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11 Oct 2019
News

Balancing Act

assigned to a team led by another woman, the experience was revelatory. “I could see myself in that more senior role,” she says. Still, Eberle Walker had never envisioned herself on the path to CEO. Her mentors were chief operating officers and chief administrative... View Details

Keywords: April White; Educational Services

01 Mar 2017
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The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum

lend his business savvy to help found a museum dedicated to American writers similar to the Dublin Writers Museum of O’Hagan’s native Ireland. The museum, which includes a children’s books exhibit, encourages visitor engagement. The... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Scott C. Bolick

outstanding efforts. Twice Bolick has spearheaded awards programs to honor worthy achievers and to inspire others to reach similar heights: in the Army, where he helped establish the Hurley Awards to recognize leadership and community... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies

yet today, open up any major newspaper and the first thing you see are mechanical watch ads. The Swiss now own between 55 and 60 percent of the global market value for watches. They were able to redefine what it means to wear a Swiss watch. Several industries have... View Details

Keywords: April White; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Printing and Related Support Activities; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2014
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Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships

similar challenges. “I want to succeed in business and become a philanthropist so that I can help others in the same way,” she says. Until then, she is already having an impact as a role model for peers in her hometown of Pleasantville,... View Details

Keywords: fellowships

29 Sep 2022
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Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

countries closed their borders. Diagne’s first task was to work closely with the ministry’s leadership team in crafting an economic response to the pandemic. Worldwide, crisis management involved very similar challenges—layoffs and... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

10 Aug 2022
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Generosity Multiplied

wonderful thing, and it’s become extremely effective at fundraising for lots of good causes,” says Reed, who cofounded the charity with his father, Sir Alec Reed (OPM 17, 1991). It was his father’s idea to take the technology used for the jobs website and create a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2017
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Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

Lakhani compares blockchain to TCP/IP, a network communications technology that spurred the internet’s growth. No one today, he says, thinks about how TCP/IP works. “They just use FaceTime, they just use email,” Lakhani says. Blockchain could have a View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2004
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Getting Personal

It’s the same as when you meet someone with whom you share similar interests, but despite that, you never really click because you find something in that person’s manner off-putting. In human interactions, we often can adjust our approach... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2002
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Books

financial linkages so that all payment originates with the individual and is disseminated to providers in real time. Similar technology is needed to achieve “infrastructure convergence,” which eliminates administrative activities across... View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs

of Washington, D.C., also offered considerable support. “We’re interested in talking to anybody who is trying to create a similar program in their community,” says Levy. “The HBS network was invaluable when it came to organizing our own... View Details

Keywords: Alumni groups; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2012
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Rebel with a Cause

As a junior Episcopal minister, Bob Massie (DBA 1989) infuriated church leaders by revealing to his congregation that its $9 million endowment was secretly invested in a number of unchurchly entities, including military contractors, casinos, and countries led by... View Details

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01 Mar 2009
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Philly Club Hosts Nonprofit Execs

Sixty nonprofit executives from the Philadelphia area attended the HBS Club of Philadelphia’s fifth annual nonprofit conference in November. The one-day event provided attendees with leading-edge thinking on executing strategy in nonprofit organizations as well as a... View Details

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01 Sep 2003
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Gregg Petersmeyer

C. Gregg Petersmeyer learned about giving back from his parents. He observed in them and their contemporaries a tremendous empathy for their fellow citizens going through the shared hard times of the Depression and World War II. “Today,” he says, “we must revive that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

01 Oct 1996
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"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

increased competition or Booz, Allen & Hamilton's emergence into the world market, HBS professor Leonard A. Schlesinger, who is chair of the unit, notes that "the course material is immediately useful to our students. It involves people who are in situations View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

26 May 2022
News

Bidding Up

aspects of the auction design were so innovative, and they came from him, and we made a proposal to the FCC, and that was the one they adopted. There was a similar proposal by another guy, Preston McAfee. So sometimes it’s sometimes... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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E Ink’s Wild Ride

that required a massive amount of investment before it could take off,” says Yoffie, who served on E Ink’s board from 1999 to 2004. “The truism is that getting to that point takes longer and costs more money than the most pessimistic forecast. It’s a very View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

13 Jun 2013
News

Learning Curve

Marshall Tuck with kids Photo courtesy of Marshall Tuck Marshall Tuck's exciting new job had a rough start. Selected in late 2006 to head a turnaround of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Tuck (MBA 2000) saw his position evaporate a week before the start date,... View Details

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13 Dec 2011
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Carry It On

Glassman: A helping hand for deserving HBS students. Courtesy Robert Glassman Related Links MBA Fellowships Bob Glassman’s (MBA ’69) longstanding support of HBS—particularly the HBS student fellowship he established in 1984—is rooted in his commitment to society,... View Details