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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sunshine State
filling vending machines after his textile-equipment business collapsed. The younger Greene ended up making a fortune in Southern California real estate; later, his success at subprime hedging earned him the title “The Meltdown Mogul”... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Hot Tip
business information in countries across the continent. Nkontchou (pronounced en-CON-choo) was born in Cameroon and moved to Paris with his diplomat parents when he was 13. Of his decision to earn an MBA from HBS, he told USA Today... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
People Watching
million readers worldwide, Time Inc. has posted ten consecutive years of earnings growth and accounts for almost 10 percent of corporate profits for AOL Time Warner, where Moore is now the highest-ranking woman. “My goal is to continue to... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
working internationally and to seek ways to have a bigger impact,” she says. “One of the key components of my career has always been how to make an impact.” Logging more frequent flier miles than Carmen Sandiego, Brooks continued to travel after View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Turning Point: Eternal Returns
Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in the middle of Typhoon Gloria in 1957 and spent my early childhood in Kowloon’s Walled City, which at the time was an extremely poor and densely... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
INK: Out of Exile
through the purgatory of refugee status, they found asylum in Oklahoma. Nayeri went on to earn a BA at Princeton, an MBA and MEd at Harvard, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The author of two previous novels (Refuge and A... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
interrupted by service in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 but after his discharge, he resumed his studies there, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1947 and a master's in 1948, both in economics. He earned a Ph.D. in economics from the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
Who Benefits from Bonuses? Over the past decade, senior corporate executives have been earning record-high bonuses in record-high numbers. What accounts for this striking increase? Do bonuses motivate executives and enhance organizational... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
deteriorated, and crime increased. "I remember feeling that my parents and neighbors were victims of forces beyond their control," Jones says. Later, while earning a degree at the University of San Diego, Jones, at age 23, became chief of... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Porter Appointed to University Professorship
teaching and research to make important contributions throughout the University," said Clark. Porter joined the HBS faculty in 1973 after earning his doctorate in business economics at Harvard, and he soon became one of the School's... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
pre-MBA aspirations. In the classic division of MBAs into two camps, poets and quants, Kuhns falls solidly into the former. After earning an MFA in sculpture and drawing at the University of Chicago, he served as an undergraduate teaching... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
continuing flow of detailed monthly earnings reports, and many directors engage in weekly and often daily conversations with management. The idea is to pursue a candid, informal, and continuing dialogue with management. Finally, most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
with Albert, a college student, as a ticket taker, I recalled how young people sometimes need a break. Albert, who was about to get married, was logging more than forty hours a week while earning a degree at night. While others might have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
announced that those three correct answers would earn a C. Then he asked who in the section had worked out the answers to two more questions: When did the company start making a profit and when did the company recoup its investment?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Touch Down
traveling some 300,000 miles, the equivalent of a trip to the moon and halfway back, said SignOnSanDiego.com (January 8, 2011). The epic voyage also earned Gannon’s Lady the distinction of going to more places in the world than any other... View Details
Keywords: world records
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
COVID-19. The largest group of Promise applicants at CCRI comes from families making less than $25,000 annually. Can you speak to how the program opens doors for students and provides a boost to local economies? Higher education is the path to opportunity in this... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
school: Although she never completed her undergraduate degree, Chong earned her executive MBA at the National University of Singapore. “I always wanted to experience campus life. It was one of the toughest things in my life, because I... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
cofounder of Intuit, the world leader in software for personal and small business finance. After studying economics and math at the University of Southern California and earning his MBA, he learned the ropes of product marketing at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
flexible contract invested significantly more in their businesses and earned higher returns as a result. Their businesses were bigger three years later, and they are still bigger now, ten years later. That paper was very influential and... View Details