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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
nearly two thousand alumni and guests celebrating MBA or Executive Education reunions. None of these activities would be possible without the generous support and commitment of our HBS volunteers. Volunteerism at HBS takes many forms but... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
selling its assets to E*Trade in early 2010. “I never set out to be the failure example in an HBS case,” he says. “But I think everything we do is part of who we are as people and professionals. Cake helped me understand that I’m View Details
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
as president of the University of North Carolina system. While deeply committed to advancing public education in his home state, Spangler always felt a strong connection with HBS that extends beyond his own campus experience. During his... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
worked one week on, one week off, and in the case of our poultry farm, slept on the farm for days at a stretch to improve biosecurity. It took quite a bit of commitment to distribute food and products across the country, and so many went... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
coming back for his 75th reunion. He was nearly 100 years old and had just two living classmates. Yet it meant so much to him to return to our campus as he had never missed a reunion. He epitomizes the extraordinary commitment of our... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
and nearly 100 fellows in the field. We have doubled in size each year, and plan to engage 1,000 fellows in the next five years. Is there something you're particulalry proud of? I am most proud of our commitment to diversity: To date,... View Details
- 19 Aug 2019
- News
A New Purpose for the Corporation
Offering an update of their statement on “the purpose of a corporation”, the Business Roundtable, an influential group of some of America’s top chief executives, noted that “we share a fundamental commitment to all of our... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
what does that reality look like? To further understand the families behind the statistics, we asked alumni to offer stories from their successes and struggles—their doubts, their decisions, and their daily routines. “I returned at Booz Allen Hamilton fresh out of HBS,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
market value rather than let his heirs unknowingly commit the collection’s disposal to their next garage sale or as a donation to Goodwill. If you’re in a similar situation, you’ll want to know this story. This book includes many color... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
his fellow activists didn’t know at the time how scared the Communist government was of the voices of mere students and the resources it committed to silencing them. Attempts were even made to expel Maj from the university and when that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
Harvard’s commitment to the quality of teaching.” HBS Dean John McArthur observed, “Chris has been at the forefront in the search for better ways for faculty to develop insight and judgment in their students and, not incidentally, in... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Sicupira, and Marcel Telles have been primary figures in Brazil’s economic development for more than 30 years. The three friends and business partners have much in common: remarkable business acumen, a strong View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
the time. Now 16 years later, this kind of commitment to sustainability feels kind of like table stakes for most corporations. And the question is, what do you think pushed this change across the business world? What has made it the rule... View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity
that creates unacceptable, even dire inequities for our Black community members,” writes Nohria. “This moment has made urgently clear that the School must redouble its commitment to combat racism—and anti-Black racism in particular—to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
of US workers hate their jobs and don’t want to show up on Monday morning, and Slater lays some of the blame for this at the doors of leaders: When their selfish actions diminish the effectiveness of their teams, they commit the ultimate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
Johannesburg where she lives with her two young children and Euvin Naidoo (MBA ’03), also a native South African. She’s working in health care, her passion, but views her Leadership Fellow experience at Oxfam as integral to a long-term View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
The problems facing business and society are increasingly complex. Developing solutions to global challenges requires a faculty adept at field work, cross-sector collaboration, complex data analysis, and intensive laboratory work, as well as View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
Accountability Systems for Greater Performance and Commitment by Robert Simons (HBS Press) Professor Simons thinks leaders should regard the structure of an organization (the system of accountability that defines roles, rights, and... View Details
- 19 Feb 2010
- News
The MBA Oath Debate
After months of glowing press accounts, the MBA Oath, a voluntary HBS student-crafted pledge that asks graduating MBAs to commit to the creation of value “responsibly and ethically,” has hit a media rough patch. Critics now see little... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
he speaks of with such passion. “John Keells is probably the only company based in Sri Lanka that has the scale and commitment to create systemic change,” he says, noting that housing will be one area of focus. In October and November,... View Details