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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
Lerner: Not only is the system not doing its intended job, which is to encourage new ideas, it is essentially being hijacked to tax the innovators. Still, it’s a real struggle to get people excited about patent reform. What are the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
and the networking opportunities will be limitless. I hope to see you there. I will continue to update you on Board activi-ties in future issues of the Bulletin. In the meantime, I encourage you to maintain our vital network and stay... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Jeff Cruikshank
institutional expectations, they were not only given freedom but encouraged to do more. Doing a task well only meant that more interesting tasks would come your way. And since then, I've felt that's the right way to run the railroad.... View Details
Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
ask for IOUs in the form of savings bonds instead. In 2007, the federal government distributed tax refunds exceeding $248 billion to more than 114 million filers. Businesses have long capitalized on these refund dollars, which average $2,345 per recipient, by View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
More than a Game
in for the weekend from England with teammate Clive Minihan (MBA '81) and their wives. “But the real reason we came is to see our old friends.” Alumni ruggers interested in the Old Boys team are encouraged to contact Steve Watson... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
high-impact boards and also to bolster the ecosystem of nonprofit networks so they can share, exchange, and collaborate on best practices.” More than 1,000 people attended the summit over the two weeks, and participants were encouraged to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
its community. This transparency builds trust with all key stakeholders and is something that I believe the corporate world could learn a lot from.” Internally, Gower has focused on increasing morale among the council’s workforce, which he says was quite low when he... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest
HBS Service Leadership Fellows Program encourages graduating students to gain experience in nonprofit and public-sector organizations through a one-year fellowship program. The 2004 fellows were chosen from 71 applicants. Fellows and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
lend his business savvy to help found a museum dedicated to American writers similar to the Dublin Writers Museum of O’Hagan’s native Ireland. The museum, which includes a children’s books exhibit, encourages visitor engagement. The... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Porter Course Goes Abroad
encouraged to add local sessions, and the course also involves locally focused student group projects. Teaching the course was different, says Sölvell, because all pre-class faculty meetings, classroom case discussions, lectures, and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Training managers in the developing world
aims to help build a modern professional management class, help create jobs, spark value-added processing of raw materials, and encourage competitive manufacturing. “There are up to 100 institutions in Africa that define themselves as a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
encourage them to forget about the technical nomenclature and focus on the essence of processes and systems, using common terms and visual analogies," he says. Berglund had wanted to become a doctor since he was ten years old but deferred... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
then one day in 2008, Stata contacted Giler to encourage him to check out this wireless-electricity startup he had invested in. "It's a good case for networking," Giler says. He returned to the campus a couple of years ago to discuss a... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
entrepreneur, and two other cofounders, Keshavjee launched Honey Care Africa (HCA)—with Jiwa as director—to encourage beekeeping as an opportunity to enhance farmers' incomes. "From its inception, HCA has had an explicit triple... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
to be in show business, so at Columbia at least I was in the right theater, if not the right row. Then came my big break: a benevolent Lampoon friend of mine who worked for David Letterman called to say that his show needed writers and View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Turning Point: The Dark Season
I’m unemployed.” Yet every day I was leading a prayer conference call for hundreds of people from across the country. The feedback was that my words were extremely encouraging and helpful. So there’s a sense of envy in realizing God’s... View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
A Canadian Hero
said University of Toronto president J. Robert Prichard. After accepting the club's award -- and with it, a Harvard chair -- Schwartz, a Winnipeg native, briefly discussed his career and, quoting President Theodore Roosevelt, encouraged... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
be successful doing that and also be the kind of mom that I grew up with, which was a stay-at-home mom. So, we came up with the bright idea – actually, my husband encouraged me – to buy a small business. And I knew I wouldn’t be working... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Realizing a Dream
who applied, was waitlisted, and then rejected. “I gave it everything I had,” he recalls. He was ready to give up, but his then wife encouraged him to follow up with a call to HBS’s admissions director, Laura Gordon Fisher. “I know who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
the Skills Gap Project, the college debuted a new health-care curriculum designed to meet the skill needs of a nearby medical center. Their next project: encouraging other HBS alumni clubs to tackle the issue in their communities. “We can... View Details
Keywords: April White