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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
psychologically, so much so that it was hard to get out of bed. Eventually, I did get up to make breakfast. As I was scrambling eggs and cooking turkey sausage, I decided to activate an idea I’d had for a while—something I’d described to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Turning Point: One Step at a Time
was true: Either the admissions committee was biased toward athletes, or these activities were things that could be accomplished by any human who dedicated herself to the task. In other words, I discovered the difference between the... View Details
Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
continued M&A activity among companies seeking economies of scale and scope and attempting to take full advantage of political liberalization, globalization, and emerging markets. This positive business climate, Corzine noted, will be... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
clear of the frozen-food aisle, thanks to the lingering associations that the meals are clogged with sodium and preservatives. Frozen-food titans have been actively trying to reverse the stereotypes: ConAgra and Nestlé have decreased the... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
diversity and inclusion is what one might expect from a consultancy. The organization offers strategies, advises on diversity initiatives, and helps find and retain talent to fill the top seats. Yet experience shows that that isn’t always enough: strategy has to be... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
the right decision. "I always talk to my daughters at bedtime, and that night, we had really long conversations. The time I spend with them has even more meaning now." Hunter lives in suburban Boston and is an active volunteer in several... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
families. By viewing this widespread activity through the lens and logic of markets — and daring to define it in terms of supply, demand, and property rights — Spar aims to bring realism and thoughtful public-policy debate to a subject... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
interest for long. Sensing a coming wave of entrepreneurial activity in Europe, Cohen moved to get ahead of it with the launch of MMG (Multinational Management Group) on February 8, 1972. When Patricof joined the struggling partnership... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
is located in Dudley Square, Roxbury’s commercial hub and the intersection of several major streets — there’s a quiet hum of activity in the open, airy room where twelve BCC staffers are beginning their day. Since its founding in 1985,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
on a problem." The burst of entrepreneurial activity that occurred throughout the 1990s has also stimulated innovation in the social sector, she notes, and unprecedented wealth creation has forced people to recognize the widening gap... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Happy New Year: The HBS Alumni Board's Newest Members Look to the Future
a year. My experience has far exceeded my expectations. Meeting active volunteers from across graduation years—people I might not have met if we didn't happen to be on the same reunion cycle—has been particularly rewarding. It has given... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
success to the support he received from his wife, who typed every paper he wrote. Now the proud grandparents of thirteen, the Haweses are active in the Mormon Church. Last year they created an endowment at Brigham Young University's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
entrepreneurship group runs a first–year course called The Entrepreneurial Manager, sixteen elective courses, the Business Plan Contest, summer fellowships in entrepreneurship, and a wide range of research projects and publications. “Arthur Rock’s gift,” adds Roberts,... View Details
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
relentlessly humble-brag about your work to get noticed? Is it true that what gets someone promoted isn’t their contributions to corporate citizenship activities but their ability to position themselves for high-profile projects? Is it... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
petition for spent fuel pool safety should be kept under active consideration. Popik and his family live in the evacuation zone for the Seabrook nuclear power plant on the border of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. “I’m unconcerned about... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
its community. This transparency builds trust with all key stakeholders and is something that I believe the corporate world could learn a lot from.” Internally, Gower has focused on increasing morale among the council’s workforce, which he says was quite low when he... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
for all of Poland?’ He hesitatingly responded, ‘Let’s start small,’” Diamond recalls. “In the next few years, we signed a formal agreement with the archives.” As activities grew, JRI-Poland formed an executive committee and Diamond took... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
finding solutions to complex challenges. If companies decide it is in their best interest to include humanitarian activities in their core branding and human capital strategies, the same business skills that bring cell phones to Sudan,... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
interest lies in the boundaries between religion and the wider world," says the newly ordained Messenger. "To my mind, finding meaning in everyday activities is what religion is all about." Messenger says he often felt out of place during... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
workweek is filled with staff meetings, conferences, public events, negotiations with government officials about programs and their implementation, and donor-relations work with local embassies. She finds that all these various activities... View Details