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- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
who started his first company, Tribeca Designs, an efficient storage CD tower, while a student at Harvard Business School, spent his early post-HBS years working for private equity firms before joining Radio One—an American broadcasting... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
FIELD 3: Taking Down Barriers
Rob Beiderman (MBA 2014) Having worked at Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital, Rob Biederman (MBA 2014) arrived at HBS intent on rounding out his skills and returning to the field of private equity. His life took a sharp turn, however, when it... View Details
- 11 Jun 2015
- News
Making connections at Harvard and beyond
included a number of senior administrative roles at HBS, as well as 10 years in the private sector as president and COO of the First Marblehead Corporation. “The world’s critical problems are not one-dimensional,” he continues. “Improving... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Ink
start chatting at la Couarde A la Pergo c’est l’apèro> At the Pergola it’s time for drinks Ils se tutoient à Loix They’re on first name terms at Loix La fille en Ré, elle l’a fait rêver The girl from Ré, she made him dream La fille en Ré, elle l’a réveillé The girl... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
when competition for outstanding talent has intensified among private industry and other top-tier business schools." The Class of 1949, one of the first post-World War II HBS classes to be awarded MBA degrees, has a long-standing, close... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
Powell observed. "Through our network of contacts, we assembled an extraordinary group of business and community leaders who, in light of events that were still unfolding, spoke from the heart to inspire as well as inform us." Honorary... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
being his own boss, Royster instead went to work at Boston-based Capital Resource Partners, then the African-American private equity firm TSG Capital in Stamford, Connecticut. At TSG he was introduced to one of its portfolio companies,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
to the School’s continuing success,” said Roe Stamps, who in 1984 cofounded Summit Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm that has raised over $5.5 billion in capital and invested in more than 250 businesses. Baker Library,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
INK: Out of Exile
a duty to reveal the unspoken truth of the experience. Gratitude, for example, is an essential and private part of the refugee experience, she says. “But native-born people don’t really understand all that we keep hidden, like the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
appropriating $25 million annually to the states for the construction of better roads. In 1921, the U.S. government set aside some of these funds for the creation of a nationwide highway system. Road construction continued apace during the Depression. As employment in... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
opportunities to use new technologies for enhancing financial inclusion. By working with communities of crypto business practitioners, the researchers aim to help shape the way this industry evolves, inform regulators, and improve the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Teaching kids lessons in making choices and tradeoffs
teachers. We provide professional development to 55,000 teachers across the country. “I’ve been doing that for about two and a half years, after a long career in the private sector as a management consultant. “I would say I have a good... View Details
- 17 Feb 2011
- News
Field Report: Rwanda
Karisimbi Partners, a three-person private consulting group that works with small- to mid-sized enterprises. “The idea behind Karisimbi’s model is that sustained economic growth in Rwanda requires private... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Ideas with Economic and Social Impact
While many countries are facing mounting economic, social, and political challenges, Karen Wilson (MBA 1991) says that “there’s a lot of potential in leveraging private sector approaches to address these challenges in new ways. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Immersion Program Digs Deep
NEW FRIENDS: Stephen Kraus (MBA ’08) meets students of Shanghai’s Weihang Migrant School, a privately funded school for the children of rural-to-urban migrant workers. HBS ramped up its commitment to the winter break Immersion Program... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
different. In China, the government typically is the entrepreneur. You cannot be an entrepreneur without also being part of the Communist Party, whereas in India, entrepreneurship is entirely in the private sector, far away from the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
Gita's medical history and her symptoms suggest a heart problem, MeraDoctor ultimately recommends that she get an echocardiogram (for which she has to pay at a private facility because the government one is too crowded). The test reveals... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
principles and impartial rules derived from the Constitution. In reality, it has become a private industry dominated by a textbook duopoly—the Democrats and the Republicans—and plagued by unhealthy competition. Tragically, it has become... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Déjà Vu All Over Again
leading to the Panic of 1873; James Landis, an early champion of financial regulation; a run on New York’s 19th Ward Bank in the early 1900s; privately issued banknotes from the 1830s wreaked havoc with the nation’s money supply. Union... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
much of her first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg