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21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

initiative of the club, connecting alumni to each other and to the communities it serves. Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998) Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998) “We deliver expert goodness,” says HBSCP executive director... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2014
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Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

that will make anonymity an afterthought. I think the Bitcoin public ledger will eventually hold so much valuable information that some very interesting analytics companies are going to emerge to make sense... View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

01 Jun 2016
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Ears to the Ground

Working with Clark on the ShotSpotter partnership with GE: Jaime Irick (MBA 2003), chief commercial officer of Current, GE’s lighting and energy division. Working with Clark on the ShotSpotter partnership... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer; photography by Vance Jacobs

21 Feb 2014
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The First Five Years: Evelyne White (MBA 2010)

core theme behind Bookalokal events." Where's the company today? "We've done really well in our first test city of Brussels. It turns out travelers are not the only ones interested in our site. Local people... View Details

Keywords: Glocal; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

19 Mar 2015
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Walter Salmon Remembered

first became interested in marketing and retailing while in college, working part-time at Bloomingdale’s and then in a New York buying office for a large group of department stores. After earning an MBA... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

14 May 2014
News

(Re)moving the Needle

that of his father, who was trained as an engineer and ended up in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds MSc and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich and MIT, respectively, and he spent a... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; medical technology; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Jun 2014
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Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses

some immigrants could add billions to government coffers rather than be a drain on the economy. Nor have fears of immigrants as national security threats been borne out. See Also Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014 Revised immigration... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jan 2007
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Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968

into a major multinational marketing services organization. The firm Sorrell bought a stake in was Wire and Plastics Products plc (soon to be renamed WPP Group), a maker of wire shopping baskets. In 1986 he became chief executive View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Five Honored for Missions Accomplished

The 2010 Alumni Achievement Award recipients have made their mark in a wide range of fields, from banking and investing to retailing, entrepreneurship, and space exploration. United by their leadership skills, each View Details

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13 Mar 2019
News

The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)

a company. There’s this myth that if you want to go start a company, you just pitch on your HBS credentials and walk into a VC office and walk out with a huge check. That’s 1,000 percent not the case. Sierra and I have built this View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

Offshore Learning

you can catch and hold one of the briny little creatures in your own two hands. As president and CEO of the Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center in Boston, Arthur... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2003
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Student Conferences, at a Glance

Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard The private sector holds the key to reform in Latin America — but the task of inspiring and involving business at a time when profits all over the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

portraits on the wall—one over the CEO’s left shoulder, the other over his right. Titan began expanding internationally in the 1990s and now runs operations on four continents. Today Greek business represents just 15 percent View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

28 Feb 2025
News

Joy to the World

and how these ideas can improve towns, organizations, and companies alike. READ MORE DM: When did you start thinking about community joy? JP: I was in foster care partly because of my birth mother's mental... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Pamela Thomas Graham

fifteen hours of live programming, five days a week. "It's a pretty full plate," she admits in an interview at the network's Fort Lee, New Jersey, headquarters. The CNBC offices clearly favor function over... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2005
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A Primer on Patents

lawyers, the CAFC has ruled largely in favor of patent holders. What about the second change for the worse? The role of patent examiners was significantly compromised. Struggling with budgetary issues in the... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2009
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Cynthia Carroll

petroleum geologist at Amoco. Later, she joined the Canadian company Alcan, rising through the ranks and eventually becoming CEO of its Primary Metal Group, a position she held until taking over at Anglo.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Mining

01 Jun 2001
News

Donella Rapier to Head External Relations

Donella Rapier (MBA ’92) has recently been appointed associate dean for External Relations at HBS, following the resignation of James C. Schroeder, who accepted a position as chief development officer at the... View Details