by Susan Young - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2003
News

John Read

can’t match a conversation with a young person who has had his or her eyes opened to their own potential. To be able to talk to those kids who have gone on an Outward Bound course with some fear and questioning and to see their burgeoning... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Outward Bound; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2001
News

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

the pinstriped, power-brokering world of Wall Street. “I never took it as an insult.” Seated in a conference room with an expansive view of the Hudson River, O’Neal recalls that work was hard to come by in Wedowee, population 750, and the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

spend most of my time on planes. Officially I live in Switzerland. Whom do you admire? Nelson Mandela. I will never forget the day he was elected president. He was all smiles even though he had suffered so much. He reconciled a whole country. Favorite beverage? Bud... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

Sloan Foundation Program on the Corporation as a Social Institution, and the John E. Rovensky Fellowship Fund. He was interviewed by Laura Linard, the director of HBS Historical Collections.Linard: Can you describe your research interests... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

exports to the rest of the continent are up, and foreign investment has increased. Although progress is sometimes disappointing and many challenges are still ahead, South Africa is nonetheless seen by investors from all over the globe as... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

7 PM – 9 PM EDT, 25 Mar 2015

HBS Boston Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2005-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Boston. View Details

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT, 13 Mar 2015

HBS Dallas Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2005-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Dallas. View Details

01 Jan 2007
News

Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction

Photography by Robert Schoen Democracy. Family values. The promise of technology. The themes that arise when talking to Demola Gbadegesin are ones that many Americans assume to be their own. But for this native of Nigeria, their potential... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; democracy; family; technology; Finance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 1998
News

Women at the Top

that when you are the first to enter a market, it's important to build continually on that first-mover advantage. In my field, investment banking, you can't coast, not even for a minute. You constantly have to come up with the next idea." Koehn's opening presentation... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST, 05 Feb 2015

HBS Miami Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2000-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Miami. View Details

10 Feb 2016
News

Helping Young African MBAs Go Home

As a student member of the Africa Business Club, Tomiwa Igun (MBA 2012) learned how companies on the continent are struggling to find experienced managers to lead their organizations—and also how many young Africans are leaving their... View Details

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT, 20 Apr 2017
HBS Alumni Events

HBS Boston Young Alumni Networking Reception

Members of the classes of 2002 - 2016, come and catch up with old friends at this unique event - HBS Young Alumni are invited to a private party at Tico for an evening of networking and socializing! Hosted View Details

7 PM – 9 PM PST, 26 Feb 2015

HBS San Francisco Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2010-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in San Francisco. View Details

18 Mar 2015
News

9 Alumni Named Young Global Leaders

Nine HBS alumni have been selected as 2015 Young Global Leaders (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. The organization engages these “bold, brave, action-oriented, and entrepreneurial” individuals to help shape... View Details

Keywords: World Economic Forum

7 PM – 9 PM GMT, 15 Apr 2015

HBS London Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2005-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in London. View Details

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT, 12 Mar 2015

HBS Houston Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2005-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Houston. View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

Alfaro Named Young Global Leader

HBS associate professor Laura Alfaro, an expert on international capital flows, foreign direct investment, and sovereign debt, has been named a Young Global Leader 2008 by the World Economic Forum. The honor... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management

6 PM – 8 PM CDT, 25 Sep 2015

HBS Chicago Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2006-2015 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Chicago. View Details

November 2008 (Revised January 2010)
Case

Stone Finch, Inc.: Young Division, Old Division

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Elizabeth Collins

CEO Jim Billings wants to attract energetic, entrepreneurial talent to Stone Finch, Inc., which comprises an older division that fabricates products like piping and tanks for water and wastewater processing plants, and a much newer division that develops biochemical... View Details