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21 May 2024
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IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai

commitments don’t yet make that possible. Leaving the Dalmia facility, we were left with a sense of both hope and responsibility. There is a vision for a future where waste is not a burden but a valuable resource that feeds our production... View Details

25 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Hikma Health + HBS MBAs Crowdsource Largest County-Level COVID-19 Dataset

policies and piecing together the dataset one county at a time was often tedious, but everyone involved had a vision that has since become a reality and stuck with it. The fact that the project became a record-breaking crowdsourcing... View Details

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Aspa Lekka

people for immediate help." Aspa, perhaps drawing upon her mathematics perspective, sees HBS as having a multiplier effect. "There’s so much opportunity for us. HBS opens your vision and view. If, before HBS, I had seen '100’ as... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Jun 1997
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Thomas C. Høegh

I'd like to do more of, and do better." For notwithstanding his global vision and acclaimed achievements, Thomas Høegh knows that any artistic triumph is diminished if some of the audience is left on the outside looking in. View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2017
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The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum

fundraise the vision into reality. Six years later, the American Writers Museum will open in late spring at 180 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, with Hammer serving as treasurer. “I had been chair of Washington Performing Arts but knew... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

08 Feb 2016
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Alumni in Mexico City Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

Mexico City on February 8, 2016 to celebrate and connect with each other as the School hosted “A Vision for the 21st Century” as part of the world tour of The Harvard Business School Campaign. The Mexico City Hyatt Regency Hotel was the... View Details

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Lauren Murphy

Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate, consumer products, and financial... View Details

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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

photographs A Basic Demonstration A demonstration of polarizing discs Annual Christmas Message to Employees of Polaroid Corporation, 1946 At the annual staff Christmas party in 1946, Edwin Land laid out his vision for the Polaroid... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

include a mechanical engineering degree from MIT and patented novel technologies for self-driving vehicles. “But I don’t want to just make an app that delivers Instacart items five seconds sooner. My career vision is to tackle difficult... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

04 Dec 2014
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Hacking Health Care

vision is Hacking Heath, a Montreal-based social collaborative that hosts weekend brainstorming sessions, or “hackathons,” to spur innovation in the industry and, ultimately, save lives. “The end game is to transform health care with more... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2003
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Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus

various schools develop “precinct plans,” to serve as a long–range vision of physical change and growth. The recently completed HBS precinct plan suggests possible development ideas along the southern edge of the campus, where the parking... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank

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Our Work Together | About

School. To do this will require drawing on the vision explicit in our mission and the principles articulated in our community values. As Alan noted, we must work together, wisely and thoughtfully, to bridge the fissures that have weakened... View Details

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

nears port, greater and greater accuracy is required if it's to avoid running aground and miss achieving its goal. "We have your goal in mind and do the dynamic trading with the target vision to get you there," Merton explains.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

"It was a moment when there was a need to come up with a different vision of how business leaders would operate," said Nohria. "Harvard Business School was created to fulfill that vision. Now, many people are asking the... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

future Allston campus? A: I think the vision of the future Allston campus is pretty broadly shared in the University community, and there is considerable momentum to carry the process forward. Harvard is unique among the nation's urban... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

24 May 2017
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John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963

Harvard President Derek Bok a letter outlining an ambitious vision for the School—one that hinged on rebuilding the faculty, high-quality research, and a welcoming academic community. Impressed, Bok asked McArthur to lead the School. In... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

22 Aug 2019
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Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

out in his HBS admission essay: “When I graduate,” Sulyman wrote, “I'm going to go back to Africa and lead a technology company that is creating massive impact that will propel Africa into the future.” Today, Sulyman is carrying out that View Details

02 May 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Samsung Global Strategy Group

semiconductors and container ships. Samsung has set a vision 2020 goal of reaching $400B in revenues by exploring new territories such as biotechnology, virtual reality, and applications of 5G wireless technology, among others. In this... View Details

Keywords: Technology

19 Mar 2021
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Celebrating Black History: Elevating the Voices of Our Student and Alumni Communities

enough. We hope prospective students are inspired by Alexis, Brandon and Mikal’s stories and that as they live their lives with their legacy in mind – they’ll consider the role HBS and the MBA can play in building their legacy. A Vision... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992

learned, you have to take a step back and make sure you create a vision for both the management team and the employees." Two years later, she returned to HBS and graduated with the 111th AMP. There is another element in Haberkorn's life,... View Details

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