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- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
years ago, as being as important as the first machine age they attribute to the development of steam power. These are ideas that can expand the potential for growth, if not for jobs and greater economic... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
businessmen and other leaders. " Robert McCabe (HBS MBA '58), Foreword to The First Venture Capitalist: Georges Doriot on Leadership, Capital, & Business Organization , 2004 66 66 McCabe, "Foreword" in Gupta, ed., View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Seeing the Light
biotech job for Kirlin, a company her great-grandfather had founded. As she told the Detroit News (March 20, 2000), "Detroit is the hub of resources important to manufacturers like Kirlin. It was my first... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Former Professor and Associate Dean Vernon Alden Passes Away
Vernon Alden (MBA 1950), has passed away at age 97. A former associate dean and faculty member at HBS, Alden would go on to become the president of Ohio University at age 38. He would later help support President Lyndon Johnson develop the View Details
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Investing in Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Investing in Change Chuck Recorr Job Title Philanthropist Location Raleigh, NC Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her... View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
Misan Rewane (MBA 2013) had an ambitious goal in cofounding WAVE Academy, an innovative vocational education program that connects its graduates with entry-level jobs within six to eight weeks of completing the program. “We are trying to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Meg's World
It’s been hard for eBay CEO Meg Whitman (MBA ’79) to stay out of the limelight lately. Fortune put her on the cover of its August 11 edition and named eBay eighth among the magazine’s “100 Fastest-Growing Companies.” CBS MarketWatch named Whitman the recipient of its... View Details
- 28 Jul 2021
- News
Squarely in Their Corner
Amrita Ahuja (MBA 2007) witnessed the hard work and challenges involved in running a small business: Her first job was working as a summer camp day counselor at her parents’ daycare center in Cleveland... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Speaking out on behalf of the disabled
“When I first came to HBS, part of my goal was not to be too loud, too boisterous—not to be the center of attention,” says Danny Lipsitz (MBA 2014). But Lipsitz, who has a hearing disability, found that his verbal discretion was... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
very first thoughts that I do remember was, I am not needed," she says. "When I realized that automation had done away with my job 15 years sooner than I thought it ever possibly could, I realized... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Angela Ruggiero (MBA 2014)
The first time I stepped on the ice, I was seven years old. When I saw my younger brother, Billy, in his goalie gear I thought it looked really fun and cool and asked if I could try. It was terrifying. I was crying. But by the end of that... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
list began in 1955. The figures are only slightly better beyond the corner office. According to a 2016 report on corporate diversity, black men and women account for 4.7 percent of executive team members in the Fortune 100, a percentage that remains unchanged since the... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- Student-Profile
Justine Murray
You could say that Justine Murray’s (she/her) first unofficial research subjects were her friends in the financial sector. Observing her colleagues at her first job after... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
HBX: Expanding Our Reach
disseminating their ideas to a broader audience. One product HBX plans to launch next year is a suite of pre-MBA courses drawn from HBS's pre-matriculation and Analytics programs. It will be designed for serious and committed learners, typically undergraduates taking... View Details
- 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 just over a year ago: Crime is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
John Dearden Remembered
lecturer in 1959 after a decade in Ford Motor Company’s finance department. Promoted to full professor in 1964, he was named the first incumbent of the Herman C. Krannert Professorship of Business Administration in 1969. He retired from... View Details
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
Direct employment in the US Internet ecosystem has doubled in those four years, with 1 million new jobs added to the million that already existed in 2007, according to a recent study commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau,... View Details
- Profile
Janelle McDonald
multiple levels. “It was the first time I traveled outside North America,” she says. “Talking to the local people, I saw obvious differences, but also many similarities to myself– at our basic core, we want the same things.” One... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Tech Trekker
Radcliffe in 1965, the Chicago native began her career as a technical writer for several Boston-area computer consulting companies before deciding to pursue business school. Her entrepreneurial streak emerged the summer after her first... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
of those less fortunate pivots was pretty standard stuff: After a change in leadership, I was unceremoniously fired at the bank where I had been promoted just a few days earlier. After a year of frustration and effort I gave up on the idea of a regular View Details