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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
fresh approaches to problems. The distinction caused a ruckus at HBS, which saw itself as a school of management. But the article held sway, winning Zaleznik the McKinsey Award for the best HBR article that year. Eventually, HBS would redefine its View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals
centerpiece event of the WSA, a fifteen-year-old organization whose mission is to foster a supportive environment for women at the Business School and to provide services that help them to succeed as students and in their careers. The... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
financial history. Ruth Goodwin-Groen (MBA 2001) is on a mission to change that. “Our job will not be done until all people—old or young, rich or poor, male or female—are able to make and receive payments in a way that works for them,”... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
learning to read, to reading to learn. By some reports, more than half of kids are getting left behind. A government mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) has been launched to address this. I think the government has a role... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
institution," Knutson says of the label that has brought to public attention little-known groups such as Burning Spear and Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas, as well as the better-known George Thorogood and the Destroyers and J.D. Crowe and the New South. "The founders... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
the elements of our Credo focused on creating a community unified in its mission to improve quality of life.” The release goes on to note that Edwards has partnered with firms that have expertise in using capital to benefit underserved... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
help veterans gain the skills they need to thrive in civilian life and to continue their mission of serving others,” says York. Tabitha Strobel (MBA 2018) (photo by Susan Young) Tabitha Strobel (MBA 2018) (photo by Susan Young) RECIPIENT:... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
management education as a way of achieving that goal.” Over nearly two decades, SEI has developed from a visionary concept to a mainstay in the School’s mission of developing business leaders who are concerned not only with the bottom... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
'97), senior director of business development at Brodia, is the point at which her company intends to turn online shopping on its head. "Our mission is to commerce-enable the consumer - putting control back into their hands. Many Internet... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
possibilities, and in making this gift, my son is inspiring that spirit of possibility in others." Commenting on the gift, Dean Kim B. Clark said, "Rufus Lumry's career personifies the mission of the Harvard Business School to provide... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
describes the personal nature of the work and the effort to bring more of a sustainability lens to investments in the AUC's endowment. "Education changed the course of my life—it's something my mother fought dearly for, and my mission is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
York City to his time as an internationally touring opera singer, his business launch during the Great Recession, and ultimately to his position as founder and CEO of Aria, a real estate company with a mission to humanize the experience... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
created by working as colleagues on this project." "And last but by no means least," Sasser adds, "EDP gives our faculty the very rewarding sense that they are contributing to improving an organization whose only mission is to help poor... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
wrong consequences.” Leadership, central to the mission of HBS and other top schools, can’t be taught in a classroom, he contends. Mihnea Moldoveanu (DBA ’97) of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management maintains that the... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Trevor Fetter, MBA 1986
I support HBS to give back, because I have gained so much from the School over the years. I’ve also seen firsthand how effectively the School carries out its mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. I’m more excited... View Details
- 18 May 2016
- News
What Does the American Dream Mean in Today’s America?
Alexander Navab (MBA 1991), head of investment firm KKR’s Americas private equity business, was honored this year with an Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented annually to “individuals who have made it their mission to share with those... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Life Is a Marathon
has led “a life heartily lived,” the Times reported. “You’ve got to have goals in life or you wither away,” Mendes said. “It’s no disgrace to fail, only not to try.” Before his career in investment banking, Mendes was a Marine Corps pilot who trained, and flew View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
million people—to make donations to efforts to organizations like Turkey’s AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Authority), Red Crescent of Kazakhstan, and the National Volunteer Network. “Kaspi.kz’s mission is to improve people’s... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
with our mission of providing a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere. What has influenced your thinking in regard to Khan Academy? I know this sounds dorky, but anyone who wants to better understand my long-term thinking and... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
mission interrupts his search. Fighting unjust forces, Joe is swept into an evil plot that neither can elude. Their struggles against machines, men, and nature test the resilience of the human spirit. Set in a richly imagined near future,... View Details