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Fisher Scientific in 2009 after serving in multiple senior roles at the company. He became Chairman in 2020. Prior to joining Thermo Fisher, Marc served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Kendro Laboratory Products. Previously, he View Details

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About the Program - Summer Venture in Management

church, or soccer team. Examples of leadership and impact in or outside of the college campus environment include, but are not limited to: Serving in student government positions Leading a student association or club Volunteering in... View Details

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

expression of personal beliefs and values. While she is famously private, we know that she values the daily service of people who are less fortunate. As she writes in a 2020 essay, her gifts went to organizations that “have dedicated their lives to helping others,... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran

13 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through the Self-Doubt That Keeps Talented Women from Leading

this so much because it resonates with people, so we set out to do empirical work around that: Is this indeed the pattern we see in an experimental context? If it is, what might we be able to do about it?” she says. As it turns out,... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. When the book is written on this election,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

05 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct (Except When They Are)

the right people are confident, suggests recent research by Thomas Graeber, assistant professor at Harvard Business School. His work tested the effects of meta-cognition—essentially, whether more skilled people are also more confident... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

20 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)

This post is part of the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) “Leadership in Challenging Times” blog series, which highlights the inspiring work of the HBS community in addressing the health and economic consequences of COVID-19, alongside... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

Global Ambition

two kids and a dog, living in Beijing. To show their appreciation for the tremendous impact HBS has had on their lives, Kao and Chew have given back to the School consistently since graduation, both as volunteers and donors. They help out... View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

organizations to strategies built on partnerships to accomplish both their individual and their newly shared goals. A similar incongruity seemed to exist between Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Visa International. RIF is a national nonprofit that View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

20 Mar 2025
Blog Post

Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)

What were you doing prior to HBS? What made you decide to go to HBS? Before HBS, I worked on TPG’s impact assessment team, Y Analytics, focused on energy, agriculture, food, and industrial deals. I learned to think deeply about measuring... View Details

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Help - Alumni

guidelines for Class Notes submissions? Class Notes, in print and online, is a social forum for HBS alumni to share personal and professional news, reflections, commentary, and photographs through the work of View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

In his recent Working Paper, "Marketing's Role in Cross-Sector Collaboration," HBS professor James Austin outlines three stages of collaboration between businesses and nonprofits—philanthropic, transactional, and integrative... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

month to receive $25 Volunteering for 12 days and receiving $25 without prior notice Refugees will survey members of their community about how they spend their days. To test whether reducing near-term uncertainty improves well-being, some... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 15

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20sommers.pdf Working PapersSustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future? Authors:Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, and Tiona Zuzul Abstract Two trends are likely to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2023
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Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

returned to campus for the Board’s annual fall meeting, which featured two days of engaging updates and lively discussions about the School’s work and its future. The HBS Alumni Board, whose members are selected from a pool of active... View Details

10 Mar 2021
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COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

required to enhance human connections and promote a sense of belonging. A large technology company whose remote work teams were scattered across numerous distant locations invented a new role to boost sagging morale: “mayors,” View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Health Care Initiative - Health Care

volunteered to have students shadow them to learn more about the front lines of care delivery 223 Pairs were matched as part of the Student-Alumni Mentor Program in 2018 10 % First-year students complete summer internships in health care... View Details

27 Jul 2020
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HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19

better future. We are leveraging student volunteers to help organizations making a positive difference in the world tackle their most pressing issues. Thomaz Galvao (MBA 2021), State Government of Sao Paulo: I am View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

New HBS Fund Chairs Take the Helm

serve as ambassadors and champions of the HBS Fund to the broader alumni community. They will also lead the HBS Fund Council. Formed in 2016, this volunteer advisory group helps to devise new strategies for raising alumni understanding of... View Details

23 Jan 2017
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Celebrating National Coming Out Day at HBS

When I first got to HBS I wasn’t sure about a lot of things – one of them being if I would be out as a member of LGBT community or not. I hadn’t been out at work prior to school, and I wasn’t sure how supportive the HBS community would... View Details

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