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01 Oct 2000
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Three Promoted to Full Professor

and economic development for use in the MBA and Executive Education Programs. Other recent publications include a coauthored Harvard Business Review article on "What Every Executive Needs to Know About... View Details

11 Jul 2025
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Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast

operations around the world, and magnesium chloride extracted from the water is integral to the production of aluminum alloys that are essential for manufacturing soda cans, cell phones, View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2004
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The Sky’s the Limit

launch last fall with “two ex-Microsoft guys.” All three are pilots, and fittingly, their first product is a flight-planning software program called Voyager. “It’s for general aviation pilots — private... View Details

Keywords: Seattle Avionics; Transportation; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Jan 2006
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Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978

notion, saying, "I was actually a frustrated reader. My job is to ensure that our writers, editors, and photographers deliver a product that is useful, informative, and... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

improve customer targeting, streamline supply chains, and develop new products and services are addressed in the 70 cases published by HBS faculty. The School’s Digital... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

network,” says Lewis. “Our eldest scholars are already out working. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, and young professors. Educating people is the most potent and productive way to... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Sparking Internet Commerce

ATTRACTING INVESTORS like moths to a flame is Firefly Network, Inc. (www.firefly.com), a privately held firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that strives to make the Internet more consumer-friendly. Firefly CEO and co-founder Nicholas Grouf... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

come to fruition and become real, productive companies. “I remember my dad visiting ViaCord in the early days, when I had only 10 employees. He came in and said, ‘Where’s your... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Jun 2008
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Grad’s “Claw” Goes to Market

Moeller and Forest competed last summer on the ABC reality show American Inventor; although they weren’t among the finalists, their product is the first from the show to be officially brought to market by a... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

31 Mar 2023
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How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

here to be the partner to the employer. But at the end of the day, the employer is the one who decides what a good finished product is, not us. And so thinking through how do we design a degree that has them... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

right, you’ll be seeing our products on the shelves at Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s. More importantly,” he says, “we’ll be empowering African farmers and opening paths that will help others succeed for years... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 1997
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A Piece of the Action

the Valley's "Band of Angels," a group of entrepreneurs who are recycling their capital and energies into new ventures. This month the Center's first two intellectual products will make their debut in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2017
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Turning Point: The Dark Season

Skydeck podcast The NFL is all about production and productivity. When things go well, everyone in the world can see it. When things don’t go so well, the same is true. Last year, the Bears were 3 View Details

Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)

01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

HBS Centennial Event Confronts Present and Future Challenges Rising to the challenge: Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust and Dean Jay Light shared a vision of closer collaboration between HBS View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

19 Mar 2015
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Walter Salmon Remembered

involved with; that company is still in business today. Thanks, Walt, for your passion and commitment. Allan N. Mackey (MBA 1970) I was in Professor Salmon’s Marketing class my second year. We were discussing a case where the company had... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2003
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Portraits from the Class of 2003

Scott St. Germain “When my children are asked, ‘So, what does your father do?’, I hope they will reply, ‘He’s the coach of my baseball team.’” Grew Up: Raynham, Massachusetts Why HBS: case method allows learning from others’ success and... View Details

01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

Download Carroll profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1956 Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1978 Earns BS, Geology, Skidmore College 1982 Earns MS, Geology, University of Kansas 1982 Joins Amoco Production... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Deep Dive

SpaceX vessels.) Of course, the Limiting Factor and the Pressure Drop would need to be maintained, and the ship needed a crew. Vescovo tapped EYOS Expeditions to organize the trips View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes

Samuel L. Hayes, III (MBA '61, DBA '66), the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Emeritus, is a widely recognized authority on capital markets, Wall Street, and the corporate interface with the securities markets. He takes a... View Details