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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Looking to the Majors
“Everybody is favorably impressed by Merritt and his commitment to the city. You can’t put a dollar figure on that” (Portland Tribune, June 26, 2008). Portland has only one major league franchise, basketball’s NBA Trail Blazers. But... View Details
- 02 Feb 2017
- News
Enabling Everyone in a Community to Contribute
how a life can be changed if you’re committed to doing it and seeing the person behind the form that we all present. “I’d say the endgame for what I do as CEO of the organization is to show the world that people with developmental... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Entrepreneurship at HBS
the last decade, under the leadership of Howard Stevenson, Bill Sahlman, and their colleagues, HBS has greatly expanded its commitment to this area. Our faculty have developed new ideas about launching and sustaining new ventures that... View Details
- 06 Jul 2017
- News
Leadership on a Global Scale
When the inaugural West Point All-Academies Asia Summit opened in Singapore in June 2015, Ray Jefferson (MBA 2000) celebrated a personal moment of triumph. For the Summit’s point person, this first-ever gathering in Asia for graduates of US service academies was a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
FAQ
Investing in HBS Giving Through HBS Giving Together Jump-Start From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’ Do any MBA students get a “free ride” at HBS? No, every MBA student is required to make a personal financial View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Upstart Startup
rainmaking in New York. The company is a committed meritocracy, which can be distinctive in the Indian setting. “We have the best people, be they from the Brahmin caste or the lowest ‘untouchable’ caste,” Sigelman noted. He added that,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
How the Ron Brown Award Was Born
ceremony.(photograph by Dotti Stone) Companies submitting projects for the award must be engaged in activities that significantly promote employee and/or community development and meet specific criteria. For example, a company's View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
(Zoonar RF/Thinkstock; iStock) Sweet Kiddles is a new concept in center-based childcare. Unlike traditional centers where parents must commit to fixed full- or part-time schedules, Sweet Kiddles’ flexible scheduling allows families to use... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
far cry from the $1 billion committed to its most recent fund. The focus initially was on finding companies that had gone beyond the start-up stage-those that needed an infusion of working capital to enable them to continue to grow. "I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
compelled to focus on protective legal processes and box-checking exercises rather than on formulating company strategy, identifying risks, and evaluating executive performance. The increasing time commitment required of board members,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Creating Change
existing structure.” Women from the Classes of 1970 and 1971 wrote letters and met with decision-makers. 2 “Figure out who those committed and powerful people are who can help you make a change.” For those seeking to open the doors to the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Stevenson Accepts Key University Position
fundraising goals and in securing many of the largest commitments to HBS in its current campaign,” said Summers. “He will now do that for us on a University-wide basis.” Stevenson was the chief architect of the School’s ongoing $500... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jeanne Jackson
most global businesses succeed because their core brand proposition has value across borders: Wal-Mart’s selection and low prices; McDonald’s convenience, cleanliness, and service; Nike’s commitment to performance.” Jackson believes that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
in shareholder value in the last few years. This value creation is simply a by-product of figuring out what consumers really want and delivering it. Tell us about Panera. It’s real food, served by real people in an engaging environment. Everything we do is rooted in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Model Teamwork
commitment of two motivated veteran volunteers. Longtime class leader (and former HBS Fund Chair) Mike Johnston was joined by new cochair Bill Spears last summer. Invested in the future of the MBA Program, the two leaders and their team... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Banking on Success
Weill, in 1998. Undaunted, he turned around a flagging Bank One, where he was chairman and CEO, and sold it in mid-2004 to JPMorgan Chase, where he immediately became president and, since January, CEO. Still committed to the supermarket... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
1st-Year MBAs Learn from Global Partners
excursions were Module 2 of the new, yearlong required FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development) course, which is designed to hone student skills in leadership, global understanding, and integrative thinking. “The Global Intelligence Module... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- News
Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George
organizational transformation through public service, activism, or social entrepreneurship, as well as their commitment to working in two of three designated areas—the public, private, and nonprofit sectors—over the course of their... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
committed to fighting poverty, which comes, in part, from having grown up in a single-parent household in Worcester, Massachusetts, and experiencing firsthand “the sacrifices parents make to push the next generation forward.” Community... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
programs worldwide. Additionally, the School regularly convenes groups of leaders, including but not limited to its alumni, to build and deepen learning, spur action, and foster solutions to today’s—and tomorrow’s—challenges. “The best business leaders are View Details