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- 14 Oct 2021
- News
Disney’s Alan Horn to Retire
Longtime Disney studio head Alan Horn (MBA 1971) announced this week that he is set to retire at the end of this year. Holding the official title chief creative officer of Disney Studios Content, his deep impact on the company was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Online Entrepreneur
In September, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce announced that its 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year is Diane Hessan (MBA ’77), president and CEO of Communispace Corporation, a firm that helps companies generate customer insights via... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
award, Donald G. Nelson (MBA ’69), event chair, said that Rock “truly embodies the fulfillment of the HBS mission: He is a leader who has made a difference in the world.” Rock used the occasion to announce his gift to HBS. Pictured above... View Details
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Lauren Park
Today is a big day—it is October of my first year of teaching, my mentor will observe me for the first time, and my principal announced yesterday that I will have new desks in my room. At 5:30 a.m., as I sit on the D-train to the Bronx, I... View Details
- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Why I’m Donating One Billion Dollars to Save the Planet
Walter Diaz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images In an effort to help accelerate land and ocean conservation across the globe, Hansjörg Wyss (MBA 1965) announced in a New York Times opinion piece that he is giving $1 billion over the next... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
WSA Endows Fellowship
MBA student who embodies the characteristics of integrity, leadership, and excellence and has contributed to the development of the women's community at HBS. The announcement was made, appropriately, during the School's W50 Summit in... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
and warm welcome... HBS Announces 2020 Goldsmith Fellows 02 Sep 2020 Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the 2020 recipients of its Horace W. Goldsmith Fellow... HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial... View Details
Henry Ford
cars per day. Ford was the first auto manufacturer to focus on a single model with a standardized chassis made of interchangeable parts. Ford became a national celebrity when, in 1914, he announced a basic wage of $5 per day for an 8-hour... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 08 Aug 2019
- News
Cloudflare Pulls the Plug on Hate Site
In the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso, Cloudflare’s CEO Matthew Prince (MBA 2009) announced that his web performance and security company was terminating service for the 8chan message board—an online forum where the alleged shooter... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Remembering Dick Spangler
daughters, Anna Spangler Nelson (MBA 1988) and Abigail Riggs Spangler—made a gift to the School for the construction of the Spangler Center, a building that has become the hub of MBA student life. An HBS professorship (held by Bill Kirby) also bears the family’s name.... View Details
- 12 Feb 2020
- News
Culture Shift at Big Blue
Getty Images Getty Images With the news of President and CEO Ginni Rometty’s retirement and the elevation of Arvind Krishna to replace her as chief executive, IBM simultaneously announced that Jim Whitehurst (MBA 1994) will step up as the... View Details
- 12 Jun 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt to Retire as GE CEO
Longtime GE CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) announced his retirement Monday, set to take effect on August 1. John Flannery, president and chief executive of GE Healthcare, was named Immelt’s successor. The announcement, the company noted, came... View Details
- 16 Aug 2013
- News
Women's Business Leader
Carla Harris Photo courtesy of Carla Harris On August 12, President Obama announced his intention to appoint Carla Harris (MBA 1987) to be the Chair of the National Women's Business Council (NWBC). Harris is a prominent global investment... View Details
- 01 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'
everything that I think we all thought when we interviewed him and more." As Bowen noted, Kelly has often mentioned his philosophy is "culture beats scheme." Mentioning this during the press conference announcing the firing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Wan Heads HBSP
after working for Salomon Brothers, Paine Webber, and PepsiCo. Leadership Focus of New Publishing Partnership HBS Press and the Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership (CPL) recently announced a partnership to publish a series of... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
think so. In this study, researchers looked at how the policy announcement affected the stock valuations of 471 Fortune 500 firms. “We find that the June 22 shock eroded the market valuation of the 471 companies in our sample by an... View Details
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
facilities. In a 1969 announcement of the first woman to be named a Baker Scholar, a School official commented, "I must confess that to a mere man she's almost frighteningly intelligent and perceptive." In the 1970s, as the number of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
New York HBS Club Donates Over $1 Million to Nonprofits
The HBS Club of New York in October announced a donation of more than $1 million to five New York City–area education-focused nonprofits and to HBS fellowship funds. These gifts mark the largest donation ever given by the New York club.... View Details
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2.2.2 Classroom Environment | MBA
Decorations: Various announcements of interest to students may be posted on the bulletin boards – not on the walls – in classrooms. Because our classrooms are used by visitors such as recruiters and alumni, professional décor should be... View Details
- 05 Apr 2020
- News
Launching in a World in Limbo
suddenly out of work, the company announced that it would offer a three-month free trial. Subscriptions after that would run $5 a month with ads or $8 for an add-free option. For more about the company, see the HBS Alumni Bulletin’s story... View Details