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- 01 Jun 2005
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Power Couple
Richard Sarnoff (MBA ’87), a group president at Random House, is one forward-looking media exec who has some impressive links to the industry’s past: His great-uncle, former RCA chairman David Sarnoff, was instrumental in developing the... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
leadership, modesty, and service to business and society,” added Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), who has served as the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs since early 2020. “His support will be instrumental... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
of Mexico shrimp fisherman who stayed in business with low-interest economic injury loans after the BP oil spill, to a Pennsylvania drill bit manufacturer whose SBA-financed technology was instrumental in rescuing the trapped Chilean... View Details
- 08 Nov 2021
- News
New Director Named for Mid-US Research Office
context.” Dadlani also will be instrumental in supporting student programming, working closely with Boston-based HBS staff, while at the same time strengthening relationships with alumni and building strong partnerships in the region.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
reach out to the EAEF. “Amal was really instrumental in closing that deal,” explains Habib, now CEO of Dawi, “and it was a milestone, because the EAEF was Dawi’s first institutional investor and helped us grow from 4 clinics to 16 today.”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Case Study Pioneer
HBS’s first director of case development, Andrew Towl (MBA 1936), whose three-decade career at the School was instrumental in establishing the influence of the case method worldwide, died in June at the age of 101. Towl conducted... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Tradition and Outreach at HBS Club de France
instrumental in beginning a tradition of meetings for all European alumni. The first was held in Amsterdam in 1966, with HBS clubs in other European capitals subsequently following suit. The Club de France hosted the event in 1972, when... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Wyss Gift Supports HBS Doctoral Programs
HBS has received a $25 million gift to support doctoral programs from Hansjoerg Wyss (MBA ’65), an entrepreneur who built Synthes, Inc., into a leading international medical-device company specializing in orthopedic instruments and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
were less likely to optimize their revenues. “There is no more biased instrument than the human brain.” “There is no more biased instrument than the human brain.” Fixing such problems will also be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
example, the fountain pen industry nearly collapsed after the introduction of ballpoint pens. Today, people are still buying fountain pens not because they are seamless writing instruments but because, like Swiss watches, a fountain pen... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Wind Shift
the dedication ceremony, it was noted that Baker’s leadership was instrumental to the project’s success. In his own remarks, Baker observed, “It’s exciting to see the turbines providing benefits to these islands after years of... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
Vertex Appoints First Female CEO
selection, according to Leiden. “She has been instrumental in executing Vertex’s strategy; and she is a ‘great communicator and leader,’” according to the Globe. READ MORE View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
A New Path for Alumnae
success? A successful life is like a beautiful symphony. There are moments of intensity when every instrument is fully engaged, the volume is high, and the themes are varied and complex, but there are also moments when all attention is... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Dateline Belgrade
breakthrough memorandum while riding out a NATO bombing raid in a Belgrade bunker, the Financial Times (June 14, 1999) asserted that Castenfelt was instrumental "in convincing the Yugoslav leadership of the need to end the war."... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Blockchain 101: the Primer We Still Need
- 01 Mar 2011
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The Check Is in the Mail
kept by American merchants at a time when hard currency was often scarce. Period documents reveal a fascinating level of intimate detail in how a creditor’s reliability was assessed. “You start to get a real, not abstract, image of View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Four Promoted to Full Professor
president of Ceramics Process Systems Corporation (CPS), a firm he cofounded with several MIT professors in 1984. A former Boston Consulting Group project manager, he was instrumental in founding the firm's manufacturing strategy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation
A Resource for the Next Big Idea, and More The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation is instrumental in bringing innovative projects to life at the School. Recent successful HBS initiatives that are advancing management... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Exhibit at Baker Library Marks HBS Centennial
Roethlisberger conclude that mental attitudes, interpersonal relationships, and proper supervision were keys to productivity and job satisfaction. Mayo and Roethlisberger, through their work and that of HBS colleagues who picked up their mantle, were View Details