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- 16 Nov 2010
- News
The HBS Tunnels
Emeritus Dean John McArthur told me about a curious incident in which HBS workmen closed off a corner at the westernmost junction of the green and red tunnels to make a “clubhouse” for their card games. That was soon gotten rid of. And before View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
at Eastman Dillon, Union Securities and Company, where he was drawn to the finer points of finance. "I think I was the only person in the office who enjoyed reading company prospectuses," he laughs. "At that point it became clear that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Happier-ness at Work
Professor Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey get the good news/bad news out of the way on page 5 of their new book, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier. “If the secret to total happiness existed, we would have all found it by now,” they write.... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Capital Connection
Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall Street’s obsession with... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
about how to secure your shoe. The thing in organizations is to remember to leave enough time and space so that people have time to express their curiosity and to think about other approaches than, for example, tying something with a... View Details
- 11 May 2023
- News
How FOMO Became a Fixture
trademarked—the first steps, the challenges, etc.? "When that fateful Boston Magazine article came out, I already knew something about the trademarking process. I had been working to secure a trademark for the name of my first book, The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
debt. Enan, then 24 years old, leapt at the chance to work for Youssef Boutros-Ghali, an MIT-educated economist and advocate for trade liberalization who worked to reform Egypt’s social security and pension systems, among other... View Details
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
to guiding the Moderna team toward a long-term vision, Bancel is responsible for securing the funds to support the journey—ideally from investors who are on board with the mission, as well. He recalls one meeting with potential investors... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Later, as a student at HBS, Stavros studied ESOPs: their initial popularity among private equity firms and their dramatic decline in use in the late 1980s. Stavros concluded that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Leveraging Generative AI
Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
by providing loans for large capital expenses. And finally, we have no debt. In a high-risk business like this, where things ranging from bad weather to national security concerns can wreak havoc with the best of plans, that puts us in... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
association lobbied to get it approved. Local backing also helped Dlodlo secure $300,000 in pre-development financing for Madikizela from the state of Maryland. Her professional network helped too, with industry ties to the Reinvestment... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
Mosul. We supported the infantry soldiers who were securing the smaller towns on the roads leading to Baghdad from Kuwait. I didn’t get to fly, but I was given a leadership role. There was a lot of gratification in knowing that I was able... View Details
- 23 May 2024
- News
HBS After October 7
model where you want people to debate and discuss difficult issues.” Kierstead and Weinzierl noted that steps have been taken to support students’ physical safety, including increased security measures, as well as their emotional safety,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
efforts to combat climate change. “So many parts of this are absolutely applicable to any other kind of company.” “So many parts of this are absolutely applicable to any other kind of company.” Beyond securing the company after his... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
History and Ourselves 2008 Selected lead editor of Graham and Dodd's classic Security Analysis, 6th edition Seth Klarman wrote the book on value investing. Literally. His 1991 Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for... View Details
- 25 May 2023
- News
Brazil’s Nubank Turns 10
targeting federal civil servants. The idea is to gradually unroll this service to pensioners and the general population, while reducing the bank's exposure to its main lending product today, which is credit cards," according to the article. "It's a BRL 500 billion... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
storage, or scaling global water recycling. The great thing about opportunities in the climate arena is that they all matter. In water, my sphere of action, I and the founders who are generous enough to let Burnt Island Ventures be a part of their journey are working... View Details