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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
paths to pedal. In 1893, the roads became a cause of concern for the federal government as the U.S. Post Office Department instituted a system of rural free delivery (RFD). Members of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry — an... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
Entrepreneurship is nothing new at HBS. The first course in entrepreneurship was taught over fifty years ago, and the list of alumni who have founded profoundly influential companies — from Continental... View Details
- 25 Aug 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
nature of the relationship. With our approach, you are an important part of the economy—a customer—and this institution wants to sell you a product. You know that if you’re not happy, you can take your business somewhere else. You have... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
Moore described the rise of the semiconductor industry and the uniquely fertile environment for startup companies in Silicon Valley, Arati Prabhakar of the National Institute of Standards and Technology discussed the future of the Silicon... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Fueling Innovation
members, strengthens relationships with local alumni and practitioners, and supports admissions and career development outreach. RESEARCH INSTITUTES In 2022, HBS launched two research institutes that... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
entrepreneur-in-residence at the Stevens Institute of Technology’s Venture Center in New Jersey, advising startups in the energy space, specifically clean-tech. She is also an adjunct professor, teaching entrepreneurial management.... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Charting Alumni Impact
The impact of an educational institution is often measured anecdotally, using the achievements of its alumni. In late 2015, Harvard released the results of the inaugural University-wide research study to quantify the “economic and social... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
Cyril Taylor (MBA 1961) (Amberley Publishing) As a social entrepreneur and education reformer, Taylor helped establish 3,000 specialist schools and over 1,500 academies in the UK as well as founding and working as chairman of the American View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Illustration by Jon Krause What percentage of managers do you think steal from their companies? Your answer to that question can tell a financial institution a lot about your creditworthiness, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 14 Sep 2015
- News
Helping Investors Have an Impact
getting people to cross-connect and cross-pollinate our ideas. It enables philanthropic funders, whether they are philanthropists giving money or they are institutional investors who want to actually deploy their assets via venture... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
entrepreneurs and slowing deal volume for VCs. But change cannot wait, says Barna, just one of many alumni and academics in the entrepreneurship and investing sectors who advocate steps toward inclusivity like the ideas offered here.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
HBS, along with ten other business schools, has been recognized for its "cutting-edge programs incorporating societal-business issues" in a report issued by the World Resources Institute and the Initiative for Social Innovation through... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Jennifer L. Scott
under the auspices of Harvard's Institute for International Development. After returning from Kenya she joined Bain & Company and later signed on with a startup, founded by Bain colleagues, focused on privatization efforts in Central... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
boards of several Boston organizations, including The Windsor School, MATCH Education, the Telluride Foundation, and the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), which she describes as "all incredible, impact-oriented nonprofit organizations... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- News
An Educational Start-Up
Technoloy, Maastricht University it was a bit like sitting in on a session of the United Nations, although the participants were primarily from Europe. This was, after all the (deep breath) European Entrepreneurship Colloquium on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Wyss Gift Supports HBS Doctoral Programs
revolutionary orthopedic devices to market and changing the surgical approach to healing broken bones. After graduating from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1959, he worked for Chrysler Corporation, helping set up... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
neighborhoods across Baltimore, with competitive admissions) is annually ranked among the best public schools in the United States. This year, 96 percent of the school's graduates are college bound, many to elite institutions in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
capitalist by day. I teach entrepreneurship with the Middlebury Institute for International Studies. I often ask my students where they think the root of venture capital is. They'll often tell me they think... View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition
firm is pioneering interventions in Sri Lanka that will help transform the nation. In the past two years, York Street Partners has arranged the largest private equity investment in a non-banking financial institution and enabled one of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
business, organizational, financial, and institutional problems,” West recalls. Since Harvard University, with its medical school, teaching hospitals, and Nobel Prize winners, is perhaps the world’s leading View Details