Conflict Of Interest - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2022
News

Closing the 'Network Gap'

The Equity Network began with a single LinkedIn post. Kristina Hu (MBA 2022) Photo courtesy Kristina Hu In the summer of 2020, Kristina Hu (MBA 2022), then an incoming HBS student, was sitting in her San Francisco home watching the Black... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1998
News

New Loan Program Signals Breakthrough in MBA Financial Aid

tool to attract exceptional young leaders, particularly those from outside the United States," says James T. Millar (MBA '92), director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid. "No other business school offers anything like it." The new... View Details

13 May 2014
News

Inside Africa

“The tone most Americans bring to discussions of Africa is one of pity; pity for people who are poor and helpless,” says Teresa Clarke (MBA 1988, JD 1987, AB 1984). Clarke is working to change that:... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 1999
News

A Class Act

issue, the Bulletin's editors were already aware of this alumni pre-dilection: "As we see it," they wrote, "the chief source of interest in the Bulletin is the Alumni Notes."... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

10 Mar 2021
News

Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

interesting to research. What comes out of this is that you could be looking at one thing, and it will infuse your decision-making in a completely different area. It’s never a waste View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investing; leadership; diversity; career experience; higher education; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2016
News

A Club for the Cosmos

In May, as Khaled Al-Hashmi (GMP 11, 2011) was introducing the UAE Space Agency at the Global Space and Satellite Forum in Abu Dhabi, another launch was taking place inside the confines of the larger conference. The Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

24 Oct 2016
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Health Care Pioneer Giusti Named McCance Senior Fellow at HBS

partnerships now that Harvard University’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be located adjacent to HBS.” McCance is well versed in investing in good ideas and is particularly View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

19 Jun 2018
News

Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

and learn strategies from one another, strengthening and advancing the alumni clubs in their respective geographic regions and interest groups. Boris Tsimerinov (PLDA 16), executive officer for the HBS Club View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Feb 2015
News

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

college. At the time, I was studying economics and found the topic fascinating, from an economic theory perspective; it was—and still is—an unprecedented market failure and tragedy of the commons on a global scale. “Over time, my View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Jun 2012
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Inspiration Is Not Enough

According to venture capitalist Jeffrey Harris (MBA 1981), there are entrepreneurs, and then there are transformative entrepreneurs. The former group includes Richard Branson, who has created many great products and services but not one that changed the world. Harris... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

25 Oct 2018
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Bringing the Background into Focus

Édouard Manet, “La négresse (Portrait of Laure),” 1863. Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turino Édouard Manet, “La négresse (Portrait of Laure),” 1863. Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turino... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

The Long View

questions that meet five criteria: Will pursuit of the question facilitate research that would not have otherwise been done? Does it focus on an important problem in the world? Can it attract the interest... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

Guitar Hero

Berry and the Everly Brothers in rock. The company certainly fit with my love of music and was an interesting business challenge." Gibson's new owners set out to revive the company with a complete makeover -... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo

and has led a Borders initiative to launch superstores in Great Britain, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. DiRomualdo is keenly interested in incorporating the advantages of the Internet into Borders'... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Feb 1998
News

Innovative Course Brings Students and Alumni Together

implement change in an existing large organization," notes Garvin, "for the entrepreneur, staffing is everything. That insight surprised students and led to an interesting discussion." The thirty alumni who were able to come to campus for... View Details

Keywords: Meg Gardner; photo by Joshua Lavine

01 Feb 1998
News

C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe

father of two daughters educated in North Carolina public schools, Spangler has long been interested and involved in the state's educational system. He first took an active role in education as a member... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne

01 Feb 1997
News

Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management

Does a new general manager who delegates decisions run the risk of appearing indecisive? Is an "open-door" policy a good way for a general manager to get information, or a terrible waste of time? What... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Dec 2018
News

Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa

Harvard Law School. During Elkins’s visit, the idea for the course began to germinate. Professor Caroline Elkins, Vice President of Nigeria Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo, and Hakeem Belo-Osagie (MBA 1980) (photo by Russ Campbell) “We thought... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success

As with any new endeavor, the School's recent introduction of a year-round calendar - with two entry dates, September and January, for each MBA class - posed some unique challenges and uncertainties. One issue View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence

As general managers advance through their careers, they are often asked to bring their skills to bear on a new level of responsibilities. For the recently appointed country or business-unit manager of a... View Details