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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Record-Breaking Gift for Fellowships
Jonathan and Jeannie Lavine (both MBA 1992) Jonathan S. Lavine (MBA 1992) and Jeannie Bachelor Lavine (MBA 1992) met at HBS, and in the 25 years since they graduated, their appreciation for the importance of diversity in the HBS classroom has only deepened. In order to... View Details
- 19 Feb 2010
- News
The MBA Oath Debate
fiduciary responsibilities. In many countries, board members and, as a consequence, managers have a fiduciary duty to maximize the wealth of the shareholders. None of them would accept that managers promote ‘social and environmental... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
where he endowed the Blum Family Venture Philanthropy Fund to promote discoveries with potential to benefit the Israeli life-sciences economy. Closer to home, Blum established the Tikkun Olam Youth Science Prizes for middle and high... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
Utkal University, receiving his degree in 1978. During that time, he also took courses in banking and finance, which enabled him to be promoted to a managerial position. With little room for career growth at the bank where he worked,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
concert promoters very smartly, and that helped propel her into stardom. They also used the Internet really well, communicating with fans on social media and using YouTube videos and other types of visual media much better and more... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
businesses that could be created and, instead, maybe the business that I should create is an investment firm to promote founders entering the space and innovation in the sector.” She discovered that investor Alan Patricof, founder of Apax... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
selectivity indices 75 percent of the professionals in MLT’s mid-career advancement program received promotions within one year of completing the program “I think that what success will look like in the next 10 years is a critical mass of... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
greater returns. "Put simply, leadership makes all the difference—and few institutions can rival Harvard Business School in developing leaders. I ask you for your support in this important work." Referring to the School's five "I's" priorities, Nohria laid out how the... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
A Focus on Sustainability
in more than 100 middle-market companies and currently has $11 billion under management. Since officially retiring in 2012, he now oversees a family office that focuses primarily on environmental and educational organizations. His multipronged approach has included... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Fuller
service firms with rigid up-or-out promotion policies, Monitor “favors a more flexible approach to assessing an individual’s overall contribution,” says Fuller. The firm also had significantly diversified into principal investing, asset... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
distress for which critics blamed corporate managers, who were characterized in the media as “unaccountable plutocrats.” Out of this economic turmoil emerged a new view of American capitalism. So-called agency theory, developed and View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
common challenges and outlining real-life solutions. The authors posit that managers are the chief mental health officers of their teams, offering both a science-based framework for taking stock of their own impact on the workplace and strategies for improvement. Areas... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Accelerating Research in China
fund will help people to think about how they can contribute and how HBS can be a platform for promoting development in China,” says Plummer, who currently serves on the HBS Alumni Board. “The impact will be valuable both to China and to... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Business as a Force for Good
As director of B Lab, the standards organization for certified B corporations, Kim Riether Coupounas (MBA/MPA 1995) encourages companies around the world to be a force for good. By promoting policies that benefit their employees, their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Faculty Books
reap appropriate rewards. Consumer Capitalism by Gunnar Trumbull (Cornell University Press) The author investigates the origins of national systems of consumer protection in France and Germany, where consumer groups and producers organized in the early 1970s to View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Some Racquet
Korff, with Jennifer Capriati (left) and Monica Seles Photo courtesy of Korff Enterprises In an era of corporate sports, John Korff (MBA '77) is a throwback to the days of the maverick impresario. A promoter of sporting events, hot-air... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Roadmap for Moms
nationally) who face the challenges and rewards of returning to work: Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work (Warner Business Books, 2007). Rabin discussed their book during a recent promotion... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
these initiatives is to promote applications that push the limits of processing power. Upgrading to Intel's latest chip becomes a necessity, not a luxury. There is a hundred-year-old analogue to Intel's strategy. At the turn of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
believer in America’s entrepreneurial spirit.” — Deborah Blagg Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969 Founder and Chairman, FiBA Group At his Istanbul home. With his wife, Aysen, outside their home. Visiting a village where he has promoted education and... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Dec 2022
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Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
volumes and the customer experience and net promoter score (NPS) that’s most contingent on happy outcomes for well-handled, urgent calls. For me, this is choice three, going wider into financial services, travel, and health care. Episodic... View Details