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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
fellow, Chan was at first taken aback by the amount of influence and responsibility he was granted from the start. “One day, the Mayor walked by my cube and said ‘I think we should View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- News
A Storybook Beginning
goal of touching a million kids’ lives by 2015” by providing them with e-readers. Risher developed the idea for the venture during a world tour with his family that combined sightseeing with hands-on... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
Beginning in late January, the School's student clubs host a series of annual conferences that explore a wide variety of specialized business issues. Organized and staffed by hundreds of hardworking HBS student volunteers, the conferences... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
direct-investment manufacturing projects in US history, for a total of more than $62 billion in private-sector capital investment. Several years later, the chance to do similar work in Virginia—a place with very different... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Ink: Bringing Purpose to Life
In his new book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High Performance Companies, Professor Ranjay Gulati makes the case that it is indeed possible to serve two masters—profit and social purpose—at the same time. But in order to do so... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Results and Recognition
institutions that were formative in shaping who we are,” says Joe, and, second, “we want to support organizations that make a difference in the lives of others.” Given that HBS meets both criteria, the O’Briens are committed not only to supporting HBS, but to inspiring... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Action Plan: Tapping into a Legacy
it’s not right.” The company’s approach to growth is no different. “One of the benefits of a family business is that you’re able to plan for the long term,” Kearsey says of the brewery founded in 1777 by Dorset farmer Charles Hall. “It’s... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
of the total federal budget. By 1975, it was less than 1 percent. “The original programs were finished, the shuttle hadn’t begun yet, and we weren’t sending astronauts into space,” he says. Thompson began thinking about a new kind of... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
All photos by Webb Chappell From the Charles River, the newly renovated Baker Library looks very much as it has for the past seventy-some years — stately columns, enormous windows, the signature bell tower. But a closer inspection reveals... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Disrupting India’s Dental Market
management” system to other chains. About one-third of Clove’s procedures are audited by colleagues who examine anonymized X-rays as a form of what Singh calls peer review, a process that he says can be useful anywhere. “It becomes a... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 03 Mar 2014
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A Life Transformed
all we heard were the sounds of insects and the flutes played by the night watchmen who cared for cows and buffalo. We were afraid of the dark, because we heard stories about witches and goblins eating people caught outside after sundown.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
Illustration by Chris Gash Illustration by Chris Gash In his pre-HBS life, Ross Lerner (MBA 2020) worked alongside Paul Holder at a software company that served some of the largest owners of commercial real... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
Above: illustration by Matthew Roharik/Getty Images In November 2019, a team from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, visited Moderna, Inc.’s manufacturing plant in... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Youth Movement: HBS Clubs Make Students a Top Priority
sponsored by the HBS Club of Puget Sound (HBSPS) to link students with job contacts and to foster student-alumni interactions. "It's like having a career counselor located in the city where you want to work," DeBono continues. "The club... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
The World's Banker
change. "The World Bank must be based on results, not process," he says. "To do that, we need to become more decentralized, creative, and entrepreneurial -- in effect, to think and operate more like a private-sector business. EDP will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
life-sciences center of the world, by virtue of its unsurpassed “cluster” of world-renowned universities and teaching hospitals; medical-device, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies; financial firms; and skilled workers. “The leadership... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
can bring everything to a halt.” Djelic adds to the pressure by placing himself very much in the public eye. “Communicating is a big part of my job,” he explains. “In this small country, we have 350 television stations serving a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
be noted that these green fruits are born from the entrepreneurial seeds sown over the years by HBS faculty, such as Howard Stevenson, Lynn Bollinger, and Georges Doriot, to name a few who influenced so many. I am personally grateful to... View Details
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
A Righteous Path
Leimsider has helped Safe Passage clarify its strategic goals. “We have a very specific understanding of what our job is. Our mission here is not simply to do as much good as we can, but to completely eliminate the problem in our area.”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
last summer that the time had come to “start looking outward before I get too old to do anything” and find his own way to give back to the world. Murch's leave from Expedia ended in January, but he's decided not to return for now.... View Details