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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
via a variety of literary, cinematic, and historical references. His unexpected insight, humor, and irony offer a new perspective on the true moral foundation of finance. Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
physics. Learned how to design chips. And I came out to Silicon Valley as it was forming in the mid '80s. And I think because I was in the right place at the right time, it put me on a series of foundational waves. First, in silicon and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
Donham, the School's Dean from 1919 to 1942, often championed this topic in early Bulletins, including in this excerpt from his 1927 campus dedication speech: "Especially it is necessary," Donham stated, "that we fix for business the View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
Since its founding in 2010, the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) at HBS has worked to educate students and business leaders about the environmental challenges and opportunities confronting companies and organizations today, and advance faculty research that... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Lighting the Way
Photo courtesy of Beverly Anderson Photo courtesy of Beverly Anderson A recent study of alumni offers insights into the reality of the challenge that African American women face in their careers: Of the 532 African American women who earned their MBAs at HBS between... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni Connections
Recent HBS Alumni Events on Campus and Beyond In April, the Boston Women’s Leadership Accelerator event was held on the HBS campus to connect HBS alumnae in a new way around important topics and issues. The event was organized by local HBS alumnae with support from the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
Janet Kraus doesn’t wear a hoodie. She doesn’t live in Silicon Valley. She doesn’t write code. And she isn’t, perhaps most significantly, a straight, white, 20-something man. “I have built tech-enabled businesses,” says the HBS Entrepreneur-in-Residence, a 48-year-old... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
constantly evolving world of finance, a solid technical foundation is an essential tool for success. Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A, and IPOs, 3rd Edition is a highly accessible and authoritative book that explains how to... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
schools across the country: that shareholder-driven capitalism is the best form of capitalism. Citing a wealth of recent research, he proposes that our current rules of capitalism are contributing to rising inequality, as the foundations... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
BlackRock. David Baum (MBA 1996), an entrepreneur and early-stage venture capitalist, pointed out that when Larry Fink cofounded BlackRock, he had just lost $100 million at First Boston. His failure was the foundation upon which BlackRock... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
extensive involvement with a San Diego-based organization that develops aid programs for the poor in Mexico, and the establishment of a family foundation that gives grants in the areas of poverty, education, and religion. "There came a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
air. Says Bart Harvey, "The Chamber of Commerce of Orange County, California, one of the wealthier areas in the United States, has approached the Enterprise Foundation for help with affordable housing. They are concerned about a range of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
we’re selling them Coke Zero, Jettas, and GTIs. We’ve grown up with them, and that experience gave us a leg up on the learning curve about this cohort’s acceptance of the Internet, instant messaging, and many other technologies. That campaign was a great View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
her recent appointment as director of the prestigious Univer-sity of Chicago Press. She has leveraged a Mellon Foundation grant to set up a digital printing facility and BiblioVault electronic repository that will enhance access to the... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
many changes are taking place in the world, business education itself has been challenged to raise its game. We have to be innovative. We must have the courage to try new things, because that’s the only way we can honor the legacy of the School and create a View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
unfortunately fail. The Harvard Business School MBA is outstanding and is an excellent foundation for further training by executive mentors in the business world. Let other business schools change their curricula, but let’s leave HBS... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
that have taken hold and synthesizing research across fields such as entrepreneurship and innovation, regional advantage, and economic policy, Kerr gives voice to data and ideas that should drive the next wave of policy and business practice. Trust: Creating the View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
Camille Tang Yeh (MBA 1980) is the executive director of the School's new Asia-Pacific Research Office in Hong Kong. A native of Hong Kong, Yeh has almost twenty years of experience in investment banking, primarily in Asia. What are some research topics of interest to... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
While meeting with representatives of the Kenya Ports Authority at the Port of Mombasa, faculty members toured a bulk carrier ship off-loading grain commodities to Grain Bulk Handlers, one of the companies HBS faculty visited during the immersion. (photo by Shikhar... View Details