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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis
Economic Crisis: Diagnosis, Analysis, and Action quickly reached capacity of eighty alumni, says Bobbi Carrey, director of focused programs. Half of the participants for the March program reside abroad, she adds. “The economic crisis that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources
www.alumni.hbs.edu/volunteers/boards/. In June, I had the pleasure of attending my 10th Reunion. I heard several faculty presentations on topics that are particularly relevant to these challenging economic times and my professional area of focus, reminding me yet again... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
learning experience,” she said), briefly retired in her mid-30s for a stint as a snowboard bum in Colorado, and headed up Wisconsin’s Commerce Department as Secretary in Governor Jim Doyle’s administration. In addition, she worked in various View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
Immelt Photo courtesy General Electric Just a year after taking the helm of General Electric, Chairman and CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA '82) addressed a capacity crowd in Burden Auditorium on topics that ranged from the state of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
value concentration; there’s been such a focus on efficiency that there are way fewer redundancies in a company’s production capacity and inventories,” says Beer, who offers insight and advice to alumni seeking guidance in unprecedented... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 17 Aug 2011
- News
Breath of Life
only been done in rats, at Massachusetts General Hospital.” After HBS, Green worked at Monitor for a time, in which capacity he advised South Africa’s African National Congress, among other assignments. In 1996, he and a new management... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
ICCP Group has offered its property, the World Trade Center Manila, one of the largest event facilities in the Philippines, to be converted into the first temporary health care COVID-19 facility with a 500-bed capacity called WTC: Heal as... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
Countries’ disease-surveillance capacity can be strengthened with support from partners and technical agencies, to go along with their own investment. Compensation for farmers could encourage early reporting of outbreaks. Without timely... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
and as a member of a small group that helps run its $8 billion endowment. My work at HBS on the Visiting Committee and in other capacities has also been fulfilling. Currently reading Business plans. Biggest disappointment When a company... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy
faculty members with observations about and feedback on their teaching. “We’ll have the capacity to create and cut together videotapes of people teaching so that they can see themselves,” notes Garvin. “It’s one thing to hear, ‘You seem... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Historic Gift from HBS to New Radcliffe Institute
venerable history, I recognize the significance of support at the early stages of a new venture." In response, Wilson noted, "Dean Clark's gift is deeply valued for the colleagueship it represents as well as the innovative capacity it... View Details
- 19 Dec 2014
- News
Atlanta Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS
Airlines and a senior advisor at Goldman Sachs, “the education is absolutely fantastic—the capacities to analyze, to understand finance and marketing and human resources, and that spirit of leadership. It’s all there. And when you come... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- News
Teaching a Solutions-Oriented Take on the News
solutions journalism and describes how his organization is training journalists in its techniques. “I am president of the Solutions Journalism Network, which is a three-year-old independent nonprofit organization founded to build in journalism the View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
The Far-Reaching Impact of Fellowships
Each year more than 900 MBA students arrive on the Harvard Business School campus eager to begin a two-year experience that promises to transform their lives. They have been selected because of their academic record, work experience, and a demonstrated View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
the participating universities, with Austin chairing the project for the initial two-year period. “Our goal is not only to generate intellectual capital through field-based research that will produce books, cases, and courses, but also to assist our sister institutions... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler (MBA 1971)
group KBB, which bought the chain in 1990, however, Eyler immediately began implementing what he calls a "back to the future" strategy. "It was a matter of looking at what had made FAO Schwarz great in the past -- its capacity to create... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
designer. Manufacturing the beds in India keeps costs down, and making them both upgradable and compact gives buyers—Indian health care institutions—the opportunity to increase capacity [more beds in less space] and revenue without... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
the target household’s average savings capacity was $1 per month, that local annual inflation was nearly 20 percent, and that home repairs usually cost about $300.” While that environment was not conducive to the savings program, the team... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
IXP 2009
confirms the benefits of placing students in an unfamiliar, cross-cultural setting, with local people often the students’ only resource for grappling with the subject at hand. “It really gets into the nuts and bolts of addressing a topic in a hands-on way,” Piemonte... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
industries are represented, with a strong contingent from the financial and consulting communities. In terms of their involvement with the School, current Board members have participated in a number of volunteer capacities (thus the... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett