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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Wanted: Leaders for the New Millennium
with similar backgrounds, experience, and interests for an additional perspective on the MBA Program. Dispelling the Age Myth In another new initiative, MBA Admissions has begun visiting universities to encourage undergraduates to include... View Details
Keywords: Cindy Olnick
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Bringing Out the Best
she says. Mentoring young women is a personal priority of hers, so she appreciates the School’s efforts to promote gender parity and encourage more women to stay in the workforce. These are just a few of the reasons that Curry, a member... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- News
On Balance
Mary Wooldridge (MBA 1994) has encountered gender discrimination in the workplace. “I think it’d be hard to find a woman in any workplace who didn’t have personal experiences of it,” she says. As director of Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Wooldridge, who... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
What I Do: Gordon Medenica (MBA 1979)
Millions tickets, when in reality they’re taking bets on the outcome of our game. So we’re fighting trademark battles, even as we have efforts well under way to develop the game internationally.” “When I started as director of the New York Lottery, I was View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- News
Suzanne J. Battit (MBA 1992)
higher education admissions, and a classmate encouraged her to explore fundraising. The rest is history. She is currently vice president of external affairs and advancement at The Greater Boston Food Bank, which helps feed 140,000 people... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
globally by 62 percent. Be human when it comes to money. The same principle applies to customers facing financial hardship, says Deshpandé, who encourages firms to initiate crediting and financing, deferral of payments, new payment terms,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Leslie Hale (MBA 2001)
all the boxes. Here was somebody who was going to coach, mentor, advise, and give me opportunity. I got some important advice early in my career: stay on the revenue-generating side of a business. Oftentimes women are encouraged to take... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Shared Vision for a Better World
experience. “I feel like I was given a great gift.” Harrold has reciprocated by consistently supporting HBS for 40 years. Over the past decade, he has also served as a class fundraising volunteer, encouraging classmates to follow his... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- News
Philanthropy’s Dilemma
An estimated ten times more money will pour into philanthropy during the first half of this century than during the entire century before. A high-profile case in point is the Giving Pledge, a campaign headed by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
New Venture Winner an Undercover Success
winner of the Alumni New Venture Contest and its $50,000 grand prize at an April awards ceremony at HBS. “I like to think of our product as the software that protects your hardware,” said Newnam, whose husband, Todd Newnam (MBA 1996) View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
2006 MBAs Go to Work
“We encourage them to give function a high priority because it’s been shown to result in the highest career satisfaction from a long-term perspective. The numbers show that our message is being taken to heart.” Class of 2008 Class Size... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
John Shad Professor of Business Ethics. Student feedback on Viewpoints was very positive. “It shed light on a lot of wider political-economic issues . . . [and] encouraged us to think about what we, as HBS students and future leaders,... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New York Club Names Entrepreneur of the Year
event chair Ron Gerber (MBA '86), who described the gathering as a way to encourage and recognize the increasing number of HBS graduates who are pursuing entrepreneurial careers in the New York area. The two runners-up for the award were... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources
leadership of Henderson and Professor Forest Reinhardt, the BEI coordinates the activities of a large group of Harvard faculty members from multiple disciplines in an effort, Henderson says, "to create new business models that encourage... View Details
Keywords: Dalai Lama
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method
and McFarlan was a big draw.” Vera and the HBS Club of Charlotte were inspired to present this talk as a way to encourage more alumni engagement with the club. But he quickly realized that all alumni might be interested, and expanded the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
encouraged than discouraged.” As one of the key business leaders who has spoken out about corporate responsibility, Paulson praised the free-market system and cautioned that the United States must be careful not to go too far in the... View Details
- 29 Jul 2024
- News
Leading the Way
Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. “I just really lacked direction,” says Trejo. That’s when he joined ASU’s Hispanic Students Business Association... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources
professional development programs are being cut from corporate budgets, I encourage you to renew your connections with HBS. As I enter my fifth year on the Alumni Board, and now as board president, I can tell you that HBS genuinely cares... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Student Battles ALS
promising research into commercialized ALS drugs. The other, Prize4Life (www.prize4life.org), is a nonprofit that will raise $10 million in incentives to encourage researchers to seek effective ALS treatments. Says Nate Boaz (MBA ’06),... View Details
- 11 Oct 2012
- News
Answering the Doctor's Call
says he never forgot one speech given by then-Dean John McArthur. “He encouraged us to embrace our community in a significant way,” Downing recalls. “He said we had been uniquely blessed and that we needed to reach out where we live. That... View Details