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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
shaped by sensing the human experience first and then moving into policy.” Wolfensohn’s current projects, as well as a family foundation run by his daughter Sara, reflect his continuing belief that the growing gap between poor and wealthy... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
With the 15th Reunion for the Class of 1984 just around the corner, the Bulletin revisits five members of the class we've been keeping tabs on over the years to learn how they're balancing family and professional responsibilities. We View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
skills, and the host country’s needs. Why is Morocco so important? Morocco straddles the West and the Arab world and is a longtime ally of America — it was the very first nation to recognize our fledgling,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
Schaffner (MBA ’09): “During my first year, a coed group of friends often went to Shad and did separate workouts, then walked over to Spangler for what soon became known as ‘family dinner.’ We talked about life and classes, game-planned... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
other public institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund, as well as representatives from the private sector, client countries, and nongovernmental organizations. EDP cohorts typically consist of some 120 participants; the first... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
headquarters, where Skullcandy creates and markets high-quality, boldly designed headphones, earbuds, speaker docks, iPhone/iPod accessories, and clothing. What’s this first year as CEO been like? We went public in July 2011, a few months... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
father [Robert K. Merton, a National Medal of Science winner whose work in theoretical sociology at Columbia University has spanned fifty years] has been a strong influence in your life and your career. What did he say when you told him?... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
continue to do work in the media (when I didn’t know anything about it and was questioning if I could do it), and my first book, Mom Hacks, launched this February and became a national bestseller, and I now... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
Yes, I was a bit of a curiosity, but I’ve always gone a bit off the beaten track, and having that be my first experience of the United States gave a very different perspective. You hear about and understand race issues very quickly.”... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- News
Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online
Black community as a private-enterprise desert, with devastating consequences.” To prevent this, he gave an overview of how to fill out the PPP loan application, and shared promising data from Seaway National Bank in Chicago, where most... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
the National Venture Capital Association, the volume of capital flowing into startups in the first quarter of 2019 was up by 10.5 percent from the previous year, but the number of deals was down by 22.5... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
population is increasing faster than any other nation in history, while its birthrate is shrinking. That double whammy is reducing both the workforce to care for the elderly and the tax base to support its universal health insurance... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Congressional Oversight Panel’s report, attempt to address in several ways. First, by identifying firms that pose systemic risks, free and unlimited implicit guarantees become explicit guarantees that the government can, for the first... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
first stated mission was to educate leaders who “make a decent profit—decently.” By the early 1990s, the mission was articulated as “educating leaders who make a difference in the world.” What it means to educate leaders has evolved over... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
but these are also good times to be shipping physical cargo the way it was done when America first began to industrialize. Indeed, says Ward, it’s back to the future: The country is in the midst of a “rail renaissance.” One heartening... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
Oaxaca City, local activist Gustavo Esteva, a founder of the Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca, gave us a crash course in Zapotec culture, a way of life for the area’s indigenous people who first settled the Oaxaca valley thousands of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
from the Class of 1977 interviewed for this article, Fox came to the restaurant industry by an indirect path, but now finds himself completely immersed in its unique complexities and rewards. The National Restaurant Association projects... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
first read Pride and Prejudice in my teens and it resonated for me, but I revisited it after watching the 1995 BBC adaptation, and that’s when it became my absolute favorite. It has inspired me to remain hopeful in adversity, rethink my... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
organization. And they came to Yunnan province in southwest China where I am from. They were attracted, first of all, by the amazing biodiversity and cultural diversity of Yunnan region. And they wanted to explore helping Chinese... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
States to the Jordanians. Proof of the venture's strategic benefits are apparent in sales that top $10-million in the first year of operation and are expected to exceed $25-million in the second. Collaborative ventures such as Century... View Details