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- 24 Apr 2014
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Recasting environmentalism as a smart financial investment
A former managing director and partner for Goldman Sachs, where he spent 24 years, Mark Tercek (MBA 1984) is inspired by the opportunity to help businesses, governments, and environmental organizations work together in new, innovative ways. Tercek left Goldman Sachs in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Noted & Quoted
“I showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring.' He put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out.” —New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (MBA 1965), on the 2005 disappearance of his $25,000 Super... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Once a Fulbright…
Ruth Owades (MBA ’75), founder and former CEO of Calyx & Corolla, the pathbreaking online flower company, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Medal from the Fulbright Association in May. Her Fulbright year in France, where she studied with the late playwright Eugène... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
a research group in an academic nonprofit setting working with government leaders and other nonprofits, foundations, and businesses, to inform better policies. I enjoy leadership roles where I feel like I can have a unique impact, and my... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
grandchildren, home today due to a teachers’ strike. The story of how she built her house, dug a well, and fought to get electricity (at one point giving most of her savings to a government official) is an epic tale that spans many years... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
business and government in a rapidly changing world. Over six hundred graduates and guests came to campus for a 1948 alumni conference on "Responsibility for Business Leadership," which was covered extensively in the magazine. In the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
of golf at nearby Pebble Beach. That unexpected outing speaks volumes about the state of venture capital in the midst of the worst “correction” in the industry’s nearly sixty-year history. “VCs venture capitalists didn’t have anything... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
Breaking barriers for women
As US Secretary of Commerce in the Nixon Administration, Barbara Hackman Franklin (MBA 1964) led a highly successful effort to advance women in the federal government. (Published January 2015) View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
With a background in government service, truck-parts manufacturing, and private equity, John C. Read (MBA ’71) might seem an unlikely person to run the world’s largest adventure-based educational organization. But about a decade ago, Read... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Winter Break Just Got Educational
have transformed China over the past 25 years. The itinerary included academic and media panel presentations on a variety of topics affecting China and networking events with HBS alumni. Students also met with corporate executives and View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- News
Anti-Defamation League Awards Highest Honor to Jonathan Lavine
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
but it has a detailed plan for public- and private- sector efforts to end extreme global poverty. Business alone cannot do the job because, as the IGD plan points out, it is necessary to invest in good governments as well as investing in... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
will elect five members of the University's Board of Overseers and six directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. Candidates for Overseer The Board of Overseers is one of Harvard's two governing boards, the other being the President and... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- News
The importance of being a mentor
Throughout her career in the public and private sectors, Bonnie Cohen (MBA 1967) has seen both sides of the power of mentorship. (Published May 2015) View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
are notably aggressive in their pursuit of research, therapies, and cures. These organizations apply results-oriented business approaches to medical and academic research that in the past would typically move at a stately pace. (Brad... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
was spotted in 1986 by Alain Gomez (20th PMD), the charismatic chairman of the French electronics giant Thomson, who tapped him as his special assistant. In 1988, Djelic went to the United States to help with a new Thomson acquisition,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Oct 2022
- News
Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion
Lebanon Ingea introduced Ambassador Shea, and noted her broad knowledge of the region and career path starting at the State Department and including multiple postings in the Middle East. Ambassador Shea summarized the situation in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
buzz. Of course, high positions still provide opportunities; a President of the United States has a bully pulpit and can use it to command attention. But attention will be ephemeral if his actions don’t earn respect. Hierarchy’s last... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
The role of business in improving public education, reducing welfare dependency, and revitalizing urban areas was the subject of a stimulating forum held at HBS on April 6-8. The conference, titled "Business Leadership in the Social Sector," drew a distinguished group... View Details