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- 01 Jan 2006
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Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
drives to petrochemicals. But the focus of his attention these days is a multibillion-dollar effort to make Singapore one of the world leaders in biomedical sciences. While doing all he can to promote homegrown talent, he is also making a... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
Scaling the non-profit up is a front-of-mind concern for Minden, who would like to see many more participate. A huge part of the experiential value comes from visits they make to other outfits in Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, for View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
motivation, capability, and commitment. "The most important part of the opportunity is you," she emphasized. Professor Clayton Christensen expanded on his research concerning disruptive innovation in an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
and point them to other team sports that are relatively collision-free? How will die-hard football fans in the United States react if safety concerns and rule changes create a watered-down, less-attractive product View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
billions into vaccine efforts. By midsummer, Moderna, for instance, had received $955 million in US government funding; it raised an additional $1.3 billion on the capital market. That kind of money buys speed: In normal times, a vaccine... View Details
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
started as an altruistic concern for his family, however, led to a second career as cofounder of Jewish Records Indexing–Poland, an online database that has helped families around the world document their ancestry and find relatives about... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
produced a number of tableware and specialty items as well as art-glass, on which artists—most of them immigrants from central Europe—did painting and engraving. Westmoreland was the country's leading glass-decorating house for more than... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
“If each household ” Union of Concerned Scientists “Common Sense on Climate Change, Solution #3” “The top 3,000 .” UN Environmental Program Finance Initiative. 2010. “universal Ownership: Why environmental... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
high-impact boards ready to face the unprecedented challenges of a post-pandemic world. In response to steadily growing interest among HBS alumni in serving on nonprofit boards, the Northern California and Boston clubs have previously... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
support for technological innovation. A 1961 article covering a conference on "Technological Planning on the Corporate Level" asserted that "the accelerating rate of change - our expanding technology - is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth by James Allen (MBA 1989) and Chris Zook (Harvard Business Review Press) Based on their decade-long study of companies in more than 40 countries, the authors... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
began to think that “the compensation was no longer commensurate with the risks.” With the aim of cutting back on the workload, she and her partner decided to stop raising new funds. At the same time, her growing appreciation of greener... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
members, including early supporter William A. Sahlman, and passed it along to entrepreneurship club members Jennifer Scott Fonstad, David M. Rosenblatt, and John N. Iannuccillo (all MBA 1997). “We were really focused on spawning... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
evolution in the Darwinian world of high-tech business. Cafe Culture: CEO Russ Wilcox in E Ink’s offices, a converted factory space that includes a central gathering area for impromptu meetings and brainstorming sessions. On the table:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
From left: Chris Osgood, Dan Koh, Lauren Lockwood It is 2:30 p.m. on the day before Thanksgiving, and the halls of Boston City Hall are eerily quiet. Dan Koh (MBA 2011), Chris Osgood (MBA 2006), Lauren Lockwood (MBA 2014), and Austin... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
that formed the symposium make up the bulk of The Intellectual Venture Capitalist. Coauthored by members of the HBS faculty, one chapter is devoted to each presentation. As an introduction to the writings of these eighteen faculty... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
“International Power 50” list of women executives in 2008, has won praise for combining a conservative financial approach with progressive policies. Raised in New Jersey, Carroll studied geology at Skidmore College, went on to earn a... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Profits and Purpose
through teaching the course that I’ve come to believe that corporations have to think beyond their own boundaries to a broader concern with the health of the institutions on which we all rely. In the second... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
moment of clarity on deficits. The Republicans went to the Democrats and said, “You used to oppose our tax cuts because of the deficit. Will you help us cut taxes now?” And the Democrats said, “No, we were lying. We’re just for higher... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 20 Jul 2020
- News
Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online
and Miller talked, the webinar was opened to questions, and Adams says many alumni shared their concerns about racial unrest and the lack of leadership as well as their own ideas for moving forward, including encouraging each other to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley