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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
and the environment. Interestingly (given that we interviewed them in late 2007 and early 2008), they were very concerned about the volatility and fragility of the financial markets. They thought the financial world had become detached... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
does. You asked about advice. In fact, during one talk we had early on about the transition in leadership, he leaned back in his chair and said, "You know, if I were in your shoes, I'd change everything." What I took away from that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
early age. What impact has that had on your lifestyle? Nothing I’ve done after selling my first company has had much of an impact on my lifestyle. That gave me enough money to buy the kind of house I wanted and set aside enough for my... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
financial resources. In its early days, the Fundación funded mainly MBA students, and over its 25-year history, under the stewardship of its three chairmen—Antonio Madero (MBA 1961), Alfredo Elias (MBA 1975), and Enrique Tellez (MBA... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
will seem quaint in comparison, say the HBS alumni behind the nonpartisan group, Reform Elections Now (REN), who gave a virtual presentation to the HBS Club of Dallas in early September to educate and engage... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
Mehra (MBA 2009) Darren Brehm (MBA 2007) Sidhant Jena (MBA 2011) Esther Hsu Wang (MBA 2009) Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA 2007) Brian Elliot (MBA 2008) Friendfactor — SEF 2010 honoree Friendfactor is a social-action nonprofit that aims to View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
and sold her company. Sarah, a few posters down, used the knowledge gained from CWE workshops to build a $6 million computer-networking company. “We realized early on that we had tapped a real need,” notes Silbert as she takes in the... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
Nick Simmons (MBA/MPP 2019) was no stranger to the principal’s office as a student. “I was definitely an active, energetic young person who wasn’t always paying the closest attention,” says Simmons, currently senior advisor for school reopening and recovery under US... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
producers, instead of investing in just a handful of products and making them appeal to mass audiences, should spread their resources more equally across a larger number of smaller bets. A lot of people in the media world and investors bought into that notion, but I... View Details
- 27 May 2021
- News
History’s Future
country’s oil-based economy. AlMadani, an entrepreneur who cofounded National Talents Co. to improve STEM education in Saudi Arabia, joined the effort in 2016, shortly after Saudi Vision 2030 was announced. He served as CEO of the General... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
Photo courtesy Xiao Wang Photo courtesy Xiao Wang Thirty years ago, at the age of three, Xiao Wang (MBA 2014) came to the United States from Nanjing, China, to join his parents in Los Angeles. The couple had moved to pursue educational... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
I was eager to go into business, become as successful as I could, and then use my resources as much as I could to help social causes that were important to me, especially those relating to education and the environment." "I saw no reason... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
professional lives in a new direction. An early pioneer in the high-tech world, Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) worked in senior management and chief leadership roles at established corporations and start-ups alike during the 1980s and ’90s,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
spent the better part of the last two years planning and preparing for the early April event. Held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center and the adjacent Grand Hyatt Hotel, the meeting included two days of intense discussion... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
importance of family-owned and -operated enterprises to the international economy, HBS has long been on the forefront of research in this field. Among the early pioneers were HBS professors emeriti Renato Tagiuri and Louis B. Barnes, who... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 09 Dec 2008
- News
Last Look - December 2008
Williams writes: “The surprise celebration was held on an early spring afternoon in 1968 on the tarmac at Logan just as Zschau disembarked from his plane. It was organized by Chandler Daniels, a former member of The Highwaymen (a 1960s... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
Senior Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Harvard College, 1969 A.B., Government LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "By... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
Slifka places a high value on innovation can be seen in his involvement with the Big Apple Circus. A founding member and early supporter, Slifka has seen the Big Apple become the leading single ring circus in America. It is also... View Details
- 10 May 2022
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
preferred me to be more academic—which was a long shot.” Continental drift: “After college I taught physical education at a school in Oxford, and some Rhodes Scholars who lived in my building encouraged me to go to the United States. I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Entrepreneur Named Director of Harvard i-lab
by the entrepreneurship bug at an early age, and having helped launch several start-ups, I understand what it takes to bring a business concept from idea to fruition,” said Jones. “I am very excited to make the i-lab a valuable resource... View Details