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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
care industry to give customers more choices, freedom, power, and information, and at far lower prices. He recommends disruption of the status quo through new business models, new payment models, and new technologies that give patients... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)
people.” Deep roots: “I am the fifth generation of my family to grow up on a farm in the Adelaide Hills. We grew apples and cherries, and raised sheep.” Role model: Her mother, who died in 2005. “She was my closest friend—a very engaging,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
rising dramatically over the past several decades. If rising inequality is a signal that more people are falling too low, the minimum wage feels like it is a way to provide a floor below which no family can fall. But that’s not always... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
as it took off. Once they landed in the United Kingdom in the dead of winter, the family found themselves with nothing, shivering in their summer clothes. “We lived in public housing and had very little money, but we still had more than... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Venture: A Welcome Assist
Illustration: Chris Gash Illustration: Chris Gash The internet grew up inordinately fast. It all happened so quickly, in fact, that it blew right by the accessibility guidelines that would’ve made digital tools available to everyone, regardless of their age or ability,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
is left in the hands of consultants and trainers. This, he says, is just the start of a larger problem: the inability of businesses to tie their sales practices to their overall strategy. See Also Alumni and Faculty Books for September... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
says, we're all about building a world that is 'just, humane, and environmentally sustainable.' " On this particular day, the petite, dark-haired Scher is wearing a business suit -- "I'm hosting a public event later today," she explains... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Fighting income inequality with early education reform
mother of three has been using her business acumen in a partnership with the University of Chicago through the Chicago Heights Early Childhood Center (CHECC), an experimental school program Dias Griffin founded in 2010 that has now helped... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Committed to a goal of 'zero harm' in the mining industry
we have a mining industry in which everyone goes home safely to their family at the end of the working day,” says Carroll, the first woman and non–South African to lead the nearly 100-year-old company. She used safety as a way to... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
in the Philippines, Jaime “Jim” Ayala (MBA ’88) decided to put his considerable business experience to work improving the lives of some of his native country’s poorest citizens. Explaining his 2009 decision to leave Ayala Land, which had... View Details
- 26 Jun 2017
- News
Behind the Scenes at an HBS Short Program
value of taking time for reflection. “But we weren’t just doing case studies about businesses winning or failing. We discussed dreams and family too,” he says. “Do you want cash or do you want to be king at... View Details
- 28 Feb 2011
- News
Rebooting the Human Condition
looking for quirky characters, with extraordinary visions, who can make people feel that what they do should make you smile and think.” The epitome of an outside-the-box thinker, Enriquez boasts a lineage reaching far back into prominent View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Ann M. Fudge
When Ann Fudge was pursuing her MBA at HBS, she used her one-hour commute to Soldiers Field to shift gears from being the busy mother of two toddlers to a focused student handling cold calls with aplomb. Fudge managed her roles as wife,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he holds a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General Management units. He is the author or coauthor of... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
Once the public schools in North Chicago decided to close in mid-March because of COVID-19, it took Jennifer Grumhaus (MBA 1994) and her staff less than 72 hours to totally revamp the business model for the nonprofit she runs, North... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Baker Dies in Plane Crash
Last December 1, a plane piloted by George F. Baker III (MBA ’64), a retired financier and philanthropist, crashed off the coast of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Authorities presumed that the 66-year-old Baker died in the accident. The Baker View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Leadership in Practice
experiential learning, immersion experiences, and team-based entrepreneurial projects are all on the right track.” Dawson grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and was the first in his family to attend college. He majored in View Details
- 19 Aug 2016
- News
Using Technology to Help Reclaim Lives from Addiction
“Lionrock is my revenge against addiction,” says Peter Loeb (MBA 1991), cofounder and chief executive of Lionrock Recovery, the largest online addiction recovery program in the US and Canada. “This venture is part of my healing.” A seasoned View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
“Invigorating” is the word Marne Levine (MBA 2005) uses to describe her work at Facebook. As vice president of global partnerships and business development, a role she took on in February, Levine oversees a broad swath of the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
Blessings, both by Rachel Remen, Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand, and Real World Photoshop 6, by David Blatner. Biggest disappointment That Ann and I didn't start our family sooner. Best business advice A... View Details