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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
class discussions. In my conversations with HBS students, I feel that same energy and enthusiasm. Students today are so appreciative of this educational opportunity and excited about touching countless lives and making a true difference... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
never heard of Wattle Range. Upon conducting research, he discovered that his ancestors were among the first European settlers in the region and his grandfather had built the mill and adjoining houses in one of its forestry towns. “I have... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
got great support from HBS in helping to return. They had heard that an HBS student had been checked into McLean and then, I reached out to the key person in the student services. So part of it was a lot of support that I got from HBS. I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
that entered the business world at a time when, as one classmate puts it, "we certainly heard more praise for socialism than capitalism" - respond to questions about their personal and professional involvement in social enterprise... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
Personally, how do you feel you changed when you made that transition? Sulyman: I think it really opened my mind. I was very sheltered growing up in Lagos, Nigeria. Very loving parents, grew up in the household of five people, two... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
him. They still run the company, and they also manage a household that includes their three children. Execution Is Critical Entrepreneurship is difficult even when the idea is great, the teams are complementary, and conditions seem ideal. I View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- News
Living the Legacy
When Ray Kusisto (MBA 1986) graduated from Harvard Business School, he knew he had been part of a unique experience. “I still feel that way,” says Kusisto, now CEO of Ortho NorthEast, the premier orthopedic clinic and specialty center in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
other schools accepted only men. "One of the men used a mild bit of profanity, then looked at me and said, 'Oh, I'm sorry.' The professor very wisely said, 'Mrs. Wilkinson has worked at IBM. She's heard all those words before.' "... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
visits often require bus fare—while the Barared booths can be accessed on weekends and off-hours. And customers feel safe topping up their mobile phones here, says Reyes. They tell her that other companies take their money but fail to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
think that leads to a particular kind of culture where people start feeling foolish if they're not participating in these perceived changes. Getting Down to Business Palepu: How can we begin to fix some of these problems? Hall: On the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
their reactions in the pages of the Harbus. Along with expressions of patriotism and cautions against ethnic stereotyping and giving in to feelings of hate, the weekly paper carried articles that pointed to an abrupt shift in priorities.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
always had the feeling that HBS was in the business of training leaders, and consequently I feel that you have to bear some responsibility for what your graduates have done to this country. HBS and other... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
was through such a discussion that Allen Grossman, the MBA Class of 1957 Professor of Management Practice, first heard about the Mexican health-care nonprofit Salud Digna, which he calls "one of the most stunning and efficient nonprofit... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
it happens. And so that was my reaction was, here we are again. I had a slightly different reaction to the protests, which was pride, incredible pride at this new generation of young people who are taking to the streets and who are exercising their rights to make their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
What Went Wrong?
myself straining to understand not just what was happening but the strange vocabulary used to describe it. I’d never heard of a subprime mortgage. Likewise securitization in all its exotic flavors: collateralized debt obligations,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
working to change such bias is well within our purview. Interestingly, someone told me there’s a US white supremacy group that loves Khan Academy, despite the apparent fact that I am not white. We’ve also heard that in the frontier... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
elevation 8,144 feet, high above Boulder, Colorado. On this September morning the mountain air feels brisk and invigorating. Purple fall asters bloom between rocks, and clouds pile up above the ponderosa pines. Far off in the distance,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
the Girls Who Code board. “I’ve heard stories from the girls,” she says of the 6th- to 12th-grade girls involved in the program. “It starts early. Stories of them being chased out of the computer lab because it’s ‘Boys Only.’ ” Maybank is... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
the changing global landscape for business leaders Look in any closet, toy chest, or family room in a typical Western home, and you’ll find a trove of goods supplied by a century-old Hong Kong–based export trading company— Li & Fung Ltd. Odds are, you’ve never View Details