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- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Generosity Multiplied
wonderful thing, and it’s become extremely effective at fundraising for lots of good causes,” says Reed, who cofounded the charity with his father, Sir Alec Reed (OPM 17, 1991). It was his father’s idea to take the technology used for the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
When public television’s Charlie Rose asked Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO Henry M. (“Hank”) Paulson Jr. (MBA ’70) whether his firm, a pure investment bank, could survive in a world dominated by consolidations, Paulson didn’t miss a beat:... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
website is a public good provided by HBS,” says Jones, “and its success will be measured by the extent to which diverse researchers make use of it.” He credits the project with showing how successful... View Details
Keywords: faculty research
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. (MBA 1988)
between hard work and good luck. Leading us through the pivot into the digital era has been gut-wrenching at times. People didn’t care about the 50 years of work that had come before. It was a process of dissolving while evolving. In... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
papers catalogued by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the book refutes optimistic projections by the Saudis and offers the public the first detailed examination of that country’s largest oil fields. He knows the business well, as the... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Skydeck: Reddit’s Rise
Anxious Generation now, which is about the demise of real-life communities in everything from religion to Scouting.” “At Reddit, everything we build is trying to mimic real life. If you think about how do you have a good discussion in... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
commons”: issues where stakeholders with different agendas and clashing cultures each own part of the problem and must each play a role in the solution. That makes collaboration essential, no matter how unlikely the partnerships might seem. A View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Feedback
December 2015 Deconstructing Draper Re: Golden State of Mind I admire Tim Draper (MBA 1984) for his sustained interest in rebooting public education in California. Too few HBS alums are engaged with public... View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
Harvard Graduate School of Design (HGSD). HGSD professor Spiro Pollalis serves as the program’s director and HGSD lecturer Andreas Georgoulias as its lead researcher, with faculty from across several other Harvard schools, including HBS, the Harvard School of View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
You're only as good as your job title? Apparently so, if you're the director of a major company. A corporate governance precept currently in vogue calls for outside directors to offer to resign if they change (or lose) their jobs.... View Details
Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
is a good case study. A few years ago, California was in complete crisis, fiscally. One option was to become a more “competitive” state—lower taxes, lower spending, “lean and mean.” The other perspective was, “No, that’s not who... View Details
- 08 Jun 2011
- News
George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees
Singapore government, for its part, thought that was a good move too, but felt that Yeo could best serve his country by earning a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
occasion, according to Dediu. There are already cargo-level e-bikes that can safely carry kids plus grocery bags, or tow containers to deliver goods along narrow city streets. “No one’s saying that we have to tear down the highways,” he... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
alone do not account for these outcomes of the country’s public health system. There are also disparities in how effectively resources are allocated and managed, says Simon DeBere (MBA/MPA-ID 2022), a 2021 HBS Social Enterprise Summer... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 27 Jul 2016
- News
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
Margaret Crotty (MBA 2000) is CEO of Partnership with Children, which provides counseling services and family support to public schools in New York City. In this interview, she reflects on the influences that put her on this path. “Two of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The People’s Pods
podcasters—James Allworth (MBA 2010) and Roben Farzad (MBA 2005)—weigh in. HBS: Why did it take so long for the form to find its footing? Allworth's Aha moment RF: Technology. All that stodgy equipment you’d have to go to a public radio... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 25 May 2011
- News
Singapore Star
engineering at Cambridge University, he set his sights on Harvard for postgraduate education. The Singapore government, for its part, thought that was a good move too, but felt that Yeo could best serve his country by earning a Master of... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
Bloomberg during an unparalleled career as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and three-term mayor of New York City. “I’ve always believed a good deal is where both parties walk away thinking that they didn’t get everything they want, but... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
Schwarzman Illustration by Roberto Parada Last year the U.S. private-equity business set a number of impressive records: most money raised at $375 billion, most deals closed at 654, and biggest buyout ever at $38.9 billion. Of all the names associated with this surge... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Marketable Skill
doing," says Judy Gehrke, executive director of Greenflea, Inc., the operator of two flea markets just north of midtown Manhattan, whose proceeds help support the city's public school system. Every week, Gehrke, a level-headed Baker... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg