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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Code Breakers
Photo courtesy of Deborah Singer Photo courtesy of Deborah Singer For all of its innovation, the tech sector still lags behind the general economy in gender parity, and the news is only getting worse: Whereas the percentage of women in... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
As head of General Motors's international division - which last year invested $2.45 billion worldwide - Louis Hughes brings a rock-steady philosophy to the auto giant's global operations: "Wherever possible, invest where you sell." Hughes... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
accountability, transparency, and trust; those three things will be even more important in the future.” When he was tapped to head GE in 2001, Jeff Immelt had already built an impressive nineteen-year career at the storied company that pioneered the development of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
always-open Store 24 convenience stores. T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56) focused on perfecting the packaging elements that would make Sealed Air padded mailers as ubiquitous as the mail itself. Putting in place his environmentally friendly View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Managing Family Assets
responsibilities. You wouldn’t give resources to people in your business who you think are likely not to succeed. But if you can transfer both values and financial assets from one generation to the other and the resources and skills to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
untapped power of smallholders—increasing their yields, rebuilding supply chains, and opening access to economies of scale—Masha believes he is on the way to helping more than a million Nigerian farmers climb out of poverty. Ibrahim... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Faculty News
books, Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumer's Trust from Wedgwood to Dell and The Power of Commerce: Economy and Governance in the First British Empire. A member of the HBS faculty since 1991, Koehn is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of... View Details
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
patient treatment and contact tracing, including procurement of all supplies of oxygen and medical equipment; support for the private sector and employment; distribution of food kits and food stamps to more than 1 million households; and water and View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
"unique experiences will leave this campus." Senor was followed at center stage by featured guest Jack Welch, General Electric chairman and CEO. He was joined by Nigel Killick (MBA '01), winner of a... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
India. “Hence ‘Alumni in Action’.... powerful stories of resilience, purpose and giving back. Stories that restore one's faith in Humanity and inspire us to dream of a better tomorrow." MAY 25 Vinay Pasricha (OPM 39, 2010) cofounded an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
War History
should have the power to declare war." But, he noted, "you look through American history, 200 years, only five wars have been declared by Congress, and I think we fought a few more than that" (The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, September 5,... View Details
Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
markets, schools, and health clinics; improve the reliability of electric power and extend service to communities not currently served; and expand the availability and reliability of potable water to... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
summer employment to take a road trip across America. Captivated by the country, he decided to stay on after graduation; in 1961, he became a U.S. citizen. Dunphy was recruited by Westinghouse Electric and worked in various marketing and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
Bananas and Business by Marcelo Bucheli (New York University Press) Based on research in the archives of the United Fruit Company in Colombia, Bucheli, a Newcomen Fellow in Business History at HBS, disproves the idea that the firm was always a View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
in the social enterprise area,” Austin explains. “SEKN is about knowledge generation and institution building. We are harnessing the power of a learning network that can engage in crosscountry comparative... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Building a Social Network
regarding how to improve ratings for the other half. The organization’s strategy to date has focused on a “broad” approach where member interest drives group formation; to generate the revenues needed to provide online and administrative... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
money on gift cards and provides a secure environment to exchange unwanted gift cards into cash. Superdome offers the first Building Integrated Photovoltaics worldwide to incorporate encapsulated CIGS thin-film on the surface of an insulated, eco-friendly composite... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
lot of hard work, it gradually turned into a department store," Barron explains. "He treated people fairly and was well-respected. I think I gained a more positive view of business than others in my generation because I saw how a small... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
Immelt Photo courtesy General Electric Just a year after taking the helm of General Electric, Chairman and CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA '82) addressed a capacity crowd in Burden... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
twenty employees to twelve hundred over a quarter century. As a cofounder of the HBS African-American Student Union, she was a pioneer in helping the School become more diversified. Later generations "told me they were grateful I had... View Details