Alumni Association Board of Directors - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work

advancement more difficult. A 2013 survey of HBS alumni explored this question in greater detail, finding that a majority of both men and women had made at least one... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Where Conservation Means Business

reputed to be one of the richest men of his era, donated $5 million to Harvard University in 1924 to fund the construction of the new HBS campus. Among the artifacts is a... View Details

Keywords: Roger thompson

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

group. "A large measure of our success is based on the tremendous legacy of support for our mission from enterprising alumni like you. We see OPM as a very important part View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake

initiative's rapid progress has been aided greatly by the strength of the technology groundwork that has been established at the School over the past few decades. "This is not something brand new," notes Professor F. Warren McFarlan,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

on people. After all, according to Bill Elfers, one of the firm's founding partners, "The principal reason for accomplishment is dedicated and competent management." Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main... View Details

30 Aug 2018
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Sharing a Passion for Art

Netherlands in attendance. The name Voorlinden (literally “in front of the Linden”) has been associated with the surrounding landscape since the 16th century, but the museum’s architecture itself is... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

the board of WWB—a role that influenced the way she formulated her strategy at the World Bank. "I applied what I was learning in the young WWB to create a network for learning and change at the Bank in areas... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Covering All Corners

patients. Fortunately, I am a member of an MBA alumni association that has addressed the problem of providing the Egyptian health care system... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices

a record of racist or misogynist or homophobic tendencies. Boards of directors afflicted by conflict or indifference will sometimes look the... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

01 Dec 2012
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The Accidental Pioneers

education commissions and boards throughout the state of Texas and is chair-elect of the University of Michigan View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

29 Apr 2025
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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

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

15 Sep 2020
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How To Make Diversity a Reality

nonprofit focused on improving urban economies, and ICV Partners, a Black-owned private equity firm focused on companies in the lower middle market. Willie Woods is cofounder, president, and managing director View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964

later adopted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the nation's stock exchanges. Bajaj's expertise in these matters has also been tapped by the New York Stock Exchange, where he serves as a... View Details

14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

11 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)

working-capital needs of the business, we have to be careful to manage supply and demand." What one piece of advice would you give fellow alumni and current HBS students when... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

refrigerators, powerful-and-cheap computing, and $20 hacking kits, there is an infinite number of attack points and shrinking barriers to entry for the bad guys. So how do we win? We talked to four HBS View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation

president and CFO of Medtronic, overseeing a number of acquisitions and sales at the medical device company and broadening its reach to include a more global investor base. In this special edition View Details

24 May 2023
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Balancing Acts

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: What does "work-life balance" mean in today's post-pandemic world? Associate editor Julia Hanna asks this year's five recipients of... View Details

Keywords: work-life balance; happiness; family

01 Apr 2000
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A Place in the Sun

domestic product. The lure of faraway places recently led the Bulletin to consider two different sorts of vacation enterprises in which HBS alumni play prominent roles. The... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons

02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race

wild cheer when the scene settled to reveal a safe landing. “It was one of the most memorable and electric moments I have ever experienced,” Cornell says. READ MORE Maiden Voyage UAE’s ambitious, alumni-led space program gets off the... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

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