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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Eight Join HBS Faculty
postdoctoral fellow. Her research focuses on how people can work fruitfully across social divides. Prior to her academic career, Ramarajan worked in international development in West Africa focusing on conflict resolution. Douglas... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Unlocking mobile money in emerging markets
Monique Maddy (MBA 1993) is focusing her entrepreneurial energies on connecting the world's poor to global commerce through their cell phones. In 2007 she launched Ezuza, a Mexico City–based mobile money company that focuses on the... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- News
Remembering Walter Shipley
endorsing employee well-being and diversity long before those topics became fashionable. Beginning in 1996, the Financial Times reports, he asked business units to submit plans on diversity, including the advancement of women. When JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982)... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
president, finance and administration, of the Preco Corporation, a privately held paper manufacturer. In 1981, he returned to the School to lead research and teaching in the field of entrepreneurship and the following year was named the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
In the business of empowering women entrepreneurs
firm’s fiduciary responsibility to investors. Dodi’s past entrepreneurial experiences as cofounder of MTV Europe and CEO of AOL’s Entertainment Asylum keep her focused on the bottom line. She points to research that indicates gender... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Warren Law Remembered
baeaf807ff44b783a02acf3d1d6a1e8a Warren A. Law, the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, died at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, in December. He was 79 years old. “Warren Law... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
out on an entrepreneurial path but was thwarted by the country’s lack of a finance and lending infrastructure. A similar shortcoming in the mortgage and lending industry also delayed his family’s ability to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
received numerous awards for teaching at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Since 1995, Rogers has combined his firsthand business experience and solid academic foundation with his gift for pedagogy to make his View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective
Assistant Professor Vincent Pons discussed the case he wrote, “Climate Change: Paris, and the Road Ahead,” with students in a Business, Government, and the International Economy class in spring 2019. (photo by Kavita Pillay) Assistant... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
Homelessness. Entrepreneurial services for the poor. The arts. Spirituality. Who — or what — in our society can best address these issues? Here's a hint: It's not business, and it's most definitely not government. "Nonprofits are the most... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Big Doings in Big Apple: New York Club Hosts Multiple Events
In the city that never sleeps, the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York is seldom at rest, as its busy schedule of activities in recent months indicates. Last May, for example, with more than four hundred people in attendance at its View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
HBS Expands Global Presence
impact, and visibility of HBS international research efforts. Dessain, who speaks five languages, has extensive experience in business and higher education throughout Europe, most recently as a senior director in charge of managing... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
personal connection to the transformative power of education and an entrepreneurial mindset. His father grew up in the Mission Hill projects in Boston but was able to attend Boston College High School on a full merit scholarship. “That... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
Krishna Mahesh (MBA ’05) not only traveled the longest distance to arrive on campus for the final round of judging in the inaugural Alumni New Venture Contest, he also figured he had the longest shot at winning. The seven finalists, representing five domestic and two... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
history courses today. The first HBS course designed specifically to teach entrepreneurial management - The Management of New Enterprises - was introduced in 1947, one of several HBS initiatives undertaken to address the unique... View Details
- 20 Oct 2022
- News
Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion
entrepreneurial skills and the Lebanese business community is competent and well known around the world,” says Ingea. “Despite the current hardships, she remains hopeful and optimistic about the future of Lebanon.” Ingea says a lively Q&A... View Details
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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
his talents in a smaller operation. He became president of Custom-Made Packaging, Inc., working out a financing deal that he gradually converted into a majority stake. Within seven years, he had turned the firm around and sold it to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
But his longtime fascination with both the stock market and inventors came to the fore when he entered the New York investment world. After setting up a science and technology investment banking group at Blyth Eastman PaineWebber, he became a partner in corporate View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
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Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) In a kind of twisted and sometimes painful way, I learned from a Japanese norm how to achieve great things in life, even if the path I took wasn’t... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
on performance pay before the U.S. Senate and served as a consultant to many international companies. The issue of to what extent the financial crisis was driven by misaligned pay incentives is one of the major concerns that spurred us to... View Details