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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
needs to formulate (and commit to) engagement mechanisms for economic governance—which builds citizen confidence in their role as partners. To ingrain legitimacy in Zambia, for instance, a cabinet-level executive Privatization Agency was... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
kitchen, it's quite peaceful and the music really lets everyone relax and simply live in the moment," she says. "One guest was even able to parlay his piano playing at the soup kitchen into a job with the Joffrey Ballet at one of their locations outside the city."... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
a critical role in engaging alumni. In order for these volunteer- based groups to continue as sustainable entities, they require scalable support. This committee is dedicated to enhancing their viability and effectiveness by assessing... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
women’s economic rights; another confronted powerful interest groups to cut longstanding corruption. And our stronger partners continue to improve.” Bloom is responsible for MCC’s support for investment programs in West Africa. “The central View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
three MIT scientists founded E Ink in 1997. “I was the business guy,” says Wilcox, who over time has held senior leadership roles at the company in areas ranging from sales and marketing to finance to R&D. Twelve years later, the company... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
celebration in early November. “Everybody came together,” says Baer, who rode in the parade with his wife, Pam, and their four children. “To have a role in creating an experience that helps unite fans from all walks of life, that gives me... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
underdog to one of the big-three American cell carriers. All of this experience prepared Bond to take on the role she accepted last October: president of Xbox. It was a historic moment for the diversity of the gaming industry and one with... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
discovered a company that I thought was amazing. Sodexo is a French company, Global French Company. I just fell in love with their mission and their values and their lens of the world, and their role in it as a corporate citizen. So, I... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
pandemic. Amid these disruptions, it is necessary for universities to revisit their roles in serving their cities. How can universities prepare their graduates to excel in a disrupted world? How can universities contribute to the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
of women being admitted to the School's full-time MBA Program, we invited the HBS alumni community to identify alumnae who stood out as leaders, mentors, and role models. From several hundred suggestions, we asked a cross section of women... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
Work, by Don Cohen and Laurence Prusak, is the first book to examine and explain the role that social capital — the value inherent in human connections, including trust, personal networks, and a sense of community — plays in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
represented? In-house counsel has a tremendous role to play, but it is a serious mistake for managers to delegate to them the responsibility for managing the legal dimensions of business. The law is often not clear-cut, and general... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
with an awareness that the group that supported them had nothing to do with pigment or gender or economic status. Please explain Outward Bound’s role in schools. Our Expeditionary Learning program, which is ten years old, takes the same... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
lab and the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases. But in a much larger sense, Yeo is looking out on Singapore's future-a future he has played a primary role in creating since 1986, first as the longtime chairman of the Economic... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
(and hugely leveraged) firms played a pivotal role in causing the crisis, inflating the bubble on the way up and driving the panic on the way down. They were also the undeserving beneficiaries of hundreds of billions in federal bailout... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
economies—work that sometimes meant traveling to as many as four European capitals in two days. For Cognetti, however, all public service is created equal. Her role on the school board connects with two of her key values: first, everyone... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
gradually reduced his role at Local Motors as the Factory Five partnership blossomed and rejoined Ford. This went against the advice of Professor Warren McFarlan, an early investor in Local Motors. “Jay is special,” McFarlan told Jones.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
for the world,” Mahajan says. The siblings note the critical role HBS played in helping to fuel their entrepreneurial dream and turn it into a reality, giving them the confidence and insights needed to start their own venture. Both took... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
encountered at a subsequent role in Raytheon’s missile defense program. Highly technical specifications were often tracked in low-tech Excel spreadsheets, which meant engineers lost considerable time to paperwork. That was frustrating,... View Details
- 21 Jun 2022
- News
Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
impactful roles in tech, while creating a network of Latino innovators who make a difference in the world.” The effort is in response to the very low percentage of people of color working in tech while demand is rising. A 2019 survey by... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley