June 2006 - News, Events, and Lifelong Learning for HBS Alumni

Spotlight

The 2006 GLF is Next Week!

The 2006 Global Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., is just one week away, but it's not too late to register! Take advantage of special a la carte pricing to attend one or more days of thought-provoking discussion on critical issues affecting our world today. HBS faculty will join speakers including GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt, SEC Chairman Chris Cox, former Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, in addressing topics that include healthcare, energy, financial markets, public policy and more. For more information and to register, visit:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/glf/

News

HBS Celebrates 96th Commencement

Henry M. (Hank) Paulson, Jr. (MBA '70), Chairman and CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and recently nominated to be the next Secretary of the Treasury, addressed the 900 members of the MBA Class of 2006. For more details about the day, visit:
http://www.hbs.edu/news/060806_commencement.html

A video of Paulson's speech will be available online in the HBS Video Showcase next week.

HBS Doctoral Programs awarded three Wyss Awards for Excellence in Doctoral Research to outstanding students engaged in innovative dissertation research. To learn more about the winners and read brief descriptions of their research, visit:
http://www.hbs.edu/doctoral/wyss.html

Read six profiles from the MBA Class of 2006 in the June issue of the HBS Alumni Bulletin:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2006/june/profiles.html

Thanks for Making Spring Reunions a Success!

More than 2,900 alumni and their guests came to campus during Reunion weekend to reconnect with classmates and the School. Over 30 HBS faculty members shared their research, and videos of faculty presentations can be viewed online:
http://video.hbs.edu/videotools/portal/reunions

View the Spring Reunion photo gallery:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/reunions.html

HBS Private Sector Loan Assistance Program – New for Recent Graduates

HBS is pleased to announce a pilot loan assistance program to provide recent graduates with wider career choices, and to ensure that careers outside of the U.S. are an option for HBS graduates. The Private Sector Loan Assistance Program is designed to reduce the educational debt repayment burden for eligible alumni from the classes of 1999 through 2006. For information on program eligibility and to apply, visit:
http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/loanassist.html

HBS also offers a Non-Profit/Public Interest Loan Assistance Program, which provides debt reduction support to MBA graduates pursuing careers in the nonprofit or government sectors. For information, visit:
http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/careers/loanassistance.html

It's not too late to think about a fiscal-year-end gift to HBS

The end of the fiscal year—June 30, 2006—is approaching, and there's still time to make a charitable gift to HBS. Your support helps HBS remain at the forefront of management education worldwide. To make your gift to HBS today, call 877-GIVETOHBS or visit:
http://give.hbs.edu

Lifelong Learning

HBS Alumni Travel: The Soul of Argentina

October 21–30: Join fellow HBS alumni on a journey to explore the majestic beauty and passionate culture of Argentina. This tour will illuminate the country's colorful history, captivating culture and natural environment on excursions through cosmopolitan Buenos Aires; the charming wine producing region of Mendoza; and dramatic, alpine Patagonia. Scheduled activities include a visit with HBS alumni in the Argentine wine industry at their vineyards. For more information and to register, visit:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/travel/

Executive Education: Leadership Development Program: Accelerating the Careers of High-Potential Leaders

Are your future leaders equipped to take on the challenges of tomorrow? HBS Executive Education designed this new program for managers and functional specialists - those with approximately 10 years of work experience - to help you prepare them for broader management roles. Alternating on-campus residential modules and home-based company time, the program provides flexibility with structured opportunities to put learning into action. The next session starts in July. For information, visit:
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/ldpwn/

HBS Alumni receive an exclusive 30-percent discount on open-enrollment Executive Education Programs. For more information, visit:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/lifelong_learning/execed_calendar.html

Faculty News

Working Knowledge: Michael Porter on Healthcare Reform

Effective competition is the key ingredient missing from today's weakened healthcare system. So say Professor Michael Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg in a new book, Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition, which argues that the very structure of U.S. healthcare must be redesigned to create value and effective competition throughout the system. Read an excerpt:
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5369&t=strategy

Working Knowledge keeps you on top of the latest HBS faculty research and thinking. Register with Working Knowledge to receive a free weekly email newsletter:
http://workingknowledge.hbs.edu/reg/newsletter_sub.jhtml

Faculty in the News

Professor Joshua Margolis comments on Boeing's ethical compliance in the Chicago Tribune:
http://intranet.hbs.edu/community/hbsnews/052006_ct.html

Professor Emeritus Michael Yoshino notes the change in Nissan's business model in The Wall Street Journal:
http://intranet.hbs.edu/community/hbsnews/052606_wsj.html

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This message was prepared by the Alumni Communications office of Harvard Business School.