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- 30 Mar 2015
- News
An education reformer and social entrepreneur
Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS), a cultural exchange organization that has served 1.5 million students worldwide. In 1987 he began working with the British government to establish charter-type schools that specialized in technology.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
Habitat for Humanity International to evaluate the viability of a new partnership with a microsavings institution in the Mekong Delta. “The intent of the program was to encourage poor and near-poor... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
Government, and the International Economy, making good use of his long-standing interest in international business. In 1981, for example, Crum started working to create the Nomura School of Advanced... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
As head of General Motors's international division - which last year invested $2.45 billion worldwide - Louis Hughes brings a rock-steady philosophy to the auto giant's global operations: "Wherever possible, invest where you sell." Hughes... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
covered everything from the state of the U.S. stock market, to work-life balance, to international capital markets. The spirited conversation was one of two sessions held on campus that aired on the Charlie Rose show in the spring. Rose,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
Medical Center” (CCHMC) details how one institution has implemented its own version of health-care reform, taking overall perfor-mance levels from well below average to the top 10 percent in the industry. Coauthored by HBS assistant... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
New Porter Prize Awarded in Japan
Inc. and the Eye Care Company of Hoya Corporation placed first in the multibusiness company business-unit category. Established by the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi University and sponsored by the... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
Merton noted that "risk management will become an essential internal process for the lending institution if it expects to remain viable and competitive." By demonstrating mathematically how to determine and... View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
3-Minute Briefing: David Perpich (MBA 2007)
I interned at a lot of different places in high school and college—a hospital, a retail store, a magazine, an ad agency. At Duke, I was part owner of a student-run food-delivery service. In Clay Christensen–speak, it was the “emergent strategy,” exploring as I went and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Wyss Gift Supports HBS Doctoral Programs
HBS has received a $25 million gift to support doctoral programs from Hansjoerg Wyss (MBA ’65), an entrepreneur who built Synthes, Inc., into a leading international medical-device company specializing in orthopedic instruments and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
diversification efforts for companies in business environments where big may, in fact, be beautiful. "Focus is successful only when the existing economy provides the necessary institutions to support it. A company's strategy should be... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 08 May 2014
- News
The Sky's the Limit
did. While in college, Eaton studied electrical engineering, and a tuition reimbursement program from United Technologies Corporation enabled her to get dual master's degrees in operations management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
working with members of Congress to modernize the rules and processes on the internal side. It’s been about 20 years since we’ve had a commission in this country to look at restructuring the way Congress does its day-to-day business. One... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
For African farmers looking to escape poverty, honey brings sweet success
Yusuf Keshavjee (OPM 17, 1991) helps African farmers and their families escape poverty through beekeeping. He cofounded Honey Care Africa (HCA), a private-sector enterprise in Kenya that partners with local NGOs and international... View Details
- 26 Mar 2018
- News
Funding Climate Change Solutions
In this video, Ousseynou Nakoulima (MBA 2009), director of the Green Climate Fund, discusses why his organization employs a holistic strategy to its work in developing countries. “The Green Climate Fund is a fund that has been set up by the View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Africa Business Conference Creates Ongoing Forum for Change
cannot fight the tide of change.” Following Savage's address, participants attended one of six panels on tracks ranging from privatization to the developmental role of institutional foundations. HBS professor John A. Quelch moderated a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
dedicated solely to international development. This has given them the breathing room to devise their own allocation strategy and be more creative with the programs they fund. Not coincidentally, my current work in Liberia is funded by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
coupled with an established venture capital community and a vast pool of potential customers in the form of major financial firms hungry for fresh tech. “Large financial institutions are technology companies that happen to move money,”... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
President Neil L. Rudenstine added, "He was one of Harvard's, and the world's, rare human beings, capable of guiding discussions, courses, or institutions with the kind of ingenuity that is born of deep knowledge and experience."... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Experience of a Lifetime
small." Reflecting on the School's international reach, Buchan notes, "From the student body, to the professors, to the case studies, a global perspective was constantly reinforced. That broad outlook has been invaluable throughout my... View Details