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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
that brought the Internet into millions of homes in the 1990s. Like so many companies, Corning was caught by surprise when the telecommunications bubble burst. Its stock tumbled, from more than $100 to about a dollar per share. “That was... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
of the personal connection it already enjoyed? Understanding the dynamics of the CEO search process — and the ways in which chief executive turnover influences corporate performance — has been the subject of recent research by HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship
decision made by the end of August. The selection process will give priority to alumni within five years of graduation, including members of the current year’s graduating class. To learn more, visit... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
HBS Is Committed to Increasing Alumni Engagement
Skeete Tatum HBS has taken on a major initiative to deepen its connection to alumni by increasing engagement and participation. To better understand the relationships that currently exist between alumni and HBS, the School has launched a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
MBA Class of 2004 Celebrates Class Day and Commencement
the proceedings. Photos by Stuart Cahill For the hundreds of MBA students and their families assembled on a hot and steamy Baker Lawn last June, Class Day 2004 was an occasion for mixed emotions. Several of the event’s speakers juxtaposed... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
All photos by Webb Chappell From the Charles River, the newly renovated Baker Library looks very much as it has for the past seventy-some years — stately columns, enormous windows, the signature bell tower. But a closer inspection reveals... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Leadership for Executive Education
Executive Education welcomed a new executive director in April, when Patricia Bellinger stepped into a role left vacant by Ralph James (MBA ’82), who became executive director of HBS External Relations last July. From 2000 to 2007,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
You’re Never Done Learning
The popular Career Webinar series returns this fall with a full slate of targeted, practical sessions presented by Alumni Career & Professional Development. Hoping to increase your personal engagement at work? Looking to launch an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alumni Board Goes Global to Pick New President
countries will be filled by HBS graduates.” Looking back on his experience at HBS, Shirazi says that a commitment to service is one of the enduring lessons imparted by Dean John McArthur. “He would have... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
WSA Endows Fellowship
The HBS Women's Student Association (WSA) has endowed the Women's Student Association Fellowship, the first fellowship endowed by a student organization at HBS. The WSA Fellowship, established in 2008 through the generosity of graduates... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Latin American Conference
in Latin America. Speakers addressed the general lack of understanding of the region’s business dynamics and the worrying lag in competitiveness relative to emerging markets in China and India. The conference was sponsored by the HBS Club... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
MBAs Chosen for Leadership Fellows Program
Ten new MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the help of the School’s Leadership Fellows program. Now in its sixth year, the program provides fellows with one-year appointments at a competitive salary, supported in part View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
proposal. At the end of FIELD 3, the team—which was by then armed with a better understanding of both sides of the market and how to engage business owners—pitched HourlyNerd again. This time, the mock stock price climbed to the maximum... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Curtain Call
way back to campus by following the Crimson Brick Road. To do so successfully, they must find and be true to their moral compass. Following custom, faculty and staff were also spoofed, as with this year’s Dean-like character, “The Wizard... View Details
Keywords: HBS Show
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
I-Lab Hosts Start-Up Weekend Scramble
business ideas are viable. Some two dozen mentors and advisers volunteered time to help 125 students from across Harvard fine-tune their projects and pitches. By Sunday night, the field had narrowed from 32 pitches to 13 presenting teams.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Debaters Muzzle Yale Bulldog
In November, in the friendly confines of Spangler Auditorium, the HBS debate team talked circles around a visiting contingent from the Yale School of Management and won a 2–1 decision. As reported by the Harbus, the motion up for debate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Fall Reunions
October's reunions not only were enjoyed by all, but also took their place in the record books. This largest-ever fall reunion brought more than 2,300 MBA and OPM alumni and guests to campus. Two MBA classes, 1977 and 1982, each set... View Details
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Scrapbooks & Collectibles- The Art of American Advertising
, May 1885 28 By the 1880s, the popularity of the coveted, mass-produced trade cards and souvenir materials inspired a mania for collecting. “In a culture not yet saturated with manufactured images,” historian Pamela Laird asserts, “this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
In the saber-rattling and highly influential 2007 report Rising Above the Gathering Storm, the National Academies warned that America’s technology and scientific leadership was being surpassed by a number of Asian countries, threatening... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Volunteers Crack Case, Consider School's Future
Volunteer Conference, there it was, staring me in the face: a case. Led by Professor Howard Stevenson, the Saturday morning session was to be a discussion on "HBS: At the Crossroads?" This wasn't some lightweight two-page case, either. It... View Details