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- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
discussed during a live broadcast presented through the Bloomberg Harvard Initiative in April for 120 US mayors and 600 guests from around the world. Harvard Center Shanghai—In response to the pandemic, the center cohosted an online event... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
we could send machinery to the Chinese factories we managed. In return, we received shipments of apparel that we then sold to discount retailers in the United States." With an initial focus on high quantity and low prices, Esquel was just... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
forced to work from home in the pandemic, it pivoted from B2B sales to a consumer-focused business plan. The shift allowed Nyamumbo to more fully realize her initial goal of connecting producer and consumer. According to Nyamumbo,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
a successful business and doing the right thing for the planet is a source of immense innovation for Patagonia,” Thoren observes. Among the initiatives she’ll be involved with is the retailer’s long-standing work to convince consumers to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
Complementing that effort is the new William Julius Wilson Institute, an external-facing initiative within HCZ led by Canada and Hayling Price (MBA/MPP 2016),that convenes researchers, policy-makers, funders, and practitioners to build on... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
Electric and used a portion of the proceeds to establish the Sontag Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting brain cancer research and brain cancer patients and caregivers. The foundation’s signature initiative is its Distinguished... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
visitors. “We are focusing on initiatives targeted to improve the economic prosperity of the people.” The message resonated with the HBS group, who visited 20 companies in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya; and Lagos, Nigeria, ranging from a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Wanted: Leaders for the New Millennium
required. This year MBA Admissions has launched a new initiative to attract potential applicants who might not automatically include HBS in their career plans. Targeted to reach alumni, colleges, and companies worldwide, the effort seeks... View Details
Keywords: Cindy Olnick
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
entrepreneur, who grew up in the Philippines, offers a successful model for balancing work and life. When she rang the bell at the NYSE earlier this year, launching Care.com’s initial public offering, she was surrounded by her family and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
leadership formula, at TEDxOrangeCoast "Pursuing disruption by itself is not sufficient to create a winning strategy. One could propose a dozen ways to disrupt any given industry—and launch a company or initiative to try out each one—but... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
acquired by RJF, giving him his initial stake in the company. Four years later, James's father named him CEO, a position he embraced for the next 40 years. The early years leading RJF were not easy. By that time James had married his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
echoing the sentiments of Giles Bateman (MBA '71), who said, “I'll be learning from this for the next six months.” Vietor told the enthusiastic group that a similar alumni seminar will be held next year, incorporating feedback from this View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
“Culture Is Everything”
transforming IBM, talked about the key strategic decisions he made when he took the helm of the struggling company in 1993. Initially reluctant to take the top post, Gerstner, an outsider, determined that it was important to keep the... View Details
- 26 Oct 2020
- News
A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions
in partnership with HBS Alumni Programs, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), and the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), the virtual event was held on two different dates to accommodate a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
leather that is produced through sustainable, non-polluting practices. Many years later, it’s gratifying to see the positive results of that project.” As CEO of Competitiveness.com until 2012, Duch personally led more than 120 of the nearly 200 View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
learn outside her comfort zone. Today Wallace is founding director of BridgeUp: STEM, an educational initiative at New York’s American Museum of Natural History focused on introducing girls and minorities to computer science. “It’s very... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
Southern California (USC) changed Velasquez’s trajectory, making it possible for him to become the first person in his family to attend college. But that was just the initial step toward Velasquez’s ultimate goal: to become a doctor and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
Digital Initiative, was how to develop the skills and insight to become a leader in the digital age. Today’s MBA Program has multiple electives designed to help students conceive, lead, and execute digital innovation initiatives and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
mandatory waiting-period laws.) This natural experiment provided a second approach for the researchers to explore the causal impact of waiting periods, and it confirmed the initial results, bolstering the team’s confidence in its... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
global perspective as does Porter's The Competitive Advantage of Nations. Indeed, Porter has published books on the national competitiveness initiatives in New Zealand, Canada, Sweden, and Switzerland, and his Competitive Strategy has... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young