Foundations - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
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HBS Responds to the Attacks on Israel

must strive to deepen the connections that are the foundation of our community. We must ensure we foster free expression and robust dialogue, even as we respect the rights, differences, and dignity of others and work—always—to create a... View Details

02 May 2016
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What You Won’t Hear About Trade and Manufacturing on the Campaign Trail

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

million,” says Rodakis. That takes a lot of staff, and one thing Rodakis learned about himself during his time at HBS was that he preferred working in small groups. He wasn’t the one to build and lead a massive organization. And while he had done well for himself, the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

01 Mar 2024
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Game On

and the sinking of the Japanese fleet in Truk Lagoon, which became one of the world’s largest ship graveyards. Much later it became a scuba destination because the steel turned out to be a useful foundation for coral reefs and marine... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

16 Feb 2024
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Remembering Angela Chao (MBA 2001)

Angela’s gift to Harvard University and Harvard Business School through a Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and Family Foundation fund enabled both financial aid for MBA students and the construction of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center. The Chao... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

aviation to the HBS curriculum and laid the foundation for the Baker Library Collection on the Business Aspects of Aviation, which includes the William A.M. Burden Papers, aviation investment analyses that Burden prepared in the 1930s. If... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

18 Jul 2023
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The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

16 Apr 2024
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Netflix Enters Its Dan Lin (MBA 1999) Era

his appointment, Lin noted his interest in the new role was due in part to how well the organization’s vision aligned with his “own personal and professional values and what we have been building at Rideback.” “There is such a strong View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

the next 10 years in nonprofit organizations that expand opportunities for underrepresented groups. Any Apollo employee can nominate a nonprofit for foundation funding and form a team to help the organization achieve its social mission;... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

22 Feb 2024
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Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

features her battle-tested advice for the newly diagnosed and their caretakers. In this episode of Skydeck, Kathy and I talk about how she learned those lessons, the mission and work of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation that she... View Details

22 Nov 2023
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So You Want to Join a Startup

just like going into a play, you want to read the playbill, right? You want to know the creators, you want to know a little bit about the plot. You want to know a little bit about the cast of characters. Why is that foundation so... View Details

22 Sep 2023
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Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

can we ensure that HBS’s MBA Program offers the best management education possible for future leaders in business and society?” In an ongoing effort to address these questions, the School launched the Required Curriculum (RC) Renewal Project two years ago to review... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2023
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Leadership Transition for External Relations

goal. In the years since, her work with the ER team to strengthen our fundraising enterprise and grow annual giving through the HBS Fund has built a strong foundation to support the School’s core activities and strategic priorities. She... View Details

16 Jun 2020
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Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

01 Sep 2023
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

to succeed.” —Leonard A. Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor, chair of HBS’s practice-based faculty, and faculty chair of the FIELD Global Immersion program On the last day of the immersion, the team offered three ideas to heighten... View Details