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Evan Rachlin

motivate others to perform at their peak." Experiencing management in action Evan applied to the joint MD/MBA program to "learn how to work in and manage large teams," a necessary prerequisite to success in private-sector product development. "The... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

New HBS Alumni Board Members

former U.S. naval officer, Mendell was a Baker Scholar at HBS. He and his wife, Andrea, have two children. Linda S. Oubré (MBA '84), a native of Los Angeles, is director and division president of BriteSmile, Inc., a specialty retailer... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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Philip L. Yeo: The Next Big Thing

computerization of Singapore while chairman of the country's National Computer Board) has redirected the country's economy into growth industries such as semiconductors, aerospace, and specialty chemicals. Now he's positioning Singapore... View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Mar 2004
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HBS Alumni Explore Tanzania

in some cases. The food, usually served buffet style, includes local specialties — curries, lamb, yucca, and ugali (a starch made from maize) — as well as more traditional Western choices. The final days of the trip are spent in two... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo

Bob DiRomualdo admits that he wasn't much of a reader until he paid a visit to Greenland. The son of a Philadelphia fireman, DiRomualdo took a job with RCA after graduating from high school to earn money for college. Dispatched by the... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Jun 2003
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Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus

the future.” The Batten gift will enable the School to secure and enhance the southern entrance to the HBS campus in preparation for Harvard’s major investment in its Allston neighborhood. In honor of Batten, the View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank

31 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978

Lanka, where he is presently the Chief of Party for USAID’s Sri Lanka Energy Program. Rick has 40 years of experience in formulating and implementing international infrastructure development programs in Latin America, Asia, Middle East, and Africa. Energy... View Details

01 Aug 2002
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HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive

included Aprendo, a service that verifies education and employment data; Empower, a specialty merchandiser of innovative “lifestyle” products for people with disabilities; and Music Games International, a company developing high-quality... View Details

13 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)

Exploration Kuyoro spent her childhood in Nigeria before continuing schooling in the U.K. After completing her degree in Engineering at the University of Warwick, she was eager to continue her education and study the intersection of... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

25 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Attending HBS to Grow the Family Business

growing up in a family business influence your desire to attend business school? I always knew there were ways to grow the business that we hadn’t thought of yet, or hadn’t created a plan for yet. I felt business school would inspire... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Toy Story

one was surprised. On the retail side, the large discount chains — WalMart and Target in particular — had steadily taken market share from specialty toy stores, in some cases using toys as a loss leader to pull in traffic. The ripple... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

05 Aug 2016
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Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

Cushing, considered the father of modern neurosurgery, was operating at Harvard Medical School nearly a century ago. And even with all the activity Amadio describes, the bench-to-bedside time for new treatments has averaged more than a... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

04 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: CVS Health

million patients each year, and expanding specialty pharmacy services, the company enables people, businesses and communities to manage health in more affordable and effective ways. CVS Health serves 5 million customers each day through... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Feb 2000
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New Releases

time when 30 to 40 percent of Americans switch religions during their lifetimes. A graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard Divinity School, McLennan is a Unitarian Universalist minister and chaplain at Tufts University who has spent... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Do Good: Eat Chocolate

nibs and raisins. Manufactured at a plant outside Medellín, Colombia, and sold at Whole Foods and gourmet specialty stores, sweetriot products are also available for purchase on Virgin America, at the outdoor equipment retailer REI, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

25 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)

everyone is a surgical candidate. This is perhaps the most difficult message to convey.” Why was having both an MD [Hwang graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2003] and an MBA from HBS important to you? “Well, the MD helped me get... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

10 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 10, 2008

agency-based predictions. The evidence does not confirm managerial discretion is being used to convey private information. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-014.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Blackstone Group's IPO Harvard Business View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

Forestry and attended the US Naval Officer Candidate School in Rhode Island, where I served in leadership positions and then spent three years on active duty as a ship’s navigator. In 1965, I began my forestry career as a Landowner... View Details

21 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 21

http://hbr.org/product/gap-inc-2000/an/713508-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-511 Gap, Inc., 2012 Between 2000 and 2012, Gap, Inc. ceded its world leadership position in specialty fashion retailing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2001
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Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

projects and good returns. Project finance — Esty’s specialty and the focus of his course — involves highly leveraged deals and risk-taking, something that has interested Esty since he wrote his doctoral thesis on risk-taking in the... View Details

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