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01 Dec 2018
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Lighting the Way

Photo courtesy of Beverly Anderson Photo courtesy of Beverly Anderson A recent study of alumni offers insights into the reality of the challenge that African American women face in their careers: Of the 532 African American women who earned their MBAs at View Details

01 Sep 2008
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Stanford Lets Students Customize

EXCHANGING IDEAS: HBS Dean Jay Light talks with Stanford Dean Robert Joss. Stanford describes its new MBA curriculum, launched last fall, as a “revolutionary change in management education.” It aims to remedy what the school viewed as a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2003
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A Legacy of Investment

capital campaign. Five historic panels recount the impact of major gifts at critical junctures. The exhibit also recognizes leadership donors to the campaign. Early gifts of confidence from the Boston and New York business communities... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Oct 2022
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If I Were You

Try something else. But really open your eyes. Xavier Paternot (MBA 2002): Xavier Paternot, 2002. Make career decisions based on your, on your guts and your, and your heart, and not on- on your head. Hang Li (MBA 2006): Hang Li, MBA, 2016. So, the View Details

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

company and raised $2.25 million for it, and then we shut it down. We certainly made a lot of mistakes in building out the company, but my number one piece of advice for the HBS community is that View Details

07 Oct 2011
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Tea’s Time

the launch of FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development) at HBS this fall. “You learn so much in the field,” she says. “Classroom discussion is invaluable, but it’s really different when someone suddenly gives you a... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2017
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Record-Breaking Gift for Fellowships

that intellect is distributed based on income,” said the Lavines in announcing their gift. “We believe that enabling students who might otherwise not have the opportunity to attend HBS will have the greatest impact, not only on their... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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A Roaring Success in the Windy City

the second?" Johnson shared this and other tales of "active patience" with an audience of some six hundred HBS alumni at the 1998 HBS Global Alumni Conference held in Chicago June 16-19. A lifelong... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Two Presidents, One Goal: Building on the Club of Chicago

Since last July, Molly C. Baskin (MBA '77) and Peter M. Mott (111th AMP) have served as copresidents of the HBS Club of Chicago (HBSCC), the third-largest HBS club in the United States. With fast-paced... View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton

01 Jun 2000
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Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain

helping me make sense of the experience." Throughout her treatment, Cohen continued to work but cut back on her hours. "I wanted to maintain some sort of normalcy and routine," she says, noting that her friends, family, and coworkers were extremely supportive. She also... View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden

spanned various stages of computing evolution — from mainframe to personal computer to local area network to the Internet. After working in a grassroots community organizing project ("One of those social experiments," says Rudden with her... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 2002
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Amy S. Langer

could bring to corporate finance, using good information to make informed medical decisions. Here I was — educated at Yale and HBS — and I couldn't figure out what my next move should be.” Langer initially volunteered at NABCO before... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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‘Green’ Trailblazers

Many HBS graduates are now leading companies and nonprofit organizations involved in the environment or sustainability – as entrepreneurs, innovators, financiers, or philanthropists. Following is a selected list of notable alumni and the... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

Entrepreneurship Fellowship, and Student Business Plan Contest have been announced. Representing the HBS Association of Northern California and the HBS Tech Alumni Club, BioMine, led by co-founder and CEO... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 1998
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Africa's Way

(VIS '79), director of the Graduate Institute of Management and Technology in Johannesburg and longtime president of the HBS Club of South Africa, recalls how during the apartheid era, HBS alumni helped the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2025
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts

Homelessness. Entrepreneurial services for the poor. The arts. Spirituality. Who — or what — in our society can best address these issues? Here's a hint: It's not business, and it's most definitely not government. "Nonprofits are the most effective organizations in... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

07 Jul 2016
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Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa

Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977) is helping empower poor and displaced communities in the developing world—particularly women—cope with the impact of climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and income-generation programs. As... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Surveying Students’ Summer Plans

Summer offers the benefit of long, warm days—and for students, the very real opportunity to consider a potential sector or role for post-HBS plans, sometimes with the support of the HBS Summer Fellows Program. (Last year, 256 students... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2006
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Down the Memory Chute

expected of them. Formal written analysis of cases came to a close with the demise of the Management Communication course in 1993. It marked a quiet ending to what many older alumni would recall as one of the most valuable aspects of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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