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- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
soundtrack of Dominican life. The young musicians are all a part of the nonprofit iASO Bachata Academy, established by Ben de Menil (MBA 2006) in 2013 to preserve the country’s musical tradition and educate a new generation of Dominican... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons from a Megacity
capital by foot, subte (subway), bus, and bright yellow bike-share bicycles. Pedestrian-only Florida Street in Buenos Aires. (Photos courtesy of John Macomber) Professor Macomber and students at the new electric power and water... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
Photos by Micha Loubaton Photos by Micha Loubaton Just a decade ago, executive assessment was something CEOs whispered about. There was a real reluctance among business leaders to admit when they didn’t have... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
hoped to start a new life with their young son in their adopted country, but the immigration process would not be an easy one. “Everything was opaque and scary,” Wang says. “It was our one shot at being able to stay.” Stymied by the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 Sep 2018
- News
Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
environmental issues, a stance that had sparked protests at its annual meetings. This led the U.S. Congress to use its influence by demanding that the World Bank set environmental standards as a condition of the nation’s capital... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
Photos by Benoit Cortet Nicholas Tiller (MBA 1998) grew up Springfield, Ohio, a farming community where 4-H was founded, and many of his classmates were in FFA, the Future Farmers of America. Yet Tiller’s education in agriculture and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Tom Hulme (MBA 2007)
Above: Hulme on the rooftop of Google’s London offices (photo by Jon Enoch) What the design-thinking approach at IDEO taught me is that perfection is the enemy of progress. Great entrepreneurs realize that any business is a series of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
Illustration by Chris Gash Illustration by Chris Gash For his latest venture, serial entrepreneur Jan Samzelius (MBA 1979) set out to eliminate one of the biggest annoyances of the digital era:... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
began working together as “accountability partners” to help each other along the entrepreneurship path. They later turned their attention to a shared goal: addressing the unmet need revealed by Hu’s LinkedIn post. The pair decided to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
be talking to, here’s the content, here’s where you’re at in your career, given the information you’ve provided to us,” that becomes much more relevant for alumni. Everybody talks about the HBS network, but it happens serendipitously and View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
A Righteous Path
unbelievably violent situation without the minimum of a lawyer by their side,” Leimsider says. “We are going to have to rebuild an immigration system that sees children as children and treats them with all the care and support that any of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) (Courtesy S’Well Bottle) Ollie Wilson (MBA 2017) (Courtesy Ollie Wilson) Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) is the founder and CEO of S’well reusable water bottles, beloved by everyone from the Kardashians to TED Conference... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
Professor Karim R. Lakhani and Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA 1992) Karim R. Lakhani, the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration, started his career at General Electric in the 1990s. At that time, he recalls, a young MBA graduate could be successful... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
environment that was all built around being the best that you could be.” A typical day: “What is that?” Building a team: “I’m not doing any of this stuff by myself. I’m doing it with a team of people who, in most cases, are more... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
Illustration by Jon Krause Eric Gastfriend (MBA 2015) had watched friends and family members struggle with addiction. He’d seen some of them go to treatment, and he’d seen many of them relapse. He didn’t understand why the field of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Agenda: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963)
In the early 1970s, Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) was CEO of Texas International Airlines, a struggling regional operation. There were whispers of change coming for the airline industry as Washington considered the pros and cons of ending regulation. “If there was a list of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
(Illustration by Peter Arkle) What is really at stake when we talk about patents? Lauren Cohen: Innovation is the future of the US economy. Given that the value of firms is shifting toward intellectual property, if we don’t get patents... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Measuring Impact
founders of firms that collectively have an indelible impact on the world economy by creating jobs, fostering prosperity, and bringing innovative products and services to market.” In addition to measuring alumni entrepreneurship, the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Cast of Characters
Illustration by Brian Stauffer THE PROFESSOR: Asaf Ali Khan For his first book, James Glenn (MBA 1965) was going to write about his own experiences in India during the Green Revolution of the 1970s. Worried it might not be exciting... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
An Unfinished Story
the pledge of allegiance at their naturalization ceremony. Fifteen years after the couple had fled a dictatorship in Brazil, they achieved their dream of becoming United States citizens. Those are just a few of the more than 70 stories collected View Details
Keywords: April White