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- 01 Jan 2004
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Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
well when he was later elected student body president at the University of Washington. During his senior year, a faculty advisor encouraged him to apply to Harvard Business School, which Nielsen describes as a "life-changing experience"... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
attractiveness of a well-structured public-private partnership framework for water distribution in Metro Manila, encouraged us to make this investment. In the process, we were able to change a public utility delivery system that was stuck... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research
leaders. The collaborative nature of labs, with their multidisciplinary approach, encourages the pursuit of more ambitious avenues of inquiry into large-scale problems than those that can be addressed by solo researchers. Labs also enable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
job. You’re asked to deliver a five-minute, nonstop pitch to two interviewers on your qualifications. They listen but give no feedback—none of the encouraging head nods or mmm-hmms that make us feel we’re being heard and understood.... View Details
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
again should a move to Brazil be in his future. Dzodan encourages other alumni and entrepreneurs to bring on interns. “It can be scary to think about using your time to build an internship program as time is our most valuable resource,... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 28 Mar 2016
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Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
year, but no one is encouraging their work.” Having been a trader and investment adviser, and the head of a major auction house, he knew that business could provide the solution. “I thought I should create an art market rather than... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
principles of personalized medicine and is beginning to implement policies to help the movement forward. Several future initiatives are critical. First, the FDA should continue to encourage pharmaceutical companies to embrace personalized... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
schools open but encouraged parents to pick up their kids if they wanted to." (For his part, Lhota had been able to confirm by phone that his wife and two children were safe, while leaving messages that he was, too.) Some sixteen hours... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
here. But a principal effect of that trend as it relates to radical change in the industry is that, from a policy or social perspective, there’s going to have to be either incredible sacrifice or economic incentive/transfer payments provided by governments, to View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
among Jones’ friends, her husband encouraged her to write a book, and The Case Method Miracle was released last fall. Jones says the book is designed to help parents teach their children “independent thinking, wise judgement and grit.” “I... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
Integration—Pursuing opportunities to encourage and support research and curriculum development for HBS faculty members teaching undergraduate and graduate students across the University through the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) and in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
experiment, analyze the data, and partner with school districts when they find approaches that work." "I encourage MBA students and young alumni who are interested in education to seriously consider school-based roles, which require an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
later known as the “dean of black businessmen.” Fitzhugh encouraged Lambert to apply to HBS, where she was the first African American woman to attend the School during the early years of women’s acceptance into the two-year MBA Program.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
impact as a specialist than as a generalist. One of the themes we talked about a lot at Yahoo! is fast failure. You want to create a culture that encourages taking risks and trying new things. If they don’t work out or fail, which many of... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
ostensibly he taught us about entrepreneurship, Professor Ghosh explored difficult and personal topics with us in his classes, such as depression and failure in the framework of being a leader. He encouraged us to share our stories and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
another significant advance. For if the mutual fund first empowered the "little guy" by encouraging him to visit Wall Street, the Internet has captured the Street and placed it at his disposal, inside his personal computer. A Nation of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
equation" seems to be at the forefront of each of their leaders' minds. "I really believe that the most important competitive element a company has are the people who work in it," notes Boise Cascade's Harad. Harad prefers to lead by example, View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
feelings and attitudes. "It encouraged me to be more independent," Belkin continues. "In a way, I think it fertilized my entrepreneurial leanings. I also believe it made me more community oriented. As a result, I wanted to take what was... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
Kuemmerlein. “And to encourage them to share their personal insights in a welcoming environment.” Crossroads Conference Explores Deglobalization More than 350 alumni, corporate and thought leaders convened in Dubai on March 22, to explore... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
Vietor received assistance and encouragement from several South African AMP alumni. "They helped arrange access to key GEAR players during my several weeks in the country," says Vietor, who describes his research experience as exciting,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons