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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
Nearly half of HBS’s 82 clubs and associations sponsor social enterprise programs that put alumni management and leadership skills to work on behalf of local communities and the School, according to a recent survey. Club activities fall... View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
early success were it not for HBS and the OPM program, Taylor says. Classmates helped him network and even donated to the cause while the staff at Baker Library assisted with research. Professors Cynthia Montgomery, director of research... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
policy, having served as chief of staff of the National Economic Council and special assistant to President Obama for economic policy; four years later she moved over to Instagram (which Facebook acquired in 2012) to become the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Fostering a Supportive Community
business and sparked his interest in leveraging it to address social issues, which ultimately led him to HBS. Mbanusi, who now works for Guild Education, a tech platform that helps employers reskill their employees debt-free, found in his... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses
say. “We saw an opportunity to explore this rapidly evolving practice and develop new material that is both exciting for our students and relevant for practitioners.” Leadership: Execution & Action Planning (LEAP) Assistant Professor Ryan... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
If it weren’t for my father, I wouldn’t be at HBS today.” —JH Dan Gertsacov Gertsacov and HBS rugby mates outside Harvard Stadium. Many people view the relationship between business and social good as a trade-off. Dan Gertsacov does not.... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
investor, who launched Avestria specifically to focus on early-stage women's health and female-led life science ventures. “We need to rethink our approach to women’s health.” That will require investment, she says. “There’s a blaring gap in investment for women’s View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
Kennealey, who embraces the school’s emphasis on spiritual awareness, social responsibility, and academic excellence (98 percent of graduates are college-bound). He accepted the post at a challenging time. Salesianum had experienced... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics
corporate social responsibility to a group of students in China. After her talk, a confused young listener approached her. “She said, ‘But we all know that in order to succeed in business, you have to be selfish and evil!'” recalled Yang.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
The summer training program at Bear Hug Cattle Company starts truly at square one. “The first day is about teaching the guys how to just be out here and not die,” says lead instructor Zach Aguilar, gazing out from under his broad-brimmed hat to the grassy rangelands of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
improve the economic and social well-being of low-income people by helping them create sustainable businesses. The diverse microenterprises she worked with included oil seed extraction, a sewing school, farming activities, dairy... View Details
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Lights! Camera... Market!
brand. “Our consumer happens to be well-educated, interested in learning about social and environmental issues, and interested in independent arts, including independent film. So our consumer was a great fit with their audience,” says... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
broadly with the HBS community, but also work with our faculty to explore new avenues of inquiry to create productive research collaborations.” 2022–2023 Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society Visiting Fellows Stephanie Creary, View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
Professor Michael Norton and Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans (image by John Ritter) People aren’t very good at predicting what will make them happy, say Professor Michael Norton and Assistant Professor... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pearson Hunt
was in addition to my duties as an assistant professor of finance. The objective was to generate reader interest in the issues beyond alumni notes. We often did this by printing faculty members' thoughts on topics relevant to managers. We... View Details
Keywords: Pearson Hunt
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
social causes that have played a prominent role in his life since the late 1960s, when he served briefly as a speechwriter in Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. It was in those turbulent years that Dunphy, with fellow members of... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
Solutions Award from the Women and Gender Constituency. “We have assisted nine villages, and three ‘graduated’ at the end of last year by reaching self-sufficiency. That is really the holy grail of the work,” says Ruhr, who visits the... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
Baxter people worked first as assistants to senior managers and then were put into project-based assignments where they learned about different parts of the company. Within a couple of years, they were given responsibility for running... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
Image by John Weber Related Links Featured research: "Think Customers Hate Waiting? Not so Fast..." Read Director John Korn's blog Did you know? HBS alumni include... As an assistant professor at Columbia Business School, Modupe Akinola... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
Baker Foundation Professor, Emeritus William A. Sahlman presented the Entrepreneurship Award to Michael Martin (MBA 2015), founder and CEO of RapidSOS, an advanced emergency technology company that powers safety, security, health, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley