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- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
faculty, students, staff, and alumni groups about the challenges we face and the opportunities we see, the few important initiatives that I've heard individuals tell me about. First, I think implementing with speed and urgency the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
Business Initiative at The Wharton School, the book distills a set of critical insights Western managers can use to compete aggressively while creating and sustaining successful professional relations in Chinese business communities... View Details
- 18 Mar 2020
- News
Leading Change
by Margie Kelley Alumni Tackle Climate Change Policy in Washington In a joint effort to foster a meaningful conversation on the role of business in shaping climate policy, the HBS Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) and the HBS Club... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
initiatives in the arts, education, the environment, government innovation, and public health. He has given away more than $6.4 billion. In 2018, he also committed an additional $1.8 billion to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Explore Tanzania
poverty in developing countries. Timothy A. Piper (MBA ’88), Techno-Serve’s deputy country director, later invites us to dinner at his home in Dar es Salaam with a special guest: the acting U.S. ambassador to Tanzania. As the days go by, we move well beyond the View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
around," he says with a smile. "She was 19 years old and I was 20. She proposed to me on our first date." Kraft went directly from Columbia to HBS, fulfilling a lifelong dream. "I'll never forget walking around campus those first days," he says. "Everyone was so... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Two days before Thanksgiving 2002, the 4th graders of Irving Primary in Peoria, Illinois, gathered in the school's gym for an assembly. The students were restless, Jen Wilfong (GMP 3, 2007) recalls. They were chatting and jostling one another and had little interest in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
Above: photo by Minesh Bacrania As mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tim Keller (MBA 2005) is focused on bread-and-butter initiatives that drive down crime and attract business. And he’s been successful on both counts since taking office... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Christian Bjelland
operational expenses and new buildings.” Mindful that Norway’s Department of Culture will focus on attendance figures, Bjelland says the museum is working hard “to create excitement in the public space we occupy.” He notes that the quality of a museum’s core collection... View Details
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
CEO of Competitiveness.com, he brings experience in nearly 200 economic development initiatives in Europe and Latin America to his World Bank job. Comparing his previous development consulting experience in emerging economies to his work... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
For Education Reform, PELP Is on the Way
offering for senior-level public education officials), and the increasing involvement of the Social Enterprise Initiative in education issues are all contributing to — and becoming familiar parts of — the School’s academic landscape. View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
after the initial cleanup operations are finished. Once they’re on the ground, the mission includes repairing homes, rebuilding schools, health clinics, community centers, and whatever else is needed. It’s a job that taps into his entire... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
of the kiosks the company initially rolled out. Where they are today: Lovepop, which gained publicity and an investment from an appearance on Shark Tank, has grown significantly in employees, revenue, and card production in the last year... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s “Climate Change 101” The Kennedy School’s Harvard Project on Climate Agreements HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s website for alumni Follow the HBS Business and Environment Initiative on... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
initial revenue push, but the critical move might be to redefine Gazelle around a model of exchanging a product for cash and then extending more product lines. That could lead to relationships with vendors, retailers, and manufacturers... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
was a dearth of case studies on women in the workplace, she was instrumental in establishing in 1997 Harvard Business School's Marjorie Alfus/C200 Initiative for developing cases that focus on important management issues involving women... 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
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
academics, and business leaders, including former Goldman Sachs cochairman and Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead (MBA 11/'47), the driving force behind the Initiative on Social Enterprise at HBS. Also taking part were more than... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
these relationships began to cross the line from traditional philanthropy to more strategic and mutually beneficial alliances, HBS professor James E. Austin, head of the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), took note. "Here was... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
An Exceptional Faculty of Scholars and Teachers
supporting them as they identify and then realize ambitious research agendas—requires significant investment. Teaching is a skill that is developed and refined over time. Few new faculty members arrive at the School with experience in the classroom. During their View Details