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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
be paid for that social performance at a rate that enables it to give a satisfactory return to the investors,” says Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969), a cocreator of the idea. Cohen has emerged as the public face of social investing in the UK... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
COVID-19’s impact on the sector makes 2009 look like a teeny blip.” There are over 30 million small businesses in the United States, accounting for half of the nation’s private sector employment and the majority of job creation. Many of... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
HBS professor Dwight B. Crane. Crane's research, prepared in partnership with Ulrike Schaede of the University of California, San Diego, chronicled the evolution of German business from a banking-led corporate finance environment toward a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
Harmony Growing up in late-1960s Milwaukee, Bill Ahlhauser was a self-described “young radical,” a teenager who took part in civil rights marches and who dropped out of his Catholic private school in order to start up an independent high... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
requirement to know where you are on the playing field. Different firms can come at the business in very different ways. For Accel, historically we have specialized. Over time, those specializations continue to become more granular. At the same time there are clearly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
practices, such as the use of outsider-only boards. Acknowledging the difficulty of teaching ethics in a culture that increasingly views morality as private and relativistic, Mills still advocates a role for business schools in raising... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
nutrition, and wellness offerings that target endemic problems such as asthma and obesity. All programs are offered at no cost to families in HCZ’s service zone. Funding comes from a combination of public and View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
as we know it.” —Lawrence Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor “Herd behavior, greed, corruption, stupidity all played a role.” —Robert Glauber (DBA ’65), Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School “There will be... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
learned at Harvard and at Goldman Sachs," he recalled. "Viewing nature through the lens of basic business principles—maximize returns, invest in your assets, manage your risks, diversify, and promote innovation—can open the door for productive collaborations within the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Action Plan: Horse Sense
bidders with much of the same information, but deeper pockets. “It’s very similar to the private equity world, with a lot of capital chasing deals,” he says. “Except it’s horses.” Nabbing a coveted colt at the sales doesn’t ensure a trip... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
well as leading thinkers and decision makers, to discuss ways to make the US savings system more secure and inclusive. Ackerley’s group, in partnership with insurers, also announced an innovative investment solution, called LifePath... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
“smartest” and most cost-effective cause—in all likelihood not a panhandler on the street) and the spirit of service and giving that he considered an equally vital aspect of his work. “It was a personal exploration that became more public... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
liquid hydrogen rocket engine that was subsequently used in many of the major space exploration programs, and Fern taught in the first public high school in Palm Beach County to be integrated.” One of the goals the couple had when they... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
suppliers and providers adhere to Aracruz's environmental principles. The company is also involved in both the public and private sectors in fostering legislation and policy that will enhance sustainable... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
resolve the many challenges facing today’s private and public sector organizations. They offer insights into specific risk domains that are shaping our world, including terrorism, cyber risk, climate change,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
US history for hundreds of years, so when I read headlines like that, as a consumer and as an Indian American, I’m already skeptical: Why do you think my demographic matters now? We’re doing some data analysis in partnership with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
CEOs 70 alumni are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies In January 2007, Daniel Birnbaum (MBA 1992) was running Nike's operations in Israel when he got a call from his friend and fellow HBS alum Yuval Cohen (MBA 1991). "Dani, I need your help," Cohen said. His View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
environment." A joint-degree candidate working on her MBA at HBS and her master's in public administration at the Kennedy School of Government, Ballou spent eight weeks in the West African nation, helping local communities rebuild their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
recalls. “There was a cult of youth, and I realized that I should work for myself because I wasn’t going to find an appropriate position at that point.” Bemis, who had experience as a venture capitalist, decided to focus full-time on further View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
legitimacy for an area of study considered difficult to teach and lacking intellectual heft. In 1978, Stevenson returned to the private sector, this time to become VP of finance and administration at Preco, a pulp and specialty-paper... View Details