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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
Flying has it all — science, freedom, beauty, and adventure,” says Robert A. Hamilton (MBA 1985), by way of quoting Charles Lindbergh. “I wholeheartedly agree.” These days, Hamilton is getting huge doses of those four elements at Seattle Avionics, the start-up aviation... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Partners’ Club Strives to Broaden Appeal
The HBS Partners’ Club has a new name — Section P — and a new mission: to broaden its appeal beyond its traditional base of wives with kids. “We decided to rebrand the organization to appeal to men and partners without kids,” explains Kim Sundy, copresident for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Social Enterprise Celebrates Tenth Year, Looks Ahead
Did you know? 10% of current MBAs come from social-enterprise backgrounds 81% of HBS alumni are involved in the social sector in some form 57% of HBS alumni serve on nonprofit boards 40 HBS faculty members are engaged in social-enterprise research and teaching 400+ MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Stevenson Accepts Key University Position
Stevenson Howard H. Stevenson, senior associate dean for External Relations and a leader in the study of entrepreneurship at HBS, has been named senior associate provost for Planning and Resources for Harvard University, effective July 1. In the newly created position,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Liquid and Efficient
In January, John Thain (MBA ’79) assumed his new position as CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, a move that prompted interim NYSE head John Reed to declare, “We have an exceptional person at a time when, frankly, we require an exceptional person,” USA Today (December... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Celebrating HBS
More than five hundred alumni, guests, and friends of the School welcomed Dean Kim B. Clark and HBS faculty at campaign celebrations in Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta in the fall. With the help of local HBS clubs and sponsoring host committees in each city, the events... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Fall Reunions
Spirits were high and the mood was merry as the MBA Classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, and 1978 returned to Soldiers Field October 2–5 for their reunions. Close to sixteen hundred alumni and guests took advantage of the weekend’s mix of academic and social activities.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Fuller
Fuller Photo courtesy Monitor Group While many HBS grads hanker for a plum job with a major consulting firm, Mark B. Fuller started his own. He made the leap from HBS assistant professor to cofounder and CEO of the Monitor Group in 1982. Since then, the firm has grown... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
“The world’s needs and desires have been irrevocably homogenized. This makes the multinational corporation obsolete and the global corporation absolute.” —Theodore Levitt (1983) They were bold, even breathtaking words at the time. Two decades later, their echoes are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New Editor Takes Helm at HBS Bulletin
Roger Thompson, a longtime editor at Nation’s Business magazine and, more recently, a Web site developer and manager for Cox Interactive Media, is the new editor of the HBS Bulletin. In July, he assumed the position formerly held by Deborah E. Blagg, who stepped down... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
An expert on competition in telecommunications and new technologies, Patrick S. Moreton (MBA ’91) takes the long view. Despite congressional efforts to tighten controls over media ownership and the current public outcry against media consolidation, Moreton says, “In... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
One Western Avenue
Over the summer, the University’s newest residential building, One Western Avenue, opened at the corner of Western Avenue and Soldiers Field Road, adjacent to HBS. The building contains 235 apartments and will house about 350 occupants, including HBS students, which... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Spring Reunions
Dean Jay Light ( right) entertained alumni in the Dean’s House garden. Sectionmates forever! Photos by Neal Hamberg At last June’s reunions, if you had a nickel for every time someone said “It’s great to see you again!” you’d have a tidy sum to plow into some of those... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Last year when Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) posed this question — from a poem by Pulitzer Prize–winner Mary Oliver — to his sectionmates, he was impressed with what the answers told him. “I found... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
400 and Counting: Surge in HBS Cases with Women Protagonists
What do Joanne Hilferty of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Abby Cohen of Goldman Sachs, Robin Chase of Zipcar, and Nanci Mackenzie of U.S. Gas Transportation have in common? Each is a protagonist in a recent HBS case study. These are just four of nearly one... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Prize for Nonprofit Paper
“Managing Multi-Site Nonprofits,” by HBS professors Allen S. Grossman and V. Kasturi Rangan, has received the annual Editors’ Prize for the Best Scholarly Paper in the journal Nonprofit Management and Leadership for 2002. This paper emerged from the School’s 1998... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
No Dispute Here
Associate Professor Michael D. Watkins has received the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution’s 2002 book award for Breakthrough Business Negotiation: A Toolbox for Managers. He won the 2001 award as well for Breakthrough International Negotiation, co-authored by Susan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Every year, members of HBS student clubs work overtime to organize conferences that address an array of business-related themes and issues. This year’s events, which featured renowned guest speakers and thought-provoking panels, focused on topics such as technology and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Global Outreach Program Planned for HBS Centennial
Over fifty HBS clubs have scheduled special Centennial events beginning this fall through the end of 2008 as part of the School’s Global Outreach Program. The program has two aspects: The first involves HBS faculty, who will travel around the world to present their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Rating Better
Three finance professors have devised a new mutual fund rating system that appears to do a better job of separating fund managers whose performance reflects genuine ability from those whose results depend on luck alone. The authors of the research, HBS assistant... View Details