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10 Sep 2020
News

Ken Powell Named 2020 HAA Award Recipient

Ken Powell (MBA 1974) Ken Powell (MBA 1974) Executive coach and management consultant Ken Powell (MBA 1974) was one of six Harvard alumni named a recipient of the 2020 HAA Award. The awards are presented annually to recognize alumni for their outstanding View Details

28 Mar 2018
News

Fueling the Future

Women who pursue STEM fields are accustomed to being challenged. When Cecily Kovatch (MBA 2002) began her career working as a field engineer for Schlumberger, one of the world’s largest oilfield service companies, the all-male crews on... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

23 Jan 2020
News

Bringing Education Back Home

and started to talk about how we could improve the situation. “We ended up with an idea of starting a smaller university focused to low-income students coming from the really poor families who were high achievers during high school. We... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Sep 2009
News

Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut

we have a rich set of finance electives, including courses on behavioral topics, investment management, financial markets, private equity, venture capital, financial engineering (which I also coteach), and a host of other topics. Retail financial View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

30 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

With Donald Trump’s election, Washington’s policy debate on financial services shifted overnight. Recent signs such as the president-elect’s own words and those of GOP leaders point to renewed efforts to dismantle the Dodd-Frank Act.... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services

03 Oct 2018
News

Klarman Hall Opens with Fanfare and Substance

02 Dec 2017
News

The Lines That Divide America

Photo via The Atlantic Photo via The Atlantic In a new article in The Atlantic, Dean Nitin Nohria draws parallels between standing in a waiting line and the current sense of unfairness and inequality being experienced by many Americans. “Access to the line that... View Details

Keywords: Nitin Nohria

01 Jun 2017
News

The Evolving HBS Campus

Pictured, from left: Cliff Gayley and architect William Rawn of William Rawn Associates; Dean Nitin Nohria; Beth Klarman; Seth Klarman; and Richard Walsh, president and CEO of Walsh Brothers, the project construction management firm. (photo by Susan Young) Klarman Hall... View Details

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

Engage with and support the University in new and mutually beneficial ways Raise funds for current priorities and future flexibility "Let us take the opportunity to ask ourselves,” says Nohria, “When future generations look back on this... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Aug 2001
News

Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)

In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of a Distinguished View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; John H. Davis; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Sep 2003
News

New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO

evening’s other honoree was Donna E. Shalala, president of the University of Miami and secretary of health and human services during the Clinton administration. The club presented her with its 2003... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

Profile

Kanwaljit Bakshi

the University of Virginia with a degree in psychology, "I thought I was going to go to Peace Corps, but for family reasons I wanted to stay in the United States," Brochu says. "So I thought, 'If I'm going to stay in the... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Jun 2004
News

John Dearden Remembered

Distinguished Service Award in 1995. Dearden served as a mentor to a number of HBS students who went on to become members of the Business School faculty, including F. Warren McFarlan. “John Dearden was one of the early visionaries... View Details

Keywords: John Dearden; Dearden; Ford Motor; Alzeimer; obituary; Educational Services; Educational Services

13 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

firms are temporarily closed and 40 percent of the workforce, on average, has been laid off or furloughed since late January. Retail, entertainment, food services, hospitality, and personal services industries have been hit hardest as... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

01 Jun 2013
News

Revitalizing America

Faculty Opinion Illustration by Corbis/Image Zoo/Cargo Whatever the question—disaster relief, education, health care, foreign policy—national and community service is an answer. Organizing a full-time civilian View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

18 May 2020
News

Joe O’Donnell Named Harvard Medal Recipient

Joe O’Donnell (MBA 1971) Joe O’Donnell (MBA 1971) The Harvard Alumni Association announced last week that Joe O’Donnell (MBA 1971) is one of three recipients of the 2020 Harvard Medal. As noted in the Gazette, the Harvard Medal “recognizes extraordinary View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Three Promoted to Full Professor

Paul A. Gompers Paul Gompers specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high-growth, and newly public companies. He holds a joint appointment in the Finance and the Entrepreneurial and Service Management units.... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Where Are They Now?

Marshall is still eyeing business opportunities is to be expected. The Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, he was universally held in high esteem during his HBS years, thanks to his penchant for a practical... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2006
News

Redefining Health Care

PORTER: Health care's zero-sum competition model adds costs and results in severe quality problems. University professor Michael Porter never planned to write a book on health-care reform. In fact, he expected brickbats in response to a... View Details