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- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
There’s no problem the business world can’t solve. That’s the thinking of Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2008), who believes companies—and the great minds who run them—can find sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises. “For whatever reason,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
start at the HIL, are addressing critical issues at the intersection of business and society—from education to health care to climate change. The startups highlighted below are just a sampling of the... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
established in 2000 and dedicated to improving educational access and health outcomes for children from underprivileged backgrounds, through community initiatives and scholarships. Working at Meredith & Grew every summer throughout... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
teaching about the management of social-purpose organizations and business involvement in the social sector. In June 2001, HBS globalized its efforts in this area by organizing the Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN) in Latin... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
business strategy takes care of itself.” It’s a philosophy that has taken him from the research firm he founded at 26 to the chairmanship of Atlantic Media. When I grow up: “When I was 13 years old, I read Advise and Consent about the US... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
Stanford Business School. Johnson’s father, also called Pitch, was a track coach who participated in the 1924 Olympic Games as a high hurdler and passed a love of running down to his namesake. The family moved to Palo Alto when Pitch was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
CHRISTENSEN: “By some estimates, 50 percent of all health care is driven by physician and hospital supply, not by patients’ needs.” An acclaimed author and expert on the development and commercialization of technological and business... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
Founder, Former President & Chief Executive Officer Centennial One, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page ©2003 www.RockyThies.com EARLIER EDUCATION Howard University, 1962 B.A., Business... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together
afternoon session at ING-Furman Selz and an evening session at the Chase Manhattan Bank. In the afternoon segment, graduates of The Entrepreneur's Tool Kit program (a three-day Executive Education course for HBS alumni who are interested... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
reenergized by strategic thinking and new competitive approaches, the United States will be forced to reexamine some of its own weaknesses, such as a poor education system, adversarial approaches to problem solving, a declining commitment... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
the seminar also confront pressing global problems, including poor nutrition and obesity, food waste, population growth, and feeding the world’s hungry. “Tackling these challenges centers on leadership,” observes Alvarez. “The Agribusiness Seminar plays an important... View Details
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration, teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs. According to HBSCB president Bing Sherrill (MBA 1962), about 45 alumni from HBS,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to rebuilding the health care system in... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
Photo courtesy Xiao Wang Photo courtesy Xiao Wang Thirty years ago, at the age of three, Xiao Wang (MBA 2014) came to the United States from Nanjing, China, to join his parents in Los Angeles. The couple had moved to pursue educational... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Making Dreams Attainable
backgrounds, and viewpoints have the opportunity to attend HBS, pursue their passions, and realize their promise, even if they have limited means. Alumni and friends who give to HBS, including those who give annually to the HBS Fund, are making an investment in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
provides the infrastructure (or"middleware") that makes e-commerce work across disparate computer systems. His meaning, however, is just the opposite.. "The concept of e-business will disappear because every business will be an... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
hard work and the influence of mentors. "My family's values were always centered around education and giving back to the community," she says. "Detroit in the '60s was a challenging environment for raising children, so they made sure my... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
Supporting Critical Initiatives
Elizabeth Raun Schlesinger (MBA 2005) The School’s commitment to educating women leaders was a key reason Liz Raun Schlesinger (MBA 2005) made a 10th Reunion gift to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. The fund supports... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
anything they can eat or sell. Payatas and the orderly, verdant Harvard Business School campus — nearly equals, as it happens, in terms of the acreage they occupy — are separated by a gulf far greater than any measure of miles or... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
symbol of health care activism, not the internationally recognized icon it is today. Starting a public conversation about women’s health was not easy, certainly, but the foundation believed that education and awareness—among both women... View Details