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- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
says, it will create a new asset class for socially minded investors, providing them with a reliable ROI that will advance the investing effort. He also believes that changing from a charity-based model of giving has a huge impact on the... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Audit: War & Peace
the Cuban Missile Crisis, Colombia, Rwanda, the Middle East, and on to Russia and Ukraine. The cases ask students to put themselves in the shoes of the leaders, strategists, negotiators, and policymakers who confronted decisions of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
enterprises delivering high-impact goods and services to the emerging middle class and low-income populations, which he cofounded in 2007. At HBS, his work examines businesses serving low-income markets... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path
Hsieh’s “gray area.” Could he best help the country by taking a stand against corruption or by cleaning up its streets? Hsieh, who is now course head for Leadership and Corporate Accountability, wrote the case “Cedar Environmental: Innovation vs. Corruption” with... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
With the 15th Reunion for the Class of 1984 just around the corner, the Bulletin revisits five members of the class we've been keeping tabs on over the years to learn how they're balancing family and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Conversation with Dean Nohria
women It's important to remember that HBS has been global from its founding: Our very first MBA class included students from Brazil and Canada. Today, 34 percent of our students and 42 percent of our faculty hail from outside the United... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
of the World Bank’s scenario for global economic progress out to 2030. While cheered by the prospect of continued economic growth that is expected to triple the middle class from 400 million to 1.2 billion... View Details
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
secretary has continued to be a blessing, as I’ve been in the middle of communications between members of our class and HBS for the past 40 years.” Freeman returned to the company after HBS, but after five... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
(sent in by class-notes secretaries) Games 1972J. Section A started our bingo game in the second term of our first year (1971). Cards had the names of roughly a third of the class (24 of 75) on them (5 each for B, I, G, and O and 4 plus... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
Courtesy Shalinee Sharma Courtesy Shalinee Sharma As a sixth grader in Buffalo, New York, Shalinee Sharma (MBA 2005) believed math just wasn’t her thing. There were only a few girls in the honors class at her new school, and Sharma soon... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
happy. So have you thought about that? Pasricha: You know? At the end of our classes in RC year-- I think most people will be the same-- our professors closed the class on the final View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Benaree Wiley
remembers feeling "isolated" when she and her husband, well-known Boston attorney Fletcher ("Flash") Wiley, came to the city for graduate school - she at HBS and he at Harvard Law School. But the couple stayed on to launch their respective careers and, hoping to become... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
with a growing middle class in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. We hope to become the world's newest 'tiger states.' Bureaucracy and lack of appropriate infrastructure are challenges, but most... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
"I don't think Brazil today has the best image abroad. I don't think people look at Brazil and say, 'Wow, this is a country that I would love to visit.'" Those views are based on an antiquated notion of Brazil, Sender says. More than 50 million Brazilians have joined... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
every case through that lens." O'Neill also became involved in the School's mentoring program with the Taft Middle School, and as General Academic Council representative for his section, he was a driving force in reshaping the orientation... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
forefront of understanding these phenomena and what they mean, not only to U.S. managers, but to managers worldwide. Student demand is another important factor. This year's entering MBA class is 33 percent international. That presents a... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 May 2010
- News
Commencement and the Winds of Change
To give peace a chance, unleash the power of business. That’s Sir Ronald Cohen’s (MBA ’69) idea for one of the world’s toughest neighborhoods: the Middle East. At an event hosted by the HBS Jewish Students Association on April 9, Cohen,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested
Robin Gregg (MBA 2002) grew up in the West Virginia town of Martinsburg, 15 minutes from the midpoint of the Appalachian Trail. “Most of the people I looked up to were doctors, lawyers, or teachers, so it’s funny that I ended up in business,” she says. One of five... View Details
- 14 Jul 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)
our network of group buyers.” More generally, how do you use what you learned at HBS in your work as cofounder and chief growth officer of Nilus? “At HBS, I gained full access to the global startup ecosystem. Additionally, the school gave me the confidence to start my... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
Joseph R. Biden Jr., in his “Plan for Education Beyond High School,” encourages investments in community colleges and technical programs as pathways to opportunity that improve student achievement and grow a stronger, more prosperous, and more inclusive View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie