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Joseph Ferrer
When he leapt, I leapt. Where he flew, I flew beside him. Big Brother taught me to stay hungry and to stay focused, to endure in the face of adversity, and to love unconditionally. Big Brother was strong, but he was not superhuman. In his View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top
Last spring, a small, select group of new CEOs and CEO-designates from corporations with revenues of $1 billion or more came to Soldiers Field to participate in the second session of the New CEO Workshop, an HBS program led by Professor... View Details
Keywords: Jon Prestage
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
subscriptions. So it was doing well, but there’d been friction within the family, as there often is in family businesses, over the last few decades. Kind of towards the end of my time at HBS, my dad died in January '87. And the stock... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards
HBS professors Michael Porter and Rosabeth Moss Kanter have won the 2011 McKinsey Awards for best articles published in the Harvard Business Review last year. Established in 1959, the award has been given annually by HBR and McKinsey &... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
edited by Ted A. Adams "When you study the tire industry," HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow told a Class Day audience of graduating MBAs last June, "you are confronting the meaning of life." A distinguished authority on business history,... View Details
- Portrait Project
M. Monique McCloud-Manley
Leave a lasting impression on someone that has doubted the capabilities of people that look like me. Make it so that he will never doubt another black woman again without first thinking about the bigotry he had towards me... and how I... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
No Grand Plan, but a Clear Mission
(photo by Louise Kennerley) (photo by Louise Kennerley) Marne Levine’s (MBA 2005) resume includes stints at the US Department of Treasury, Harvard University, and Facebook, where she served as VP of global public policy. “I’ve been in each View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
careful consideration, we decided to postpone the 2003 Global Leadership Forum originally planned to take place in Shanghai, China, in June and reschedule the conference to June 15–17, 2004, in the same venue. The worrisome reports and... View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
inspectors alike. On average, inspectors cited fewer violations at each successive establishment inspected throughout the day, the researchers found. In other words, inspectors tended to find and report the most violations at the first View Details
- 14 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco
featured a reception and speaking program. The Dean was introduced by Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), president of the HBS Alumni Board. During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have View Details
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Mohamed Farid
Mohamed Farid, MBA 2015, likes change. In the last ten years, he's worked in nine different cities from Boston to Bangalore, Dubai, Cairo, Montreal, Ottawa, Chicago, San Francisco, and Waterloo, Canada. "So if you ever ask me where... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
Partnership, a pilot program implemented with the county’s mental health authority, Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), designed to create better outcomes in emergencies involving first responders and citizens with mental or behavioral health challenges.... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Staying Curious with the Harvard Innovation Labs Ahead of the 2021 Virtual President’s Innovation Challenge
Challenge Launch Event that took place in December 2020. What role does the PIC play at the i-lab? The PIC is our marquee event of the year. It’s a time for the entire i-lab community to come together to celebrate the entrepreneurial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Home from the Sea
sailing feat yet. It was time for me to place another call to update his amazing story (see article). Last March, skippering the 60-foot Great American III, Wilson completed this year’s Vendée Globe, an... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kunal Modi
I learned the meaning of community by leaving home. When I was fifteen, my family moved halfway across the world – from Illinois to Singapore – where I enrolled in an American school. I had been uprooted from everything familiar – the park where I played football, my... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kyle Caven
“Don’t embarrass us.” The last words I heard from my parents before every high school football game and wrestling match seemed to convey a focus on results and triumph. I felt enormous pressure to succeed and make them proud. Eventually,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Stem Cell Man
Last year, Brock Reeve (MBA ’88) was named executive director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute to bring his managerial and diplomatic skills to bear on achieving organizational cohesion and help speed laboratory innovations to market.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Youth Movement: HBS Clubs Make Students a Top Priority
On opposite coasts of the United States, two HBS clubs have developed innovative programs to help MBA students broaden their career options. "I am confident that I will get a job in Seattle when I graduate," says Martin DeBono (HBS '00), who participated in View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 10 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
“Blank” Inside: Branding Ingredients
aftermarket. Think cars with Michelin tires, Dolby stereo systems and Champion spark plugs. Today, the most impressive—and unlikely—ingredient brand promises to be the Boeing 787. On July 8, 2007, Boeing unveiled the 787 to the public. Over 650 orders have already been... View Details
- Portrait Project
Marla Metz
knew was that Harvard Business School was the last thing on my mind, a place that seemed surreal and out of reach. The only reason I even made it to move-in weekend was because of my loving and supportive... View Details