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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
accounting and SEC rules throughout that portion of the company where he had direct authority and accountability. Since Enron is certainly not the only company to have engaged in such gaming, the important question raised by this marker... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
put them in the proper perspective,” says Seftel, a physician and immunology expert whose company, Enable, is currently developing a highly-sensitive rapid COVID-19 test with its public health laboratory partners. “There’s been a lot of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
personal support, public liaison and registry, protocol and ceremonial, communications, and corporate services. Her team is responsible for all aspects of assisting the president, whether it be keeping his calendar, providing legal... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
it means for them. It is particularly hard in the U.S. because the topic has become unnecessarily controversial and polarizing. This is a massive communications failure; there’s a massive gap between what scientists know and public... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
could do more for communities when they close a plant or conduct a large layoff. “Many sectors, such as transportation, mining, chemicals, and heavy manufacturing, would do well to engage in community development,” he declares. “I believe... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
Massachusetts, classroom. Explaining the decision that led him to this radical midcareer transition, Watson, an engaging veteran entrepreneur with a long and successful record of cofounding and running early-stage companies all over the... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
parents are all engaged in debating both sides of the issue. What would be the fairest solution? Or in Yokohama, Japan. In March 2003, a 22-year-old teaching English at a local junior high school is watching television with other staff... View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- News
Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest
56 alumni who were highly engaged in the conversation. GNN, HBS Club of Nigeria Drake brings deep experience in leading diversity initiatives for higher education organizations, and started his talk by sharing his initial observations of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
New Virtual Classrooms Expand Digital Learning
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. When HBS opened its first virtual classroom in 2014, the School had just started to experiment with online education. Located at Boston’s public television... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
HBS Professor Mike Toffel; Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966), cofounder and Chief Investment Strategist of GMO, LLC; Gina McCarthy, Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
On April 25, Harvard Business School launched a campaign that will position the School for leadership in management education in the 21st century. The primary objectives of The Harvard Business School Campaign are to: Inspire significantly increased levels of... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
management role at the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation that included a team of 42 union and administrative workers spanning four counties. At 34, she was assigned line responsibility for electric line crews and gas technicians. “I... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
from a local public school, and each adult volunteer was assigned a team of about 7 kids. These groups were tasked with starting and running a company while the adult volunteers would act as consultants to help out when needed, mostly... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
Wall Street’s most successful investors, while simultaneously spending 25 percent of his time supporting arts and nonprofit organizations. “I’ve always believed that those who do well in business have a responsibility to get involved in View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
rewarding contributions that benefit society; holding government leaders to high standards of conduct; engaging with the world in ways that maximize opportunities for the many; and increasing opportunities for civilian national service.... View Details
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance, but ever since his undergraduate days of studying public and international affairs at Princeton, Offensend planned that, one... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
The Power of Service
explains Reilly, who cofounded City Year in Boston in 1988 with Harvard friends Michael Brown (HLS 1988), Alan Khazei (HLS 1987), and Neil Silverston (HBS 1987). At the quarter-century mark, the nonprofit today engages young adults in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Home from the Sea
France and is dominated by French sailors — is like no other event on this earth. In an age of celebrity “heroes” and “reality” TV shows, Wilson and his fellow Vendée participants (this year including two women) engage in a competition as... View Details