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John H. McArthur | About

regions. Another important initiative McArthur helped develop included Summer Ventures in Management, a program to introduce rising college seniors from groups underrepresented in corporate America to management education. The program... View Details

30 Jun 2023
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Finding Pride

positive change. —Javier Bordes-Posadas (MBA 2004) I came out between college and grad school, so I wasn’t part of a PRIDE equivalent in undergrad, but I was intrigued with the idea of being involved at HBS. When I got to campus, I... View Details

01 Jan 2011
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Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

"For most of the eighties," recalls the unflappable mother of three and wife of a college president, "I was pregnant, walking through steel mills, and buying companies." Now working with small business owners on a national scale, she... View Details

14 Feb 2017
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A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

change—business leaders have entered a new era requiring new ways of leading. Traditional management methods seem no longer sufficient to address the volume of change we are seeing. I label this VUCA 2.0. In a 1998 report designed to train officers for the twenty-first... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

State: Fiscal Capacity Building and Forced Labor." 2017 Rawi E. Abdelal : Received the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the School of Economics at Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology. Rawi E. Abdelal... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Thai Lee, MBA 1985

President and CEO, SHI International Download Lee profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1958 Born, Bangkok, Thailand 1980 Earns BA, Biology and Economics, Amherst College 1985 Earns MBA 1985 Joins Procter & Gamble... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

03 May 2022
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Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

16 May 2000
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The Simple Economics of Open Source

firm. So in a sense they have to start all over again when they switch jobs. In their working paper, Lerner and Tirole also point out that people in open source can use their projects as a "port of entry." For example, a systems administrator at a small View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

03 Oct 2023

HBS Global Voices: International Student Insights

Join us for a virtual session designed for current international college students as we discuss the opportunities and experiences awaiting you at Harvard Business School. The event will include a panel of current students and recent... View Details

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William R. Kerr | About

new ventures and transformations for profitable growth. He also advises governments about investments in the innovative capacities of their nations. Bill and his family live in Lexington, MA. They enjoy outdoor sports and CrossFit, are active members of their local... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Michael F. Cronin

College and to HBS, where he has worked on and chaired several gift and reunion committees. In addition to serving as chairman of the board of Harvard Student Agencies, he has helped set up a venture fund that aids social and nonprofit... View Details

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Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season

events at historical sites. That Monday is also the date of the Boston Marathon. Pick a spot along the route to cheer on the runners. Explore colleges or graduate schools. Is a young person in your family starting to think about the next... View Details

14 Feb 2019
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LOVE At HBS

graduated with the first class of college students in China after the cultural revolution and was a determined M.D. Driven as she was in her profession, she fought hard to provide me with love, companionship, support, understanding, and... View Details

10 Nov 2021
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Veterans in the MBA Program: Profiles of Service

with the ROTC camaraderie and structure, and served throughout her undergraduate years. Read Julie's profile. Joshua Scott (MBA 2023) Photo courtesy Joshua Scott Joshua Scott first set foot on the HBS campus as a freshman at Harvard View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Larry Murphy

It was reading a Life magazine article (Ann Moore, take note) about Eastern colleges that helped propel Lawrence P. Murphy from a small town in Missouri to Williams College, followed by HBS. In 1985, after positions at Citibank, Bain, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Accommodation; Hospitality

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Policy Trademarks Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College Harvard Business School Alumni Executive Education More HBS Facebook: Alumni Executive Education Harvard Business Review Harvard Business School HBS Working Knowledge... View Details

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Joe Coleman

I spent my 23rd birthday in a psychiatric hospital. Family and friends reassured me during visiting hours, but I was still terrified by my diagnosis bipolar disorder—an incurable condition that felt like a death sentence. Looking back, the symptoms were clear. Leading... View Details

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Valerie Porciello | About

Corporation managing the organizational transformation of an IT service delivery business spanning the Northeastern U.S. She holds a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, and an MBA with high distinction from Bentley College (now Bentley... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

Program by revising the need-based formula for financial aid and waiving application fees, and becoming the first academic partner to the OneTen Initiative , which aims to create 1 million jobs for Black Americans without a college degree... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision

academic partner of the OneTen Initiative, which seeks to create 1 million living-wage jobs over 10 years for Black and underrepresented minority women and men who do not have a college education. If you believe, as I do, that talent is... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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