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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
to prepare leaders for the nonprofit sector. Approaching then-Dean John McArthur, he offered to fund an initiative focused on research, teaching, and programs related to nonprofit management. “John Whitehead’s vision for what would become the Social Enterprise... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
be represented at the gala. One of this year’s nominees for Best Picture, Winter’s Bone, and Biutiful, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, are both distributed by Roadside Attractions, cofounded by... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Guitar Hero
(MBA '79) is a genuine guitar hero. Because of his managerial chops, a legendary American guitar company, once almost silenced by insolvency, has lived to play on. Founded in 1894, the Gibson Guitar Corp. had lately been singing nothing... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
Some of the best entrepreneurial ventures begin with a small revelation. For Luke O'Neill (MBA '95), the founder of a unique alternative high school in Massachusetts, that revelation came from an eight-year-old boy named Robert. As an undergraduate at Georgetown,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
amply rewarded; over the course of ten years, annual profits of WDC went from $291 million to $1.11 billion under the management of Eisner (CEO and chairman) and Wells (president and COO). By the mid-1990s, however, storm clouds had... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
taking advantage of these conferences, which first took shape in their present form at a 1990 HBSAA Board of Directors' meeting hosted by the Paris club. That program was so interesting that other clubs began asking how they might sponsor... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative
preparation with the unique perspective that comes from on-the-ground observations and interactions. The students spent two weeks in China, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka in January. Led by Meg Rithmire, the F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Ink
Book Review: Space to Grow by Maureen Harmon The only requirement to be featured in Aparna Piramal Raje’s (MBA 2002) Head Office column for the Mint, one of India’s largest business newspapers, was “a distinctive space, a unique way of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
be noted that these green fruits are born from the entrepreneurial seeds sown over the years by HBS faculty, such as Howard Stevenson, Lynn Bollinger, and Georges Doriot, to name a few who influenced so many. I am personally grateful to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Two Presidents, One Goal: Building on the Club of Chicago
wide-reaching networking system. The club also continues to generate volunteers for the Tax Assistance Program (TAP), a nonprofit venture founded by Robert M. Burke (MBA '99). Through TAP, volunteers help... View Details
Keywords: Amy Burton
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
last ten years as executive director of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) in San Francisco. A pioneer in developing VC-like ways of measuring "social return on investment" (SROI), REDF invests substantially in a small... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain
diagnosis -- a "road map" or "operating guide" for breast cancer patients. While Just Get Me Through This! includes medical information from her coauthor, Dr. Robert M. Gelfand, its primary intent is to help women manage the day-to-day... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
differences between consumers in the United States and Europe was just one of the topics covered at the fourth annual European Business Conference, presented November 21 and 22 by students of the HBS European Club. Other panels considered... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
to invest in the careers of politicians who will vow to keep our unfair tax advantages. —Dal LaMagna (MBA 1970) is president and CEO of Brooklyn, New York–based IceStoneUSA, which makes countertops out of recycled glass and cement. The founder of Tweezerman, he is the... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
moment Kremer fell ill, HBS was there. Classmates Guy Yamen, Nate Boaz and Andrea Marano were instrumental in helping launch the organization. Professor Jan Hammond, his section adviser, made the calls that got him an appointment with Dr. View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse
and Robert Simons. The lively and informative presentations were punctuated by questions from faculty eager to share their own insights or to challenge colleagues' assumptions. The group worked together to... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- News
Alumni in London Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
classmates and meet other alumni in the region, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professor Robert Steven Kaplan (MBA 1983), faculty... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Faculty News
Nancy F. Koehn, a member of the Entrepreneurial and Service Management unit and an authority on business history, has been named a full professor. Honored in 1998 by the HBS Student Association for her classroom excellence, Koehn... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
There’s no problem the business world can’t solve. That’s the thinking of Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2008), who believes companies—and the great minds who run them—can find sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises. “For whatever reason,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
A summary of selected new research by HBS faculty. Diversification Best Bet in Emerging Markets In today's era of global competitiveness, companies in the industrialized world have slimmed down their operations in order to focus on doing... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross