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- 23 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Founder of Modern Venture Capital
students. He realized his dream of establishing the first Master of Business Administration program in Europe by helping establish the European Institute of Business Administration. Doriot learned the art of bringing science and industry together in World View Details
- Portrait Project
Samantha Gray
expose in writing my vulnerable and invincible selves at war with each other. I aspire to catalyze change at the intersection of science and life. I resolve to indulge the eonophile and the cheese fiend who have taken residence in my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
(MBA ’01), a 34-year-old, well-connected political neophyte and the only Iraqi war veteran running for Congress as a Republican. “Having a guy who was on the ground and had an extremely active role in Iraq,... View Details
- Portrait Project
Scott Quigley
embark on a critical mission to turn the tide of the war in Iraq. As I depart from HBS, I reflect on the personal values, life lessons, business insights, and leadership... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Len Schlesinger Returns
and cons of working in business vs. academia? It's not an issue of pros and cons. They are both great, and different. Historically, there's been a general assumption that those who can, do; and those who can't, teach, but I don't see that separation. There is no... View Details
- Portrait Project
Assaf Harlap
Too overweight to ever be chosen for football practice, uninspired by school, dealing with a family divorce, and spending several unforgettable days in a bomb shelter — sweating and shivering in my gas mask during the Gulf War — my... View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity
Leo X issued a papal bull confirming that charitable pawnshops were exempt from the prohibition on lending at interest, and the innovation spread rapidly through Catholic Europe. The montes (in the Italian vernacular, monti di pietà)... View Details
- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
How much is a CEO worth? What is appropriate compensation for the leader of a large and complex organization? One frequent reply has been “Let the market decide.” The “market” apparently decided that Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
World Bank's Wolfensohn Highlights Challenges, Increased Role for Private Sector
fifty-year history, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were the big guys on the block. We had the money. We were helping to reform a world after World War II and gradually mutated into an... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
influence over so many areas of business and society. "World War II catalyzed mass production techniques, quantitative analysis methods, women in the workplace, and world trade through the Marshall Plan and Japan's economic renaissance,"... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Five Degrees of Doriot
LIFE VEST: A soldier displays a piece of shrapnel that lodged in his armored vest during frontline action in Korea on March 30, 1952. The impact knocked him to the ground, but the vest, reinforced with Doriot’s “Doron,” was credited with... View Details
- Portrait Project
Mike Lynch
I never saw the rocket-propelled grenade that was meant to kill me that morning. I just heard it scream over my head and erupt in a deafening explosion behind me. The sights and sounds and smells of war were magnified in that instant: the... View Details
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George Pierce Baker Courtyard | About
George Pierce Baker Courtyard George Pierce Baker, fifth Dean of Harvard Business School, 1962–1970 Baker Courtyard was named in honor of the School’s fifth Dean, George Pierce Baker. George Pierce Baker (1903-1995) was the fifth Dean of Harvard Business School and an... View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jorge Roberts
fought in World War II, Energy to wake up at six o'clock to care for his baby girl, so his wife can go to the gym, Inspiration for his daughter so she can find her little girl on the balcony, Acceptance of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
she took last year helped her to identify ethical issues involved in the struggle to control the diamond industry in Sierra Leone, where diamonds have fueled a brutal civil war for the past decade. "The Diamond High Council placed a ban... View Details
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Burden Park | About
Burden (AB 1966, MBA 1968, HLS 1971) was a student at HBS when the cornerstone of Burden Hall was laid in May 1968. Additional graduates include Frederick Childs (AB 1979, MBA 1988) and Flobelle (Burden) Davis (AB 1991). From 1971 to 2017, Burden Hall was a significant... View Details
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Zayed Muhammed Yasin
designing wouldn't be satisfying to me." Looking for an alternative approach to international development As an undergraduate, Zayed spent a summer in Albania working with refugees from the war in Kosovo. After graduation, he spent a... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Applying Business Principles to Military Problems
required; to be able to help people prioritize. I’m not an operator; I’m a business person, but [my job is] getting the Navy Seal leadership to decide what’s important—what they can trade off—and identifying risk and helping them manage risk View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs
on the country overall. “And we really understood why companies weren't scaling, and why they weren't growing, and why people were actually having trouble even starting businesses. So we provide a suite of services to any company that we... View Details