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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The Power of Philanthropy
When their son Joey died of cystic fibrosis in 1986 at age 12, Kathy and Joe O’Donnell (MBA 1971) vowed to fight the disease. O’Donnell, at the time the president of the Boston Concessions Group, joined with Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Marketing
to Education-->Colleges/Universities. Pitchbook: identify similar ventures/competition; potential funders. Strong curation by verticals. LSEG Workspace: pull investment... View Details
- 01 Oct 2015
- News
Banking on Trust
she brought in a former government minister who had guided a similar transition in his South American country. “Hearing directly from someone who had been through it helped convince the president and parliament that they could make the... View Details
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Michele Chambliss
Silicon Valley startup, Michele has likely coached someone in similar circumstances to success. And looks forward to doing the same with you! Work Experience: Corporate Venture Incubation (Mach49), Venture-Backed-Startup Advisor (through... View Details
- 10 Nov 2017
- News
Girl’s Pendant Found at Nazi Camp Site Reunites a Family
Chaim Motzen (MBA 2006) More than 70 years ago, the record of a Nazi death camp in Sobibor, Poland, was nearly lost to history. But archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have been excavating the site, uncovering mass graves, gas chambers, and, last year,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Old Meets New: A Dinosaur Named Sue
Sue is a very versatile 67-million-year-old tyrant lizard king — or Tyrannosaurus rex, as most of us know her. Her two hundred bones have been carefully assembled in the main entrance of Chicago's Field Museum in a manner so that each one can be removed for scientific... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Take 2: From Ad Copy to Cuneiform
68de8c2ce3ee202dde70bc45957e0ca6 Since retiring from the advertising business in 1994, Joan O. Rothberg (MBA ’63) has spent a good deal of time crawling around in the dirt. But she’s not just puttering in her Summit, New Jersey, garden (though she likes to do that,... View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- News
750 World Wonders and counting
Main Wilson: It's a wonderful world. A slide show of World Wonders Photos copyright Andrew Main Wilson—World of Wonders Like so many businessmen, Andrew Main Wilson (AMP 156, 1999) is readying himself for a trip abroad, this time to Taiwan. When he arrives, he’ll hit... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
municipal bonds are issued at a premium to otherwise similar ordinary bonds. We also confirm that green bonds, particularly small or essentially riskless ones, are more closely held than ordinary bonds. These pricing and ownership effects... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets
capital markets is highlighted by our study.— Suraj Srinivasan We find that companies that have business operations in the U.S.; U.S. listing, and international equity ownership follow disclosure practices that are similar to those of... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 8 AM – 5 PM EDT, 01 Jun 2017
- Career Events
Career Reboot Camp in Boston
Career Reboot Camp in Boston! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward towards a... View Details
- 8 AM – 5 PM PDT, 31 Mar 2016
Career Reboot Camp in San Francisco
Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward towards a career with more satisfaction View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity
This week, Dean Nohria shared the School’s Action Plan for Racial Equity in a letter to the HBS community. “The horrifying murder of George Floyd, and an all too long history of similar injustices, has spurred our collective awakening to... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- News
Buffett Protégé Britt Cool to Start Own Firm
Journal. “Anything I’ve assigned her she’s done a first-class job on.” As for her new firm, Britt Cool told the paper that there will be similarities to Berkshire Hathaway in its approach. “I want to build a long-term platform and a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Hoop Dreams
similar results, Belkin nearly gave up on becoming an NBA team owner. But when the Atlanta Hawks surfaced as a hot prospect last August, Belkin moved quickly with seven partners to purchase the Hawks, the Thrashers hockey team, and... View Details
- 8 AM – 5 PM EST, 17 Nov 2016
- Career Events
Career Reboot Camp in New York City
Career Reboot Camp is coming to New York! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details
- 02 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort
where these discussions happen with professors all the time. In addition to professors, Peek gives participants access to a dynamic group of students and uses cohorts to group students with others grappling with similar career questions.... View Details
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
the trades of funds, rather than the holdings. Using this method, a fund that holds similar stocks to a successful fund, but buys them one quarter later, would not get credit for being similar to the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
roll out a similar model beyond India—maybe even into Europe and the U.S. What's the secret? According to HBS professor Tarun Khanna, the success of the hospital, called Narayana Hrudayalaya, is due to the vision and tireless work of a... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
similarity and difference you found across two buckets, the four races that you researched of Black, Latinx, Asian, and Caucasian, and then on the generational side between the four generations of boomers, Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z.... View Details