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- 20 Oct 2023
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
On the evening of Wednesday, October 11, Alumni Board members joined with current HBS students in the Spangler Center for "A Conversation about Life Lessons", which was led by Leslie Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership. This October, more than 75... View Details
- 05 Jul 2023
- News
GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center
Lootah says The House will be more than a place to meet; it will be a think tank fostering the exchange of cutting-edge ideas that will positively impact the region. "The House will further enhance the HBS Crossroads initiative, which brings together View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
taking time to coach his daughters' soccer teams and attend his son's piano recitals. Together with his wife, Beth, he has also given generously to causes they believe in. "Giving back has been a theme for us from a very early stage,"... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
which collects used garments in Europe. “And as long as that’s the case, we have a problem.” It’s one of several, perhaps. The World Economic Forum estimates that the $1.5 trillion apparel industry is responsible for a 2 percent share of View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
significant changes to the curriculum in recent times? A change that began more than a decade ago but continues to find new ways into the curriculum is the expansion in experiential learning or “learning by doing.” The FIELD Global... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
Lab X GEO, into Batten Hall. In the beginning, we had about 10 to 12 teams, but because of the pandemic, we shifted to a global cohort and we’re now working virtually with about 25 alumni teams. My hope is... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
When Tara Fung (MBA 2016) explains Co:Create, the company she cofounded in 2022 and now leads as CEO, she doesn’t mention Web3 first. “We help innovative brands and creators unlock the power of community,” she explains. Co:Create does this with a new, gamified approach... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
diversity of businesses and products that were virtually unimaginable before the advent of full-service financial institutions. Named president of the firm in 1984 and chairman in 1991, Fisher is widely recognized for his role in both... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
expected to triple by 2060. These were just a few of the sobering facts shared during the virtual roundtable discussion, titled “The Plastic Waste Problem: What Do We Do?” hosted by the HBS Women’s Association (HBSWA),which explored... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
connection. “But then COVID-19 hit,” she says, “and all of India stopped traveling.” The risks Shruti had considered in the abstract became real. “The 15 people on my team had devoted a year of their lives to the travel venture,” she... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
translates to “optimism”—into one of Japan’s most successful businesses and a thriving global enterprise. Through savvy investments, strategic partnerships, and acquisitions, he has expanded the company rapidly and diversified its... View Details
- 23 Jun 2023
- News
Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
Alumni Board members on campus for their annual spring meeting // Credit: Panfoto Hard work, with humility for humanity, is the spirit that animates Harvard Business School's MBA program today, Matt Weinzierl, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program, told... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
everything else in business, grown more complex in the age of the global economy. In fact, according to some observers, the implied balance between its two component parts may be tilting increasingly askew, even as the world's economy and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
extracurricular learning opportunity while he pursued his MBA studies until the team entered the HBS New Venture Competition in 2021. They won the Tough Technology Prize, an award that came with $10,000 and, more importantly for Goble, a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
fear together?’ And that’s what they did.” As a Volunteers team member read the email out aloud, Ames and the other adults in the room struggled to keep their composure. “We weren’t just thinking of a child. We were feeling the experience... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
market in early 18th-century Japan, Wall Street’s first financial panic in 1792, and the Federal Reserve’s highly controversial response to the global financial turmoil of 1931. The course debuted in the spring 2008 term; six weeks later... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Like-Minded
social, and governance (ESG) solutions. Yet they achieved both distinctions in May 2021 with MPower, focusing on what they considered an untapped pool of talent in Japan: young entrepreneurs making a difference with ESG. The companies MPower invests in focus on what... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Thomas S. Volpe, MBA 1976
early stages of numerous successful start-ups, including Genentech’s dramatic public launch in 1980. Currently, Volpe continues to invest in entrepreneurial ventures, serves on numerous boards, and travels frequently to the Middle East on business for the Dubai Group,... View Details
- 19 Apr 2023
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
MAYA invests in a startup, the goal is to support the first round of funding—launching the team and putting it in a position to successfully raise a second round. "Most of the funds in this region invest, and that's it," explains Saggioro... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
the facts as they were known a week after the incident occurred and raises a wide range of questions regarding consumer behavior, corporate responsibility, and competitive reaction. I recall only two cases that we spent more than one class period discussing: the... View Details