District of Columbia - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
News

Ink: The Habit of Innovation

academics—most notably Rita Gunther McGrath of Columbia University (a certified zombie killer if ever one existed)—suggests six keys to success: Predetermine criteria. Shutting a project down can be very... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

13 Jun 2014
News

The Art of Effecting Change

opportunity that crossed my desk was a hotel in Telluride, Colorado. My local partners and I gutted, upgraded, and re-branded the property, and still own and operate Hotel Columbia today," she recalls. But the art world, too, seemed in... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Arts, Entertainment

07 Aug 2019
News

“The Star of the North”

The leaders of Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, know the strength of the area in which they sit. They aren’t looking for portfolio businesses... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

14 Jan 2014
News

Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship

men resolved to set up a program in their rural county that would bring in students from each district high school for a daily class in entrepreneurship. Dubbed CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities) by its first group View Details

Keywords: CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities); Educational Services; Agriculture; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2000
News

Stevenson Named Director of External Relations

in traditional and new-media formats." The author of numerous books and articles, Stevenson has recently completed the third edition of The Entrepreneurial Venture, with HBS faculty members William A.... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

02 Jan 2018
News

Bringing Teachers to All of America

sure that rural classrooms and high-poverty districts have strong teachers for critical-needs subjects. In many of the districts that we work with, with many View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events

Recent HBS Alumni Events on Campus and Beyond 1 Members of the Classes of 2003 to 2017 gathered for a Young Alumni Reception at Joy District Chicago in September. 2 The MBA... View Details

24 Aug 2021
News

Throwing Our Kids to the Wolves

01 Oct 2002
News

Directors of Research Centers Share Global Perspectives

also play a key role for the centers by helping to identify and facilitate research opportunities worldwide. In related news, Masako Egawa has announced that as of September, the Japan Research Office has a new home, having relocated to... View Details

27 Apr 2025
News

Celebrating 40 Years of Kraft Family Fellowships

Robert Kraft (center) and Jonathan Kraft and Dean Srikant Datar (second row, center) gathered recently with Kraft Family Fellowship recipients and guests to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of... View Details

21 Nov 2014
News

Making It Easier for Retirees to Give to Charity

25 Jul 2017
News

Money can buy happiness, study says, but there's a catch

24 Apr 2014
News

Breaking the cycle of poverty in urban areas

Massachusetts. Currently, the foundation is partnering with school districts to provide universal free breakfast, after the bell rings, in schools that serve a large proportion of low-income children.... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

Class of 1942 Chair Honors Paul Lawrence, Promotes Leadership

journals and in elected positions at the Academy of Management. Before joining the HBS faculty in 1998, Tushman taught most recently at Columbia University's Graduate School of... View Details