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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
communities." Today, the WWB network provides financial services in more than forty countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. At the same time, this global organization helps microfinance... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
Art by Digital Vision Corporate leadership is a much-discussed topic these days. With financial scandals making headlines daily, the CEO hero worship that was common during the late 1990s is out and increased skepticism is in. “The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
hands-on therapeutic technique, and then in 2009 opened his own studio using the “standard business model,” he says, of clients paying for classes. But he increasingly heard people say they didn’t do yoga because they couldn’t afford it. As fallout from the 2008 View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
lunching with a student mentee, strategizing with the director of a pre-K education program, or working on crisis management with city officials in the aftermath of a violent neighborhood incident. “Don’t ask me about my typical day,” he... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Hood. “Our staff features not only business-trained project managers but also an unusually young group of scientific Ph.D.s whom we value as a new kind of expert. They bring their own innovative ideas about what directions and projects... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
every level, and effectively manage risk. At Honeywell, for example, the Automation and Control Solutions business relies on a homegrown Velocity Portfolio Manager software program for managers. At a glance... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem
As a second-year student, Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) worked with Jingsheng Huang, managing executive director of the Harvard Center Shanghai, to organize an impact investing conference in Shanghai. (photo courtesy Harvard Center Shanghai) As a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
biotechnology. The prospect is exhilarating, but the road to this brave new biotech world has more than a few bumps. With an average time line of ten years required to bring a drug to market - and the potential for failure looming every step of the way - the business... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
exercises, and practices that have helped managers gain the skills, courage, and confidence to lead. College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others by Stan Beck (PMD 64, 1992) and Jack Wilkinson... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
Buttner's (HRPBA '58) informative talk on the importance of financial investing for women, to the three upbeat and entertaining panels on how to succeed in corporate, nontraditional, and entrepreneurial career pursuits, to a moving speech... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
new brands, revitalizing existing brands, and managing brand portfolios in the rapidly evolving modern marketplace. Integrating academic theories with practical experience, this book covers fundamental branding concepts, strategies, and... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
college, Ma worked as a project manager at Hewlett-Packard (HP), where she first realized she had an interest in business. “I had this insatiable curiosity about HP’s customers and the company’s competition,” she recalls. “I also found... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
need to deal with the fact that a management perspective driven primarily by financial concerns may jeopardize patient care. This may become an area of professional interest for me." The brief pause for... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
by 2025, which would amount to a third of all assets under management around the world. But sandwiched somewhere between the high hopes and higher stakes of sustainable investing looms the big question: Will it ever be enough to solve the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
extensive strategic and financial experience included consulting at McKinsey, investment banking at Salomon Brothers, and leading business development at several Internet and media companies. The pair started investigating and found a lot... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
The Pursuit of Impact
Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) is founder and CEO of the financial data firm Bloomberg LP, the former mayor of New York City, and founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies. He is a 2019 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Year-End Roundup: Dean's Award, Other Honors Conferred as Class of '98 Graduates
Rubin, shared his experiences and lessons learned from his many years of service with Goldman Sachs and in government. He encouraged students "to do your best with the utmost focus but at the same time reach out for opportunities to broaden your experience." After... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
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School’s 100th MBA Class Graduates
(Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise); David Moss (Creating the Modern Financial System); Tom Nicholas (The Entrepreneurial Manager); Thomas Piper (Financial Reporting and Control); and Zeynep Ton (Coordinating and View Details
Keywords: Graduation
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
selected professional managers to run them, and given them more financial autonomy, which has reduced many agency problems commonly faced by SOEs, but not the temptation for governments to intervene in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
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Power Trip
least four consecutive years of top financial performance or have led a business or service that changed the way people live and work. Our previous book, In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century, shows that... View Details