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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charlie Williams (MBA 1939, DCS 1952)
aboard the cruiser USS Topeka in 1945 when the ship received President Truman’s announcement of the dropping of the atom bomb. As the ship’s announcer, I read Truman’s words over the PA system to the entire crew. When I finished, there... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
Task Force and the resulting Racial Equity Plan have been crucial first steps in a community-wide, multi-year effort. Since the plan was announced in September 2020, we have designed the School's first chief diversity and inclusion... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- News
DreamBox Learning Breaks New Ground
popular adaptive learning companies, specializing in math .Across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, DreamBox serves nearly 3 million students and 120,000 teachers. Today, the company is announcing $130 million in growth equity funding from... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Getting New Ideas off the Ground
if we would help him put a computer in the home of every employee worldwide. “We did that with Ford, and then the next day in the front page of the New York Times announced a similar deal with Delta Airlines for their nearly 90,000... View Details
- 10 Oct 2014
- News
Chicago Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
University’s $6.5 billion campaign announced last September. “This Campaign is largely about tapping into our collective imagination to try to envision the future—and to give our institution the resources it will require to meet the... View Details
Keywords: HBS Campaign
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Opening Doors
Lavines, who met during their first year at HBS and are now cochairing their class’s 25th Reunion Campaign, are particularly interested in promoting inclusion in the MBA Program. To that end, their fellowship funds will support students who are the first in their... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Management Update Launched
(see announcement below), may soon become an indispensable tool that they will reach for every month. "Our target audience is anybody who wants to be a better manager, who wants to keep up with important ideas, and who would like a... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
2016, and last November, Nike announced that it was ending a pilot program with Amazon Retail that it began in 2017, opting to focus on “elevating consumer experiences through more direct, personal relationships,” according to a statement... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
people provided important lessons for the battle against HIV/AIDS, says Gilmartin. Not only is Merck pursuing a safe and effective vaccine to prevent and treat HIV infection, he points out, but the company also announced last year that it... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Learning to Speak the Language of Business
Mikitani announced the changeover, in English, in March 2010 and set a two-year deadline for everyone to demonstrate English proficiency or sacrifice chances for advancement. He dubbed the project “Englishnization,” which has attracted... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Is the Auction House of the Future Online?
tech-minded CEO Tad Smith (MBA 1992), has staked its claim to the online middle market, announcing a partnership earlier this year with eBay to stream live auctions. Amid these competitors Paddle8 has positioned itself as the digital... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Better Care at Lower Cost
angioplasty, patients had a simpler, cheaper option that did not require open-heart surgery. As with all disruptions, more people are better off as a result, said Christensen. Also on the opening day, Bunny Ellerin (MBA '95), founder and president of the HBS Health... View Details
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
Last week, The Giving Pledge announced that forty of the wealthiest families and individuals in the United States have committed to give away at least half their fortunes to charitable organizations. Cofounded by Bill Gates and Warren... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- News
Race to the Finish?
The National Research Council, an arm of the U.S National Academy of Sciences, recently added its voice to a growing chorus of calls for immediate action to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases. As it happens, the announcement came on the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
attention has focused on clean energy and the climate crisis. In May, KPCB announced its second fund in green technology, bringing its total investment in green solutions to $1.2 billion. Doerr describes green tech as “the largest... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
technology from a competitor? We felt the Palm OS was the best platform for a handheld. OK, we were biased on this subject! We knew that we could get a product to market much faster by licensing the operating system rather than creating something new. Palm has also... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
Morgan announcing that it’s going to release the first bank-backed cryptocurrency, it’s a good sign that a lot of this is getting sorted out. So the market is mature? The market is maturing—not mature. But awareness has increased... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
SEAS Complex Reaches for a New Frontier
ensure the strength of engineering and applied sciences at Harvard for the benefit of generations to come,” said Harvard President Drew Faust, when she announced the gift. SEAS Dean Frank Doyle SEAS Dean Frank Doyle “SEAS is the next... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
"Build it and they will come," announced Donald Hastings (MBA '53), chair of the HBS Global Alumni Conference held May 15-18 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. Greeting a record-breaking crowd of more than one thousand participants, he... View Details