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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
for the first time in nine years, we asked former chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Board of Directors Kirk Sykes (OPM 26, 1998)—current president and managing director of the Urban Strategy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Clubs Click with New Web Services
delivers easy-to-use, feature-rich Web site and club management services to alumni clubs and associations. The move came in response to requests from clubs for more technical assistance, says John Beckvold, director of finance and... View Details
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
financial history. Ruth Goodwin-Groen (MBA 2001) is on a mission to change that. “Our job will not be done until all people—old or young, rich or poor, male or female—are able to make and receive payments in a way that works for them,” says Goodwin-Groen, managing... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
HBS Professor Mike Toffel; Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966), cofounder and Chief Investment Strategist of GMO, LLC; Gina McCarthy, Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
The rapid changes at Merrill Lynch and Citigroup highlight the problem many firms face as they consider succession. What we are seeing should be surprising and disturbing to us all: At investment banks of great importance, the board of View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
How DC is Taxing the Country
performance has been waning since at least the late 1990s. In Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided, Professors Michael Porter, Jan Rivkin—cochairs of the School’s US Competitiveness Project—and Mihir Desai, with program director Manjari... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 19 Feb 2008
- News
The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen
a shopping mall, just as the addition of a talented director or actor can change the fortunes of a movie. There is one key difference, however. “In real estate, you’ll know about what your project is worth, in the end. Not so with films.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
executive director of the DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB), practices a nationally renowned model of school account-ability. Pearson oversees a $600 million budget for 57 charter operators that serve almost half of DC's public school... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
Gita's medical history and her symptoms suggest a heart problem, MeraDoctor ultimately recommends that she get an echocardiogram (for which she has to pay at a private facility because the government one is too crowded). The test reveals... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Meditations on the Bottom Line
For many managers today, the greatest business challenges are no longer technical; rather, they involve figuring out how to put more "soul" into the workplace. For Belinda L. Bothwick (MBA '77), however, the new executive director of... View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
less so. Taylor contributed to a not-for-profit to help pay airfare to bring orphans to the United States for month-long summer vacations with prospective adopting families. The program ran so well, he doubled his loan the following year.... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
enjoyed the process of creating something that people valued and would pay for." Her birthplace in Africa, combined with her education — boarding school in England, college and graduate school at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins — and... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
all, don't fear failure," she stressed. "Remember, the fear of failure is a sure formula for not achieving success." The theme of risk taking was echoed throughout the day, starting with the first morning panel on corporate leadership with moderator Gail C. Coleman... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
What’s a typical day like as executive director of Children’s HealthWatch? “Days vary quite a bit here, and that is one piece of what drew me to this role. As executive director, I work closely with our academic/pediatric leadership, our... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 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 Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998).... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
notes Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management. Morriss, the cofounder and managing director of the Concire Leadership Institute, which advises managers in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, says that as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
edge and attract new devotees without losing its core following? “We can still accommodate the traditional customer because our styling is classic,” says Matthew McEvoy (MBA 1989), strategic planning director at Burberry. Founded in 1856,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
an aircraft carrier, meeting with the King, police escorts when I travel. But you get used to that — well, maybe not the aircraft carrier. Security is tight, but any freedom of movement I have to give up is a small price to pay for the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
the Path to College, has sold more than 500,000 copies in America and been translated into eight languages. Lemov is a managing director of the charter school organization Uncommon Schools, which runs 32 schools in New York, New Jersey,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
Is your company doing enough to protect itself from cyber attacks? According to several HBS faculty and alumni experts, senior executives need to pay more attention to this potential threat. It makes good business sense — and fulfills a... View Details