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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
George C. Lodge
a post for Lodge as assistant secretary of labor for international affairs in the Eisenhower administration, a position to which he was reappointed several years later by President Kennedy. In 1962, Lodge, who had strong views about... View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
of us in senior-level positions in Canada. There needs to be more chancellors. There needs to be more judges. There needs to be more successful entrepreneurs, so that success among aboriginals is not a surprise to anyone anymore. The... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
of directly making loans, the organization provides the infrastructure for crowd-sourced loans and investments to both nonprofit and for-profit positive impact companies. “Our board complains that we’re always innovating,” says Letelier... View Details
- 25 Mar 2018
- News
Modernizing Infrastructure Management
infrastructure every second of every day. No one thinks about it until something goes wrong. “And cities often are in a position where they don't know what's going on with their own infrastructure because they don't have the tools to be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Turning Point: Life Cycle
rent. Nothing. But across the street I see a bar called the Shamrock. It looks a little rough, but I need a beer. I have a good chat with the owner. Then a bunch of women file in, spread out some newspapers, and start painting rocks with View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Answering the Call
Cooke & Bieler. His sermons are packed with relevant anecdotes, his church boasts an up-to-date Web site, and his youth outreach efforts are having a positive impact in the local community. In the end, however, the bottom line for Brooks... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 15 Jan 2015
- News
Asia Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think not only of the challenges and opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great opportunities we have to help create View Details
- 19 Dec 2014
- News
Atlanta Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS
give our institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think not only of the challenges and opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great opportunities we have to... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
Even now, Giler keeps his hand in cellular communications—"an industry ripe for substantial disruption"—by cofounding and chairing Scratch Wireless, which this year is slated to release the nation's first free cellphone service (it will run on open WiFi networks).... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
position that would blend my creative and management interests. Although I love dogs, it turned out that marketing dog food didn’t provide me with enough creative exercise. So I sidestepped into working for the vice chairman of the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
themselves with social causes or wish to bring about positive change in the world. Beyond the income these artists are receiving, the confidence and hope it instills within them touches every part of their lives. A lot of these artists... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
What I decided to do after I had spent time with several businesses-- I had the weekend-- I went to visit the Swedish Federation. It was just on a lark. And I asked them about the possibility of taking an American player, and the reaction was surprise, but they were... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
by having ethical leadership. For me, those thought processes started at HBS, which grounded me as a manager and as a leader,” Ackerley says. “How do I use my position to do good and help people find financial security? I think about that... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
“We can bail out the economy — we cannot bail out the environment.” —John Doerr (MBA ’76), Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers “Our position on immigration right now is more a manifestation of our lack of confidence as a country... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
short-term business loans to the self-employed poor. Chu, a native of China, grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay. After graduating from Dartmouth and HBS, he held senior management positions with several firms, including The Boston Consulting... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
stock-price measure known as Tobin's Q , Kang found that three types of shareholders owning large blocks of a company's stock had a positive impact on the firm's performance: outside-director owners (shareholders who serve on the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
positions that helped him understand the complexities of the company—from shift supervisor in a manufacturing plant, to new product development, to business development. Weeks, a quick study, has 26 patents pending despite a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
of facilitator and communicator." It's the company's directors, he explains, who actually develop specifications for the position and then rely on their own extensive personal networks to identify the majority of candidates. Only when... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty
find myself in the position of chasing the tabloids, but in fact they did break some news." Amid the sometimes lamentable comportment of journalistic and political Washington, one individual who remains a constant inspiration for Tumulty... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
leading Goldman Sachs's new, in-house environmental efforts. Three years later, he applied for the CEO position at the Washington, D.C.-based TNC. "At first, I was viewed as an odd candidate; but to the board's credit, they thought my... View Details