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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
Wyss: Thanks the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association for presenting him with the Beatrice D. Ellerin Alumni Achievement Award. Related Links 2007 Alumni Achievement profile Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University For... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Students Assist Needy Family
A Boston family threatened with homelessness got a financial lift from more than seventy HBS students just before Thanksgiving. In response to an e-mail campaign launched by roommates Grace Simmons and Jennifer Kelm (both HBS ’10), their classmates used the charity... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
(Rotman-UTP Publishing) This book tackles the similarities and differences between the financial systems of Canada and the United States. The authors reveal the different paths each system has taken since the early 19th century, even... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
be determined. Snoey says that riding has replaced his other great love, mountain climbing. Scaling over fifty mountains around the world, including Mount McKinley, Alpamayo, Kilimanjaro, Orizaba, and Mont Blanc, took its physical toll over the years. “I feel there’s... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2024
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Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
HBS provides students with financial assistance from classroom to career. SUPPORTING STUDENTS The School provides similar opportunities to MBA students interested in exploring careers during the summer in sectors that don’t traditionally... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
generation of family. “That’s often the preferred method,” says founder and CEO Rick Bauerly (MBA 1996). But when that’s not possible, then we want to be the next-best alternative, which is a group of family businesses with similar... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
This "new plant, new team, new concept" approach has generally worked well elsewhere for GM, Hughes says, in part because "when substantial capital and resources are thus committed, you go out of your way to understand the requirements of your customers." Hughes... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Eric C. Feagler: Against the Odds
made me much more aware of human limitations — others’ and my own. “My hope,” he adds, “is to use what I’ve learned through this ordeal to help others in overcoming similar challenges.” Feagler, his wife, Kitty, and their new daughter... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
company share prices. However, scholarly studies suggest these are not reliable indicators of companies' true economic value. In a similar vein, the late Paul Samuelson said financial markets are "micro-efficient and macro-inefficient."... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector
accomplished. It meant a lot to meet someone with a similar background to me who was helping fund my education.” Greenbaum’s HBS experience has been exactly what she’d hoped. “I really enjoy being exposed to different perspectives. It’s... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
Georgia Levenson Keohane Photo courtesy of Georgia Levenson Keohane What is social entrepreneurship? Is it simply an approach to business in which profit comes hand in hand with some positive social change? Or is it the application of business methods to a nonprofit so... View Details
- 13 Jul 2011
- News
How Generation Next is Rebuilding Japan
- 31 Jan 2013
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Bloomberg's Washington footprint explodes
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Surveying Students’ Summer Plans
Minnesota winter returns.” Eduardo Russian (MBA 2018) Hometown: San Diego, California Destination: Camino Financial, Los Angeles (Social Enterprise Initiative Summer Fellow) “A friend who saw similarities between my story and that of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Mar 2017
- News
Making Rapid Progress in the Fight Against Cancer
in 2 chance of developing cancer in their lifetimes. That’s pretty similar to the figures here in the US and in most of the western world. But actually the largest growth in the number of cancer cases are happening in emerging economies,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Exotic Travel
their travels, providing “how-to” tips for families with similar interests. After Jennifer succumbed to ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in February 2003, completing the book became a labor of love for Nichols. Exotic Travel Destinations for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
team. It’s amazing what getting out of the office and onto a ropes course can do for a group. How does running Outward Bound compare with running a truck-parts company? It is similar in that you need to marshal support for an idea and... View Details
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
social media,” Gelman explains. Several years ago, the Patriots relied on similar analytics to re-invent its marketing to women, launching successful merchandising, a new online content section called Patriots Lifestyle, and social media... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg