Legacy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2000
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Global Leadership Initiative's Director Focuses on Technology

legacy of leadership beyond the scope of the School's MBA and Executive Education Programs. "The idea is to reach out to alumni and to the world at large, deploying innovative technology to leverage traditional and nontraditional... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2004
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Emmons Heads Christensen Center

impact of the center’s activities will extend over time to professional education more broadly within and outside Harvard University. Says Emmons: “I could not be more excited about this opportunity to build on the legacy of Chris... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Mar 2017
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Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)

will, Hawthorne decided to include a bequest to HBS. “I wanted to show my appreciation for a place that has given me so much,” she explains. She enjoys being one of the youngest members of the John C. Whitehead Society, which recognizes donors who make View Details

10 Mar 2011
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Philanthropy’s Dilemma

its best, and it can bring enormous joy into a donor’s life,” they write. “But generosity alone is rarely sufficient if you aspire to leave a legacy of exceptional results.” That’s where Give $mart comes in. Tierney and Fleishman have... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

13 Jun 2016
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Brenda Bence (MBA 1991)

for what it enabled me to achieve. I want to help assure HBS continues to nurture the next generation of business leaders in their professional journeys.” (June 2016) Learn how you, too, can create a lasting legacy by remembering HBS in... View Details

15 Oct 2019
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Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain

Agriculture and Business, Emeritus. “Ray left this amazing legacy that my colleagues and I have continued to move forward,” Alvarez says. “He saw that people in the food industry needed to talk to each other to understand the issues they... View Details

19 Sep 2016
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Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)

the education you received from HBS was very important to you and your career, you want to give back.” Learn how can create your own legacy by remembering HBS in your will. View Details

18 Jul 2018
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Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community

came to understand the economic model of schools, and how annual giving enables them to invest in financial aid and innovation,” explains Lien. She began giving annually to the HBS Fund and recently extended her support by including the School in her estate plan. “I... View Details

06 Jun 2017
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Many Rivers to Cross

legacy by promoting economic development. Past experience in the construction and coffee industries and former postings as Colombia’s ambassador to West Germany, and CEO of the Agricultural Bank of Colombia, convinced Ospina that South... View Details

10 Jan 2017
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A Voice for Women Leaders

minister; a number of the women have come to power as legacy leaders after their husbands or fathers have been assassinated, or been in office. Obviously in countries like the Nordic countries, where you have far more equal systems, if... View Details

03 Apr 2018
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Taking Frontier Markets to the Next Level

interested in the ability to have a positive impact on the country and on the people in that country by bringing in private investment. In several of these markets, they have the opportunity to leapfrog to a more advanced stage of development. Rather than have the sort... View Details

30 Nov 2017
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SEAS Complex Reaches for a New Frontier

become the next major center of innovation,” said Paulson, who graduated as a Baker Scholar. Paulson said the gift “will help continue that legacy by making SEAS a 21st-century engineering leader. It provides a solid endowment for faculty... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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Keepers of the Flame

Although empty and silent today, this bright new Olympic stadium - an architectural and cultural legacy of ancient Greece, plunked down in America's "New South" - will soon rock with the roar of 80,000 spectators as they cheer the world's... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2018
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Lighting the Way

high-ranking executive positions. One of those 67, Beverly Anderson (MBA 1997), is working to grow that number. An executive vice president at Wells Fargo with nearly three decades in the financial industry, Anderson hopes that her legacy... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Executive Action

arena," Dean Nitin Nohria said at the groundbreaking. This generous gift was given in tribute to the life and legacy of the late Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, beloved matriarch of an accomplished Chinese-American family that sent four daughters to... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2001
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HBS Press Books in Brief

Space explains how traditional companies can adapt their bricks-and-mortar legacies to complement and bolster their online ventures. It is a hands-on guide that will give leaders the insight and confidence to operate successfully in both... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Jun 2012
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Fellowship Funder

advance our best people.” The result is the Professor Henry B. Reiling Fellowship Fund. A fund that would help address that need while bearing the name of the man “who was my favorite among many great HBS professors,” seemed to Mencoff like a win-win. He had carried... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Dec 2010
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Record Gift to HBS from India’s Tata Group

business lines that it maintains across several continents. “We owe thanks as well to former Dean Jay Light, who worked closely with Ratan Tata in making this gift to the School,” Nohria continued. “Tata Hall will serve as a visible View Details

Keywords: Tata Hall

01 Oct 2002
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Banishing Balkan Ghosts

around in the fridge, he cocks an ear toward the snippets of TV news in the background: “Labor unrest...Organized crime...Protesting pensioners.” Welcome to Belgrade and the legacy of Milosevic. Now meet the man who wants to change all... View Details