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Foundation The LunaCap Foundation assists Mexicans (born anywhere in the world) or current active military or U.S. Armed Forces veterans with the cost of an MBA education. Candidates will be selected based on performance but, more importantly, their desire to give back... View Details

12 Nov 2019
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Seismic Shift

head of Strategic Partnerships, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at LinkedIn, began working with Culture Shift Labs, she loved how closely its mission aligned with what she works to accomplish at LinkedIn. “Our mission and vision circulates around View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

26 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 26

Publications International Marketing Review Achievement Motivation, Strategic Orientations and Business Performance in Entrepreneurial Firms: How Different Are Japanese and American Founders? By: Deshpandé, Rohit, Amir Grinstein, Elie... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Out-Innovate, calls it the “frontier market model.” Founded in places with limited resources and nascent entrepreneurial ecosystems, these startups have to be scrappier and leaner. And these limitations, Alex says, make businesses more... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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How Do I Get Your Job?

McKinsey before coming to HBS. Beck, cofounder and CEO of beauty retailer Bluemercury, tells Uberoi, a member of the student-run Retail & Luxury Goods Club, how she went from consultant to entrepreneur to retail maven, with 70-plus stores... View Details

Keywords: April White; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

07 Sep 2021
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Embracing Activism for Social Change

universities across the country, the letter read, in part: “It is your turn to show that managers and CEOs can leverage their influence and resources to benefit their own frontline employees.” MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: Supporting... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

24 Apr 2025
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Elevating Women at HBS: Signature Initiatives of the Women’s Student Association

was our largest in-person conference since COVID, and featured keynote speakers including Niki Leondakis (the CEO of CorePower Yoga), Julia Cheek (the Founder and CEO of Everly Health), Jenn Hyman (the... View Details

10 Aug 2015
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A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

she describes as her “wake-up call” followed the death of her mother in 2001. “I thought, Why am I waiting to do something that matters?” she recalls. She flew to India to work with CARE, the disaster-relief organization, in helping earthquake survivors to find their... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

21 May 2018
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Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

networking opportunities while learning from business luminaries. Previous speakers include Julián Zugazagoitia, the director and CEO of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Adam Aron (MBA 1979), View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Patrick Chun

wanted to do." Seeking an opportunity to reflect, a platform for pursuing entrepreneurial ideas, and an opportunity to return to Harvard Square, Patrick applied to HBS.... View Details

17 Aug 2015
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The Play Alchemist

generates electricity as it rolls—“[a] project that makes the world a better place.” Cofounder and CEO of Uncharted Play, a company based in New York City that creates a line of socially beneficial... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People

Chairman and CEO, Joh. A. Benckiser SE Meeting with colleagues in New York. Harf chats with InBev's CEO Carlos Brito and CFO Felipe Durta. Working with his daughter Katharina (left) at DKMS. Visiting the showroom of designer Derek Lam.... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters

accepted an offer from General Electric and held various senior management roles in the United States before moving to India in early 2005, where he became CEO of GE India’s infrastructure business. Although the two stayed in touch after... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Dec 2002
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GE's Jeff Immelt

Immelt Photo courtesy General Electric Just a year after taking the helm of General Electric, Chairman and CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA '82) addressed a capacity crowd in Burden Auditorium on topics that ranged from the state of the... View Details

13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

within an organization to be effective leaders and to accomplish their personal goals. Executives are urged to examine their lives to discover major themes, interests, and values, using that examination to create a short statement of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Iva Teixeira

explains, “but over time, I created my own rotational program, doing everything from supply chain and human resources to financial analysis and new product development. In the end, I was very close to being an internal consulting analyst... View Details

01 Jan 2011
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Peter Harf, MBA 1974

Chairman and CEO, Joh. A. Benckiser SE Download Harf profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1946 Born, Cologne, Germany 1973 Earns PhD, Monetary Economics, University of Cologne 1981 Joins Joh. A. Benckiser Gmbh 1988 Named View Details

Eric Boutin

at Redesign Health, a digital health venture studio, where he created and financed health tech startup companies. Before that, he was a Managing Director at dRx Capital, Novartis’ digital health venture capital fund, where he led... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

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Global - Global Activities 2020

uncertainty. This crisis has created an opportunity for many companies to renew their commitment to customers, suppliers, and employees. Others have discovered unmet demand and are entering new segments,”... View Details

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

coauthored by Professor Tom Eisenmann and researcher Lisa Mazzanti, is under discussion by first-year students in The Entrepreneurial Manager. Wallace has the opportunity to offer a firsthand perspective and... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

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