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Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade
breakfast.” 52 Other recreational activities included billiards, bowling, cricket, fencing, amateur theatricals, and reading in lending libraries established in the treaty ports. Augustine Heard, Jr. explained that “it was the dream of... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
was one of the original and largest HBS alumni clubs for a long time,” Slivka says. “Our records show that our first club president was Nathan Pearson (MBA 1934) who served in 1941 to 1942. So we go back close to 80 years.” Slivka said the club was most View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
situations where science learning comes naturally. “We’ve adapted our activities on the island to be the outdoor laboratory for Boston’s middle-school science curriculum,” explained Pearson. “We know exactly what content they’re trying to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
combines academic and experiential learning and involves students in activities as diverse as constructing solar panels, producing maple syrup, and delivering emergency medical care in search-and-rescue situations. "Our educational goal,"... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
board chair of Valiente, while raising her children, sons who are 10 and 12, and a daughter who is 8. The powerful moments are many, and Huebner and her husband, Kyle (MBA 1997), chief financial officer of Stamps.com, encourage their children to View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
Baker returned to the United States and was involved for many years in a variety of trading activities that took him to some two dozen countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Observing further how corruption could subvert markets... View Details
- 21 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: CPP Investment Board
infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and currently has offices in Toronto, Hong Kong, London, New York, São Paulo, Luxembourg and Mumbai. How long has your organization been recruiting at Harvard Business School and what roles do you hire for? Our fund launched... View Details
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Max Reichel
theory. They're actively engaged in challenging my assumptions, while enhancing my decision-making prowess under uncertainty. The cases are based on real-life business and ethical dilemmas that force me to formulate my opinions and defend... View Details
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Jeremy Lipstein
multiple — and often conflicting — constituencies. There were a number of issues the administration wanted to address that conflicted with student interests. And with the allocation of the student activities fund, I learned how to manage... View Details
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Damien Hooper-Campbell
learn from the best. Here, the professors push us to be real with each other, to speak freely and yet push back in a respectful way. That creative tension is what breeds real learning." While the school's wide variety of extracurricular View Details
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Akshay Ghulati
great training for real-life situations where you have to lead people who may be better informed than you are." Change in India In the first semester, Akshay had been actively involved in the India conference, which allowed... View Details
- 09 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Veterans Day Reflections
me that I am at Harvard Business School. It is sometimes easy to get wrapped up in the day to day, so it is important never to take it for granted. Especially this time of year, I try to reflect not only on the opportunities in front of me but also what brought me... View Details
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Partners & Families | MBA
and partner experience great. Partners can also take a leadership role by becoming the Partner Rep or the Family Rep in their student’s section. Campus Clubs Partners are invited to join any of the 95+ student-run clubs . Participating in club View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Advance Racial Equity in the Office
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong Can you name a handful of measurable initiatives that your organization is actively pursuing to address racial inequities? If not, chances are good that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
What a Difference a Community Can Make
should be proud that 59 percent of MBA alumni participated in this effort and that there was a significant increase in Executive Education alumni giving as well. The $1.4 billion raised is already having a meaningful impact at HBS. While enhancing core View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
to report on the Board's activities and to encourage you to provide feedback. Last year, under Cathy's energetic leadership, the Board divided into three committees, each one taking on a broad issue of importance to alumni: Continuing... View Details
- 26 Oct 2011
- News
On Top, Down Under
also notable for its activity in the community, “investing millions of dollars, and with nearly one-third of employees volunteering their time to help out with community-based organizations,” the Australian reported. In 2010, for the... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
titles such as chief financial officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer, and chief human resources officer. “In companies that have more related businesses, it makes sense to have these positions toward the top with the objective of centralizing the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
vanquish a problem, we have to understand it." Start with the question, "How do people eat?" suggested Chu. People develop economic activities that are of worth to someone else, he continued. "That's the source of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'
Dodd-Frank. A lot of that is just the Fed driving higher capital requirements for the banks. That has probably been the single factor contributing to financial stability. On the other hand we have seen a lot of migration of activity... View Details