data-driven strategy and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Helping one child led to improving the lives of thousands
companies like State Street and Google, who see their partnership with Year Up as good business, not philanthropy. Today, 85 percent of more than 5,200 Year Up graduates are employed or attend college within four months of completing the... View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
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Harvard Students Help Mom-and-Pop Shops Get off the Ground
restaurants, and neighborhood bakeries in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and Somerville, Mugford told the Boston Globe. And the experience has been eye-opening. “The projects I’ve worked on for boards took months and months,” said Lia Prendergast (MBA 2017), who worked... View Details
Keywords: retail
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
on the rise in the MENA countries. The company was cofounded by a woman—women represent about 25 percent of entrepreneurs in MENA countries as compared with the global average of 10 percent—and it capitalizes on the region’s high digital... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
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Cynthia Carroll
Carroll Illustration by Dennis Balogh Founded as a gold mining company in 1917 in South Africa by Ernest Oppenheimer (with help from Herbert Hoover and J. P. Morgan), Anglo American plc is the world’s fourth-largest diversified mining... View Details