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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
first thing you need to know is that competitive video gaming has been around a lot longer than you think. On November 10, 1980, five teenage boys faced off at the Warner Communications headquarters in Rockefeller Center in the middle of New York City. They had... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
because of its stellar location: Cape Town, South Africa. More than four hundred delegates came from dozens of countries, with close to half bringing partners or family members for whom a special program of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
network cofounded by fellow WOB participants Lisa Pent and Bonnie Hagemann with a vision to become the go-to source for corporate boards to find and recruit highly qualified women. Initially, Pent, an... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
upon them far more than we've ever thought before. And I hope that we do recognize how important they are. The system is still working. And it's thanks to the working class.” Dan Morrell: Sheryl WuDunn (MBA 1986) is the author of several books View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
in the U.S. Army. Before joining Aon, he was a managing director at Marsh & McLennan, where he worked for 31 years. Robert P. Williams, a friend and colleague, called Demas "a natural leader and mentor." At Demas's memorial service, View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
sustainability and how best we might meet environmental, social, and governance goals. These are all interesting and complex questions with no easy answers, but ones that I believe we must address to educate... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
become effective activists and philanthropists through their everyday activities, at little or no cost to them," explains the friendly and low-key Scher, seated in an office whose walls are lined with posters and photos from scores of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
and the costs sometimes associated with implementing "green" strategies - strong government regulation at home and abroad will continue to be necessary in order to motivate many businesses to become more... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
drives; and how to manage the disease and vaccinations in the villages of developing countries. The book also explores how governments across the world can work closely with private-sector companies to fight... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
the iconic American Indian Motorcycle Company before going on to head Texas Industries, a cement-and-steel company that was sold last year to Martin Marietta Materials for $2 billion. Rogers showed an early interest in machines, frustrating his View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
an impairment test.” Alliance: “A few years ago I worked with local government and pulled in others to help revive and redesign a funeral home that’s served African Americans in North Minneapolis for the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
Varma staked their claim to financial services advice. India has a rapidly growing middle class that is “clueless about what to do with their money because their parents’ generation never really had family... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
decades of Vishnu’s life in Mauritius unfold with heart-wrenching detail as he battles to experience the world beyond, as well as to overcome the cultural, political, and familial turmoil that continues to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
families we served, and the pleasure and developmental benefit we brought to our customers. My original plan was to gain expertise and brand with the Martha's Vineyard store, then expand to sites in the... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
system clash with the digital age, and how to take action. Presenting examples of companies already making a difference, the authors show how business must serve both as innovator and activist, developing View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
to rebuild family relationships and rejuvenate his sense of purpose, he risks his career on a life-altering physical and emotional journey. Together with his wife and children, Feder sets off for an exotic... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
with families and responsibilities." Looking back, she says she's grateful for the ministry's supportive culture. "We were all focused and intellectually driven to address the areas that were our... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
restructure and diversify the giant family firm and turn it into a global enterprise. How do you see the role of business now and in the future? Consumers are demanding a new template for corporations. They are not satisfied View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
with the Yoga clinic’s foray into electronic medical records, the government has supported the company’s initiatives with grants—a way of looking to Mediva to light the path... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the VC community to see itself as a real industry.” The venture capital industry began to take shape after World War II on the northeastern seaboard when in 1946 Doriot became president of the first public venture capital firm: Boston-based American Research and... View Details