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- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Why I’m Donating One Billion Dollars to Save the Planet
Zimbabwe. Wyss writes that he is inspired by the example set by Yellowstone, which was the world’s first national park when it was created in 1872. Since then, 15 percent of the planet’s land and 7 percent... View Details
- 31 Jan 2018
- News
A Visible Example of What’s Possible
College of Business at San Francisco State University. Oubre observes that her HBS degree was the first step to a career that allowed her to “be a visible example so that more people who look like me will see what’s possible.” After... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
AASU Looks Ahead
alumni, and business leaders. Those who attended the gathering, held in mid-February, heard from two keynote speakers: entrepreneur George Fraser, the author of Success Runs in Our Race, and General Gary Cooper, chairman and CEO of Commonwealth View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Preserving Patagonia
which studies blue whales and other endangered species; Tierra Austral, the first land trust in Chilean Patagonia; and Reforest Patagonia, a public-private campaign to plant a million trees in Torres del Paine and other View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
America the Unequal
Percent of Wealth Owned: Actual U.S. wealth distribution compared with Estimated and Ideal distributions reported by respondents in a national survey. The “4th” and “Bottom” groups are so small that they are not visible in the Actual... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
And finally, how would the firm acquire status as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization, an SEC designation that is considered a key “must-have” by many credit ratings customers? In the classroom, Becker says, students... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
nationality or which culture,” says Natarajan. “It’s not really a textbook leadership style,” he concedes. “When David Garvin first presented the case and talked about how we run a company through love, the... View Details
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- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
such a critical issue for our nation and the world, and for seeing that it’s also the greatest investment opportunity of our era. Christian Weeks (MBA 2010) CEO, enVerid Systems Every year, the world adds 51 billion tons of greenhouse... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
Silent Winds, Dry Seas: A Novel By Vinod Busjeet (DBA 1980) Doubleday In the 1950s, Vishnu Bhushan was a young boy who had yet to learn the truth behind his family’s fractured history—the result, said his mother, of an alliance between two bankrupt families. In... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
club to better understand the nuances of virtual event production, which will help as it begins implementing more online programs. Another Cleveland Clinic webinar with the latest updates took place in June, and the club just launched a series of virtual meetups. The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)
upscale, premium desserts to the masses. Elevator pitch: Finale is an upscale dessert-focused restaurant concept that provides people with an alternative to bars or coffee shops, where they can enjoy a sensational dessert experience. Our goal is to become a View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Navy Destroyer Named After HBS Alumnus
this marks the first time a Navy vessel has been named in honor of an HBS alumnus. Following his Navy service, Ignatius founded Harbridge House, Inc., a Boston management consulting and research firm. He has two sons: David Ignatius, an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
Christopher Columbus were, in a sense, venture capitalists. But it wasn’t until the second half of the 20th century that venture financing became a professional, large-scale industry. And the man who led that transformation was Georges Doriot. I can’t recall exactly... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
Managing Across Borders by Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal (Harvard Business School Press) A decade ago HBS professor Christopher A. Bartlett and London Business School professor Sumantra Ghoshal proposed a revolutionary new organizational model and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
no national reputation — was appointed,” Ferguson recalled. “But he listens to everyone, judges ideas on their quality rather than on their source, and makes better decisions because of that.” Financial consultant Andrew Brimmer, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
matter. This performance wasn’t going to be judged on technical proficiency or exacting execution. There was still no gas or drinking water in the Lower Ninth Ward. Tens of thousands of residents were still displaced. There was an ongoing View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
lot of money—we’ll bring this in at under $10 million, and that includes some reserve for the first several years of operation.” Funding came from private and public sources, including a grant from the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Feb 2016
- News
The Wheel of the World
Photography by Jason Minick At the age of 16, Fortunat Mueller-Maerki (MBA 1975) was given his first clock, a Viennese desk model from the late 18th century. It came to him from the estate of a distant relative, and wasn’t particularly... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
that time had to quickly become confident with making life-and-death decisions in the absence of complete information,” she says. Each moment of hesitation or indecision could place Marines’ lives in danger. “The only wrong answer was not to make a decision at all.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
buildings pose their own set of challenges and rewards. J. Carter Brown (MBA 1958), former director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., notes that when he embarked on expanding the Gallery, he View Details