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- 01 Oct 2018
- News
For Profit and Nonprofit
Carla Harris (MBA 1987) is vice chairman of Morgan Stanley and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview she talks about how her role allows the opportunity to work with nonprofits in a variety of ways. “Being a banker, I often get the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
was typical for an HBS Leadership Fellow. The program catapults new grads into high-level positions at nonprofit and public-sector organizations, offering access to CEO-level management and decision-making. Meanwhile, organizations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Batteries Included
it been tried before? Henderson puts it down to the effects of an industry that operates in silos. “Anybody who knows anything about batteries doesn’t know anything about ships,” he notes. “If you look at the leadership of major shipping... View Details
- 02 Mar 2022
- News
How Data Can Make Better Managers
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Uncharted Territory
(Uncharted Play) (Uncharted Play) Jessica Matthews’s (MBA 2014) startup Uncharted Play made headlines when it debuted Soccket, a soccer ball that captures kinetic energy to power a lamp. The simple idea could change life in poor, rural... View Details
- 11 Sep 2020
- News
Do You Know Why Your Company Needs a Chief Diversity Officer?
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Giving Through HBS
of our graduates—has the power to change the world and to change lives, and that work relies heavily on alumni giving. Most alumni donors take a portfolio approach to giving—they give to local organizations... View Details
Keywords: Professor Howard Stevenson
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
announcement. He claimed that the Dreyer’s name and logo encroached on Breyers’ trademark and demanded that the company change its name. Although his own attorney advised that Kraft had a strong legal case, Rogers opted to play hardball... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Michelle Ross (MBA 2011)
in different manufacturing facilities. I loved being able to see how something came together from the nuts and bolts into a very tangible product. Learning how to relate to people who are resistant to change is definitely a lifelong,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions
Just before the MBA reunions last spring, a group of women graduates met for a new program that provided a special opportunity to discuss their business and leadership goals in the broader context of their lives. Titled Charting Your... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Business as a Force for Good in Society
Illustration by Dana Smith In a world facing myriad complex challenges, Harvard Business School is actively exploring how capitalism is working, what leadership role business can and should play in making it work better, and how business... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- News
A Winning Formula
that says a lot about what drives his company: “Life is too short to work in a dysfunctional organization.” Dashboard specializes in analyzing why an organization’s growth may have slowed, and then works with management to institute View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
Education Is the Key
nonprofit business and economics institution in Brazil. The Insper Institute of Education and Research, he says, aims to address the shortage of prepared leaders. “Many of our problems [in Brazil] stem from microeconomics,” he says. “We need better View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
actively pursued his white classmates. His first job after graduation was as an independent salesman in his native Washington, D.C., working for several firms serving the black community. In Washington, Fitzhugh helped to establish the New Negro Alliance, which worked... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
businesses to get funding. A number of crowd-funding platforms had appeared, but none were really set up to serve small businesses. I wondered if there was an opportunity there, and I called John to discuss the idea. Our conclusion was that it would be very difficult... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
that the senior leadership takes it seriously. Finally, nothing will change for women unless men become part of the solution. They need to understand that it’s not a “zero-sum” — in fact, quite the opposite.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Non-fiction The Most Important Things I Know: 55 Handwritten Ideas from People Who Changed the World by Lorne Adrain (MBA 1983) Lorne Adrain A best-of collection drawn from Adrain’s previous books, this edition contains notes from Buzz... View Details
- 29 Jul 2024
- News
Leading the Way
of underserved youth like Trejo in Arizona, and currently serves more than 14,000 middle, high school and college students annually. Programs aim to develop leadership skills, self-awareness, and familiarity with pathways to postsecondary... View Details