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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In the Driver's Seat
“crazy.” Hitchcock has hired a former NASCAR crew chief to be Fanz's spokesman, and he intends to seek out the best available personnel for crews and drivers. Among other perks of ownership, the stockholders will be able to vote on whom... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
annual, nonbinding votes by shareholders on executive compensation — so-called say on pay; grants substantial shareholders a new right to have their director candidates’ names included on the ballots sent out by the company (dissident... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
A Woman in the House
governor’s ascension to the top office. The former controller of Indianapolis was confirmed in a unanimous vote by both the State Senate and the House of Representatives. “Congratulations, senators. You just made history,” said Senate... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- News
Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot
Just in case you missed it, the Massachusetts legislature has voted to study the idea of taxing college endowments 2.5 percent annually on the amount that exceeds $1 billion. That puts Harvard, with a $34 billion endowment that includes... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
of investment management. “I think that vote captured a powerful tension inside the students,” she remarks. “They have plenty of mathematical and financial models to support the point of view that restricting the size of an ‘investable... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
Further, the voting cycle truncates long-term progress. "Government is an interest-group groupie," she said. "Who speaks for the less fortunate? The homeless, for example, are not a powerful interest group." Businesses, she added, "will... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Project Runway
test of fashion creativity and skill under time constraints and other pressures. “The cameras are on you from the time you wake up until the time you go to bed,” Estrella told the San Francisco Chronicle (July 9, 2006). “My approach was to be very positive and say very... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
underperform and be overcompensated. A caricature, but sadly still true: consider the enormous pay packages for CEOs in companies that lose money. Shareholder protests (such as those in the United Kingdom), voting against compensation... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
population thinks that democracy is broken, the system is rigged, their votes don’t count, and the only people who have sway are those with money and power. The idea that “nobody is paying attention to me and government is against me” is... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
sponsored is used. “It's using this technology to deepen the connection between the person who made the purchase and the actual giving that’s happened,” Matthews says. The Plus app will also let users vote to support beneficial social... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
World Bank's Wolfensohn Highlights Challenges, Increased Role for Private Sector
in 1995 after a successful Wall Street career. In a unanimous board vote last fall, he became only the third Bank president to be reappointed to a second five-year term. Excerpts from his speech, "The Challenges Facing the World Bank in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)
After I heard what had happened, I ran up to my room and tore down the signs. As it happens, I had voted for Kennedy. It was a tragic, terrible thing. I thought I would stay in the retail drug business for the rest of my life. My advice... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS at 100: School to Celebrate Centennial
HBS was established by votes of the Corporation of Harvard University on March 30 and April 8, 1908, with the first 24 students enrolling in October. Nearly 100 years later, the School has begun the early planning for worldwide events to... View Details
Keywords: Centennial
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
educational institutions. A Democracy Is Born: An Insider’s Account of the Battle against Terrorism in Afghanistan by Matthew J. Morgan (MBA ’07) (Greenwood Publishing Group) In October 2004, more than 8 million citizens of Afghanistan View Details
- 14 Jun 2024
- News
Highlights from the Spring 2024 Alumni Board Meeting
Harvard Business School hosted its annual spring Alumni Board Meeting in late May, bringing together its members for a two-day event that included interactive sessions with faculty and HBS leadership on the School and its programs, updates on Board working groups, and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Crowdfunding capital for small business
like the idea of the crowd vetting ideas, and determining winners and losers by voting with their capital.” Although the partners had been friends for four decades, they had never worked together before iCrowd. McGee, a US Navy veteran,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
Botkin (MBA ’68, DBA ’73) Cambridge, MA A Vote for MVP In the March Bulletin, writer Deborah Blagg touched all the bases in “Local Hero,” her article about San Francisco Giants president Larry Baer (MBA ’85). For all his wizardry and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
and not tooting his own horn, I’ll give a vote for Michael Horn’s podcast, Future U. It’s great for anyone interested in higher ed and workforce development. —Scott Benson (MBA 2008) I’ve been listening to many of the podcasts by Mark... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
my ideas, maybe some of them will become reality in 15 years.” He can keep investing, too. While he no longer devotes time to DFJ’s early-stage venture fund, he has already backed two startups through Innovate Your State. Placeavote, for example, is a digital View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Giving Through HBS
set the example of what leadership looks like in this global century. We take great pride in the contributions that our alumni and faculty make to society, and we treasure the vote of confidence you give us by supporting the work of the... View Details
Keywords: Professor Howard Stevenson