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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
requirement when it came to recruiting: find the best person for the job. So when he needed to staff the Special Funds Branch, which would finance the organization’s clandestine activities, Donovan turned to Wall Street and the country’s top colleges, tapping View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
of the School’s California Research Center. “Arthur Rock epitomizes the mission of Harvard Business School,” said Dean Clark, who stressed the importance of Rock’s professional example as well as his achievements. “We are dedicated to... View Details
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
income of the importing country. Because most low-income countries import the bulk of capital goods, our results provide suggestive evidence that capital goods are more expensive in poor countries, consistent with the conventional explanation regarding the low real... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024
Supplemental Financial Information Financial Overview Harvard Business School’s economic model is designed to support the School’s mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Prudent management of financial resources... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
to the "Arauco: Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion?" case. This short case looks at the company in late 2007 after it has decided to invest in a Brazilian joint venture involving forests, saw mills, and a paper mill.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
the value of business school research. Henry Mintzberg of McGill University in Montreal devoted a book to his contention that "conventional MBA programs train the wrong people in the wrong ways with the wrong consequences." Leadership, central to the View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist
find solutions to the water crisis. Tom named his company Burnt Island Ventures. “I try to be a tourist agent,” he laughed. The Burnt Islands, three small islands on the west coast of Scotland, his father’s homeland, have been his favorite view since childhood. But his... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Entrepreneurship at HBS
read in this special Bulletin issue, our alumni have founded or helped to transform many important companies over the years. They have shaped the evolution of industries as diverse as cable television, microcomputer software, publishing, specialty retailing, View Details
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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity
hopes that morale improves. Operating with openness, humility, and an investment in cultivating cognitive integrity enables us to expand our capacity for critique. It only improves the work. When the gaps in our technology and... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
themselves more and worry about mission impact. I believe nonprofit leaders get too bogged down in operational issues, be it fundraising, or managing the board, or program execution. They need to be more strategic. Q: What role can HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
percent of Hong Kong's exports involve China either as a source or market, and 60 percent of the total investment in China is channeled from the territory. In addition, he said, Hong Kong is an outward-looking economy that serves a wider... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
not just maximize shareholder value but doing good by doing well—how to pursue business that has a social mission at its heart while also generating returns for its investors,” said Mbanusi. Casting a wide net in his applications, Mbanusi... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
says the experience allowed him to help people who were motivated to help themselves. “It was exactly the mission I wanted,” he reflects. In the aftermath of 9/11, Kennealey decided in the spring of 2002 to put his career as an educator... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders
and Phillips-Sadler noted that for many, traveling to HBS was a major investment that was often difficult to justify with strained startup budgets and tight timelines. “Our mission is to democratize access... View Details
- 10 Oct 2014
- News
Chicago Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
team. “I owe much to HBS,” she continued, “my ability to start and build my own investment fund, to launch a nonprofit initiative in early childhood education, and to get an Illinois news organization off the ground. All of these... View Details
Keywords: HBS Campaign
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About
fulfillment for everyone in your organization? How might you operate your organization with a shared goal—a mission statement, a set of values, and clearly defined priorities that mobilize and motivate? An example in my life of someone... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
line impact fund that was launched in 2016.” Gandhi: “I am a music producer and drummer whose mission is to elevate and celebrate the female voice. I produce music that tackles issues of modern gender equality today, and I travel the... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
music producer and drummer whose mission is to elevate and celebrate the female voice. I produce music that tackles issues of modern gender equality today, and I travel the world to speak and perform about these issues.” Tucker: “I’m a... View Details
- 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 View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance