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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Renter’s Market
Lee For Jonas Lee (MBA ’93) and his investment firm, Redbrick Partners, the purchase, refurbishment, rental, and maintenance of hundreds of low-cost, single-family urban homes represent a terrific, overlooked market opportunity. “It’s a $15 trillion asset class with no... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- News
Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
but also radicalized me as it pertains to the real malpractice that's been committed at some of the top educational institutions in the country that are not preparing young people to live lives of meaning, live lives of wholeness. And so... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Strategy is About People
points to a key lesson learned. “Strategy in an educational institution is in part about institutional mission and institutional objectives, and how you get to those,” Light... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources
business leaders think about and manage resources," notes Henderson. "I don't think any institution other than HBS could do this." For more on the Business and Environment Initiative, visit www.hbs.edu/environment/. Business and the... View Details
Keywords: Dalai Lama
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
leaders in society, and the ed-ucational priorities that are behind the most ambitious fundraising effort ever undertaken by HBS. Looking back on the past year, the School — like other institutions around the world — faced a number of... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- News
Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot
it also aims at Amherst College, Boston College, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smith College, Tufts University, Wellesley College, and Williams College. Across the country, 67 other colleges and universities... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
In Bolivia, ACCION linked the microfinance field to capital markets through the founding of BancoSol, a microfinance institution that became the nation’s most profitable bank. “Poverty can only be truly addressed if you meet four... View Details
- 31 Mar 2017
- News
Turning Teachers into Leaders
achievement gap, to improve outcomes for students, particularly those of low-income neighborhoods and families, so they have a better chance of life and career success. We work towards that mission by helping state agencies of education, public school districts, View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
Leadership in Melbourne last fall. Over two hundred leaders of nonprofit institutions attended the event. Professor Greyser, slated as a speaker but unable to fly in the wake of September 11, led his sessions via videoconference. Although... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
a lot of books and articles on gender studies. I decided that I would also talk to people, research some companies, look at the data, and let that inform my path. That's the beauty of being at HBS—finding questions that are researchable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
providing leadership for the eleemosynary institutions and many of the political institutions” in virtually every city in America. “One of my hopes is that the GLF has fueled your interest and passion for being part of the solution and... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
The Challenges and Rewards of Teaching by the Case Method
substitute for the face-to-face learning that goes on between professors and participants, between participants, among participants, with each other. “I also have a consulting business called the International Case Method Institute... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- News
Remembering His Roots
Through our Entrepreneurs program, we’ve also helped five individuals launch their own small businesses, advised them on their business plans, and helped them land their first clients.” By day, Curiel serves as vice president of View Details
Keywords: farmworkers
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition
firm is pioneering interventions in Sri Lanka that will help transform the nation. In the past two years, York Street Partners has arranged the largest private equity investment in a non-banking financial institution and enabled one of... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- News
Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize
accelerate the development of innovative solutions and help position Harvard University as the preeminent institution in health care and life sciences," said Dean Nohria. "With the generous support of the Bertarelli Foundation, we hope... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Nurturing students who can think outside of the box
Chen Weiming (MBA 1993) is reimagining the way China views education. As founder of Xing Wei College, a first-of-its-kind, privately run institution outside of Shanghai, Chen is at the forefront of a radical transformation of China’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
The sci-fi future for cancer treatment has become a reality, with breakthrough therapies that can use a cancer patient’s genetic information to create personalized treatments or employ the body’s immune response to treat disease. But for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
of Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company. That practical experience informed her work on the board of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, of which she became chair in 2009. “Measuring performance in charity... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
looking for for many, many years,” says Bob Mahley, president emeritus of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease. Samzelius, who had no knowledge of neurological diseases, first sought out Mahley for advice shortly after that... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
J. Ronald Fox (MBA '59)
including his 1988 book The Defense Management Challenge. Professor emeritus since 1990, Fox tends to downplay his achievements and is quick to give credit to others. He says that his proudest accomplishment was to serve an institution... View Details