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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
McArthur Hall Dedication
on McArthur Hall. He called the building a "celebration of John's career" and spoke enthusiastically of McArthur's dedication to HBS and to educational excellence. McArthur then took the podium, thanking Clark, Menino, and Sasser for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Alumni Board Wraps Up Year
development services. The Executive Education Alumni Committee, chaired by Laura Teller (MBA ’84), organized a series of focus-group discussions held on and off campus to identify ways to strengthen the School’s relationship with Executive Education alumni. One key... View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
White House conference on environmental quality that convened engineering firms and federal procurement officials, both the Defense Department and the EPA approached the Zofnass Program to learn more about Envision. Zofnass Program... View Details
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
call that goal the "Utilitarian criterion" after the philosophical framework that supports it. Since pioneering work in the 1970s by Nobel laureate James Mirrlees, the Utilitarian criterion has dominated tax research. It has had enormous... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Nairobi Love: Heading Home
conference on Africa in the world (Africa Business Conference 2015), to more social pursuits including weekend getaways, section retreats and happy hours, half-marathons boredom is not part of the vocabulary... View Details
- 10 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on the Midwest
decided to pursue my MBA after leaving healthcare consulting. I knew I wanted to be a leader in healthcare and wasn't sure about the correct path. I looked at leaders I admired in the industry and realized so many of them had MBAs from top programs. I talked to my... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
Infrastructure, and Resources"—tackled three giant subjects: water, energy, and transportation. The conference was sponsored by Harvard Business School's Business and Environment Initiative and co-chaired by professors Rebecca M.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
Last year, foreign investors set new records for their acquisition activity in the United States. And 2008 began with nearly daily stories of American financial executives courting foreign direct investors, particularly sovereign wealth funds, for new investments.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Pincus (MBA 1993)
night. I have new ideas for products and product features all the time, which I call bold beats. An example of a small bold beat was animals that move in FarmVille. This took a day of engineering, but when we turned it on, our players... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Ready for Takeoff: Web Portal Enters Second Phase
alumni profile called "Dispatches from the Field," a summer reading list, and a special report on the HBS Global Alumni Conference in Cleveland. Looking to the future, Silverthorne hopes these changes will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Commemorating a Milestone
Student Association 2013 Dynamic Women in Business Conference In this spirit of looking back and looking ahead, the centerpiece of this issue are the women who came first as well as those who have followed in their footsteps. To showcase... View Details
Keywords: Meta
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
The venture capital industry is ripe for disruption: just like other leading mainstream companies have been for years, according to HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen. As a keynote speaker at the conference and author of the managerial... View Details
- Fast Answer
Turnarounds and Transformation
company: Capital IQ: Type company name or ticker into search bar From the company profile page, use left-hand navigation to navigate to financials, ratios, filings, earnings call transcripts, key... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
traditionally earned their biggest margins when rooms were scarce and customers were forced to pay higher rates—such as in Midtown Manhattan on New Year's Eve. And it's good news for travelers who don't have to pay through the roof to get... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charles Stoddard (MBA 1969)
Born in East Lansing, Michigan, Charles Stoddard grew up with banking in his blood. As a teenager, he worked as a teller in the bank his father founded. After earning degrees from Michigan State University and HBS, he held banking and... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- Fast Answer
Managing Global Operations
features Company information Capital IQ Sophisticated and easy to use search engine, auditable financials, earnings call transcripts, key developments, peer analysis, company ratios. For a multimedia... View Details
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
organization, using economic analysis as a tool for understanding business structures and transactions. A Discussion of "Letting the 'Tail Wag the Dog'": The Debate over GAAP versus Street Earnings Revisited Authors:Mark T.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
“Business as Usual, In a Different Way” – Creating an Impactful Remote Internship at Actis
“Usually interns could stop by HR with a question,” said Henley, “but it’s quite different when we’re working remotely. So now, Nikki and I have weekly check-in calls with the Associates.” In addition to the formal buddy programs, water... View Details
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Lisa Cousins
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I grew up in a very small town – you could call it “the middle of nowhere” – and have always been a bit of a dreamer, with aspirations to be a leader in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
ambition and applied to HBS. “I was almost 30 when I realized that there were people called ‘entrepreneurs’ who get paid to start new things,” says Gardner of what inspired him to earn an MBA. “It sounded... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young