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For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

12 Feb 2024
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Dale LeFebvre to Receive Horatio Alger Award

Dale LeFebvre (MBA 1998), founder and executive chairman of 3.5.7.11 Investments, was recently named by the nonprofit Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans as a recipient of the 2024 Horatio Alger Award. For more than 75 years, the award has been... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

private equity in Asia, Kim was born 60 years ago into a very different Korea. In 1970, when Kim was seven years old, Korea’s annual GDP per capita was just under $280. Still recovering from war and finding... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

essentially are both managers and leaders." COMMUNICATION IS KEY "Communication is the real work of leadership," says HBS professor Nitin Nohria, who documented the importance of persuasion in his 1992 book Beyond the Hype: Rediscovering... View Details

Keywords: Management

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

21 Jul 2022
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A Warren Buffett Protégée Strikes Out on Her Own

time at Berkshire Hathaway, but tells the Times that “I’m not building a Berkshire 2.0. I’m building something different using some of the principles.” Her classmate Andrew Van Pelt (MBA 2009) says her approach is also very different from how some expect View Details

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Think Twice Before You Invest in a Private-Equity Fund

Learn the tactics needed to break into emerging markets

New Enterprise Raises Record-Breaking $2.8 Billion Venture Fund

Harvard Business School Global Business Summit Explores Future of Capitalism

Monarchs versus managers

Who Wants to Buy BlackBerry? Prem Watsa Does

Harvard Business School to Expand Case Studies Related to Artificial Intelligence

Harvard study questions benefits of fund manager diversity

How Companies Can Use the Data They Collect to Further the Public Good

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

The Looming Threat That Could Decimate Wall Street's Fund Managers

Sir Ronald Cohen Offers Class Day Advice to MBA Class of 2010

Mainstreaming Sustainability: What Banks And Business Schools Should Do Next

U.S. Business Schools Realize ESG is no Fad but Part of Long-Term Trend

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees