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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Deep in the Heart of Texas
schedules 20 to 25 events every year with prominent speakers. "And we do everything we can to encourage people in the area, especially new grads, to become interested in the club." The Houston club holds a reception each year for HBS... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
state's role in encouraging and joining Massachusetts's five largest academic institutions—Harvard included—in building a super-computing center used to research everything from chromosomes to the climate. The project was completed at the... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
co-workers acknowledging her struggle. After noting some of the other political and commercial opportunities potentially available to her—“ Walt Disney Co. CEO or California senator”—the magazine reports that Sandberg wants to stay put. Alongside View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals
their quality and style. "I believe in designing things that have value and make you feel unique," she said. "Better to go with longevity than be a sheep following the herd. "I encourage women to dare," she told the rapt crowd, "and to... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
belief in the power of imagination, and by his relationships with people who had provided encouragement when he most needed it. When he left Dell Computer Corporation to teach, Walker discovered that the stories he took with him—of his... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
over the years. The importance of women as consumers, in particular, has led to a long-standing critique of the industry as an instrument for the oppression of women by men (and their corporations). Feminist writers have regularly blamed its advertising campaigns for... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
From One to Many
to replicate his brilliance. He encouraged me to write my first HBR article back in the early 1990s and was truly my coach and mentor in the work I do today. None of it could have happened without him. That mentorship shaped who I am... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Turning Point: On the Line
Theatricals. One of the great 14-year-old Tevyes in a summer-camp production of Fiddler on the Roof. Disney was my foot in the door. While churning out budgets and quarterly projections as a finance executive, I took a sitcom-writing class at UCLA Extension. I loved... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
enterprise. We are very encouraged by the interest and enthusiastic feedback we’ve received about our pilots. We are planning a second session of The Reflective Leader for next year, and we are also working with the first cohort to find... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
the number of participants needed, and what incentives to provide. In most instances, he recommends that “an organization’s internal problem solvers should define the parameters of a challenge rather than attempt to solve it, encourage... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
systems were retrenching; and his encouragement of faculty to compete more actively for outside grants and contracts, with growth in those areas rising annually from $175 million in 1986 to more than $500 million in 1997. But Spangler's... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
of the Bulletin. In the meantime, I'd like to take this opportunity to encourage you to take advantage of two exciting new offerings available to HBS alumni. Earlier this fall, the School introduced Working Knowledge, a Web-based gateway... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
father, Rufus W. Lumry II, noted, "The original impulse for this gift extends back more than a hundred years and is part of a tradition that I hope will continue to thrive for many years. Going to Harvard encouraged me and other members... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
New Global Initiative Director Takes Broad Outlook
Japan. "And it is exciting to be here now while the Business School is focusing more on international research and programs." Ryan says her main objective this year is to facilitate and encourage the "international dimension" in faculty... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
Faculty Research HBS Working Knowledge offers a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their web links. Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals without Mandates Associate Professor... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
through the arts - purposes that cannot be more effectively addressed at the state or local level. Among the federal initiatives that meet the public purposes definition are: Making the arts more accessible; Encouraging and promoting the... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
Weiss, the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice. That’s the premise of his new book, We the Possibility, which encourages governments to think like startups. For Weiss, who served as chief of staff to Boston’s mayor and... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
inequalities in patient care. In 1998, the foundation’s advocacy encouraged the New Zealand government to institute free breast cancer screenings for women ages 50 to 64, later extended to 45 to 69. The foundation is currently working to... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
encourage local wealth development, all while providing a good return for investors. “I feel so lucky that I’ve been able to do something I have a passion for where I also could earn a living and do some good in the world,” says Barry,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer
leadership position in the Northeast through the strategic use of new technology, marketing savvy, and a management style that encouraged staff to invest themselves in their work. In 1996, BayBanks merged with Bank of Boston to form... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey