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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ensuring a business’s profitability enables it to serve society
company is having in India, for example, embodies founder Henry Ford’s mantra that it is “in Ford’s DNA to give back to communities.” Said Fields, “Only a profitable business can be of service to society,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Encouraging Women Leaders
the Latin America Advisory Board. In addition, she has established a fellowship fund to encourage women to earn their MBAs. “We need more women leaders in business, especially in Latin America,” she says. “I want to help those who have the talent but don’t have the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
information on FDR’s hidden illnesses and how they affected his leadership. Other Alumni Books Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (MBA 1965) (HarperBusiness) Gerstner, who joined IBM as chairman and CEO in 1993, View Details
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
the first time I had a psychotic break in my second year at Harvard Business School. When I looked back after that, I realized that I had actually had symptoms as early as fourth grade, but it really wasn't until I had that break, that I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
Spangler Center was conceived to give a new heart to the Business School, which had been atomized over time by many buildings and an increasing number of students living off campus.... From the day it opened, students adopted Spangler as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New 1908 Society Embraces Senior Alumni
reached the 60th Reunion mark back to campus each fall for a reunion. “It is wonderful that HBS is giving special recognition to its senior alumni with the formation of the 1908 Society,” says 102-year-old... View Details
- Portrait Project
Douglas Raymond
I am trying to live my life to minimize regret: I want to live so I will never have to look back and wonder what might have been. I want to trek through the Alps before I am too old and too busy. I want to live in China while I still have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
A Helping Hand
security and opportunities to give back to society. It brought to mind the words of his father, a World Bank economist and governor of the Federal Reserve System. Recalled Rice, “He wanted to change the... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
From Product Development to Business School
bioreactor.” Business school is different. Discussing 2-3 business situations daily with the brightest people I’ve ever met doesn’t give me an immediate “take home” lesson. But I think back on what... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Righting the Ship
and to think that we’re going to go back to the new normal anytime soon is to just ignore history. COVID-19 is reconfiguring huge aspects of our collective and individual lives every day. And it’s giving... View Details
- 09 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
Both impact investing and traditional philanthropy are on the rise after the decade-long economic boom following the Great Recession. But when does an impact investment make a bigger difference than a grant? The question is far more complicated than simply evaluating... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 29 Jul 2024
- News
Leading the Way
Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. “I just really lacked direction,” says Trejo. That’s when he joined ASU’s Hispanic Students Business Association... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
session too is a new spin on our reunion model, giving attendees a chance to learn from one of their own and share ideas and perspectives with each other, while we recorded the classroom session for broadcast as a podcast available to all... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
Doubles Partner
also an early backer of Noom and Impossible Foods, among others. Upon learning that just two percent of funding goes to female founders, William’s made a strategic commitment to diversity and inclusion; today, 78 percent of founders View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Chalsty Fellowship Will Help Black South Africans Attend HBS
education and give them the opportunity to carry its message back to their country. The world has marveled at South Africa's social and political revolution; now we can aid in effecting an economic... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says... View Details
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
debtor-in-possession financing. United and Delta together raised almost $3.5 billion in DIP financing in their bankruptcies.) Some argue that putting earlier investors at the back of the line is unfair, but Gilson says that View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
A man on a mission
and physics at Cleveland community colleges at night while his career took off at the space agency’s Glenn Research Center during the day. “I felt such an obligation to those teachers who had helped me, and one way I could pay them back... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jessica Gelman
company or professional sports league, write a book, publish my poetry, positively impact and give back to society by mentoring younger people and improving the educational system, sit on four company... View Details
- 27 Mar 2023
- News
A Sporting Chance
required him to call on the soft skills he learned at HBS. "The people there are not profit driven or bonus driven; they are in life to help people and give back to society," he says. His goals for the... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli