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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Climate Change Optimist
Verizon’s move to shift its energy use to 50 percent renewables by 2025, and supply chain programs to increase carbon sequestration through soil health initiatives with companies like Danone and Cargill: “Through photosynthesis, we can... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Seth Lowe
- 01 May 2013
- News
Patricia F. Bilden & Philip M. Bilden, MBA 1991
have been fortunate to build a great business and invest in numerous ventures with HBS alumni around the globe,” Bilden says. “Knowing that HBS alumni share common values has been good for both business and friendships.” With many HBS connections throughout the world,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
New York Club Focuses on Entrepreneurship
As interest in entrepreneurship grows, so too does the number of alumni events focused on this hot topic. The HBS Club of Greater New York, for instance, recently hosted its second annual America's Entrepreneur Awards ceremony. "We... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'
through social impact bonds. “Social impact bonds enable a social organization to raise capital for preventive action, to establish a track record of social performance and to be paid for that social performance at a rate that enables it... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A bold experiment in education
college acceptance rate and sent the highest percentage of its graduates to college in the city, excluding selective-admissions schools. Most recently, in 2013, NOCP took over the operation of the lowest-performing elementary school in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New 1908 Society Embraces Senior Alumni
reached the 60th Reunion mark back to campus each fall for a reunion. “It is wonderful that HBS is giving special recognition to its senior alumni with the formation of the 1908 Society,” says 102-year-old Albert H. (“Al”) Gordon (MBA... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Online Fashionistas
“A lot of the brands love the fact that our Web site is private like a very contained platform in which we could sell their goods. It was actually very easy once we got the system up and running to get amazing designers, not only women’s... View Details
- 15 Aug 2021
- News
You’ve Never Heard of the Biggest Digital Media Company in America
The New York Times recently profiled Red Ventures, led by CEO and cofounder Ric Elias (MBA 1994), calling the company “perhaps the biggest digital publisher in America, a 4,500-employee juggernaut that says it has roughly $2 billion in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Women and VC
women and families. Indeed, it appears that women will shape the future. As Dodi noted, “Many recent studies confirm that gender diversity in business boosts productivity and profitability. And the female demographic is expected to grow... View Details
- 23 Oct 2020
- News
Two MBA Startups Cited as “Most Disruptive”
targets STEM and healthcare students with 5-year income share agreements that set aside a fixed percentage of a recipient’s future earnings. (The firm collects nothing if a client earns less than $40,000 annually.) Women and minorities account for 85 and 75 percent of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
Happy Because He’s Blind
HBS and continues to share his experiences with others; next year, he’ll publish a book. Asked what has been his biggest challenge, Foster responded, “The key to resilience is visualizing what greatness looks like, and I don’t know of any child who wanted to grow up to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
For the Greater Good
difference I can make in the world. My goal is not to make the most difference or put it on a competitive level or do the most what I can. But I try and be thoughtful and do something at whatever level that could have a positive influence... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Attention, Oenophiles
blacks. One recommended label is Seven Sisters Bukettraube Odelia, selling for about $13 a bottle, of which one critic noted: “The obscure Bukettraube grapes provide peach and floral aromas opening to peach and apricot flavors with a touch of lime. Fine acidity deftly... View Details
Keywords: Wholesale Trade
- 28 Nov 2018
- News
Elevating Women at Fidelity
In the wake of sexual harassment allegations at Fidelity, Abby Johnson (MBA 1988) has stepped up a concerted effort to promote women within the 72-year-old firm, according to Bloomberg. "A year ago Fidelity came under media scrutiny after View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Michael F. Cronin, MBA 1977
Detroit, and even the student whose idea it was to put solar panels on the roof of Shad,” he notes. Cronin is the cofounder and managing partner of Weston Presidio, a private equity firm with offices on both US coasts and over $3 billion... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
transparency, and legal accountability. “I was hired in 2014 to change how business is done in Colorado and to make it the leader in responsible business practice,” she says. “For the past three years, I have been traveling around the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with James Andrew Miller
the curtains.” Miller’s new book fits that successful mold—but comes with a marketing challenge. Powerhouse is about Creative Artists Agency, a powerful force in the entertainment industry but a lesser-known brand than SNL or ESPN. He spent much of the fall on the road... View Details
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Gaining Ground on ALS
1998. “But this grant is significant because it facilitates the sharing of plasma samples, collected from test subjects over time, with academic researchers.” The collaboration is a first for an international, late-stage trial and could... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Adoption
organization has helped more than 300 children in orphanages across the United States and in 35 countries. Taylor’s hope for Pathway’s future success includes professional counseling for adoptees and their new families. “These families are not wealthy—they have very... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks
positive relationship between risk and return is strong between asset classes (say, stocks and bonds), it is weak within classes, such as the stock market. By analyzing a large sample of historical data from US banks, Baker has found that... View Details