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- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
1992), managing partner of New York–based RHEAL Capital Management—purchased the building, plus the nearby Albert Kahn Building and 2,000 parking spaces, for just $12.2 million at auction. Rhea’s interest in Detroit and the New Center... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
access by expanding fellowships for those with financial need. It opened new international research centers and offices, launched the Harvard-wide i-Lab ecosystem, completed a $1.4 billion capital campaign, and enhanced the campus through... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Washington. With Gratitude: Barker Steel and the People Who Made It Work by Robert B. Brack (OPM 2, 1977) ArchwayPublishing When Robert Brack returned to Barker Steel Co. (the business started by his grandfather in 1920) several years... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
outlook. Since its inception in 2001, 89 MBAs have taken part in the program, working at 43 organizations as diverse as the City of Boston Mayor’s Office, Teach For America, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Mercy Corps. Fellows... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts and travel to New York to see the Philharmonic. It was still a hobby then, albeit an important one. But when he got into the working world, he found he was spending more time analyzing scores than... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
plays a role in nudging enterprises toward less risky digital practices. “Saving our clients from being breached is the prime directive,” says Itskovich, who previously worked at Bain Capital and financial... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
Sixteen years ago, Donna L. Dubinsky (MBA '81) was a second-year HBS student who, having "fallen in love" with her Apple computer, decided she wanted to work for the company. "I had no technical background or training," Dubinsky recalls.... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
(MBA '87), and Lynn V. Odland (79th AMP), worked for over two years to put together the four-day program. In addition to two full days of talks and panel discussions, the conference featured hands-on technology demonstrations (including... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
you can catch and hold one of the briny little creatures in your own two hands. As president and CEO of the Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center in Boston, Arthur Pearson (MBA 1991) is working with Boston Public Schools to make... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
brings to his new role a broad expertise in global business practice, especially in the area of international marketing. Working with the Global Initiative's executive director Kathleen Cooke Ryan and a steering group of senior faculty,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
capital or labor. He said it was not due—and this is really quite striking since we’re now in a pandemic—to earthquake, or famine, or war. Those are all things that would destroy productive capacity. He said instead that the economic... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
one an overland trip across four African countries that culminated in volunteer work at a university in Mauritius. These were two totally different experiences, but with the same impact: They gave DiDonna some real separation from his... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “Who's actually putting those groceries on the shelves still and who's driving the truck to get that food that gets put on those grocery shelves? It's the working class. We... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
recalls. After consulting at the Stanford Research Institute and teaching at Stanford Business School and UC Berkeley’s business school, America worked in the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Small Business Administration, focusing on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
the twelfth grade,” recalls Eustis. “He was a real tough, volatile type of guy. He played football. He was later rumored to be the smartest kid ever to graduate from our high school.” During those same years, McArthur worked part-time in... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
that unit. Gibbs and the family he left behind never strayed far from Kim’s mind as he returned home and pursued a career in private equity, first as principal at Butler Capital in New York and later as global co-head of investor... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
on Iraq. For the Japanese in the room, it’s a sobering reminder of how war, and its aftermath, can affect a country and its people for decades. For the American, it indicates a clear need for political change. When her two-year commitment in Japan is complete, she... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
customers about their needs and collect relevant market data. But when markets do not yet exist, neither do customers. The process must be an interactive one wherein innovators work to sell disruptive products to customers and then watch... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
fishermen but also with local, state, and federal regulators. Satisfying them proved to be a Kafkaesque experience that entailed spending a large chunk of the startup’s capital on a hydroacoustic system to monitor the local fish... View Details