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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students
was evident in the questions put to a panel composed of this year's winners of the School’s highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. These distinguished graduates were selected for their contributions to their companies and View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
idea is that there are some problems that require collective input and cumulative knowledge-building. Open-source communities are a very powerful way to get that done. We used to think that software had to be developed by lots of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Big Brothers
In 1970, Anthony Carter was nine when he was first paired up with Steve West (MBA 1968) through the Big Brothers/Big Sisters (BBBS) organization in Cincinnati. West had become a BBBS volunteer because, he told the Cincinnati Post (July 3, 2004), “I had been very... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
True Cost of the Iraq Conflict. “The mission of the National Park Service is to protect these resources in perpetuity, but that’s difficult to do when you don’t have a total economic value for that resource.” Previous attempts at... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
social services have to be provided, and those costs tend to offset any tax-base revenues gained from housing. By contrast, with light industry, towns get the tax base without having to add a lot of social services. So View Details
- January 2005 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Private Capital and Public Policy: Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner
Describes Standard & Poor's sovereign credit ratings business. Provides background on the history of credit ratings agencies, the meaning of credit ratings, the expansion of the sovereign ratings business over recent decades, and the market for credit ratings. Also,... View Details
Keywords: Sovereign Finance; History; Policy; Business and Government Relations; International Finance; Country; Globalized Economies and Regions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital Markets; Debates; Financial Services Industry; United States
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Christopher Bruner. "Private Capital and Public Policy: Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings." Harvard Business School Case 705-026, January 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
support the clubs’ administrative functions. Substantial progress was made, and we look forward to announcing significant improvements in these areas in the coming weeks. The Communications Committee, chaired by Byron Carlock (MBA ’88),... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
to be the best version of themselves. Indeed, Rodríguez’s colleagues at Gentera—a financial services firm focused on underserved communities—can’t imagine running the firm without his involvement. Working in various capacities over the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
(18th PMD), noting that "the club depends on a solid core team of people." As part of the club's ongoing effort to expand its social enterprise agenda, Melissa T. Williams (MBA '95) and Ernest A. Blackwelder (MBA '88) spearhead the View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Christensen Center: Open for Business
in honor of the late Chris Christensen, a longtime HBS faculty member and legendary case-method teacher, the center was permanently endowed with campaign gifts totaling $25 million. In May, members of the HBS community gathered to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
'76), have developed an astounding array of community outreach services -- from elaborate food pantries to job assistance programs; from tutoring, mentoring, and counseling View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
M. Fudge (MBA '77), recipient of the Bert King Service Award, delivered the lunchtime keynote address. In her talk, Fudge, a former group vice president at Kraft Foods, emphasized the importance of community... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
"My wife says I flunked retirement," says Julian Earls (PMD 37, 1979) with a laugh. Maybe so, but he clearly has never flunked anything else. The holder of 10 university degrees, including six honorary doctorates, the recipient of government View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
"that's where we have a distinct advantage." For Tazartes and his colleagues, in fact, the demand for the services they render has never been greater, as governments privatize state-run operations and companies consolidate in a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Green Talk at HBS
Before an overflow audience in September, Scott Nyquist (MBA ’84) and Thomas Seitz of McKinsey gave a talk on the “The Future of Energy: How Geopolitics, Environmental, and Supply Risks Are Shaping the Industry.” Drawing on the consulting firm’s research on greenhouse... View Details
Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
purchaser, rather than the generator, of roadway data. The early days required a lot of evangelism, but in the past five years, most governments have begun seeing how much more effective we can be.” Turning government agencies into customers has also helped INRIX... View Details
- January 2006 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Wikis at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein: (A)
In October 2005, Myrto Lazopoulou, head of user centered design at the investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), contemplates how to spread the usage of wikis inside the company. As a "social software" like chats and blogs (both already in use at DrKW),... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; Investment Banking; Applications and Software; Social and Collaborative Networks; Cooperation; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., and Anders Sjoman. "Wikis at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein: (A)." Harvard Business School Case 606-074, January 2006. (Revised August 2006.)
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Year-End Roundup: Dean's Award, Other Honors Conferred as Class of '98 Graduates
Rubin, shared his experiences and lessons learned from his many years of service with Goldman Sachs and in government. He encouraged students "to do your best with the utmost focus but at the same time reach out for opportunities to... View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News