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01 Feb 1997
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OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

reviewed the School's historic focus on general management, its commitment to educating business leaders, the field-based orientation of its curriculum, and the emphasis it has placed on communicating with a broad audience in order to... View Details

19 May 2016
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Ian Rowe: Making A Difference

01 Feb 1998
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Short Takes

Who Does Good and Why While it's common knowledge that business leaders often serve on nonprofit boards, there has been little formal information about the characteristics and motivations of such individuals. In a 1997 working paper... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

24 Apr 2014
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A bold experiment in education

A former corporate financier with Boeing, Ben Kleban (MBA 2005) planned to open a charter school in New York after HBS, but in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he was inspired to found New Orleans College Prep (NOCP). NOCP now operates three publicly funded, open... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Coach for Life

his Authentic Leadership Development elective, Hurley hit the court for some impromptu coaching and informal hoops with section intramural teams. He later joined members of the HBS community at a March... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)

When did you realize that you wanted to make a career change? (Diogo left a career in management consulting in October 2014 to become founder/executive producer of Adaptation Now, a documentary film project that will tell the stories of the View Details

Keywords: Information; Information; Information

January 2014 (Revised August 2020)
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Building a Social Media Culture at Dell

By: Rohit Deshpandé and Michael Norris

As Michael Dell refocused his newly-private company on services and solutions, the entire corporation was pushed to embrace social media. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Marketing Strategy; Social Media; Technology Industry; United States

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12 May 2016
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Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

Tetsuji Shibayama (MBA 1990) is helping Japanese businesses understand the importance of art to their corporate cultures and their bottom lines, while also introducing art students to the principles and practices—and the ready market—of the business world. After a... View Details

25 Apr 2014
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A talent scout for tomorrow’s Africa

In his role as vice president of admissions for the Africa Business Club at HBS, Olujimi Williams (MBA 2015) does more than just acquaint prospective students with the School; he serves as a link to his native continent for any candidate interested in doing... View Details

06 May 2015
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Developing a strategic plan for your own life

At HBS, Brigid Sullivan (MBA 1976) determined that she wanted to a career that was creative, interesting, and socially minded. She found that at WGBH-TV where she oversees children’s programming. (Published May 2015) View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Exploring how companies manage talent and career development

Harvard Business School Professor Boris Groysberg (DBA 2002) describes his research into how companies manage hiring and talent development. (Published April 2014) View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Coaching and mentoring new businesses and young people

Wendy Jacobs (MBA 1983) talks about her impact as a mentor and coach both to new businesses and to young people. (Published April 2014) View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Identifying why the path to the top for women and racial minorities remains elusive

While diversity in hiring has increased markedly among professional service organizations, the changes are not reflected at the senior-most levels. For example, in US law firms, women comprise 46 percent of associates but only 19 percent of partners, and racial... View Details

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Modes of Technology Transfer as a Function of Position in the Research-Development-Technical Service Spectrum

By: Michael Tushman and T. J. Allen

Keywords: Information Technology; Communication; Research and Development

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30 Apr 2015
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Sir Cyril Taylor: Making A Difference

30 Mar 2015
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Raising the bar to provide quality education

After cofounding a nonprofit to establish academy schools for low-income children in London, England, Jennifer Moses (MBA 1989) is working to provide quality education for disadvantaged children in California. She and her husband, Ron Beller, cofounded the nonprofit... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Leaders must be strategists first

Cynthia Montgomery believes strategy should be a habit of mind, not a document; a continuous process, not a destination. Leaders need to use strategy as a dynamic tool for guiding the development of a business over time. “It takes courage for a leader to ask and answer... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Delivering HBS-style training for teachers

Inspired by an HBS lecturer who asked why there wasn’t a service academy for teachers, Tony Klemmer (MBA 1983) founded the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education (NAATE) in Newport, Rhode Island, in 2010. The academy’s mission is to enhance, leverage, and... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Closing the Opportunity Gap

Gerald Chertavian (MBA ’92) used the wealth he acquired in the 1990s Internet boom to realize a longtime goal. He started a special school to help disadvantaged young adults find careers in the corporate world. Chertavian’s Boston-based program, called Year Up,... View Details