University Administration - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2004
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One-on-One with Robert McNamara

economics major at the University of California at Berkeley, McNamara discovered at HBS “a field of specialization he would make his own and use to change three institutions and, arguably, the United States,” writes journalist Deborah... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 2000
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Faculty Retirements

addition, he has held important administrative positions at the School, chairing Exec Ed's Advanced Management Program and its International Senior Managers' Program, as well as the MBA Program's Production and Operations Management unit... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

this is just a stone’s throw away from the HBS campus. In addition to the academic experience, how do all of the resources available to students at HBS further their entrepreneurial aspirations? Tom Eisenmann: At any top university you’ll... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Oct 2012
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Green Pioneer

School, and the Harvard University Center on the Environment, making important contributions. In April, after four years of research, the Program released “Envision,” a rating system for major government infrastructure projects that helps... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

leading Bay Area companies. It also offered plenty of opportunities for alumni to network, compare notes, and catch up with friends and classmates. As Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine - the first Harvard president to attend... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

17 Sep 2015
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Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

Joan P. Schaefer (MBA 1997) delivered remarks at The HBS Campaign Cleveland Regional Event, September 17, 2015. Alumni and friends of Harvard Business School from the Seattle, Washington and Cleveland, Ohio regions gathered on September 16 and 17, 2015 to celebrate and... View Details

15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details

17 Dec 2015
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A Bridge to the Future

practical and poignant. The program included keynote presentations from two Harvard University professors: Jonathan Zittrain, who spoke on the future of the Internet; and Daniel Schrag, who addressed the impact of climate change. In their... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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RX for Change

discussions that took place back in May at Emory University Hospital Midtown will affect more than the bottom line. It will impact the quality of care delivered to thousands of people. Midtown is a 511-bed facility serving over 150,000... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

15 Nov 2013
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Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again

grew up in Montreal, where his father was a professor at McGill University and where he earned an undergraduate degree in electrical and computer engineering. After graduating, he went to work for Monitor Company in Toronto, as a... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Jun 2014
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The Digital Deck

As a professor in the Strategy Unit, Bharat Anand has studied how media companies move a traditional product into the online space. Some have managed that transition well, he says, and others have not. In the early days, Anand observes, several newspapers simply posted... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

extraordinarily demanding group of fellow students and faculty. Developing the skills to listen carefully, think analytically, and communicate clearly is a requirement of leadership." CHARLES WAITE University of Connecticut, 1957 B.S.,... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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We Rise

empathize or understand the pain point. We were often asked by the investors to talk to their wives or their administrative assistants.” Eventually, Barna and co-founder Katia Beauchamp (MBA 2010) closed a $1.4 million seed round that... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

01 Dec 2008
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What Went Wrong?

Hail Mary play, the administration dramatically proposed a $700 billion financial rescue plan to restore confidence in the markets. Against that backdrop of heightened national anxiety, HBS and Harvard View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

innovators.” -Jordan Amadio (MD 2009, MBA 2010), cofounder and partner, NeuroLaunch; senior resident physician in neurosurgery, Emory University Revealing bad behavior—to a potential romantic partner or a potential employer—can be better... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

01 Jun 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

presents practical information about them, including whether they led to successful and unsuccessful outcomes. Faculty Books The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations by Tsedal Neeley (Princeton View Details

01 Sep 2012
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The School of Life

University of Southern California, in a book called High Flyers, that I finally found a theory that could help people make better hiring decisions. To begin with, McCall has a very different view of the right stuff—and it explains why so... View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

01 Oct 1997
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Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron

rural development project in Tanzania between her first and second years at HBS changed her life completely. Professionally, the excitement of the business challenges she tackled showed her that "arts administration wouldn't be creative... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 2016
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Inside Modern HR

Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) (courtesy Matthew Breitfelder) Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) (courtesy Matthew Breitfelder) Young Hee Yoo (MBA 2017) (courtesy Young Hee Yoo) Young Hee Yoo (MBA 2017) (courtesy Young Hee Yoo) Once relegated to the back office, human... View Details