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- 25 Aug 2022
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Turning Point: Dream Weaver
Encyclopedia Britannica. A little less, maybe the World Book. Neither of my parents went to college. In our case, they struggled to buy a letter a week of the encyclopedia available through the A&P, where we bought groceries. That was how... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Turning Point: Eternal Returns
Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in the middle of Typhoon Gloria in 1957 and spent my early childhood in Kowloon’s Walled City, which at the time was an extremely poor and densely... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
developments. The Case Method Miracle by Anne Jones (MBA 1997) Crimson Square Press “Socrates created it. Harvard Business School perfected it. We parent with it; anyone, anywhere, anytime. Kids get grit and wise judgment.” View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
communities globally at GE Money; at IBM he helped to develop the company’s corporate citizenship strategy and launched a leadership program for school administrators in partnership with HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. “I’ve always... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
Corporation as project leader of an effort to create a stand-alone word-processing system. Following a brief stint at FasFax Corporation, he arrived at HBS in pursuit of an education that might help him keep ahead of succeeding... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
parents than men. Women are eager to find a way to integrate their personal and professional lives. Electing to leave the corporate world and pursue entrepreneurial careers can make it even harder for women... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Steady as She Goes
Courtesy Coles This was going to be the year everything got back to normal. Since Leah Weckert (MBA 2008) became the CFO at Australia’s Coles Group in 2018, the supermarket giant had announced a demerger—the largest in the country’s history—from View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
corporate culture. Pro bono work At Intuit, we give free tax preparation software to any American with an adjusted gross income of $25,000 or less — about 45 percent of the population. The tax system is so mind-bendingly complex that it's... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
Once they placed their order, customers had to wait ten years to receive it. Finally, Bajaj, whose grandfather had been known as the "fifth son" of Mahatma Gandhi and whose parents and grandparents had spent time in British prisons for... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
wake up to find oneself deeply enmeshed in a large company, a parent or a dog owner, or the proprietor of a stately home in a suspiciously green and leafy neighborhood. But we have followed our own paths to this latest milestone, and odds... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
the corner store, and helped his mother, a single parent of four, sell furniture at weekend flea markets. Although his family was "periodically on welfare" and food stamps were a regular part of life, Rogers describes his upbringing with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
second of five children, growing up under apartheid in rural South Africa, she credits her parents with stressing the importance of education and for making her politically aware and proud of her Sotho heritage. With this strong... View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
“getting a chance to step out of those roles and cut loose with music we love is also just a blast.” When Scheel is not cutting loose onstage, he’s in charge of mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, and technology partnerships at... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
Co-Chairman, Loews Corporation Download Tisch profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1949 Born, Asbury Park, New Jersey 1971 Earns BS, Hotel Administration, Cornell University 1971 Joins Loews as Marketing... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
corporate America for many, many years. What do you think it takes to actually achieve inclusive leadership? What should be different now? Bonita: This was a moment I think for all leaders, there was so much that was going on last year in... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
committee's board of trustees was going to call: Bain Capital CEO W. Mitt Romney (MBA '74, JD '75). Although he is a Massachusetts resident, Romney's Utah roots run deep: his ancestors journeyed west with Brigham Young, his parents were... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
illustration by Cathy Gendron When the pressure is on and the going gets messy, Swanee Hunt, former U.S. ambassador to Austria, can usually find a diplomatic way to discuss just about any situation. But for Hunt, a parent of three, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
forcing the Cohen family to leave with only one suitcase each. His mother’s British citizenship enabled the Cohens to resettle in London. “My parents were not broken by what happened in Egypt,” he says. “They saw it as a challenge, and... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
graduates from working-class families. I helped my parents deliver packages and clean college dorms in Philadelphia. Christine helped her immigrant parents run a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles. It was... View Details
- 10 May 2022
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
Barron (MBA 1972) Former President, Engineering Systems; Former President, Office Products Division, Xerox Corporation Dance, dance revolution: “I studied modern dance in college; the originality of the choreography attracted me, but it... View Details