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- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chair, Walt Disney Studios; Roland Hwang, managing director, Climate and Clean Energy Program, NRDC. Alan Horn (MBA 1971), Chairman of Walt Disney Studios and Chair of the Natural... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
was a very different business from the academic programs, and it had to be managed accordingly. It needed a different organization, different kinds of people, and different View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
beholden to the CEO," Burke says. Not only should an independent board and lead director govern companies, he advises, but business executives also need to "recreate a trust... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
shifting carbon footprint when they have a big life event? Jen Flint: One of the side effects of this crisis has been that we all abruptly stopped getting in our cars and boarding airplanes, we stopped all... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
of the experience I had on my sabbatical led me to believe that I wanted to spend a year really giving of my time, and so I went to work with a nonprofit, whose board I had been on for the past five years,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
“This has to be a shared mission,” Obama told attendees at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University, where he signed the order onstage. “So much of our computer networks View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
its own idiosyncratic preferences. The CEO controls the company culture. One key, I think, is to listen broadly, with an open mind. The board of directors is an important sounding board, but the CEO is in a position to gather View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
projected to increase to 30 or 40 within the next several years according to Blackley, the company's president. Part of that pace is due to the expertise and credibility provided through its association with The View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
information you have. Ultimately, this process leads you to a zone for judgment; it's a process I have used throughout my career." COMMUNITY OUTREACH Director, The Council for Excellence in Government Director, Capital Partners for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
Schumpeter Illustration by Anita Kunz Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883–1950), an Austrian who taught at Harvard for twenty years, was “one of the greatest economists who ever lived, and an electrifying personality besides,” writes HBS... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
Foundation, an educational fund founded by board chair Ashish Dhawan [MBA 1997] and Siddharth Yog [MBA 2004], founder of the emerging-markets investment firm Xander.) Rocket already works with public schools... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
the most experienced voices at HBS—Bill George, Krishna Palepu, Rakesh Khurana, and Lorsch himself—to address the challenges of governance and the role of corporate View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
(“Shiggi”) Yawata moves Sumida toward a U.S.-inspired “committee system” for its board of directors — the first Japanese company to do so. The case was a collaborative project undertaken by Professor Lynn Paine View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (where she continues to serve as a board member), Diniz had already launched a consulting business but was ready to move on. “I’m very results-oriented, very practical,” she says. “I wanted to invest... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Tap into Valuable Alumni Resources
informal surveys conducted by an Alumni Board committee, most alumni are not aware of the School’s many offerings. A classic marketing conundrum? Yes! While the School works on sharpening the message of what’s available View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
putting his ideas into action. At a high level, he has led a restructuring of the organization’s all-volunteer board, creating technical and commercial committees to focus on strategy and better involve the... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
Greg. They also created a medical advisory board comprised of experts in their respective fields who are not currently conducting research—and, therefore, not seeking funding. “The decision-making process is... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
sickle cell anemia.) A board member and former chair of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, Fisher says states are stepping up to fund stem-cell work, partly in response to their constituents who want... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
day when board members sit around the table and simply wonder how we can dig ourselves out of the hole we’re in.” On balance, the firm excels at solving even the toughest problems, as evidenced by its track... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
many others over the next two days, Morkel stated, "An African renaissance will be a pipe dream if we fail to realize that we are a part of the global village." Michael A. Thompson (85th AMP), who organized the conference with cochair Ewald J.H. Wessels (MBA '71),... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young