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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations
leadership. When the School reaches the close of its capital campaign at the end of December, it is safe to say the historic fundraising effort will have been a resounding success. The Campaign for Harvard Business School exceeded expectations on all fronts. At press... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
a dramatic impact on life in the 21st century, from online retail giant Amazon.com to Internet behemoth Google to synthetic biology leader Amyris. Doerr has become a leading advocate of innovation and investment in green technologies.... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
view video clips of her numerous national media appearances and read blog entries and other writings that embody her personal life philosophy to live without fear. A sought-after motivational speaker, Linn was also working on a book at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
The truism “opposites attract” is something everyone has heard, but it’s forgotten in amateur matchmaking. People base their setups on similarities, not complementary differences. That creates commonality but no spark. You may think you want someone to share all of... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
deciding to try and come home. White: Hunter, you met these women because you had the managerial skills they needed. But what was it about this music project that spoke to you personally? Heaney: I've loved art my whole life and wanted to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
and then in the winter term we broke the seal on our first OB class. I remember the first time an I-banker was laying out an action plan, and when the professor asked him why he thought the employees would follow it, he said, “Well, I’ll... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
women was the power to control their own money and time. Koehn quoted Josephine Baker, a factory worker who, in 1847, wrote, "The money we earn comes promptly and comes to us. When we are finished we feel perfectly free until the time to... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
Capital Tech Opportunities who invests in B2B software companies in the late-stage growth phase. Hopkins cites an example that was brought to life in a case discussion attended by the protagonist, a founder of a company who had placed his... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
presentation on the Dutch health-care system. The program included clinicians and administrators from the United States and fifteen foreign countries. In addition, participants say they value their time on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
New Ways to Stay Connected
the life trajectories of virtually everyone in that room. It was so special to be back in a classroom with other alums. It was like an instantaneous transport back in time to some of the best years of our... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
responds in the negative. "I knew I would be with Synthes for a certain amount of time, because I had some equity in the company and saw there was huge potential for our products in the United States—if we could survive the first five years." But well before he entered... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
those kinds of projects. No siree. We remember last time around.’ ” Myers is managing director of Dallas/Ft. Worth–based Boldmore Growth Partners, and launched the Internet service provider Bakken Wireless in 2012 to serve the region’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Another provides a secure portal for patients to make appointments, request prescriptions, and see their test results. Yet another helps doctors get their claims paid on time more easily—according to company research, providers see a 12... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
relatively high costs for labor and energy as well as the investment and time required to build factories in a country that has much more stringent environmental standards. “COVID-19 has changed only a few of the variables across... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
Illustration by Lu Zhang Amelia Lin (MBA 2016) grew up feasting on the stories her parents told about how they met and what it was like for them to leave China to start a new life in the United States. These narratives were central to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times by Scott D. Anthony (MBA ’01) (Harvard Business Press) In today’s economy, executives must slash costs while planting seeds for tomorrow’s growth. Anthony explains how: by pruning your business... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
"workaholic," Bertarelli is determined to stay on top of new management trends. His company was the subject of a 1995 HBS case study, and one of the reasons Bertarelli took time out of his hectic schedule to attend his reunion was to... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
needed to be working on solving problems I have a passion for; otherwise, I was going to be useless.” That passion was finding ways to provide young people with the same kind of support he’d received, something he’d done as a volunteer mentor and tutor during his View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
my own money, I was scared. So, when you’re investing your own money, you’re very, very cautious. So, I got close a couple of times and then didn’t get there. I think part of it was luck. I got close on a couple of deals that just didn’t... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
a product that has 15 million users or reaches a market value of $100 million or $500 million, that’s a great feeling. At Google, the scale of your impact is much bigger. The first day we launched Social Search, we reached a billion... View Details