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- 01 Jun 2013
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Five Bright Ideas
ISSUE FOCUS: EDUCATION INNOVATION Bright Idea #1 Training the Global Workforce, Gratis Mike Feerick (MBA 1993) FEERICK: At the grade school he attended in Ireland. "Knowledge and understanding," he says, "are being unleashed via the web like never before." Education is... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
Kuhns: Wrote the book on Chinese business realities. When it comes to investing in China, financier and industrialist John Kuhns (MBA ’77) looks backward to see the way forward. “I have always invested in China based on my belief that it is an economy a century behind... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
BRAILER: Aiming to give every American an electronic health-care record by 2014. American health-care providers may use the best technology in the world, but when it comes to patient records, the system is an inefficient maze responsible for unacceptably high numbers... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Industry-Related Clubs Offer Alumni a New Resource
In addition to the well-established network of HBS clubs in cities all over the world, a fairly recent development is the growing number of associations that have been formed around alumni interests. Over the past few years, two of these groups — the HBS Alumni... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Cooper Elected Alumni Board President
Peter J. Cooper (MBA ’75) is the new president of the HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors. President and CEO of Scienta Health Inc., in Toronto, Cooper is the first international president of the Alumni Board and will serve for two years. He joined the board in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
and suddenly, there's no doubt it's the 1990s: "Mr. Davis, how much money do you make? What kind of car do you drive? How many houses do you own?" It's a fact of life these days that when kids, or fans of any age, look upon a professional... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
40,000-square-foot hive that radiates creativity, community, and opportunity. “Titus and Jason are saying that the vision of a starving artist is a bunch of crap. If you’re a good artist, you shouldn’t starve.” —Deborah Berke, founding principal of the View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Palo Alto, CA Business management software, solutions, and services Lionel Bony (MBA 2006) Rocky Mountain Institute Snowmass and Boulder, CO Nonprofit research and educational foundation aiming to foster efficient and sustainable use of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
John Dearden Remembered
Distinguished Service Award in 1995. Dearden served as a mentor to a number of HBS students who went on to become members of the Business School faculty, including F. Warren McFarlan. “John Dearden was one of the early visionaries... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
vital to solving current economic troubles and explain what minority firms must do to take their place in major value chains. They then examine what governments, corporations, and support organizations ought to be doing to foster minority... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
someone who never would have thought of pursuing an advanced degree in business," says Kim, now a PRIMO mentor and a DBA candidate in Marketing at HBS, with a focus on consumer empowerment and firm transparency. "That summer really... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
Europe, he received the State Department's Meritorious Service Award in 1952. After more than twenty years of government service, Vernon became the planning and control director for Hawley and Hoops, Inc., the Newark View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
shrinking labor pool of talented people," Thomas continues, "today's companies are courting and working with diverse constituencies that were all but invisible to firms even a couple of decades ago. It is now widely accepted that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
Accountability Systems for Greater Performance and Commitment by Robert Simons (HBS Press) Professor Simons thinks leaders should regard the structure of an organization (the system of accountability that defines roles, rights, and responsibilities) not as a given but... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
HBS Grads Make Their Mark in India
Amelio Child Care Founder and CEO Sridevi Raghavan (MBA ’08) Amelio is India’s first on-site child-care services provider. The company helps firms to analyze their employees’ child-care needs and assists... View Details
- 19 Feb 2010
- News
The MBA Oath Debate
recent opinion piece in the Financial Times, HBS student Andrew Sridhar (MBA 2010) cited what he calls “troubling” aspects of the oath. For example, he doesn’t buy the professionalization analogy with oaths in law, medicine, or the... View Details
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
clearances for the government job he thought was waiting for him. DeFehr instead decided to attend HBS and join the family business, Palliser Furniture. He has now been a fixture at Palliser for more than 50 years. He was CEO of the 2,000-employee View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside Modern HR
pulled into the middle of a difficult business issue or a white-hot decision moment as a kind of internal coach. That is incredibly fulfilling from an impact perspective—being trusted as an advisor when it matters most. YY: What’s new in talent management? MB: Big data... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2017
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Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
financial services firm helps small and medium-sized enterprises raise capital and scale their businesses. In the past year NISK itself has grown, and now its team of eight works with 50 clients. Kyarisiima... View Details