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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
famous inventor Charles F. Kettering (MBA ’27) predicted ARD would go bust in five years. But Doriot proved him wrong over the next 25 years, as his firm financed and nurtured more than 100 start-ups, many of which became huge successes... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
GATHERING: Dean Bob Bruner (MBA ’74, DBA ’82) of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business was one of eight deans at the March colloquium on the future of the MBA. All photos by Neal Hamberg Such pessimism seems more than a little counterintuitive. In a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
levies on pollution, which is by definition an indicator of waste and inefficiency. Gore, who has long argued that carbon dioxide emissions contribute to global warming, said that solving the environmental crisis represents “the greatest... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
served as CEO of AEW’s Curzon Global Partners before starting Tristan Capital Management in 2009, a real estate investment firm with eight offices across Europe and more than 12 billion in assets under... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
for tomorrow. The BEI aims to leverage HBS’s unique platform to help move the needle on climate change and accelerate climate solutions. Critical issues such as these are also among the focal points for HBS’s new Institute for the Study of Business in View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
valuable contributions from Nasdaq and the global law firm Latham & Watkins LLP, plus access to the online valuation models and course. The Little Book of Investing Like the Pros: Five Steps for Picking... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
Daniel has been associated with the firm for nearly fifty years and was its leader from 1976 to 1988. He served as the treasurer of Harvard University, advising three presidents, from 1989 until last June. Barbara Hackman Franklin (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
crowdsourcing, correct? Yes, you can post any sort of task—whether it's editing a document, providing website copy, or verifying directory entries—and people with the abilities and time available will bid on it. Companies like Elance and oDesk make it possible to find... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
Executive Solutions, a firm that guides nonprofits through successful leadership transitions. “More and more, HBS alumni are engaged in philanthropy and the nonprofit world, and the school itself is doing so much more than even 10 or 15... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
"I tend to think that small and focused is the name of the game," agrees Matthew R. Simmons (MBA '67), president and chairman of Simmons & Company International. Established in 1974 as a specialized investment bank to the oil service industry, his Houston View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
representing $300 billion in assets. In April, in cooperation with the UN and other organizations, CERES launched the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an independent standards-setting board based in Europe. The GRI sets guidelines for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
On the Outside at HBS
HBS; these are systemic issues in business, society, and our global environment. The challenge for this generation of leadership at HBS is to confront these issues head-on, as it is doing right now. I look forward to watching the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
retired U.S. Army brigadier general) Georges F. Doriot, who had founded American Research & Development Corp. (AR&D) in 1946, the first public venture capital firm in the United States. As the American economy began to soar after World... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
proposes a mindset that will help executives to expand and grow their businesses in the new international economy and describes strategies that come to terms with the realities of globalization and technological change. Mills, the Alfred... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
globally by 62 percent. Be human when it comes to money. The same principle applies to customers facing financial hardship, says Deshpandé, who encourages firms to initiate crediting and financing, deferral... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
management issues, thereby enriching the HBS curriculum, advancing the education of tomorrow's business leaders, and creating a broader understanding of the global economy. How will the Center accomplish its goals? The LARC will assist... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
conditions that firms face; and the increased scale of activities fostered by global participation. The text examines how these phenomena create tensions and tradeoffs for executives concerning which product... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
Two years in, the C-suite installed by the private equity firm left abruptly in the middle of COVID. I returned as CEO and barely recognized our company. Thankfully, beneath the wreckage, Tatcha’s soul was still intact. We undertook a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
No Time Like the Present
Africa Health Holdings which works to improve the health care system in West and East Africa and has 38 facilities, 52 community outreach programs, and serves more than 500,000 patients; chairman of Golden Palm Investments, an impact investment View Details
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
interested Latino professionals prepare themselves to be considered for board positions. The virtual event was the second in a series of webinars offered as part of a coordinated campaign by the two alumni clubs, with consulting help from executive search View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley