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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
committed to the idea of developing new understanding, deeper knowledge, and intellectual capital about business around the world," he stated. Along with increased support for global research, another visible manifestation of that... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
the company-and never left. The original business model reflects how far the world economy has come in just over two decades. "Mainland China was just opening up," Yang says. "Although joint ventures, not to mention private ownership,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
former president of both the Harvard Club and the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago. When asked why he works so hard for the School, Wong responds, “There's an old Chinese proverb that says, ‘Drink water, ponder source.' Harvard has... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
and mostly overlooked by outsiders. Gilbane is just one of several HBS alumni working with other Houstonians to expand and improve the treasured parks, which they see as key to the continued growth of Houston’s booming View Details
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
games. It was all part of a long term strategy to improve the franchise by getting better draft picks. And it necessitated a short term strategy of losing. Throughout, though, the 76er CEO Scott O’Neil (MBA 1998) says his front office remained upbeat. And the View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
tomorrows. Appropriately, therefore, some nine hundred participants - most of them HBS alumni - convened in San Francisco last March to assess the outlook for business as it stands poised at the edge of unknown territory. At the elegant... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
(a representative sample of the School’s green business leaders) are doing just that. — The HBS Green Business Alumni Association welcomes new members and volunteers. A Growth... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
Ravi Venkatesan If anyone could write the recipe for business success in emerging markets, it would be Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992). After all, he's led not one, but two, major multinational companies—Cummins and Microsoft—in India and... View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
continuing the important relationships that you developed at school. And I’ve done that through my activities in the visiting committee, the Alumni Board, and then the Harvard Business School Club of New York, which I chaired for the last... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
in several major cities. Ira A. Jackson (100th AMP), the executive vice president of BankBoston, is also finding a way to turn social ideals into good business practice. Locally, Jackson is guiding the bank in its efforts to provide jobs... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
gradually give up operating excellence, because it gets in the way of growth. How has the economic downturn affected Kimpton’s growth strategy? It’s definitely a big opportunity. Over the last couple of years we raised two funds with a... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- News
Innovations from Emerging Markets
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Jakurski Chair Supports Research in Global Finance
A new chair has been established by André R. Jakurski (MBA '73) to support research in the area of global finance. Professor Kenneth A. Froot will be the first incumbent of the André R. Jakurski Professorship of Business Administration.... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
for Humanity. Before that, she had worked in the public sector (at USAID), philanthropy (at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), and the business world (with roles at General Electric, American Express, and McKinsey). Mercy Corps saw... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
first and second-year MBA students. During the four-day course, he worked with Elkins to provide an overview of Africa’s economic landscape, range of business opportunities, and the speed of growth and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
Support System
without added chemicals, agents, synthetic processes, and transcontinental shipments that strip the butter of its natural qualities—all of the elements that give shea butter it’s gold status in Africa. But more important, she says, is the win-win of a for-profit... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of his children recently launched Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and adviser to corporations and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
questions early and often. Are bonds a good bet for those who want to reduce their reliance on equities? I have a lot of sympathy for those who are just getting into bonds now, but I still believe they should have a position in investors' portfolios in every View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
hoped to leverage in a less-than-encouraging job market. Both are also well aware of their good fortune to have found specialized positions that fit their backgrounds yet offer great potential for personal and professional growth at a... View Details