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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
distinctive and important features of this School,” said Dean Kim B. Clark, who announced the gift in March. “This is an intellectual community — a residential setting in which MBA students, doctoral candidates, and Executive Education... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Harvard’s Next Frontier
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. “John Paulson’s extraordinary gift will enable the growth and ensure the strength of engineering and applied sciences at Harvard for the benefit of generations to come,” said Harvard President Drew Faust, when she View Details
Keywords: Drew Faust
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
firm cannot trade. When investors cannot sell, prices rise. Livedoor understood that once it decided to do a stock split, there was no reason to stop at 2-for-1. In December 2003, they announced a 100-for-1 split. At the time of the... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- News
A Big Bet
Tracy Palandjian (MBA 1997) and Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) (Photos by Susan Young) When Google announced a $100 million fund to expand skills training and job placement programs for low-income Americans, two HBS alumni were standing by:... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Spangler, Former UNC President, Candidate for Board of Overseers
graduates of Harvard University. Five candidates will be elected, with the results to be announced in June. Spangler has devoted much of his life to education, recently retiring after eleven years as president of the University of North... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Tools and Training for a “Wicked Problem”
Initiative. One such tactic, from HBS professor of management practice Mitchell Weiss, is “fast experimentation,” which combines the concepts of parallel processing, piloting, and learning to drive change at a faster rate, with more impact. In addition, a Homeless... View Details
Keywords: homelessness
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
MBA Cohorts Will Merge Next Year
After a scheduled review of the five-year-old practice of admitting both September and January cohorts of each MBA class, the School has decided to admit all new MBA candidates in a single September entry date, beginning with students entering the Class of 2003. In... 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
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 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 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
- March 2009
- Teaching Note
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll: The MTV Approach to Tackling HIV/AIDS (TN)
By: Tarun Khanna, Sonali R. Bloom and David E. Bloom
Teaching Note for [709429]. 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
- 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
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The Power of Philanthropy
announced its approval of Kalydeco, a drug produced by Vertex that will immediately help some 1,200 cystic fibrosis patients and is viewed as a breakthrough precursor drug to forthcoming products that will help all other CF sufferers.... View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- News
Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)
later as deputy secretary of state; guided the citizens of New York City through the protracted process of rebuilding and revitalizing following the terrorist attacks of 2001; and applied his philanthropic principles and vision at HBS in establishing the Social... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Bringing Teachers to All of America
Jared Henderson (MBA 2007) was executive director of Teach for America in Arkansas until winter 2017, when he announced a run for governor of the state. In this interview, conducted during Spring Reunion in May 2017, Henderson discusses... View Details
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
discussion of other performance criteria, but the shareholder value standard remained dominant. Nevertheless, these companies managed to perform well against competitors. Now the Business Roundtable has announced a set of criteria that... View Details