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- 01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
Download Carroll profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1956 Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1978 Earns BS, Geology, Skidmore College 1982 Earns MS, Geology, University of Kansas 1982 Joins Amoco Production... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
1971, JD/MBA 1978). Now Fisher is also on the board of Easterly Government Properties, and she’s launching two additional businesses: FitMoney, a nonprofit K–12 financial literacy program, and a health IT company that is still in the business-plan stage—so she may be... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Professors Fox, Mace Remembered
Production Board. From 1958 to 1962, Fox was director of research for the U.S. Commission on Money and Credit, which conducted a major study of the nation's monetary system. He was also a cofounder of the Cambridge Research Institute.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
The result of that abiding interest is his new book, Innovation and Its Discontents (Princeton University Press), which he cowrote with Professor Adam B. Jaffe of Brandeis University. Why do we need a patent system in the first place?... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
So instead of using it to persuade and project your message onto people, Twitter can be a tool to learn about your customers, as another way to get information about what they’re thinking. SG: And also new View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
interview didn’t work for me.” A stint as a New England business correspondent for the Associated Press was a better fit. “Suddenly I was interviewing CEOs and covering banking scandals, and I thought, ‘Wow, this is where it’s happening,’... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
“You are seeing meaningful renewable programs in most states, and that’s both good news and bad news.” Using the example of her own company, a private equity firm investing in the energy sector, she explained the challenges of working... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
actually not true. There are times when globalization takes a step back. From 1850 to 1914, there was a technological revolution: With the telegraph, suddenly you could communicate from New Zealand to London in seconds, and refrigeration... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
with Renault to manufacture the French carmaker’s low-cost sedan, the Logan, is now exploring ways to expand the boundaries of the alliance to include new products and markets. “Going global is terribly... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
friendships and networks informally in creative and productive ways. As CEO of a relatively new nonprofit, how do you spend most of your time? Fundraising. We’ve been running on a shoestring, and we... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
Americans.’” —Sheryl WuDunn (MBA 1986), coauthor (with Nicholas D. Kristof) of Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, forthcoming in January MUST READ Start at the End: How to Build Products that Create Change by Matt Wallaert “I love... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
five-minute video on your smartphone while waiting in line at the post office or riding the bus to school? No friction at all. This new reality has not gone unnoticed at traditional networks like the Disney/ABC Television Group, where... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 22 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of France hosted 250 alumni and guests at the Institut de France for the HBS European Alumni Summit, held October 21–23. The conference, titled Re.Invent: Leadership for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
total organic product sales in 2015 were $43.3 billion, an increase of 11 percent from the previous year’s record level and far ahead of the overall food market’s growth rate of 3 percent. “We’re a little bit like the Uber of farming, in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
a deep-souled neighbor, they slowly peel back the layers of what is basically a closed society in the wilds of Izard County, Arkansas, and come to relish their new lives in this little lost corner of the world. Recalculating: 97+ Experts... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs
Birchbox, a beauty product subscription box service that has grown to more than 1 million subscribers. “We started raising funds and suddenly we were in rooms where there were no people who looked like us,” said Barna, now the first... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
drove productivity in the IT sector. These entrepreneurs, and so many others, have fundamentally improved our economy by making goods and services better, cheaper, and more accessible. But can you name any innovators in our bloated,... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
Clinton Administration. Since joining Habitat, Spencer has overseen a significant uptick in activity. In FY 2012, construction starts numbered 80; in the first four months of FY 2014, production is on pace for 125 annual starts—without a... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
those boundaries forward into exciting new areas,” he said. “In the years ahead, corporate leaders will be recognized not only for the quality of their company's products and services but also for their... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
country’s leafy greens are produced in Arizona or California, according to the states' Leafy Green Marketing Agreement, and transportation to New England can take weeks; FreshBox being able to offer Massachusetts consumers a locally grown... View Details