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- 01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)
a financial analyst with IBM's Latin American division for three years, planning all along to go back to school after gaining some work experience. "Harvard expects you to do research that has certain managerial implications. That was View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
of dollars) Priority Raised to date Goal % Raised Attracting the best students $83 $100 83 % Deepening the learning experience $113 $120 94 % Attracting and developing faculty $68 $100 68 % Increasing global... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Africa Looks Ahead
cold-storage facilities" (Guardian, February 1, 2013). Acknowledging that funding such infrastructure will be a challenge, she said "we can't be dependent on donors" but must look to establishing more public-private partnerships, a move that will require governments to... View Details
- 17 Mar 2016
- News
The 124-Year-Old Startup
in the internet of “really big things”—think locomotives and jet engines. Attracting software engineers to a company known for making microwaves was a challenge, but the company’s “What’s the Matter with Owen?” commercials helped raise... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Classic Lines
attracting some fifteen million viewers weekly. Enter Dekkers Davidson (MBA '82), CEO of Antiques America, an online company (antiquesamerica.com) that brings together buyers and sellers in this $25 billion market and wants to be the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Protecting conservation land while turning a profit
Like any private equity firm, The Lyme Timber Company seeks attractive financial returns for its investors. But Jim Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing director at Lyme, considers a second audience—the public—when making decisions about his... View Details
- 26 Oct 2015
- News
Sal Khan Goes Back to School
The revolution started several years ago with Khan Academy, an innovative online portal of educational videos and tutorials that has attracted millions of followers and showed educators a thing or two about the way today’s children learn.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Entrepreneurship at HBS
corporations. Yet the course attracted one hundred students in its first year and became a fixture in the elective MBA curriculum for two decades. The popularity of The Management of New Enterprises and of related courses developed in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
student volunteers from the Communications, Media, and Computing Ventures Club who organized seven provocative panel discussions and a number of leading-edge product demonstrations and entrepreneurial workshops. The two-day event View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
Above: photo by Minesh Bacrania As mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tim Keller (MBA 2005) is focused on bread-and-butter initiatives that drive down crime and attract business. And he’s been successful on both counts since taking office... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
WesTrek: Students Find Options in Bay Area
universities, and company representatives from around the region. Nightly social events hosted by local sponsors provided students with a chance to network informally. The first WesTrek, in 1996, attracted just 75 students. In the past... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
Looking to Rwanda’s Future
advisor at the private equity firm TA Associates. “They asked, ‘What do we need to do today to help us attract international investors in the future?’ They were considering investments in infrastructure, resources, and education that... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Ideas with Economic and Social Impact
Corporation (IFC) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Her report, Financing High-Growth Firms, the Role of Angel Investors, written for and published by the OECD in 2011, has attracted interest from... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Design Thinking: Hands-On Learning At The Harvard Innovation Lab
original Design Thinking and Innovation course in fall 2012 attracted some 200 applicants from across the University for the elective’s 50 seats. The course has now expanded to three sections. Buoyed by the increasing interest in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
The Far-Reaching Impact of Fellowships
half of these voices might never have the chance to be heard at HBS. Some 600 fellowships established by donors—in addition to gifts of all sizes made to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation—enable the School to attract students... View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Lessons from Everest
Fifty years ago, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to stand atop Mount Everest, a symbol of challenge and achievement whose allure — some would call it a fatal attraction — has only increased since then. A week before... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
at 40 percent), proactively publicize the School's Web site and add new features that will attract more alumni to the site, and develop push technology allowing alumni to subscribe to specific online offerings. Last year, the committee... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 19 Oct 2021
- News
In the Contest for Content
Courtesy Sherrese Clarke Soares Courtesy Sherrese Clarke Soares As the founder and CEO of HarbourView Equity Partners, Sherrese Clarke Soares (MBA 2004) is establishing herself within the high-stakes contest to own the catalogs of music that View Details
- 21 Dec 2017
- News
A Decent Place to Live
Humanity International. What attracted me there was this very simple and radical notion we have that everyone deserves a decent place to live. “If you think about it, home affects where you go to school, your education prospects. It... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Year-End Roundup: Dean's Award, Other Honors Conferred as Class of '98 Graduates
exceptional leadership and service to the HBS community. Jill S. Schaeffer and Philip L. Terry were honored for cochairing this year's fifth annual HBS Cyberposium, a student-organized high-tech and new media conference. Held last February, the event View Details