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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Century Marked
Photo courtesy of Baker Library Historical Collections The HBS Alumni Association was formally founded on May 15, 1914, its constitution declaring the group's intention to "advance the interests and to increase the usefulness of the Harvard Graduate School of Business... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 28 May 2019
- News
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
Bitcoin turned 10 this year, with the currency’s creator, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, mining the first 50 tokens in January 2009. Yet the cryptocurrency space still feels undefined—a result of both its impenetrability and its volatility. (On the latter: One... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Swimming with the Stream
(Above: photo by Christina Gandolfo) When Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015) thinks about marketing her music, she thinks about it in consumer product terms. A feminist activist and former drummer for Grammy-nominated artist M.I.A., she wants her new electronic solo project,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 31 Jul 2014
- News
Making Private Equity Public Knowledge
©Rick Friedman As Daniel Sheyner (MBA 2014) tells it, most private equity firms have a very specific target in mind when recruiting: "The best athletes." The highest-ranked investment banking and consulting analysts; the elite. "Goldman Sachs, KKR, Blackstone—they want... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
Sawyer is one of two bots that Rethink Robotics has developed for the small-business market. (courtesy of Rethink Robotics) You can tell Rethink Robotics’ products by their faces: A small, white digital screen with two expressive eyes. They have names, too: Baxter is... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview
Beyond the CV: Chad Losee Hometown: Delta, Utah. “About 5,000 people. One stoplight. And actually, I grew up outside Delta.” First thing he put up in his office: A whiteboard. “Definitely low-tech but one of my favorite collaboration tools.” Future wall plans: “I just... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Spray Canon
Taylor Callery Taylor Callery When street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled sold for $110.5 million in 2017, famed art dealer and curator Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978) told the New York Times that the artist was “now in the same league as Francis Bacon and Pablo... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The People’s Pods
Illustration by Peter Arkle Between 2008 and 2015, the percentage of Americans who listen to podcasts nearly doubled, according to Pew Research, jumping from 9 percent to 17 percent. What’s driving the growth? And how did a 10-year-old medium suddenly become the next... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Star Search
Above: photo by Getty/Bloomberg Nobody, says Kate Gulliver (MBA 2009), chooses to work somewhere just because they offer a free lunch. “I think people care far more about being excited about the content of the work they’re doing,” says Gulliver, the global head of... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fever Pitch
This year’s New Venture Competition saw heavy alumni participation on both sides of the judging. More than 160 graduates critiqued student startups during April’s on-campus event, weighing everything from team chemistry to financials. The alumni version of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact
MORE Watch three students discuss their approach to the climate change challenge MORE Watch three students discuss their approach to the climate change challenge Professors Mike Toffel and Marco Iansiti presented the more than 900 RC students in their Technology &... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
Illustration by Mario Wagner RELATED Learn about how HBS students and alumni are helping transform Boston Watch alumni discuss innovation inside City Hall Once viewed as an oxymoron, civic innovation has become a hot field, with cities from Austin to Pittsburgh hiring... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
On May 28, 2022, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) held the championship game of its second season, pitting the club team Petro de Luanda, from Angola, against US Monastir, from Tunisia. Traffic snarls outside the stadium, congestion tightened by temporary road... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
Illustration by Jon Krause When trying to explain how blockchain works, it helps to have a mass-culture analogue. Mike O’Grady (MBA 1992), president of Chicago-based Northern Trust, uses social media: Blockchain, he says, is a transaction ledger that is accessible to... View Details
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- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
Photography by King Lawrence Jay Rogers (MBA 2007) is holding a manager’s meeting while driving 70 mph up I-75 in Kentucky. As Rogers pins his phone horizontally against the dashboard, his Local Motors team, gathered around a conference table at the car manufacturer’s... View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
Photo courtesy of Paulo Pena Photo courtesy of Paulo Pena The great majority of McDonald’s U.S. restaurants are run by external owner/operators. Paulo Pena (MBA 2004) is responsible for the rest. As vice president and managing director of McDonald’s USA, Pena manages... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
Video Embed Eight months after the levees broke, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra returned to New Orleans to play a concert. They weren’t home yet, though. Their usual venue, the 87-year-old Orpheum Theater downtown, was in ruins, still covered in mud and sludge.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Net Gains
Mark Tatum (MBA 1998) On his first day at HBS, Mark Tatum (MBA 1998) went to the career office, told them he wanted a job in the business of sports, and came home with a printout of every relevant alumnus in the HBS database. Then he hit the phones. "Remember, this is... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
How should employers and workers adapt to the new demands in today’s technologically driven workforce? Two recent reports by HBS professor Joseph Fuller examine innovative paths to training and building talent pipelines. The first report offers a road map to expanding... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
better leaders, and the practical steps to kicking an addiction to success. Dan Morrell: There’s been increasing academic interest in the topic of happiness in recent years. We’ve seen it at HBS with the work of Ashley Whillans, Leslie... View Details
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