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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
While a core group of alumni regularly attends reunions, contributes to the annual fund, and joins clubs, questions remain about how best to reach the larger alumni body. The committee is currently focusing on two primary vehicles for... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
contribute to their own commercial interests, says HBS associate professor Debora L. Spar in her article "The Spotlight and the Bottom Line," which appeared last spring in Foreign Affairs. Citing high-profile cases in which large U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
equity firm GP Investimentos, which Sicupira led for eight years. After a decade of investing and building assets in the telecom, retail, consumer goods, and railroad industries, the trio sold the partnership to their younger partners. Sicupira’s remarkable View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
ended up in landfills, as organizations scrambled to meet food, shelter, and medical needs first. She could offer a percentage of her sales at VPL, but in the face of a tsunami-sized tragedy, her contributions would be reduced to... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
religion. It’s important to them to do something really meaningful and to contribute to society right out of HBS. Our alumni are already leaders in this field, and I think that trend will accelerate. View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
charities. The federal government contributed as well. SVA offered 12 percent return. Wind the clock forward eight years, and we met and exceeded our targets. We repaid the debt two years before expected, and there’s better quality early... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
thing to do, but it also contributes to a feeling of fairness on the part of the people who remain. What are some of the things you've learned from your international experience? I used to think that Cummins should have a controlling... View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
less so. Taylor contributed to a not-for-profit to help pay airfare to bring orphans to the United States for month-long summer vacations with prospective adopting families. The program ran so well, he doubled his loan the following year.... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
commenting, we are propagating the democratization of media.” What is Harry Potter really like? [Pham met actor Daniel Radcliffe when he presented her with the Cadillac 2014 Innovator Award for her trailblazing contributions to the film... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
Skydeck, Adams and Stewart speak with contributing host and fellow alum Chitra Nawbatt (GMP 6) about the transformational opportunity that business has to engage women of color. READ MORE Chitra: Inclusive leadership has been something... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
chairman of both the MBA and doctoral programs. Much of Christenson's research has focused on organizations as learning systems, examining the processes by which they adapt to their environments. He has also considered how decision-making, structure, and information... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
future.” Proud of his contributions to Mexico, Rodríguez does not skip a beat when asked what his biggest accomplishment is: his family. They include Marcela, an architect who earned her master’s degree at Harvard’s Graduate School of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
sustainable deals can be applied to international and financial transactions. Also crossing unit lines is Professor Richard E. Walton who contributes expertise in strategic negotiation to the examination of economic and social contracts... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
enabling him to get his kicks out of helping others and the School in ways many of us will never know.” — HBS professor emeritus Jim Heskett “Howard has contributed so much to the School in so many different roles — as the godfather of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
racial, and economic justice. BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY Contributing to a Better Future Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change The Potential of Business to Improve Lives View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
Taylor Jenkins Reid with Amazon. “They were both supposed to be filming now; we’re obviously waiting to see when it’s safe to come back.” Thumbtack North Star: “At graduation, Dean Kim Clark told us, ‘No success in business will ever make up for a failure at home.’... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
2050 our oceans will contain more of it by weight than fish. Single-use petroleum-based plastics contaminate our water, pollute our land, and contribute to global warming. And given current rates of production and consumption—1 million... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
the renovation and restoration of one of the School’s most important assets, Baker Library. Additionally, the Stampses have made a current-use gift of $1 million for student fellowships. “Penny and I are extremely impressed with what Dean Clark and HBS are doing. We... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
businesses are switching their benefit packages to establish a selection of coverage and benefits. The model of every person contributing to the cost of a benefit that few need is diminishing. I favor direct-to-C-suite sales as a... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
material wealth, but we believe it also leads to a powerful contribution to familial wealth, country wealth, and ultimately, wealth for the continent,” says Royster, cofounder of Maarifa Education, a pan-African education holding company.... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken