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- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
100,000 kids have learned the game in the classroom through the joint efforts of Chess for Change and these other charities. And if he has his way, students all over the world will someday be advancing pawns and attacking bishops as part... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 23 May 2019
- News
Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997
Parthenon Group 2008 Named Managing Director, Parthenon Group 2011 Cofounds Social Finance 2011 Named Board Chair, Facing History and Ourselves 2013 Social Finance launches first Social Impact Bond 2017 Named Vice Chair, Harvard Board of Overseers 2019 Social Finance... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
don’t like jobs where you just think,” says Tisch. “My whole career has been doing, with thinking behind it. I couldn’t do just a thinking job.” Tisch could certainly have chosen an easier path. If her last name seems familiar, that is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Building a Better Brazil
similar goal: advancing Brazil. André Esteves, cofounder and CEO of Brazil-based BTG Pactual, the largest investment bank in Latin America, made a significant personal donation to renovate Baker Hall, which will be renamed Esteves Hall in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
running and investing in large companies were doing quite well. But working- and middle-class Americans were struggling, as were many small businesses. The most promising efforts we found to restore shared prosperity were local, cross-sector collaborations.” Launched... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
accent and direct, engaging manner, he comes across immediately as the kind of person who is accustomed both to doing things right and to doing the right thing. Over a late afternoon cup of tea in a conference room at the firm's midtown Manhattan office, de Chazal... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Who Was George F. Baker?
newspaper reporter since 1863,” the year he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the First National Bank of New York (now Citibank) at age 23. Baker believed in action, not words. And his actions spoke volumes. He began his banking View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
career ambitions, humility, and confidence—and the incomparable kinship (and long memories) of sectionmates. Scroll the main story to read all alumni submissions or jump to a specific case here: “Suzuki Samurai” Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA... View Details
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
according to the New York Times. Then, in October, the government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Moderna $25 million to develop mRNA to combat infectious diseases and biological threats. "What we're trying to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
out of poverty, providing products and services that have improved people’s standards of living, and creating fulfilling jobs and careers. But the challenges facing the world today require business to do even more—to address persistent economic inequality, to View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
A Taste of Tradition
Kikkoman (preventing any one branch from gaining dominance), Ken, a second-born son of a branch Mogi family, seemed destined for a career elsewhere. But in 1962, Shichizaemon Mogi, a direct descendant of one of the founding Mogi families,... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
says Frank Yang (MBA 2006), a partner at ADL Ventures, a firm that supports innovation in infrastructure companies through business development consulting, funding, and mentorship. Yang is ADL’s point person in the Advanced Building... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
to somehow be of service to others.” A graduate of Morehouse College with a degree in computer science, he recalls that, at the time he applied to HBS, deciding between an advanced degree in business or in religion was “almost a toss-up.”... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
quantum gravity. Overall, the author introduces complex concepts of quantum mechanics in an accessible and fun-to-read style while laying the groundwork for mastering an advanced level of treatment in standard quantum mechanics textbooks... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
last June, he has been a prime example of the positive results of that litmus test. Daniel first heard of McKinsey & Company at a career panel he attended during his senior year at Wesleyan University, where he majored in mathematics. But... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
recalls his father asking. That question stayed with Pete Stavros. There had to be a better way. Early in his career as an investor, Stavros was part of a deal with a company that had an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
a microphone, and an extensive record collection with money earned working for their father. Ferguson moonlighted as a DJ in college on the weekends to earn extra money but never considered a career in the music business. Instead, he... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
fear around being gay in the business world. I felt it would be damaging to my career to be found out, so I limited myself to creative industries where I thought my gayness would be more acceptable if revealed. I worked at Apple for five... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
search firms in the world, with billings last year of almost $300 million. Applicants-all of whom must have an advanced degree such as an MBA or Ph.D.-face a gauntlet of 25 to 35 interviews with partners and associates in at least 3 of... View Details