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- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
director, I was not involved in research day-to-day, but I was bringing in funding to support it." Partway up the ladder, however, Earls realized he was missing something. "I was in my first management-level position at NASA, and I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
Finale’s original lead investors acquired a majority ownership in the business, folding it into a Rhode Island–based holding company where Conforti now serves as managing partner of the restaurant group. “When I started Finale, I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
collisions with other trains, loose rails, and fires in wooden cars occurred with some frequency in the first decades of the railroads. But the industry soon grew more organized and invested in extensive track and bridge construction. Road View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
for alumni approaching retirement: Cut back work hours gradually, develop outside interests, and consider serving in local or state government. “You can run for office, make a contribution, and not give up your retirement. MBAs have been schooled in the View Details
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
Management and HBS. They stood on the Weeks Footbridge and, on the spot, decided on Harvard. Despite his obvious talents, life at HBS wasn’t necessarily easy for the young Canadian student. He arrived in class the first day wearing a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
Illustration by Dan Page In a company as large, complex, and prestigious as Lehman Brothers, one would expect to have found seasoned, astute, well-informed directors to oversee the managers and the risks the firm undertook with... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
fellows at Year Up in Washington, DC. Siddharth Yog (MBA 2004), who teaches business administration at HBS, was one of the organization’s earliest supporters, along with 20 other HBS classmates who donate annually. The funding helps to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
submitted were quite a bit different from what they first showed me.” A member of Staples’ original management team, Krasnow is currently a domain expert in marketing at Highland Capital Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm. I... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
It's an international celebration of sport and goodwill whose humble beginnings date back two millennia. Today, with the vastly expanded modern Games, putting on the Olympics has become as much of a test of management skill as athletic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Students craft their post-HBS lives
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. As part of a first-year required course, MBA students are asked to imagine that it’s their 10th reunion and write an alumni profile—detailing their first decade... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
to promote the growth of the city's economy, was asked by the city and state to take over management of these donations. In turn, an NYCP subsidiary, the New York City Investment Fund (NYCIF), took charge of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
leadership at some of the nation’s most renowned companies took too many risks and too much in salary, while their shareholders had too little say,” said Schumer. “This legislation will give stockholders the ability to apply the emergency brakes the next time the... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
like a win-win for both parties. [An HBS Bulletin article in 2007 gave a detailed accounting of GoLite’s founding and eventual trademark sale to Timberland.] Yet it was not to be. The following year, as the Great Recession began to take hold, Timberland’s stock dropped... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
(Reporters later discovered that the signature page had been cribbed from an earlier contract extension.) In September, Pennsylvania’s Attorney General announced multiple felony charges against the district’s former fleet manager and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
Chairman & Managing Director, Bajaj Auto Ltd. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION St. Stephen's College (Delhi), 1958 B.A., Economics The Government Law College (Bombay), 1960 LL.B. LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
five-year stint managing the multibillion dollar United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds, Cohen was tapped by National Trust for Historic Preservation head Michael Ainslie (MBA ’68) to be the nonprofit’s senior... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Countdown To Remote Learning
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. When Harvard announced in early March that all instruction would move online after spring break, the clock started ticking. “HBS had just two weeks to select and... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna
Serrena Iyer (MBA 2018) Working in the entertainment industry is a dream come true for Serrena Iyer, who after graduating from HBS landed at the aptly named DreamWorks Animation as senior manager of strategy and operations. It’s a passion... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
noting that these leaders were acting on what they believed to be true, rather than taking irresponsible risks, not seeing they were in any real danger until it was too late. Public pension funds, on the other hand, were the victims of bad incentives. Those View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
concludes by examining how private equity investors raise funds and how they successfully manage their private equity firms. This text is an excellent resource for investment bankers and consultants as well... View Details