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- 04 Apr 2024
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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... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Redefining How Businesses Operate
In her LinkedIn profile, Rebecca Hu (MBA 2023) describes herself as a “biologist-turned-technologist obsessed with building great software products.” A product manager at the language learning app Duolingo, Hu immersed herself in electives and activities centered... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center
making a generous gift to the School to facilitate the construction of a new MBA campus center, scheduled for completion by the summer of 2000. The gift extends long-standing, close ties between the Spangler family and HBS. Both Dick... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 21 May 2024
- News
A New Chapter
Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
And Tuesday is the day that you solve for trust. So you run the experiments on rebuilding trust with the stakeholder at the center of your problem. Wednesday, we ask you to do things that adults generally don't like to do, which is to... View Details
- 09 Nov 2023
- News
From the Brink
Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
Dean Kim B. Clark noted, "Roy and Tibby Simmons have been wonderful role models for their children, community, and business associates. It is a privilege for HBS to have a chair that recognizes this truly amazing family." A Deep Regard... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
addition to the personalities involved on all sides. The book became a bestseller in the United States and a top seller in Korea despite being written in English. “Most of the details on the bond offering execution that appear in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
digging deep into planning, strategy, and available resources. It’s work that doesn’t come naturally, but the future of Chattanooga—and other US cities—depends on it. The realization that better cross-sector collaboration would be key to View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997
at an early age. These guiding principles have served her—and society—exceptionally well. “I have always enjoyed bridging worlds— across cultures, sectors, and disciplines. through social finance, i bring this sensibility to building new View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
$12 million in sales. Over the next 30-plus years, Dahod built five additional companies, each capitalizing on his own insights into technology and what the future would require—be it high-speed switching (Sigma Networks), high-speed... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
School clubs he had joined, he decided to apply. “It was just curiosity,” Goble says. The program, now known as Nucleate, which is dedicated to empowering the next generation of biotech leaders, hosted what Goble remembers as a kind of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
picture of its demographic: 70 percent of its customers are women. They are generally physically active, average about 42 years in age, and most of them are parents. In interviews, Cure found that its customers also tend to take other... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
Many communities view mental health disorders as a symbol of weakness, and older generations distrust the psychiatric system with cause. Prior to 1991, the Soviets used it as a suppressive tool, diagnosing dissidents with mental illness... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
Scientific), to name a few. As a founder and managing general partner of Venrock Associates, he led the venture investments of the Rockefeller family during a 45-year career. Now retired and serving on numerous corporate and philanthropic... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Action Plan: To the Letter
marketplace differently. Monotype got its name from the Lanston Monotype Machine Company, a printing machine manufacturer and type foundry in Philadelphia, established in 1887. Today, in addition to the thousands of fonts and trademarks... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor
Genesee & Wyoming, a railroad holding company. “It was a complex deal, and our thesis generated some uncertainty, but when we sold our assets a year later we had almost doubled our money.” Favorite PD investment: An eight-unit apartment... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News
(PhDOB 2019) has studied the issues facing local papers from multiple angles. Now, as cofounder and CEO of the National Trust for Local News, she has developed a first-of-its-kind model to preserve local news as a public good. The premise... View Details