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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)
located in a Greek Revival plantation home. He now serves as mayor of Marietta, a job he describes as both rewarding and frustrating. His reason for running? “Payback. It’s a trite but true answer. This town has been good to me.” My... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
Rojie Kisten (GMP 5, 2008), Cape Town, South Africa NN: When I first came to Harvard Business School in the 1980s, excluding the first-year BGIE [Business, Government, and the International Economy] course, there were virtually no global... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
school and worked for about half a decade and then left to look for a smaller firm to buy. Tell Rick and me about your career and what made you decide to leave your job and buy your own business. Is it because you had a terrible job? Were... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Photos by Webb Chappell At first glance, the MBA Class of 2006 is an interesting collection of data points: 897 students from 67 countries, 34 percent women, 32 percent international, and 21 percent minorities. But look again, deeper this... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
Tawan Davis (MBA 2006) was 15 years old when he first recognized an issue prevalent in American cities. “I asked my grandmother why everyone else had money and we didn’t,” recalls Davis, who grew up in Portland, Oregon, now one of the... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
Emeritus, Stanford University 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Gainfully employed: “My first job was at age 7—a paper route that paid $2.45 a week. I always worked: sacking groceries, working... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
(both MBA 1992) have written, produced, and directed Live Another Day, a documentary in the spirit of Inside Job that delves into the government bailout of General Motors and the Chrysler-Fiat merger through extensive research and... View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
biggest takeaways from my HBS experience was the importance of effective speaking: how to present your case, how to command respect, and really, how to command the room. This was very important. And what I give as advice, especially to young women who come to me, is in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
job planned. “I always say I want to become a bartender on a beach in the Caribbean and learn to play the sax.” It wouldn’t be the first time he has ventured into the unknown, confident that everything would... View Details
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
only worked in Boston, it was an eye-opening experience," Blumkin recalls. "Every day, we discussed a case in a different industry." Her studies led to a career in marketing, first at big companies such as American Express and Walt... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
Yes, I was a bit of a curiosity, but I’ve always gone a bit off the beaten track, and having that be my first experience of the United States gave a very different perspective. You hear about and understand race issues very quickly.”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
closures happened—Santa Clara, where I live, was one of the first counties that had a stay-in-place order—it became one of those situations where you look left and look right, and think, ‘I guess this is us. Students are going to need to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
roles of Europe and the United States in promoting the flow of capital across national borders. Investor Protection: The Czech Experience When TV Nova launched as the first privately owned TV channel in post-Communist Czechoslovakia, few... View Details
- 18 Jan 2022
- News
HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference
the school and graduated in 2003. “This was the first college in Georgia founded by former slaves, and has a strong connection to the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Its mission is to be ‘a haven for all souls.’ It takes... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
Many interviewees contrasted the pro forma safety training they had received in previous jobs — where everyone knew the real priorities were still cost cutting and speed — with the company’s current commitment to “walking the talk.” Could... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
was one of the first days of his tenure, and already novice HBS Dean John McArthur was facing a group of fired-up students with a bone to pick. Where, the students wanted to know, was the Starting New Ventures course, listed right there... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
for anyone who has watched their business — or job — go overseas. As the 2004 presidential election nears, many wonder if, when, and how the issue will be addressed. U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow has visited China in an effort to... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
Kristof, most of which have focused on poverty in developing countries. But in the Pulitzer Prize-winning duo’s latest book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, they turn their lens on working class communities in the United States—communities that have been... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
Alumni Books The Boat House Café: Book One of First Light by Linda Cardillo (MBA 1978) (Bellastoria Press LLP) A novel set on Martha’s Vineyard. Buffoonery on Woodhouse Avenue by Bob Garland (PMD 20, 1970) (Gabbrolandbooks) The fourth in... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
times in 10 years,” she recalls. In 2001, Herlaut joined Pechiney in Paris, which was acquired by Alcan, then Arcelor (which became Arcelor Mittal) in Luxembourg. Those jobs made her realize how much money companies were investing in... View Details