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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
paths to pedal. In 1893, the roads became a cause of concern for the federal government as the U.S. Post Office Department instituted a system of rural free delivery (RFD). Members of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry — an... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
years. While she couldn’t see the future of the Joy School clearly at the time, she also wanted to build something that would outlast its founders. “It didn’t matter how big the school was; it needed to be a viable institution that really... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
Institutes of Health allocates only $76 million to food allergies, which affects roughly one in 10 Americans and has no FDA approved treatments,” says Elise. “Epilepsy, which affects one in 105 Americans, receives $163 million and has 20... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions
Bulletin: Is it difficult to find such outstanding people, given that so many other institutions and programs are competing for topflight candidates? Fadule: Harvard Business School received a record number of applications for the Class... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service by Linda J. Bilmes (MBA ’84) and W. Scott Gould (Brookings Institution Press) The authors argue that the federal government can achieve the same gains as the best... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
alumni who are working to make a successful transition. The second program, Strengthening Your Role as a Nonprofit Board Leader, was available to all returning classes, and we believe it could become de rigueur for our graduates who are assuming major management roles... View Details
- 28 Jan 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation
Required Curriculum reflects an institutional philosophy that all first-year students need a common knowledge base, the Elective Curriculum presents students with "an incredible marketplace of ideas from the best faculty in the world,"... View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
alumni mentors are “leading professionals from either HBS or one of our partner institutions and represent a wide range of sectors including finance, industry and government. They are very committed to giving back to the community in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the founder of the modern VC industry, but there’s been remarkably little written about him,” says Josh Lerner, a professor at HBS who specializes in the study of private equity. “He is the first person who basically ran an institutional... View Details
- 18 Mar 2021
- News
Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition
for Leading in Crisis and True North Groups. Bill has previously served on the boards of Goldman Sachs, Mayo Clinic, ExxonMobil, Target, Novartis and The World Economic Forum USA. In 2014 the Franklin Institute presented Bill with the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Particularly, I appreciate that the historical roots of racism were not “sugarcoated” and that the depths of ongoing institutional racism surfaced, along with options to do something about it. This article serves as a wake-up call for all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Making It Possible to Explore and Grow
opportunity to learn how to raise institutional capital for their businesses. In two inaugural cohorts that summer— one in San Francisco, the other in New York City —18 female entrepreneurs participated in 12 workshop sessions organized... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
Institute for Sustainable Investing, that shows that 80 percent of individual investors in those next generations are interested in sustainable investments that can be customized to meet their interests and goals. 86 percent of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
Dooley in the early 1970s to meet a need unfulfilled by other HBS executive education programs. As it became clear that ownership made a difference in the attitudes and goals of the participants, the ownership requirement was instituted... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
characterize such companies. Two other aspects of the course - its emphasis on understanding institutional features and its frequent comparison of both theoretical and practical perspectives - are also critical, Lerner notes. Course... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
percent of Kirlin’s sales are domestic. The company is not directly challenged by foreign competitors, Brownell explains, because its product is specified commercial and institutional lighting, which tends to be uniquely adapted to the... View Details
- 04 Dec 2020
- News
Hour by Hour
yet ‘work’ is so fundamentally broken for millions, especially for hourly workers,” explains Morris, who is a trustee at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology and notes that, for many students, hourly jobs and site work are the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Looking back; looking forward
continuing through 2008, we will be hosting a series of colloquia focusing on some of the most pressing issues of business practice and business education. For its part, Baker Library is engaged in an ambitious institutional memory... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
protectionist Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 led to retaliation all over the world, and trade fell into a downward spiral that exacerbated the crisis. After World War II, the world looked for a solution to the lack of multilateral View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
students, and alumni who continually challenge and guide us. I am grateful to be involved in this unique institution as we enter the 21st century. It is a time of extraordinary potential for us all. View Details