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- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
intelligence of students and faculty. The centers assist faculty with research and case writing, strengthen relationships with local alumni and practitioners, facilitate faculty and student immersions abroad, and host MBA admissions and... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
people, which is hopeless. We just can’t seem to do that,” he observes. “The other problem is people getting along with Mother Nature. We are in the process of wrecking the planet.” The second problem wasn’t quite as hopeless, in his opinion. In 1998, after reading a... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
existing strengths and capitalize on those,” advises Duch, who is currently applying that strategy to the challenge of helping rural farmers in Haiti sell their produce directly on world markets. Since joining the World Bank in 2013, Duch has taken bimonthly trips to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
continued, and environmental groups led a global boycott of paper producers that worked with local logging companies. In the late 1990s, negotiations began between the logging companies and the environmental groups; the tentative... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Action Plan: Finding Fluency
Duolingo shifted from being a tool for travelers to a classroom assistant for parents educating their children at home and a much-needed distraction for adult learners. Marketing evolved, too, responding to these new and changing consumer demands. The team—working... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Managing a Master
that city. An avid jazz fan, he dropped into a local club to check out a young trumpeter he'd heard about. Arrendell remembers, "I was impressed - Wynton was hot. Since we were the only two black guys in the place, he came up to me after... View Details
Keywords: Jeff Lazar
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Class All His Own
dedicated, long-serving volunteers. In typical fashion, Brigham says little about himself, instead focusing on his classmates. “There was a fellow from North Dakota whose father was president of the local bank,” he recalls. “The bank went... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Winter Break Just Got Educational
emphasis on business opportunities in the broad field of health sciences. Focusing on different medical specialties each day, the program featured preeminent Harvard scientists such as cancer researcher Dr. Judah Folkman and medical ethicist Dr. Jerry Avorn. HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
India, Peru, Rwanda, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and Vietnam to observe local economies, study management practices in the field, and interact directly with business and community leaders. In addition, domestic programs took... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Action Plan: Border Crossing
sense of place by visiting local grocery stores. In China, my sons loved to see all the different flavors of potato chips—like cucumber, blueberry, and hot-and-sour fish soup!” See the sights—but open your eyes. “There’s nothing wrong... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Competencies and Credentials
educators, policymakers, and labor leaders to spark a revival of middle-skills jobs.” Jay Rogers (MBA 2007) set out to build a car manufacturer from scratch, no holds barred. The result is Arizona-based Local Motors, a decentralized tech... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
José Royo
local community organizations such as the Big Brothers of Greater Boston and Concilio Hispano. Upon graduation, Royo plans to weave together his teaching skills and his love of information technology at Trilogy, a firm based in Austin,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney
confer regularly with local groups in an effort to involve the community to an unprecedented degree," he notes. As for the International Olympic Committee, Romney believes that it now understands it must reform itself, too. Romney remains... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Feedback
organizational change initiatives with broad implications for state and local governments. But that information, despite being in the lead, doesn’t come up until the very end, and then is only briefly referenced as one might see if... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
program started in Haiti two years ago to fight water-borne disease. Partnering with a local recycling center, Goodwin and his team helped create 26 centers, each one run by Haitian entrepreneur. The program, which washes and grinds... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
When You Speak, This Group Listens
associations have organized around the world. Many of us have had great experiences at these events, which offered both stimulating faculty presentations as well as a chance to network with local alumni. The Business Summit at HBS in... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Reunions Local Club Contacts Special-Interest Alumni Groups Alumni Career Services - a source of career information and job listings, as well as a source of candidates for positions in your company Executive Education Programs HBS... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
in opening a lot of doors for me.” Shortly after the initial Capital Times story about Burke, the paper ran another one about her a few days later. It announced that Burke had made a gift of $2.5 million for a proposed charter school, sponsored by the Urban League of... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- News
Screen Saver
tremendously exciting time.” In addition to offering open enrollment classes to children, teens, and adults, the JBFC provides (often at no cost) programs for students in underserved communities and at local correctional facilities.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Playing to Win
I think CEOs should not stay too long at any company." Louis-Dreyfus believes that successful global enterprises must be decentralized. While Adidas's corporate headquarters maintains authority over the company's mission, vision, and overall brand image, it entrusts... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons