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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
William K.L. Fung
Not many newly minted MBAs would hesitate if they were asked to play a major role in shaping the future of a multimillion dollar company, but 25 years ago, William Fung Kwok Lun wasn't sure it was the right choice for him. "When I got out... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Helping high achievers achieve even more
venture capital firm that has invested in, and provided strategic guidance to, more than 365 businesses across North America, Europe, and Asia. Stamps passed the torch to his management team in 2001 so that he could focus his considerable energy on the View Details
- 18 Feb 2016
- News
Challenge Aims to Speed Drug Trials Process
clinical trials process. Today, it takes at least 10 years and billions of dollars for one FDA-approved drug to move from research labs to medicine cabinets. Precision medicine will bring faster innovation, targeted medicine, and better... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
Mercedes, Jennifer, and Albert truly gave me a gift. Each taught me how to be a better boss. Even more important, they taught me how to be a better person. — Joel Manby (MBA ’85), formerly CEO of Saab Automobile USA, leads Atlanta-based Herschend View Details
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers
learning — typically supplies and field trips. Donors review the proposals online and choose to fund the project they like. DonorsChoose is unique among philanthropies in that every dollar goes to the chosen project. In response to an... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
A Focus on Sustainability
Carl Ferenbach (MBA 1972) Carl Ferenbach (MBA 1972), who enjoyed a remarkably successful career in the investment business, has spent much of the last decade focused on his passion for the environment. Channeling his energy, intelligence, and philanthropic View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
of his departure to attend HBS, Weeks was called into the office of CEO Jamie Houghton (MBA 1962). As Weeks tells it, Houghton, whose storied family had run the company since 1851, asked him to return to Corning after HBS. “I shook his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Sep 2022
- News
Strength in Numbers
ineffective.” Their solution? The Goodness Web, a nonprofit that finds its strength in connection, in “a web of people who can aggregate resources—whether that is philanthropic dollars or contacts—to do good, better,” Swartz explains. The... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
is that thing,” Verdi says. “It’s one of the top three causes of our age,” adds Swartz. Both the Verdi and Swartz families have witnessed, firsthand, the negative effects of our nation’s disjointed treatment of mental illness. “It’s... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Burunda Prince (MBA 1987)
My parents were both public school teachers, but they also owned a repair shop called Satellite TV. After school and on Saturdays we’d all go over to the family business. That was my first insight into the hard work of entrepreneurship.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Innovation: Crowdfunding College Costs
noted, Cordero started GradSave, an online college savings registry that makes it possible for family and friends to contribute directly to a child's 529 plan or savings account. Parents can send digital reminders of the account's... View Details
- Portrait Project
Mardie Oakes
In the sixth grade I wrote, "If I had a million dollars I would buy a new wardrobe. I would get some Kalvin Klines and new sandles. I would wear all these things in Hawaii. I would stay at the most expensive hotel there is. I would... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)
times, and I had given the finest presentation he had ever heard,” recalls Murphy. “That cold call—and HBS—set me on a path to building my self-confidence and developing the skills to succeed in business.” After graduating as a Baker Scholar, Murphy worked in... View Details
- Profile
Monica Dodi
As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi says these emerging consumer markets for women and View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
In the business of empowering women entrepreneurs
As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi says these emerging consumer markets for women and View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
innovation sectors of the economy,” she says of the new position. Working as COO “synthesizes my past experiences,” she adds, citing her early career as an investor at General Atlantic; her recent work as a limited partner at Fremont Group, a View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
It’s the Economy
Stuart Bradford and challenged him to come up with an appropriate cover image. We think he nailed it. Fissures running through the iconic dollar sign depict an economy badly in need of repair. The image sets the stage for the eclectic set... View Details
- 23 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19
around the world could improve responses to the next global financial catastrophe. Work done recently by dozens of Harvard Business School students under Alberto Cavallo, the Edgerley Family Associate Professor of Business Administration... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
ownership over time); and family owners (shareholders who are descendants of the firm's founders). "The study suggests that these three owner types have sufficient formal authority, social influence, and expertise to enhance firm... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross