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- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
solved those problems. Data analysts could identify those individuals in key districts most likely to respond and then call them during congressional working hours. An operator could offer to patch a voter through after providing some... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
mainstay of the American economy. So questions about the current Asian economic crisis elicit from him the wry, seen-it-all-before observation that "when you expand, it's always at the wrong time." After all, Hughes points out, with planning View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Ensuring That Students Can Pursue Their Dreams
concerned about both the financial burden of tuition and forgoing income for two years. “Finding out that the School had such a strong fellowship program was a game-changer for me,” says Sergio. “That was critical in my decision to pursue... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
father and son, bringing to the table all the tensions, expectations, and disappointments that had built up between them over a lifetime. READ MORE Moving Mountains—Kathy Barco & Barco-Duval View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
plant from the age of 16. He emphasized the importance of education, and thanks to my mother I could write cursive and read before I started kindergarten.” Pivot point: “I was nearly two years into a PhD in... View Details
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Emphasis on Teamwork
Dan Krebs (MBA 2005) Dan Krebs majored in engineering at MIT, but he was drawn to consulting and private equity after earning his undergraduate degree. “When I applied to HBS,” he notes, “my goal was to get... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
impact of business and government on society. After graduating from Stanford University in 1971 in the midst of demonstrations against the Vietnam War, she took a freighter to Peru to work for a government agency there that was View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
been to Tijuana for four hours. That was the extent of my international experience,” recalls Tierney, who was ready to explore the world and agreed to join the company as a field engineer in Algeria. Working... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
General Electric 1997 Named President and CEO, GE Aircraft Engines 2000 Named Chairman and CEO, 3M 2005 Named Chairman, President, and CEO,... View Details
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
healthcare leaders,” she says. “The goal is to give our alumni the ability to network with and grow professionally with alumni, professors and students from other schools including the Harvard Medical... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
South Africa Conference Preview
committee. "This is extraordinary progress, and postapartheid South Africa is very much at the center of this renaissance - the potential engine of change." Buoyed by the rave reviews of this year's Alumni... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
falter? What sets successful founders apart from those whose new ventures fail? Starting in 2008, I set out to interview hundreds of highly successful entrepreneurs in depth, hoping to reverse engineer what had led to their outsized... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In Service of Others
Mike Zak (MBA 1981) After studying engineering at Cornell and serving four years in the Marine Corps, Mike Zak (MBA 1981) arrived at HBS in 1979, one of only a handful of military veterans in his class. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Removing Barriers
people from different parts of the world, she notes, is extremely valuable. Prior to coming to HBS, Anita earned a degree in biotechnology and biochemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
everything from handmade jewelry (think cufflinks made from old typewriter keys) to custom-made furniture (perhaps a coffee table constructed from recycled barn siding?). Incorporated in 1985, founded by parent volunteers (Gehrke took the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
Road Bill Gates may have been selected as the most influential business leader, but the internal combustion engine beats Windows as an operating system by a mile - the automobile rules as the most significant consumer product of the last... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
this weird kind of intuition about it,” he says. That intuition has served him well: Over the past three decades, Levy has founded and led several tech companies and played a role as an investor View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
magnate is as filled with plot twists as a good adventure novel. Engineer to Entrepreneur Rogers took a winding road to entrepreneurship. A self-described “geeky” kid, he graduated with an engineering degree... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
the changing global landscape for business leaders Look in any closet, toy chest, or family room in a typical Western home, and you’ll find a trove of goods supplied by a century-old Hong Kong–based export trading company— Li & Fung Ltd.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
sitting next to him: Allen Carpé. Carpé was a World War I veteran and an accomplished research engineer with Bell Telephone Laboratories whose exploits included the stormy first ascent of Mount Logan,... View Details