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- 08 Dec 2009
- News
Don’t Scare the Bankers
Twenty five years ago, Ji Heng (MBA ’39), a Chinese national, made a special visit to Soldiers Field. A senior official at the Bank of China (BOC), Mr. Ji had returned to the School to renew old ties, as China was opening up and reaching... View Details
- 06 Sep 2017
- News
Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio on the ‘Principles’ of Tough Love
which is part memoir, part business guide. “Mr. Dalio is preaching for individuals to have a sense of humility and introspection, an ability to open themselves to appreciate pointed criticism and use it to improve.” READ MORE View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
What Went Wrong?
Until recently, I thought of myself as a fairly well-informed observer of this country’s financial marketplace. In years past, I wrote about personal finance for a business magazine. I keep up with business news. And I’m no stranger to... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
Sachs, and held C-suite roles with several large private equity firms, for help with an idea that would eventually become Millicent, their blockchain-based digital financial venture. Dyer says Millicent’s payments network will be a... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
particularly Citigroup, Fannie Mae, Morgan Stanley, and those who have supported our events in the past, play an important role in our continued success.” Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson delivered the opening address of the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
and institutions," noted Merton in his opening remarks. He then discussed the modern contracting technologies underlying popular new financial products that are being used in myriad ways to serve households... View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Comings and Goings
of 2004 embarked on new careers. Thanks to an improved hiring climate and active marketing outreach by MBA Career Services, the number of job openings posted for HBS students increased by 20 percent over last year. At graduation, 94... View Details
- 13 Jul 2011
- News
China Boot Camp
organized by C.B. Sung (MBA ’50), a Chinese native who, upon graduation, found himself unable to go home after his country’s fall to Communist forces in 1949. With the gradual opening of China, Sung, a career executive at Motorola, made... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
University President A. Lawrence Lowell, who steered Doriot to HBS, a more suitable place for a young man who aspired to run a factory. Even though he had no friends or family in the United States, little money (the war left his father View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Enable Students to Broaden Their Impact
the data analytics team, he brought to the nonprofit his solid background in behavioral economics from Emory University and his financial acumen from his trading days. Agarwal’s goal was to use data and technology to help make the schools... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
A Steady Voice in Difficult Times
their lives. “As a pediatric chaplain, most of my work is in the intensive care units. Parents are desperate. They’re afraid, and they really want to talk about those fears. Just going into a room and introducing myself, then sitting down, it’s amazing how quickly they... View Details
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
Panera Bread chain. "Before we opened the first Panera Cares in Clayton, Missouri, in 2010, we'd focused on food-insecurity issues and given away hundreds of millions of dollars in product and donations," says Panera CEO Ron Shaich (MBA... View Details
- 06 Nov 2014
- News
Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement
includes the provost and the Harvard school deans), making the case that the project’s model—open to startups employing a graduate of any Harvard school—would offer the kind of cross disciplinary collaboration sought by the “One Harvard” movement. The board agreed,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A bold experiment in education
A former corporate financier with Boeing, Ben Kleban (MBA 2005) planned to open a charter school in New York after HBS, but in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he was inspired to found New Orleans College Prep... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
There are no long-term commitments, although reservations are required, especially during the busiest times. The centers are open later in the evening than most centers in the area (9 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 11 p.m. Friday) and on Saturdays... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
“You are kidding me. I went to Harvard Business School. I’m the reason the microwave tray rotates.” — Actor ALEC BALDWIN as Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock, from the episode “Don Geiss, America and Hope.” “Women are using (an MBA) not only for finance but also to work in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
influence can equal any government’s. Based in Switzerland, UBS is a financial services company with no obligation to comply with the Kyoto Accord or European Trade Union restrictions on carbon emissions. It has a strong internal culture... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Celeste A. Guth, MBA 1986
Celeste Guth vividly recalls the day she received her acceptance letter to HBS. “When I opened the admissions packet, I was thrilled beyond belief,” shares Guth, a partner with global responsibility for the View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
restaurants. Things went well, until — as is so often true in the mercurial world of restaurants — they didn’t. Thomas put her expertise in operations and management to work, helping to sort out some of the financial difficulties the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Honoring HBS’s Organization Men
students and junior faculty working in the area of organization design, as well as more senior contributors to the field. Their goal was to define and discuss the open research questions that trace their beginnings back to Lawrence and... View Details