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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera
and COO of Rohm and Haas, the largest specialty chemicals company in the United States. The longtime Philadelphia resident, who started his forty-year career at Rohm and Haas as an engineer, says he was ready for retirement but felt no... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
a lot of doors. - Peter Tufano "Most of us spend the lion's share of our careers teaching thousands of people the way to earn millions of dollars," observes Peter Tufano, the Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management and chair... View Details
- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
Photo courtesy of Francis Tapon Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Francis Tapon (MBA 1997) was off to a bright tech career after HBS, working at a Silicon Valley startup before stints at Hitachi and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
and energy sector lead for The Rise Fund at TPG Global, saw interest from both younger alumni working in the field and senior alumni who have had successful careers and are looking for new opportunities to make a difference. “Climate... View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
Of all the great HBS professors, Chris Christensen was unequaled as a champion for case-method teaching. He elevated the School’s signature method of instruction to an art form and then devoted much of his career to helping other teachers... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Centennial Goes YouTube
of all time lines” by its chief architect. This year’s reunion participants can sign up for a video storytelling session while on campus. So can attendees at the Centennial Business Summit in October. If you don’t plan to be on campus... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
William K.L. Fung
open-minded about what I could do," says Fung. "He was a visionary." So William took on the challenge and went to work. Six months later, he presented a plan to professionalize Li & Fung's management by severing ties between the... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices
by Assistant Professor Myra Hart. Working in self-selected teams, students may now spend up to a year on projects that explore organizational problem solving, industry or country analysis, or business plan development. A new field study... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Mary Quin: A Life-Changing Story
president and general manager at the time, Quin has since seen her life change as a result of her terrifying ordeal, and she is currently taking time off from her business career to write a book about the incident. While on a two-week... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
opportunity to start my own business. I actually wrote the business plan in one of my HBS courses as the final project. I then took this business plan to the bank and was able to secure a loan to start a... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
gained from the CSML program to help navigate issues wrought by the pandemic: “With the increased demands of leading a campus through the ever-changing landscape of COVID-19, the ability to triage needs, inspire hope, and develop robust response View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
Reflective Leader. Led by HBS professors Tom DeLong and Scott Snook, participants delved into case discussions about authentic leadership, explored their personal strengths and weaknesses, and began to put perspective on their true purpose as they look ahead at their... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
you recommend as preparation for a career in venture capital? Doerr: The best preparation is operating experience in a well-managed, high-growth, high-tech company. Without that it's hard to support great entrepreneurs and teams. HBSB:... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise
already established careers overlooks the fact that many graduates have been motivated by the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative to pursue this work full-time,” said Nancy Lane (PMD 29, 1975), a member of the dinner committee and... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
environmental career that started on the banks of the Rhine River. Merkl grew up in Cologne, Germany in the 1960s—a time when the Rhine was so polluted that anyone even daring to wade into it risked arrest. "It stank, literally," recalls... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
EMC Corporation “As I plan a career relaunch, it would be hard to feel ‘successful’ if my definition of it hadn’t evolved over the years. Marriage and having children were the first events to make me reflect... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
graduates have shown increasing interest in carving out careers in these areas, while other alumni often look to make contributions following rewarding private-sector careers. Innovative Leadership One such individual is Donald P. Nielsen... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
interested in learning about their industry, not in landing a job. Even so, the visiting students - most of whom will graduate in June - no doubt had jobs on their minds. The CMC Ventures Club worked with the School's Office of MBA Career... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
smart can be even more important than working hard." HBS Press Books in Brief Leading the Revolution, by Gary Hamel, offers an action plan -- indeed, an incendiary device -- for any company or individual intent on becoming or persevering... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
Photo: Courtesy Chapman Partnership Symeria Hudson (MBA 1997) never expected to find herself leading a nonprofit. She began her career with 25 years in the corporate world, the first 10 years in consumer goods and then 15 in the medical... View Details