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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
a dramatic impact on life in the 21st century, from online retail giant Amazon.com to Internet behemoth Google to synthetic biology leader Amyris. Doerr has become a leading advocate of innovation and... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
than companies that don’t use layoffs.” And, even more importantly, there are financial and reputational benefits that come with managing a workforce thoughtfully. “You have a workforce that is knowledgeable, that understands you are... View Details
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
Advancing Opportunities for Others
Carla Harris (MBA 1987) is vice chairman of Morgan Stanley and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview she talks about using her stature as an African American business leader... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
meals, not only to senior citizens but also to typical recipients. There’s an important lesson, Ghose notes, in the outsized impact the Army has had, given the free rides, free meals, and free time from volunteers: “We learned a lot of... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
no longer being used as just a tactical resource, it's now fundamentally influencing business strategy and competition," says Richard L. Nolan, MBA Class of 1942 Professor of View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Renewing Baker: Tom Michalak, Executive Director of Baker Library
Since his appointment as executive director of Baker Library in 1996, Thomas J. Michalak has been closely involved in the ongoing effort to shepherd a venerable institution into the electronic business information age. Writer Nancy O.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
nonprofit international development organization that he has chaired for the past decade. While he now draws a firm line between business and public service, the skills he uses in each realm overlap... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
box. Innovate and try and do something different,” Diamond explains. Diamond brought this way of thinking back to Red Comet after graduating. Two years later, the View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
give is rooted very strongly in the act of giving. To be successful in this field, you really need to tap into your head and your heart.” Now serving as Acumen’s chief innovation officer, Dichter oversees... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
our business works very well in a particular kind of medium-sized city. And in those cities, we can invest in the market to bring it to saturation. But many would argue that we should tackle the biggest... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Bridging the Success Gap
Academy, an accelerated education program that helps at-risk young adults prepare for community college and for careers in professional fields. Located at Cabrillo College’s Watsonville, California, campus, the Digital Bridge Academy is... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
(or lifelong learning) is critical if one is to keep up with a rapidly changing business and social environment. All agreed that the School is in a unique position to strengthen connectedness by offering... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ready for Departure
hosted a group of HBS students who were passing through Singapore’s Changi Airport on their way back to campus. A senior VP of business development at Changi Airport Group (CAG) and Changi Airports... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
are following their own business models—whether they are for-profit or not-for-profit. The additional spend on health care is due to increased utilization of health-care services as the population gets older. Costlier View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
time we gathered here in 1996." Hosted by the Harvard Business School and the HBS Association of Northern California, this year's global alumni conference was the largest and, by all accounts, among the most... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
Watson’s superhuman powers can send mixed messages. Technology, once welcomed for freeing people from drudgery and backbreaking labor, is so powerful and its innovations so... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
savings, security, and transparency for both the payer and the recipient, and they can serve as the spark for larger societal change, Goodwin-Groen explains. “Digital financial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
difficult than suspected. During the boom years, when all seemed well, capabilities that underpin innovation in a wide range of products were continuing to deteriorate. My HBS colleague Willy Shih and I... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Climate Change Optimist
power of consumers, investors, and businesses to create systems-level solutions. “On climate, it’s simple,” says Gravitz, “Stop putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Seth Lowe