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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
developed the kind of confidence — and a sort of visceral sense for the right way to do things — that I do today.” Do Work with Impact It really doesn’t seem to be about the money. I heard about and met many successful entrepreneurs who lived for years in the same... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
Frank Spencer (MBA 1986) helped to build his first Habitat for Humanity house in 1988. It was in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, and, like many Habitat homes, was constructed over approximately 10 weeks, with... View Details
- 21 May 2016
- News
The Age of Consignment
article highlights the efforts of online fashion resellers Material Wrld, founded by Rie Yano and Jie Zheng (both MBA 2010), and thredUP, founded by Christopher Homer and James Reinhart (both MBA 2009) as well as gadget collector Gazelle, cofounded by Israel Ganot (MBA... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Spring Reunions
Dean Jay Light ( right) entertained alumni in the Dean’s House garden. Sectionmates forever! Photos by Neal Hamberg At last June’s reunions, if you had a nickel for every time someone said “It’s great to see you again!” you’d have a tidy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
established the groundbreaking Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities. That body's recommendations, included in its "A Matter of Simple Justice" report, was a blueprint for working toward gender equality in the White House and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Business Ethics Fellow Honored
A September dinner at the Dean's House honored HBS assistant professor Ashish Nanda, the 1999-2000 Henry B. Arthur Fellow. Henry ("Hank") Arthur was a distinguished member of the HBS faculty for ten years and is known for his innovative... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
distributed through the coffee cooperatives, building more permanent homes to replace mud houses and investing in their daughters’ educations. “They can start planning for the future,” Nyamumbo says. She hopes to expand Kahawa’s approach... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
members arrived at Kenya’s State House in Nairobi to meet with the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, as part of the School’s faculty immersion in Africa. “Business and entrepreneurship are ingrained in the Kenyan psyche, whether it is... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
museum that opened to much fanfare on 1/11/11. He is now considering building a museum to house his substantial collection of southwestern and wildlife art. "For me, art has never been about the investment," says James. "It's about... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
reverse of mine. She had her children early; in fact, her kids were out of the house by the time she was 40. And she had her career later. After thirty years in various Washington libraries, she retired this February as head librarian of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
wat. Although built around a temple and housing a contingent of monks, each wat also serves as a social and community center and frequently hosts market days and carnivals. It’s hard to convey the pervasive role of monks in Thai society.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
David's first challenges, outlined in detail in the Bulletin, was the overcrowded campus. With four Army and Navy training programs at Soldiers Field in addition to the MBA Program, more than thirteen hundred students were living in dormitories originally designed to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
conference in December 2008, Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told several hundred prominent board members that he couldn’t conceive of how they might do their jobs successfully:... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
relevant’ to our list of qualities, so that if you aren’t reading HBR, you are missing out.” Tell us about the recent changes at HBR and what inspired them. The house wasn’t on fire, that’s for sure — our numbers were excellent, and our... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
problem, not the root cause,” he says. To learn more about the private sector, Goodwin left the air force to work for a multinational company and to prepare for business school. But his path changed course in early 2001 when President George W. Bush’s new... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
beliefs,” Greenwood says, chalking it up to an abundance of optimism. Before the crisis, for instance, the “Armageddon scenario” for housing price growth in 2006 was a 5 percent drop. During the lowest point of the crisis, View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
She’s Got Your Back
from homeowner hell, and at a fair price? “These are not things we embrace,” says Angie Hicks (MBA 2000), cofounder and chief marketing officer of Angie’s List, an online service that collects verified consumer reviews of service providers. “For most of us, our View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
expert on student housing. None of that would have happened if I had not been fired in 1976. Jim Arbury (MBA 1966) VP for Student Housing National Multifamily Housing Council Growing out of business After a... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Teele Hall Dedication
Ray A. Goldberg and Dean Teele's son Tony. Teele Hall houses some 150 staff members from External Relations, Executive Education, and other administrative departments that formerly occupied buildings on the main HBS campus. The original... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Four Promoted to Full Professor
president of Ceramics Process Systems Corporation (CPS), a firm he cofounded with several MIT professors in 1984. A former Boston Consulting Group project manager, he was instrumental in founding the firm's manufacturing strategy consulting practice. In 1982 he was... View Details