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- 11 Jun 2015
- News
Making connections at Harvard and beyond
included a number of senior administrative roles at HBS, as well as 10 years in the private sector as president and COO of the First Marblehead Corporation. “The world’s critical problems are not one-dimensional,” he continues. “Improving public education or tackling... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- News
Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names President’s Challenge Fund
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
SCHARPF: Seeking cost-effective raw materials in Rwanda. Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA ’07) is on a roll. Determined to put her MBA skills to work addressing socioeconomic and public health problems in developing nations, she has launched a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
involved here, and we need to take care of that. We also need to decide whether reproduction is some sort of human right or whether infertility is a medical condition. If the answer is yes to either of those, then we should pay for it, as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
photography and reporting by Susan Young See full profiles and more photographs here. There’s a common thread among the stories of this year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor: every one of them answered a daunting challenge with an entrepreneurial solution.... View Details
- 15 Jun 2023
- News
A More Humane Model for Eldercare in the US
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
yourself wanting to learn more and spend more time? At an early, highly personal phase like this, the best learning will be experimental, not analytical. For personal giving, do you favor a community foundation (advised giving fund) or... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Turning Point: Network Effects
nonprofit that develops national networks of volunteer mental health professionals who can provide free, confidential care to individuals experiencing an acute or chronic need for help. Our initial focus was... View Details
Keywords: Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure
The first in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have taken a leave from their careers to explore personally enriching projects off the beaten track. For some busy executives, spending quality time with the family means... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
social side, that talks about your relationships with employees, suppliers, and clients, and the communities in which you operate. So labor standards, employee relations, local community impact will be another one. Equal employment opportunities, View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
who opened my mind to different ways of thinking about things. The School has been transformational, and clearly when you start a business with your HBS classmate, that says it all,” Perez explains. After years at Palladium, he and Zaldivar began to reimagine how they... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
in sanitation or health or education, it starts with a payment system everyone can use.” Goodwin-Groen offers the example of a mother who has to pay for her children’s schooling once each semester. She needs to save money for several... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
companies. They also boast a rising labor force that’s among the strongest in the country, while the workforces of other states are dwindling. Health care in the area is strong, highlighted by the Mayo... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 20 May 2020
- News
Keeping Families Connected
executive, Tuchman points out that traditional video-call technology wasn’t built for children. “Adults are fine spending hours on video-calls, talking and asking each other questions.” But kids have short attention spans and need to be... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
Dan Sprinkles (MBA 1977) was 50 years old when a vision quest inspired him to leave the corporate world and embark on a role as a spiritual healer. “I’d always been hungry or starved for something that would create passion, something I couldn’t wait to get out of bed... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard
leaders an opportunity to explore social entrepreneurship and test ideas for social innovation in a rigorous yet supportive environment.” This year, the $75,000 Peter M. Sacerdote Grand Prize was awarded to Mosaic, a health View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
with the men: the midlevel skills gap. “That was the spark,” says Kane, who along with Bockmann and other members of the HBS Club of New York launched the HBSCNY Skills Gap Project to translate research into real-world action. The group identified View Details
Keywords: April White