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- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
Walter J. Salmon Photo: Harvard Business School When he died in March at the age of 84, Walter J. Salmon left behind a legacy that included seven books, several hundred case studies, and thousands of former students taught over the course of a 41-year career. Born in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
THOMAS: A career switch from high tech to the restaurant biz calls on every bit of HBS know-how. Photo Courtesy Scherrer As a teen, Laurie Thomas (MBA ’93) didn’t devote her summers to extracurricular activities. Instead, the Wisconsin native worked, usually at her... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Faculty News
With the 2000-2001 academic year in full swing, the expanding HBS faculty — now more than two hundred members strong — has seen a number of promotions, accessions to chaired professorships, movement of previously chaired professors to vacated chairs, and, in two cases,... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
What’s the story behind the Flatiron School, and how did you come up with the name? “The Flatiron School was born when I met my cofounder, Avi Flombaum, while researching innovations in higher education at Charles River Ventures. I had always been interested in... View Details
- 09 Mar 2015
- News
Ravi Chidambaram: Making A Difference
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge offers a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change There’s nothing like a global recession to test one’s change-management skills.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Turnaround Situation
Marty Cordova (MBA 1974), a Vietnam vet who has seen good days and bad, is dedicating himself to helping other vets get their lives back together. Cordova is finance director of Rehabilitation Services and Veterans Programs (RS&VP), a nonprofit corporation... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Spangler Center Opens to Rave Reviews
Officially opened in January, the Spangler Center has already made a dramatic impact on student life at HBS. The 121,050-square-foot building features a new student dining hall, comfortable lounges, meeting rooms, and a 350-seat auditorium. It also brings together... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
Tracy E. Kwiker (MBA 1995) arrived in Seattle three and a half years ago when she was promoted to manage store operations for a Toys “R” Us region in the Pacific Northwest. Eager to establish contacts in her new community, Kwiker began attending HBS Club of Puget Sound... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game Dysfunction
Professor Lynda Applegate’s Building E-Businesses course does more than just translate standard case material into an online format. She uses audio and video clips for storytelling, then offers eye-catching visuals and drill-down explanations for conceptual frameworks... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
The Digital Enterprise: How to Reshape Your Business for a Connected World is an authoritative collection of cutting-edge Harvard Business Review articles, edited by HBR executive editor Nicholas G. Carr. Containing the latest thinking from leading minds in the new... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
A Match Made in Heaven
Back in the 1980s, while working as a high-priced management consultant, Jim Koch (MBA ’74) decided what this country really needed was an exceptional glass of beer. He drained his savings, maxed out his credit cards, and using an old family recipe perfected in his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Hawes Hall Makes Tip-Top Progress
On a warm day in late April, the HBS community gathered to celebrate progress made in the construction of Hawes Hall, a three-story, 47,000-square-foot classroom building designed by the firm of Einhorn Yaffee Prescott. The “topping out” ceremony, a Viking tradition... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Up Side Story: HBS Show a Sold-Out Success
With its usual flair and wit, this year’s HBS Show pitted the January and September cohorts against each other — think Jets, think Sharks — in a late March production of Up Side Story. The main characters, Tony and Maria, came from different sides of the calendar, but... View Details
- 06 Jan 2015
- News
Fostering discussion in the MBA classroom
Robert Steven Kaplan (MBA 1983), a former HBS professor who now serves as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, has a passion for teaching that inspires his own desire to continually learn how to be a more effective professor at HBS. (Published... View Details
- 24 Dec 2014
- News
Building a sustainable value chain
Nancy Barry (MBA 1975) believes in doing well by doing good. She founded Enterprise Solutions to Poverty to help companies see the mutual benefits of partnering with lower income populations. (Published December 2014) View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Revolutionizing digital medical records
A two-time entrepreneur at 79 years old, Merle Bushkin (MBA 1960) created MedKaz, a unique system that encapsulates a lifetime of medical data on a keychain device. It gives patients control over their complete medical record from all their providers, and enables any... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Going public with philanthropy
Jonathan Nelson (MBA 1983) believes that philanthropy is one of America’s great traditions. He went public with his commitment to give away much of his wealth to counteract negative perceptions of business leaders’ financial success. (Published December 2014) View Details