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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
support and guidance for this year’s gathering in Cleveland, and we are immensely grateful. Next year’s conference cochairs Manuel Sacerdote (MBA 1968) and Bruce Coates (MBA 1975) are already working hard with their talented organizing... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
have classes with everyone else." To accomplish this, the cluster - a group of sixteen students - became the organizing block for Foundations. "We made a conscious effort to change the student mix constantly in order to provide many... View Details
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
“Our classroom is a 204-acre island in Boston Harbor with two salt marshes, a fresh-water marsh, an inner tidal zone, meadows, and forests,” says Arthur Pearson (MBA 1991), president and CEO of Boston’s Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center. Since 2005,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing the challenge of teacher retention in public schools
Melissa Wu (MBA 2008) explains her work with TNTP to research teacher retention patterns and best practices for America's public schools. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Takeaways
Edited by April White Peter A. Gudmundsson photo by Susan Young Peter A. Gudmundsson photo by Susan Young “All organizations need great people. Veterans are great people, so all organizations need to hire... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
2010 Leadership Fellows
Eleven graduating MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the support of the School’s Leadership Fellows Program. The program awards key management positions for one year at competitive salaries. This... View Details
- 08 Sep 2022
- News
Learning Curve
teacher who is now head of school, set the simple educational philosophy—“just teach them”—which entailed meeting the students, academically and otherwise, exactly where they were. Melcher served as president and handled the business side of the school, which grew... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
the practices that characterize entrepreneurial individuals, families, and organizations and offer pragmatic advice. The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class by Edward Conard (MBA 1982) (Portfolio) Conard... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
agronomist researches the matter and sends a tailored reply within 24 hours. The more information a farmer shares with PAD—about planting practices, market prices, or soil conditions—the more its recommendations improve with time. “The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
University of Pennsylvania Creary studies the dynamics of inclusion and allyship in organizations. She has been associated with the HBS community since 2007, as Professor David Thomas’s research associate, as a member of Professor Robin Ely’s Gender and Race in View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Motivation through hard knocks
“turbulent” upbringing in South Central Los Angeles has enhanced his ability and interest in motivating others. “I’ve seen both sides of the equation,” he says, explaining that he has experienced homelessness and moved around a lot in his youth. Taylor’s background... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
make in a routine and disciplined way,” Lafley says. The “disciplined way” is the major revelation of the book. For Lafley and Charan, innovation is an operational imperative driving sustainable organic growth, not something left to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Books
show why these disputes developed, how investments and disputes have changed, and why firms responded differently to crises. They describe how firms, developing countries, and multilateral development organizations can build a... View Details
- 12 Jan 2021
- News
Keeping the Coast Clear
life experience prior to landing at Save the Bay has been informed by interacting with lots of different people in different disciplines and different sectors and figuring out how to connect with them on a level where we can find common... View Details
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups
Point Media in Santa Monica. “It was a fantastic dynamic,” says Alexa McCulloch (MBA 1999), the workshop organizer and president of the club. “We assured each presenter that this was a confidential opportunity to open up and ask... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life
research effort. In 1996, however, Cheauré made a dramatic shift when he parlayed his enthusiasm for purebred dogs into a second career and took the helm of the American Kennel Club (AKC), a $60 million not-for-profit organization devoted... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
Coalition, an organization coordinating business, government, and nonprofit efforts to improve India’s water quality and health outcomes. Naina Lal Kidwai: This was not a sexy business. You don't want to put your name to toilets. You're... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
Australian dollar takeover, which in US dollars probably somewhere north of $1.5 billion. So a lot of money, one of the biggest takeovers in this Australian corporate history. I was organizing all of that and leading up to the takeover I... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
just have automatic deductions from their paychecks, and it either goes directly to an organization they care about it, or it goes directly into a separate account that they then use and that account is specifically for giving related. It... View Details