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- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
Chairman & CEO, Invacare Corporation Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Harvard College, 1962 A.B., Physical Sciences LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "At HBS I learned about all the functional parts of a View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
Entrepreneur Of The Year, Financial Services 2013 James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences opens at Eckerd College Tom James's entrepreneurial bent was apparent early on. An avid coin collector, at the age of 15 he began to buy and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
making decisions that could advance treatment options for patients with rare cancers. Neither of the Linns worked in science or medicine. A few years earlier, rare cancers had not even been on their radar. Now it was possible their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
students, Khan wants parents to feel “Oh, I can do this. This isn’t impossible.” Today, Khan Academy usage is up about 250 percent, student and teacher registration rates are six times higher than normal, and parent registrations are 20 times normal. At HBS, Senior... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
Raised in Seoul, Yu came to the United States when he was 13. After majoring in computer science in college and following a stint as an engineer, he returned home and reclaimed his Korean nationality. Knowing that he wanted to become a... View Details
- 27 Jan 2011
- News
The Joys of Cooking
THE JOYS OF COOKING: Bibi Kasrai (MBA '96) has hit an entrepreneurial sweet spot as the Harvard Cookie Girl. After years in high-tech marketing and non-profit fundraising, Bibi Kasrai (MBA ’96) found a way to blend her talent for business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
industry, and the business of book clubs to analyze the success of various modes of marketing. Patterson, a former chairman of J. Walter Thompson, published his first mystery novel in 1976 and made fiction writing a full-time pursuit... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
Lawrence E. Fouraker, Dean of the Harvard Business School from 1970 to 1980 and an early advocate of a global perspective in management education, died of viral pneumonia on December 20 in Brookline, Mass. He was 74. Fouraker joined the... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
Natural Resources Center Harvard University Center for the Environment Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Sustainability Science Program “In effect it would become politically acceptable... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
you with a stinging rebuke. When informed that his demand for a 30 percent annual return was unrealistic, despite assurances to the contrary from his bank’s investment adviser, the retiree groused: “If you guys from Harvard Business... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard
nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid business plans. “The SEI aims to educate, inspire, and support leaders across all sectors to tackle society’s toughest challenges and make a difference in the world,” explains Director Rob Zeaske (MBA... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
maxed-out credit cards, Orbital Sciences Corporation launched in April 1982, the first corporate entrant at the prime contractor level in nearly three decades. (Today, the company—now Orbital ATK—is a $4.5 billion enterprise.) For NASA,... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
of capital and the demand for financing. The book's final chapter suggests areas for further study. "Much is not yet known about the venture capital industry," write Gompers and Lerner, who note that one open question is the extent to which the U.S. model can be... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
positions that helped him understand the complexities of the company—from shift supervisor in a manufacturing plant, to new product development, to business development. Weeks, a quick study, has 26 patents pending despite a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
engineers and have a business training. But oftentimes you'll have people who have just a business background or just the science or just the engineering background and getting... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Code Breakers
recent decades, the number of women in tech jobs remains far lower. And the figures for women in leadership roles still hover around a far-from-equal 25 percent. Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in STEM education and in computer View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
A New Platform for Alumni Engagement
Institute in close partnership with Jacimovic. REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES Offered even before the Institute “officially”... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
humor, however, is a no-nonsense approach to business performance that stems from Fisher’s upbringing as the daughter and granddaughter of rural central Pennsylvania entrepreneurs who taught her that great ideas can be backed with the... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Harvard’s Next Frontier
John A. Paulson (MBA 1980), founder and president of the investment management firm Paulson & Co., has made the largest gift in the University’s history—a $400 million endowment to support the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences... View Details
Keywords: Drew Faust
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
carried on the family business and expanded Wall Drug into the phenomenon so many souvenir-loving vacationers know today. Yes, Wall Drug is well-known for its kitsch (Hustead draws the line at tacky) — its jackalopes, rubber tomahawks,... View Details