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  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Charting the Year Ahead

Cooper This past summer saw another successful HBS Global Leadership Forum, this time in Washington, D.C. Attendance exceeded 640 alumni and guests, many of whom had not been to a previous GLF. On behalf of the Alumni Board, who turned... View Details
Keywords: Peter Cooper; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 01 Jun 2013
  • News

Minding The Gap

Focused and pragmatic, she is deeply committed to across-the-board success at a school where 93 percent of students are African American, and 65 percent are from economic backgrounds that qualify them for free or reduced school lunches.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Blagg, Deborah; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

How I Got to Google

Laboratory. I do think technical skills have helped over the years in some of my roles, but that doesn’t mean you need to be a coding ninja. Two students from PM 101 who went on to be very successful had backgrounds as a video journalist... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

A Fast Start on Your New Job

What are the first things you should do in your new post? In this e-mail Q&A, Michael Watkins offers strategies that he researched while preparing his new book, The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building

instruction. The initial phases of planning and design have just begun, with construction anticipated to commence in the summer of 2000 and completion scheduled for late 2001. Hawes retired last year as chairman and CEO of Life Re... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies

Business Leader of the Year In late January, the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSA/NC) presented Arthur Rock with its Business Leader of the Year Award. The HBSA/NC annually recognizes a highly successful individual who has... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Alumni Books

essence, doing the right thing. Each major character in the epic embodies a moral failing or virtue. Das compares their successes and failures with those of prominent contemporary players in economics, business, and politics and finds... View Details
  • 09 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

that a leading affiliate network could have invoked an optimal payment delay to eliminate 71% of fraud without decreasing profit. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-072.pdf Secrets of the Academy: The Drivers of University Endowment View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Dec 2019
  • Blog Post

Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA

you arrived at HBS, were you planning to go into a health care career? What influenced your decision to pivot into that industry? Before coming to HBS, I worked at Procter & Gamble as an operations manager. While my first job (only... View Details
  • 05 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

to those of Mosaic, a similar tool then under development at the University of Illinois. Reviewers of Brooks's prototype raved about its ease of use and reliability. The engineer felt certain that, with EG&G's backing, his idea would soon be a major View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • Profile

Rakhi Mehra

pilot project, Rickshaw Bank in Guhwati, India, based on the successful microfinance model. "We proved its self-sustainability," Rahki says, "and the bank is now in four cities." The Wall Street Journal acknowledged... View Details
  • 13 May 2021
  • Blog Post

Zhalisa Clarke’s Sabbatical Story: Tech Leader Turned Healer

V.P., she didn’t feel particularly successful compared to her classmates, and was increasingly overloaded with stress. Zhalisa consistently worked on weekends and struggled to balance work and personal life. At the same time, a couple of... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

In Brief

Web Extras Experiment Fund President’s Challenge US–China trade relations exhibit at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center New Venture Winner an Undercover Success Angela Newnam (MBA 1996) did not set out to be an entrepreneur. But the... View Details
Keywords: meta; contests; awards
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Mickey Herbert (MBA 1969)

Mickey Herbert parleyed a stint as an administrative assistant to a pediatric neurologist into a successful career as the founder and CEO of a Connecticut HMO. Not bad for someone who confesses he had “no clue” what he wanted to do after... View Details
Keywords: Lewis Rice; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • January 2023
  • Case

Thomas Buberl: Refounding AXA

By: Hubert Joly, Mihir Desai and Amram Migdal
In 2022, AXA and its CEO Thomas Buberl faced new types of challenges, including systemic risks such as climate change, geopolitical instability, public health crises, and social tensions caused by economic risks. AXA was one of the world’s largest insurers. Since... View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Trends; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Insurance; Management; Management Succession; Risk Management; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Planning; Strategic Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Society; Human Needs; Social Issues; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Insurance Industry; Europe; France; Paris
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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Finance Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Jacob Cook Digital Marketing & AI Workshop Marketing Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 Ben Creo Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care General Management, Technology & Operations Management Spring... View Details
  • 01 Aug 2001
  • News

Class Day and Commencement 2001

better place." He then recognized a number of students by name for their contributions and activities. Clark also congratulated the winners of the HBS Business Plan Contest, which for the first time this year had two tracks, adding a... View Details
Keywords: Marcel Acosta; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Spring greetings to all HBS alumni! The arrival of April signals the start of intense planning for spring events at HBS. The MBA spring reunions are fast approaching, and plans for the annual Club Officers... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 02 May 2016
  • News

Building Startup Skills for Business and Life

Bill Daugherty (MBA 1991) believes in the power of entrepreneurship—not just to launch successful businesses, but also to jump-start successful lives. After selling his profitable Internet search company in... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

Q&A: Orin Smith

people-watching, and the general ambience, it was extremely attractive to customers. Also, a key aspect of our strategy is to be preemptive; we get there ahead of the competition, and if we're a little late, we accelerate our development. Which markets does Starbucks... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade