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Next Level
How Sarah Bond (MBA 2006) is taking on the culture—and the future success—of the gaming industryBack to School
Sharpen your pencils and get ready to learn something new as alumni share their passions (and some pointers) to help us expand our skill sets
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
The recipients of the School’s highest honor come from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences but share a few outstanding traits: fearless curiosity, a clear sense of self, and a powerful commitment to community.Conducting Business
Remembering the captivating classroom orchestration of Professor Dick VancilAgain and Again
How rituals help us create order from chaos, affect performance, and ascribe meaning to the mundane details of our personal and professional livesQuantum Leap
Quantum computing has revolutionary potential, but it’s been stuck in the lab. John Levy thinks his startup has a way to make it an accessible superpower for business—and he is racing tech’s biggest names to make a long-promised future a reality.
The War Within
How three HBS alumni are helping Ukrainians process their trauma—and prepare for a rebuildGame On
As investors pile into pickleball’s gold-rush moment, Brian McCarthy is looking to build a business that can keep its bounceIn Harmony
Born in Korea, Michael Kim spent his formative years in the US. As his novel ‘Offerings’ heads for the big screen, Asia’s “godfather of private equity” reflects on time, legacy, duty, and the unexpected connections between fiction and finance. -
The Imposter Among Us
The uneasy truth about faking it, making it, and sometimes feeling like a phonyWide Horizon
In the wake of his son’s autism diagnosis, investor John Rodakis found a research landscape with too few people chasing too few ideas. Now he is working to reshape the field to find breakthrough treatments.Thinking Ahead
Eight new ideas for 2024
Solving for Z
Gen Z workers are in high demand—and they know it. Our three alumni experts explain how companies can recruit and retain the next generation.Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
How genealogy research grew from a hobbyist project into a multibillion-dollar industryThat Was Then, This Is Now
For more than 20 years, the HBS Portrait Project has captured a moment in time for graduating MBAs. We asked five alumni to revisit their hopes and dreams
Curb Appeal
Can Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) clean up New York City in her role as commissioner of the Department of Sanitation?Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
As leaders across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, this year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor demonstrate the powerful combination of strong values, fearless risk-taking, and a clear sense of selfFinding PRIDE
Former members of the LGBTQ+ student club reflect on their experiences on campus and in business over the decades—and the lifelong power of community
Clearing the Air
Faculty and alumni on the opportunity—and necessity—of carbon capture technologyFree Spirits
With celebrity backers, splashy investments, and a bevy of tasty new products, the non-alcoholic drink shelf is the new life of the partyStep Change
When she came back to Egypt five years ago, investor Amal Enan embraced the chaos—and found a path to impact her country’s future
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Full Court Press
With a $1 billion valuation, a group of high-profile investors, an aggressive growth plan, and a mission to create deep economic and social change, NBA Africa is shooting for a continental shift in basketballSinging to the Corn
Taylor Keen’s Sacred Seed project shows how a Native American approach to agriculture can protect the planet’s soil—one garden at a timeFuture Vision
Dean Srikant Datar reflects on his first two years leading HBS and outlines the strategies that will shape the School’s futureMy First Job
The mistakes and memorable moments from our earliest experiences in the working world
Up on the Corner
How Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo’s community-first approach to developing a historically vibrant section of Baltimore can offer a blueprint for reviving neighborhoods across the globeReady for Departure
Preparing for a post-pandemic comeback at the airportOpen Market
Robinhood COO Gretchen Howard on the deep impact of a new generation of investors—and what happens when finance becomes a common languageHappy Returns
HBS celebrates reunions on a grand scale
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor demonstrate how family, good fortune, and a healthy appetite for risk can shape a lifeBlissful Thinking
Happiness research is all the rage. How understanding the origins of joy can improve the way we lead organizations—and our personal livesWhat We’re Reading
Novels and nonfiction for your summer book list
New Urban Order
Looking into the not-too-distant future of tomorrow’s sustainable citiesBreaking News
With a novel funding and ownership model, the National Trust for Local News offers a path to keep local newspapers in local hands—and sustained for the futureLaunch Codes
Hard-won insight on startup success—and failure—from veterans of the New Venture Competition
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Rescue & Recovery
In the wake of an abuse scandal and a clean sweep of leadership at Mercy Corps, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna gets the humanitarian aid organization back to the business of helping othersWhat's the Word?
The business ideas and trends that generated buzz in 2021—and could define 2022New Wave
Tapping the power of tides and waves to help power the planet is an attractive concept, but marine-energy companies have long been held back by issues ranging from the financial to the mechanical. Now the movement is finally starting to crest.
Growing Home
Yoshito Hori is revitalizing his hometown—and hoping to inspire other entrepreneurs to do the sameMy Pandemic Pivot
Alumni share the personal and professional changes they’ve made during COVIDIn the Hot Seat
Wisdom, war stories, and what’s next for global business from former GE CEO Jeff Immelt
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
Recipients of the School’s highest honor talk about the challenges, decision points, and takeaways that make a successful career—and a life well livedThe Path Ahead
Dean Datar answers alumni questions about his vision for the future of the SchoolMy Pandemic Year
A view from the HBS campus, in the words and drawings of one student
Next Normal
What working from home has taught us—and what we still need to learnLeading with Heart
How personal tragedy shaped the empathetic management style of Panera CEO Niren ChaudharyMy Favorite Case
Alumni reflect on the class discussions and case protagonists that indelibly shaped their lives and careers
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Nine Ways to Have a Better 2021
HBS faculty and alumni offer nine strategies to put you over the top, whatever the year ahead may hold.Out of the Valley
A special Skydeck miniseries explores how frontier markets are defining the future of innovationIn Review
Nitin Nohria reflects on his decade at the helm—and how the School has coped with the pandemic
The Race for a Vaccine
As the world watches—and waits—Moderna and other vaccine makers are sprinting to create a safe, effective means of shutting down the coronavirus. Can their record-breaking work be a template for combatting future pandemics?Comeback Trail
What history can teach us about navigating the economy’s post-COVID recoveryWe Rise
HBS alumnae and faculty weigh in on what it would take to close venture capital’s long-standing gender gap
Post-Office
Associate Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury and Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar on the long-term lessons of the global remote-work momentMeal Plan
Inspire Brands Chief Growth Officer Christian Charnaux and investor Keith Pascal of Act III Holdings trade perspectives on the restaurant industry with Senior Lecturer Lena Goldberg and Visiting Lecturer Michael KaufmanPrognosis
Professor Robert S. Huckman and Peter Slavin, president of Massachusetts General Hospital, on how the pandemic will transform the delivery of careHomeschooled
Senior Lecturer John Kim and Khan Academy Founder and CEO Sal Khan on the pandemic’s impact on the future of education
Phoenix Rising
After four years of populism and a decade of economic crisis, Greece’s new prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is promising a new path to prosperityTeachable Moments
In his highly personal new book, HBS professor Tom DeLong draws on more than 40 years of teaching and managing to connect the classroom, the boardroom, and lessons in leadershipGreen Light
How an unlikely farmer is plotting the future of food
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John McArthur
A look back at his life and legacyBridging the Gap
How can business, civic, and nonprofit leaders work together to bring shared prosperity to America’s communities? The HBS Young American Leaders Program is jump-starting that conversation—and inspiring collaborative innovation in cities across the USThe 19 Musts of 2019
HBS alumni and faculty authors, podcasters, and digital denizens on the year’s most necessary books, podcasts, and appsRemix
How the #MeToo movement cracked Drew Dixon’s life wide open—then helped put it back together again
Deep Dive
No one had been to the bottom of all five oceans, until Victor Vescovo—with his passion for adventure, level-headed focus, and MBA know-how—made it a missionLevel Up
Four trends that will define the future of sportsHollywood Ending
A titan of technology caps off her career on the ground floor of a startup, taking one big bet on a very small screen
A More Perfect Union
America’s faith in democracy is fading. Daniella Ballou-Aares is leading a group of alumni in an ambitious effort to restore itAlumni Achievement Awards 2019
This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor reflect on the passions, insights, and chance encounters that have shaped their personal and professional lives.City on a Hill
There’s no silver bullet for economic recovery in Appalachia. It’s going to take a whole new ecosystem—which is just what Geoff Marietta has built
The Merchant of Osaka
A demographic time bomb is squeezing Japan’s economy from all sides and threatening the future of its health care system. Kanoko Oishi has bet her career that she can help defuse the situation—with solutions that sound more like a whisper than a boomThe Fight Beyond
James Holt Green was sent to lead a secret mission in 1944 that the United States thought could end World War II. When the plan fell apart, a new challenge began: survive the Slovakian wilderness—and keep up the fightThe One That Got Away
VCs confess their biggest whiff—and what it taught them
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Tomorrow, Transformed
A vision of HBS in the 21st centurySource Code
Donna Dubinsky has made a career leading tech revolutions. Her latest and most ambitious: reinventing artificial intelligence—by reverse engineering the human brainHard Choices
The importance of thoughtful deliberation—and its implications for the future of capitalismLesson Plan
After serving alongside senior US Treasury officials during the financial crisis and advising clients at Goldman Sachs, Paige Gebhardt Cognetti took on her hardest challenge: the Scranton School Board. Can she help turn it around before it’s too late?
Havana Rising
Megumi Gordon and the impossible adventure of building a business in Cuba’s ascendant private sectorMoving Pictures
Screenwriter Josh Singer always wanted to do good in the world. So how did he end up in Hollywood?After the Fall
HBS faculty on the causes of the 2008 global financial crisis—and how to prevent the next one
The Long Run
What happens when the unstoppable force of Jim Langford meets a seemingly immovable object: Georgia’s crippling opioid crisisUp by the Roots
Inside New York City’s push to become a global fintech capital—and what its ascent can teach other citiesAlumni Achievement Awards
Meet the 2018 recipients of the School’s highest honor––business leaders who are truly making a difference.
Every Trick in the Book
What it takes to reinvent the bookstore for the age of AmazonMaking Sense of the Modern Startup
How Bill Sahlman invented Entrepreneurial Finance
The Founding
of AASUFour alumni recall the forces and factors that drove them to
found the African American Student Union
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Year in Review 2017
From manufacturing to energy to health care, alumni experts weigh in on the new developments every business leader needs to understand. Plus: HBS faculty on what happens next with electric cars, mobile banking, the shopping mall, and moreYoga Inc.
How far can yoga stretch beyond its spiritual roots?Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
The McDonald’s turnaround isn’t about reinvention—
it’s about remembering what made the Golden Arches
a global icon in the first place
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
Esports claims to be bigger than basketball—and one day soon it may beHistory’s Lessons
Professor Nancy Koehn uses the perspective of time to tell the stories
of ordinary people who, despite the odds, achieved extraordinary thingsCity of Dreams
In the midst of a post-conflict revival, Sri Lanka’s capital has big plans for its future. Enter one visionary—part dreamer, part pragmatist—with the soft power skills to make them a reality
Supercharged
Is the electric car finally on the road to mass-market adoption?Life in Lockdown
Twenty-four hours inside Startup Lockdown,
a student-run crash course in entrepreneurshipSix Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
Meet the recipients of the School's highest honor
A Summit Higher Than Everest
In 1931, MBA student Terris Moore took a leave of absence from HBS to venture to the remote western edge of China—one of the few remaining “blank areas of the map.” His objective: to scale the great Minya Konka, height unknownBig Blue’s Big Bet
IBM Watson is redefining the legendary tech company—and every industry it touchesThe Middle Way
How Wally Eamer helped broker a historic peace in the forests of British Columbia
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The Year in Books 2016
Alumni Authors on the ShelvesThe Dragon’s Tale
Professor Warren McFarlan on China’s ascent
from famine and revolution to global economicprominence—
and where it goes from hereVive la Madeleine!
How vision, perseverance, and many blocks of real Normandy butter created a new model for French manufacturing
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
How two alumni-founded on-demand ride services are disrupting traffic in the world’s most congested cityHow We Make
It Work Scenes, suggestions, and strategies from alumni combining careers and family lifeCode name: Miesiąc
Waldemar Maj (MBA 1996) was a key figure in the underground publishing movement that helped topple Poland’s Communist government. Now he has another message for the world: Never forget the power of free speech
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
We’re losing the war against hackers, and it’s costing business billions. Alumni cybersecurity experts tell us how we can turn the tide2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
Reflections and insights from recipients of the School’s highest honorAgain in a
Great City Detroit—on the other side of the country’s largest municipal bankruptcy—suddenly looks like a good investment. Developer Peter Cummings (OPM 13, 1988) takes us on a tour of the city’s real estate revival
David Moss is Rewriting History
Can one HBS professor change how American history is taught in high schools?The New Space Race
Touting everything from asteroid mining to shoebox-sized satellites, a new generation of space entrepreneurs is taking the search for the next big thing to the farthest reaches of the galaxyOn Credit
A Baker Library collection tracks the historical evolution of American commerce, one debtor at a time
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The Year in Ideas 2015
Dozens of new, useful (and sometimes surprising) business insights from the HBS communityGolden State of Mind
Tim Draper’s eccentricities have led him to some of his biggest wins in venture capital. Can they help him in his fight to reboot the entire state of California?The Adventures of Amy Chu
An illustrated journey from the corporate world to Comic-Con
The Business of Love
In search of the perfect dating appThe Protagonist Goes Prime Time
How HBS is bringing the case method into the digital eraThe ‘F’ Word
Failure. No one likes it, yet everyone experiences it—even the high-achieving graduates of a certain business school.Built for Speed
Jay Rogers set out to start a car company. He may have launched an industrial revolution, too.
Screen Grab
An inside look at how HBS alumni are redefining TV and changing what and how we watchHigher Ground
How Carlos Miguel Prieto (MBA 1992) conducted a post-Katrina comeback for the Louisiana Philharmonic OrchestraThe Military and the MBA
Alumni on the intersection of business and service
Warrior Spirit
In and out of the ring with martial arts mogul Chatri Sityodtong (MBA 1999)Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
How the HBS community is taking on the tech industry’s “brogrammer” CEO stereotype.A Boomtown's Echo
The effects of the American energy boom, in North Dakota and beyond
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Good Investments
Make money by helping the poor? That’s the promise of a new brand of socially conscious investors. They just need a few true believers—and a few big wins—to bring their vision to the masses.Front-Row Seat
How David Bradley (MBA 1977) turned a floundering magazine into a flourishing multimedia empireFashion's Retail Revolution
The alumni trendsetters who are changing how we shop and what we wear
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
Meet the recipients of the School's highest honorAfghanistan’s Hope and Light
Can Karim Khoja's communications revolution help save a country from collapse?Groundwork
How HBS tradition inspires the design of a next-generation academic environmentAll For One
In her new book, HBS Professor Linda Hill shows that when it comes to innovation, the most successful leaders don’t push a vision—they help others push theirs
Screen Saver
Gerry Lopez has scripted a Hollywood-style comeback for AMC theatres with a single-minded focus on the customerWhat’s Next
As The HBS Campaign kicks off,
alumni ask Dean Nohria their
most pressing questions about
the future of the School.Ready for Takeoff
Claudia Sender’s punch list: Manage a merger, figure out how to serve a whole new consumer class, and—oh yeah—the World Cup.
Generation Next
How Nisa Godrej is remaking her family's storied Indian business dynastyMy HBS Eureka Moment
Alumni share their moments of inspiration—dramatic and otherwiseThe Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
In one of West Africa's most turbulent countries, HBS alumni entrepreneurs are harnessing the extraordinary power of subsistence farmers.
Can they kick-start a green revolution?
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Curing Health Care
Set on improving the health care industry's prognosis, several HBS alumni and faculty are pushing the medical and business boundaries with fixes that range from the technical to the biological.Your Own Medicine
Three years ago, Gene Williams (MBA 1987) helped two parents set up a drug company to save their son's life. Their new patient-driven drug development blueprint may just end up saving the pharmaceutical industry too.Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
The world's premier league of spectacle and sport has an ambitious plan for growth. But some formidable challenges—everything from player safety to globalization—are standing in the way.
Passion & Purpose
Alumni Achievement Awards 2013Leading the Way
Nohria and Hess on preparing the School to meet the challenges of a changing worldWho Are We?
Who are the HBS alumni? Here are a few of the stories behind the stats.The First Scrum
Fifty years ago, two Scotsmen started an HBS rugby team to help relieve the stress of studies. A look back at one of the School's most storied traditions.
Five Bright Ideas
From pushing the envelope to updating the tried and true, HBS alumni are influencing the way education does businessLesson Plans
Alumni working in every corner of education weigh in on the best path forwardMinding The Gap
An innovative HBS/HGSE project designed to help advance urban school achievement marks a decade of progress
Sizing Up Social Impact
Quantifying results in the social sector comes down to the tricky work of measuring social goodA Healthy Profit
How do you make health care for the poor affordable and self-sustaining? Make public health delivery commercially viableMaking Change
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows are putting the HBS mission into actionBringing It Back Home
Nonprofit leaders and HBS faculty alike benefit from the virtuous circle that is the Strategic Perspectives program.Opening the Door
Regina Herzlinger charted the course for HBS's tenured female faculty
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The Accidental Pioneers
The School's early female graduates never intended to be trailblazers.From Where We Stand
Alumnae reflect on their lives, careers, and leadership50 Years & Counting
Women, Work, and HBS
HBS faculty are researching executive-suite challenges faced by women, to hasten the day when such gender-based inquiry is unnecessary.Rival Visions
Hamilton, Gallatin, and the Financing of America
High Honors
Meet the 2012 Alumni Achievement Award recipientsWhat’s the Big Idea?
Five current research efforts are adding to HBS’s history of game-changing impact on business practiceIdeas in Action
New ideas from HBS faculty have immediate application in the workplace or in your own careerOn a Sound Track
It takes a special kind of CEO to run a company that thrives on cool.... Just ask Jeremy Andrus (MBA 2002), head of Skullcandy.The School of Life
In the year’s final class, an HBS professor speaks from the heart to his graduating students. Now his message is resonating with a far larger audience.
Around the World
How HBS embraced globalization and transformed its research and teachingStraight to the Heart
Matchmaker and best-selling author Rachel Greenwald wrote the book on finding loveMade in the USA
Meet two entrepreneurs who confronted competitive challenges—and won
Where Innovation Rules
HBS alumni bring creative approaches to problem-solving to power their companies’ successesThe Accidental Innovator
Sal Khan is building a one-room schoolhouse for the worldGet Creative
5 Ways to Make Your Company More InnovativePutting Ghosts to Rest
How cows and co-ops are paving the way for genuine reconciliation in Rwanda
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Li & Fung's Global Footprint
Leadership lessons from an exporting powerhouseMaking the Case for Leadership
Five alumni protagonists step out from the pages of HBS case studies to share their experiences and ideas about the successful exercise of leadership.Reimagining the MBA
HBS Charts a New Course for Educating 21st-Century LeadersWelcome to the Future
New HBS classroom “hives” and the Harvard Innovation Lab thrust students into a bold experiment in learning and collaborative work.
Extraordinary People
Meet the 2011 Alumni Achievement Award recipientsThe City Solution
With urban areas already home to half the world’s people and with billions more residents on the way, making cities successful is key to the planet’s environmental and societal well-being.Water for Life
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (MBA ’87) helped to transform Manila’s rundown metropolitan water system from an inefficient public utility into a model public-private partnership.Green Day
From grass-fueled power plants to carbon-negative cement, HBS alumni are working to put the “green” in green business.The Spangler Effect
When its doors swung open on January 22, 2001, the Spangler Center instantly transformed life on campus. Ten years later, it’s hard to imagine the HBS community without it.
The House that Howard Built
Howard Stevenson and entrepreneurship at HBSThe Best-Laid Plans
Veterans of the HBS Business Plan Contest share their war stories about the roller-coaster ride of entrepreneurship. Fifteen years old and going strong, the contest continues to inspire a new generation of start-ups.Where Conservation Means Business
In the Baker Library Historical Collections’basement conservation lab, yesterday’s ledgers are tomorrow’s research materialsDowntime
Ever wonder what HBS professors read over the summer break? We put that question to several faculty members and got some interesting answers. Read on.Mr. Start-Up
Mike Cassidy (MBA ’91) has launched and sold four tech companies since graduating from HBS. Now, at Google, he’s having even greater impact.
The Path to Economic Revival
America Needs an Economic Strategy to Put Innovation Back on TrackJames McNerney Jr.
Chairman, President, & CEO, The Boeing CompanyThe Rankings Game
You have to know how it’s played to make sense of how leading publications evaluate business schoolsLocal Hero
Rescued and revived by president and limited partner Larry Baer, the San Francisco Giants brought home baseball’s biggest prize last season, the World Series trophy.
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Ilene Lang
President & CEO, CatalystHow to Survive Past Start-up
Hard-Won Lessons from Three Class of 1998 MBAs Who’ve Been There, Done ThatThe Transformers
An HBS professor and Bain’s worldwide managing director teamed up to show nonprofits and foundations how to bridge the gap between good intentions and real, measurable impact.This Is What I Do
The roles are different, the passion is the same. Meet three HBS alumni who are upending traditional ways of doing things, improving people’s lives, and setting new standards in their fields.
RX for Change
Health-care reform is more than a policy debate — it’s a managerial challenge that can have life-or-death consequences. A new Executive Education program targets leaders working on the frontlines.Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
He foresees an exciting period of innovation for the School and the field of management educationFair Trade
Appearance, Attraction, and the Monetization of Allure
Michael Depatie
CEO & President, Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant GroupMBAs on a Mission
For nine years, the HBS Leadership Fellows program has helped MBAs launch careers with nonprofit and public-sector organizations — a win-win for everyone involved.$how Me the Money
Working in the global financial system’s shadowy corners, Raymond Baker is on a mission to curtail corruption and bring the world’s illegally hidden wealth to light.M.I.A. Boards
Pervasive negligence by boards of directors is ruining American business. New government regulations can help set things right, but ultimately improved board performance is up to shareholders and companies.
Money Matters
How two HBS classmates ditched their corporate jobs, launched a financial services advisory business for India’s growing middle class, and turned the worst global recession in decades into a blessing in disguise.Eric Schiffer
CEO, 99¢ Only StoresSole Mates
At any given moment around the world, some twenty countries and territories are likely to be populated by just one HBS graduate. The Bulletin recently checked in with several such solitary alums, and here’s what they report.Lords of Strategy
Inventing Business’s Great Game
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Robert Goodwin
CEO, Executives Without BordersThe Fab Four
They all live for the risky, adrenaline-fueled rush of building a new business, but this year’s Entrepreneurs-in-Residence each bring a different (and very personal) take on that experience to HBS.One Man Crime Wave
John D. MacDonald’s American NoirUp on the Green Roof
Shad’s new living roof shows how even the most inhospitable environments can be transformed into models of sustainability.
Rich Wilson
Educator, SailorOver the Top
What’s Wrong with Executive Pay?
Cynthia Carroll
Chief Executive, Anglo American plcToo Big To Fail
Four little words have cost U.S. taxpayers dearly in government bailouts of once-mighty Wall Street firms. Congress can put an end to such costly rescues. But will it enact the regulatory cure that’s required?
Damon Silvers
Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIOModel Patient
Massachusetts’s landmark health-care reform law is drawing the attention of many observers, including the Obama administration. Could it work on a national scale?Your Taxi Is Waiting
Will a new category of “very light jets” shake up the business of flying? These HBS entrepreneurs hope so. A look at the ups and downs of developing a new industry in a turbulent economy.
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A Force for Good
John McArthur’s impact extends far beyond his fifteen years as HBS DeanSeth Klarman
President, The Baupost Group
The Levitt Brand
Scary. Generous. Funny. Wordsmith. Visionary. Provocateur.Mara Aspinall
Genzyme Corporation; Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBalanced Equation
Leaders & Innovators at Work & at EaseBuilding a Better MBA
The MBA is the most popular advanced degree on the planet. So why are many business schools scrambling to fix what a chorus of critics claim is badly broken? And where does that leave HBS?
Kash Rangan
Cofounder of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, Director of ResearchTeam MBA
What’s on the minds of the School’s newest alumni? We passed the mike to six members of the Class of 2008 to get their thoughts on collaborative learning and what life is really like at HBS.A Binary Formula
Leadership for Science-Based CompaniesThe Prophet of Start-Ups
An unlikely HBS professor pioneers modern venture capital
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
Partner, Accel PartnersInnovation, Inc.
Three HBS professors share their most recent research on creativity, that seemingly rare flower with a very real role in getting new ventures off the ground, reinventing existing businesses, and creating productive work environments.
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Lighten Up
How two East Coast HBS alums went West to launch a radical, lightweight outdoor gear business and struck an innovative deal with an industry heavyweight.Mead Treadwell
Chairman, U.S. Arctic Research CommissionThe Wise Men
Four Legendary HBS Professors on the School’s Past and Future
Ali Allawi
Former Minister of Defense and Finance in Post-Saddam Iraq
Steve Schwarzman
Chairman and CEO, The Blackstone GroupUp from the Ashes
The Life and Thought of Joseph SchumpeterProfiles from the class of 2007
Stepping Out
Daniel Vasella
Chairman and CEO of Novartis AGThe Plight of the Global Poor
Is it any business of business?Security Chief
Louis Parker firmly believes in taking risks. Ironically, that trait landed him the top spot at GE’s nearly $2 billion security business.
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One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
President and CEO, Crispin Porter + BoguskyInside Intel
The Art of Andy GroveThe Hard Way
Nothing came easy for Sarina Russo, but that didn’t stop her from living her dream.
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
President and CEO, World Wildlife FundDown the Memory Chute
WAC, WOC, and Doing the Write ThingLight Years Ahead
Jay Light, the School’s ninth Dean, talks about program innovation, faculty development, and the impact of globalization.Street Singer
Carla Ann Harris has the chops, whether she’s performing at Carnegie Hall or managing an IPO.
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
CEO, Oreck Corporation, Home of the Oreck XL 8 lb. Upright VacuumProfiles from the Class of 2006
Diversity & AmbitionIndia Arrives
Economic reforms and a young, entrepreneurial workforce have lifted India into the global economy and raised its hopes for social development. HBS alumni talk about doing business in a country that has captured the world’s imagination.A Capital Asset
With years of stellar service in key government and nonprofit posts, Bonnie Cohen is highly esteemed in Washington and beyond as a manager who gets things done.
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
Representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic InfluenzaDrive-In Nation
Judgment Day for the U.S. Auto Industry?The Producers
What’s it like to make movies in Hollywood outside the big-budget studios? A handful of independent producers talk about the risky but rewarding business of working in the film industry as it confronts new economic and technological realities.The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
Nearly thirty years ago, Gary Rogers barely scraped together the $14K he needed to invest in a struggling Bay Area ice-cream company. Today, it’s a $2 billion global business. This is no “plain vanilla” success story.
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One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
Vice Chairman, Marvel Entertainment, Inc.Baker’s back
After a two-year renovation and expansion, Baker Library is open for business. Take a step inside the School’s intellectual and physical center—a well-crafted balance of past, present, and future
Making History, Starting Over
Sir Ronald Cohen pioneered venture capital investing in Europe. Now he plans to do the same with social investing.One-on-One with Thomas Riley
U.S. Ambassador to Morocco
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax ReformDo You Speak Business?
Global Management Norms in a Cross-Cultural WorldBringing Hope to a Violent Land
For JoAnna Van Gerpen, UNICEF’s Sudan Representative, supporting the health, education, and well-being of impoverished children is a labor of love.
Answering the Call
Classic Cases Live On at HBSVenture Capital’s Comeback
Since the tech meltdown in 2001, venture-capital partnerships have trimmed staff, scaled back the size of funds, and gotten back to the basics of investing. For the top firms, business is looking up.In the Blood
Robert Clay goes the distance as owner of Three Chimneys Farm, a Thoroughbred horse farm in the heart of Bluegrass Country.
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Retirement's Changing Face
Five alumni talk about life goals, choices, and the pursuit of balanceA Life by Design
When it comes to product innovation, Ivy Ross thinks most companies don’t know what they’re doing. Perhaps they should follow her lead.
Across HBS Generations
Reunion Profiles Span the DecadesPromise & Perils
China TodayAmerican Dream
Ted Hustead earns his spurs as the third-generation steward of Wall Drug, the West’s quirkiest tourist mecca.
Life Lessons
Profiles from the Class of 2004Luxe Redux
Alumni talk about brand management
in a high-risk, high-reward marketWorking the Street
MBA Cop Kurt Timken
New Horizons for Iraq
HBS alumni and students have played important roles in the successful military campaign and ongoing rebuilding effort in Iraq. Here, in their own words, they describe their experiences and offer thoughts on what may lie aheadDerek Ferguson
Bad Boy’s Good ManToy Story
The educational toy market teaches serious lessons about competition
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Business Answers the Call
Managerial Expertise Aids Education ReformRoger Ullman: Going Green with E2
Another in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have embarked on second careers.Rural Renewal
A Profile of Torrey ReadeAn Authentic Leader
A Q&A with Bill George
These Are the Good Old Days
Anne Moore and Her Classmates from 1978 Assess the Last 25 YearsGlobalization Revisited
Highlights from an HBS Colloquium
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Heidi BrooksUp Against The Firewall
Managers and Cyber Security
All in a Day's Work
On the Job with 2 from '02Inside the Revolution
The Life Sciences Project at HBS
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The Campaign for Harvard Business School
HBS Giving at All-Time HighBad Times for Business
Trouble in Corporate America
View from the Top
HBS professor Carl Kester discusses leadership with five of his classmates — chief executives from the Class of 1977Distinct Yet of a Piece
Profiles from the Class of 1977What's Cookin'
Four Views from the Frontlines of the Food Industry
Back in Business
HBS Alumni and New York City's RecoveryPamela Thomas Graham
Making News at CNBC
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Finding Their Way
Profiles from the Class of 1976A Janus-Faced Reflection
So, what are we going to do with the next 25 years?Making a World of Difference
Alan Slifka's Venture PhilanthropyQ&A: Orin Smith
Brewing Success at Starbucks
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
A Long Road of LearningQ&A: Donna Dubinsky
The Whole World in Her Handheld
New Ventures New Gains
HBS Business Plan Contest ThrivingBeyond Accommodation
Jim Gibbons Blazes a TrailQ&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
Practicing What HBR Preaches
Drilling Down
Beyond the headline-making mergers of corporate conglomerates, small, specialized oil and gas companies find their niche.The Doctor Is In
Peter Slavin and the Art and Science of Medicine -
Latin America's Decade
Business and the Challenge of DevelopmentVivek Ranadivé
Driving the Information Bus
The Class of 1975 in Review
Reflections by Hans StummThe Entrepreneurial Venture
A ConversationNew and Improved
Profiles from the Class of '75Laura Scher of Working Assets
Sharing the WealthQ & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
Tackling a brave new world
Going Public
The Class of 2000 GraduatesThe Business of Biotech
Between the lab and the boardroom, biotech companies seek success in a future of dizzying possibilitiesQ & A: Gustavo Herrero
Executive Director, HBS Latin American Research Center
Getting the Message
How the Internet is Changing AdvertisingA Place in the Sun
The Business and Pleasure of Travel and Leisure
No Place Like Home
America's Housing Crisis and Its Impact on BusinessFinancial Services 24/7
The Emergence of Online BankingJerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
In an age of overnight e-commerce millionaires, one HBS entrepreneur is savoring the satisfaction of building a business the hard way. -
Pearson Hunt
Editor, 1942-1946Dan Fenn
Editor, 1955-1961Ted Anthony
Editor, 1962-1981Jeff Cruikshank
Editor, 1981-1984Covering the Issues
Seventy-five Years of Bulletin ReportingThe Way You See It
A Survey of HBS Alumni on the History and Future of BusinessA Class Act
Reflections on 75 Years of Alumni NotesQ & A: Herb Kohl
Bucking the Trend
Winning Combinations
Six from the Class of 1999Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
Its phenomenal growth, based on its near-perfect fit with consumer needs and aspirations, has made the mutual fund one of this century's big success stories. How is it adapting to the age of the Internet and 21st century change?
An Eye to the East
HBS Inaugurates Asia-Pacific Research OfficeSpirit at Work
The Search for Deeper Meaning in the WorkplaceA Vibrant Brand
Keith Clinkscales takes Vibe Magazine to a New Level
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Overcapacity and the Global EconomyAll in the Family
New Research Sheds Light on the Tricky Business of Running a Family CompanyQ&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
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A Long and Winding Road
Reflections by 1973's Class SecretaryA Community Investment
Social Enterprise and the Class of 1973
High Honors
In May, the School's annual Alumni Achievement Award was conferred upon six alumni, while two faculty members received the HBS Distinguished Service Award. Profiles of the honorees follow.
Diversity and Community
Two award-winning companies, both led by HBS CEOs, are redefining notions of corporate leadership. They are demonstrating how proactive workforce and community initiatives can spark organizational renewal and heighten competitive advantage.
Running Up the Score
Growth and Turmoil in the Business of SportsWomen at the Top
Leaders gain—and demonstrate—strength at new HBS Exec Ed program
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Growing Together
HBS Initiative Fosters Social Enterprise in Business and the CommunityBanking on HBS
World Bank Executive Development Program
Doing Something Real
A Classmate's Reflections on the Occasion of 1972's 25th ReunionHigh Fives
Five of the many prominent figures in the finance field from the Class of 1972 get personal and prophetic.
Quick Studies
Six Profiles from the Class of 1997Blockbuster Deals
Mergers and Acquisitions Make a Comeback
Doing It Your Way
The what, where, & how of entrepreneurship in the '90s -
Entrepreneurship at HBS
A Message from Dean ClarkStarting Up and Starting Over
HBS Entrepreneurship in the Postwar World
Lasting Impressions
Steve Belkin, Eve Benton, Mike Feeley, Ed Mathias, and Joe O'Donnell—five classmates who know their class well—share their impressions of the life and times of the Class of 1971.
Keepers of the Flame
HBS's Olympic OrganizersClass Acts
Six MBA 1996 Standouts
Technology for Learning's Sake
A strong tradition of technological innovation in the HBS curriculum takes a dramatic leap forward as cutting-edge computer technology brings real-life business situations to the desktop.Stewards of the Seventh Generation
Can being environmentally conscious makes good economic sense as well as good ecological sense? While the experts debate, four alumni demonstrate.
Select a Year
Next Level
How Sarah Bond (MBA 2006) is taking on the culture—and the future success—of the gaming industry
Back to School
Sharpen your pencils and get ready to learn something new as alumni share their passions (and some pointers) to help us expand our skill sets
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
The recipients of the School’s highest honor come from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences but share a few outstanding traits: fearless curiosity, a clear sense of self, and a powerful commitment to community.
Conducting Business
Remembering the captivating classroom orchestration of Professor Dick Vancil
Again and Again
How rituals help us create order from chaos, affect performance, and ascribe meaning to the mundane details of our personal and professional lives
Quantum Leap
Quantum computing has revolutionary potential, but it’s been stuck in the lab. John Levy thinks his startup has a way to make it an accessible superpower for business—and he is racing tech’s biggest names to make a long-promised future a reality.
The War Within
How three HBS alumni are helping Ukrainians process their trauma—and prepare for a rebuild
Game On
As investors pile into pickleball’s gold-rush moment, Brian McCarthy is looking to build a business that can keep its bounce
In Harmony
Born in Korea, Michael Kim spent his formative years in the US. As his novel ‘Offerings’ heads for the big screen, Asia’s “godfather of private equity” reflects on time, legacy, duty, and the unexpected connections between fiction and finance.
The Imposter Among Us
The uneasy truth about faking it, making it, and sometimes feeling like a phony
Wide Horizon
In the wake of his son’s autism diagnosis, investor John Rodakis found a research landscape with too few people chasing too few ideas. Now he is working to reshape the field to find breakthrough treatments.
Thinking Ahead
Eight new ideas for 2024
Solving for Z
Gen Z workers are in high demand—and they know it. Our three alumni experts explain how companies can recruit and retain the next generation.
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
How genealogy research grew from a hobbyist project into a multibillion-dollar industry
That Was Then, This Is Now
For more than 20 years, the HBS Portrait Project has captured a moment in time for graduating MBAs. We asked five alumni to revisit their hopes and dreams
Curb Appeal
Can Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) clean up New York City in her role as commissioner of the Department of Sanitation?
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
As leaders across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, this year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor demonstrate the powerful combination of strong values, fearless risk-taking, and a clear sense of self
Finding PRIDE
Former members of the LGBTQ+ student club reflect on their experiences on campus and in business over the decades—and the lifelong power of community
Clearing the Air
Faculty and alumni on the opportunity—and necessity—of carbon capture technology
Free Spirits
With celebrity backers, splashy investments, and a bevy of tasty new products, the non-alcoholic drink shelf is the new life of the party
Step Change
When she came back to Egypt five years ago, investor Amal Enan embraced the chaos—and found a path to impact her country’s future
Full Court Press
With a $1 billion valuation, a group of high-profile investors, an aggressive growth plan, and a mission to create deep economic and social change, NBA Africa is shooting for a continental shift in basketball
Singing to the Corn
Taylor Keen’s Sacred Seed project shows how a Native American approach to agriculture can protect the planet’s soil—one garden at a time
Future Vision
Dean Srikant Datar reflects on his first two years leading HBS and outlines the strategies that will shape the School’s future
My First Job
The mistakes and memorable moments from our earliest experiences in the working world
Up on the Corner
How Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo’s community-first approach to developing a historically vibrant section of Baltimore can offer a blueprint for reviving neighborhoods across the globe
Ready for Departure
Preparing for a post-pandemic comeback at the airport
Open Market
Robinhood COO Gretchen Howard on the deep impact of a new generation of investors—and what happens when finance becomes a common language
Happy Returns
HBS celebrates reunions on a grand scale
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor demonstrate how family, good fortune, and a healthy appetite for risk can shape a life
Blissful Thinking
Happiness research is all the rage. How understanding the origins of joy can improve the way we lead organizations—and our personal lives
What We’re Reading
Novels and nonfiction for your summer book list
New Urban Order
Looking into the not-too-distant future of tomorrow’s sustainable cities
Breaking News
With a novel funding and ownership model, the National Trust for Local News offers a path to keep local newspapers in local hands—and sustained for the future
Launch Codes
Hard-won insight on startup success—and failure—from veterans of the New Venture Competition
Rescue & Recovery
In the wake of an abuse scandal and a clean sweep of leadership at Mercy Corps, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna gets the humanitarian aid organization back to the business of helping others
What's the Word?
The business ideas and trends that generated buzz in 2021—and could define 2022
New Wave
Tapping the power of tides and waves to help power the planet is an attractive concept, but marine-energy companies have long been held back by issues ranging from the financial to the mechanical. Now the movement is finally starting to crest.
Growing Home
Yoshito Hori is revitalizing his hometown—and hoping to inspire other entrepreneurs to do the same
My Pandemic Pivot
Alumni share the personal and professional changes they’ve made during COVID
In the Hot Seat
Wisdom, war stories, and what’s next for global business from former GE CEO Jeff Immelt
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
Recipients of the School’s highest honor talk about the challenges, decision points, and takeaways that make a successful career—and a life well lived
The Path Ahead
Dean Datar answers alumni questions about his vision for the future of the School
My Pandemic Year
A view from the HBS campus, in the words and drawings of one student
Next Normal
What working from home has taught us—and what we still need to learn
Leading with Heart
How personal tragedy shaped the empathetic management style of Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary
My Favorite Case
Alumni reflect on the class discussions and case protagonists that indelibly shaped their lives and careers
Nine Ways to Have a Better 2021
HBS faculty and alumni offer nine strategies to put you over the top, whatever the year ahead may hold.
Out of the Valley
A special Skydeck miniseries explores how frontier markets are defining the future of innovation
In Review
Nitin Nohria reflects on his decade at the helm—and how the School has coped with the pandemic
The Race for a Vaccine
As the world watches—and waits—Moderna and other vaccine makers are sprinting to create a safe, effective means of shutting down the coronavirus. Can their record-breaking work be a template for combatting future pandemics?
Comeback Trail
What history can teach us about navigating the economy’s post-COVID recovery
We Rise
HBS alumnae and faculty weigh in on what it would take to close venture capital’s long-standing gender gap
Post-Office
Associate Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury and Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar on the long-term lessons of the global remote-work moment
Meal Plan
Inspire Brands Chief Growth Officer Christian Charnaux and investor Keith Pascal of Act III Holdings trade perspectives on the restaurant industry with Senior Lecturer Lena Goldberg and Visiting Lecturer Michael Kaufman
Prognosis
Professor Robert S. Huckman and Peter Slavin, president of Massachusetts General Hospital, on how the pandemic will transform the delivery of care
Homeschooled
Senior Lecturer John Kim and Khan Academy Founder and CEO Sal Khan on the pandemic’s impact on the future of education
Phoenix Rising
After four years of populism and a decade of economic crisis, Greece’s new prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is promising a new path to prosperity
Teachable Moments
In his highly personal new book, HBS professor Tom DeLong draws on more than 40 years of teaching and managing to connect the classroom, the boardroom, and lessons in leadership
Green Light
How an unlikely farmer is plotting the future of food
John McArthur
A look back at his life and legacy
Bridging the Gap
How can business, civic, and nonprofit leaders work together to bring shared prosperity to America’s communities? The HBS Young American Leaders Program is jump-starting that conversation—and inspiring collaborative innovation in cities across the US
The 19 Musts of 2019
HBS alumni and faculty authors, podcasters, and digital denizens on the year’s most necessary books, podcasts, and apps
Remix
How the #MeToo movement cracked Drew Dixon’s life wide open—then helped put it back together again
Deep Dive
No one had been to the bottom of all five oceans, until Victor Vescovo—with his passion for adventure, level-headed focus, and MBA know-how—made it a mission
Level Up
Four trends that will define the future of sports
Hollywood Ending
A titan of technology caps off her career on the ground floor of a startup, taking one big bet on a very small screen
A More Perfect Union
America’s faith in democracy is fading. Daniella Ballou-Aares is leading a group of alumni in an ambitious effort to restore it
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor reflect on the passions, insights, and chance encounters that have shaped their personal and professional lives.
City on a Hill
There’s no silver bullet for economic recovery in Appalachia. It’s going to take a whole new ecosystem—which is just what Geoff Marietta has built
The Merchant of Osaka
A demographic time bomb is squeezing Japan’s economy from all sides and threatening the future of its health care system. Kanoko Oishi has bet her career that she can help defuse the situation—with solutions that sound more like a whisper than a boom
The Fight Beyond
James Holt Green was sent to lead a secret mission in 1944 that the United States thought could end World War II. When the plan fell apart, a new challenge began: survive the Slovakian wilderness—and keep up the fight
The One That Got Away
VCs confess their biggest whiff—and what it taught them
Tomorrow, Transformed
A vision of HBS in the 21st century
Source Code
Donna Dubinsky has made a career leading tech revolutions. Her latest and most ambitious: reinventing artificial intelligence—by reverse engineering the human brain
Hard Choices
The importance of thoughtful deliberation—and its implications for the future of capitalism
Lesson Plan
After serving alongside senior US Treasury officials during the financial crisis and advising clients at Goldman Sachs, Paige Gebhardt Cognetti took on her hardest challenge: the Scranton School Board. Can she help turn it around before it’s too late?
Havana Rising
Megumi Gordon and the impossible adventure of building a business in Cuba’s ascendant private sector
Moving Pictures
Screenwriter Josh Singer always wanted to do good in the world. So how did he end up in Hollywood?
After the Fall
HBS faculty on the causes of the 2008 global financial crisis—and how to prevent the next one
The Long Run
What happens when the unstoppable force of Jim Langford meets a seemingly immovable object: Georgia’s crippling opioid crisis
Up by the Roots
Inside New York City’s push to become a global fintech capital—and what its ascent can teach other cities
Alumni Achievement Awards
Meet the 2018 recipients of the School’s highest honor––business leaders who are truly making a difference.
Every Trick in the Book
What it takes to reinvent the bookstore for the age of Amazon
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
How Bill Sahlman invented Entrepreneurial Finance
The Founding
of AASU
Four alumni recall the forces and factors that drove them to
found the African American Student Union
found the African American Student Union
Year in Review 2017
From manufacturing to energy to health care, alumni experts weigh in on the new developments every business leader needs to understand. Plus: HBS faculty on what happens next with electric cars, mobile banking, the shopping mall, and more
Yoga Inc.
How far can yoga stretch beyond its spiritual roots?
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
The McDonald’s turnaround isn’t about reinvention—
it’s about remembering what made the Golden Arches
a global icon in the first place
it’s about remembering what made the Golden Arches
a global icon in the first place
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
Esports claims to be bigger than basketball—and one day soon it may be
History’s Lessons
Professor Nancy Koehn uses the perspective of time to tell the stories
of ordinary people who, despite the odds, achieved extraordinary things
of ordinary people who, despite the odds, achieved extraordinary things
City of Dreams
In the midst of a post-conflict revival, Sri Lanka’s capital has big plans for its future. Enter one visionary—part dreamer, part pragmatist—with the soft power skills to make them a reality
Supercharged
Is the electric car finally on the road to mass-market adoption?
Life in Lockdown
Twenty-four hours inside Startup Lockdown,
a student-run crash course in entrepreneurship
a student-run crash course in entrepreneurship
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
Meet the recipients of the School's highest honor
A Summit Higher Than Everest
In 1931, MBA student Terris Moore took a leave of absence from HBS to venture to the remote western edge of China—one of the few remaining “blank areas of the map.” His objective: to scale the great Minya Konka, height unknown
Big Blue’s Big Bet
IBM Watson is redefining the legendary tech company—and every industry it touches
The Middle Way
How Wally Eamer helped broker a historic peace in the forests of British Columbia
The Year in Books 2016
Alumni Authors on the Shelves
The Dragon’s Tale
Professor Warren McFarlan on China’s ascent
from famine and revolution to global economicprominence—
and where it goes from here
from famine and revolution to global economic
and where it goes from here
Vive la Madeleine!
How vision, perseverance, and many blocks of real Normandy butter created a new model for French manufacturing
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
How two alumni-founded on-demand ride services are disrupting traffic in the world’s most congested city
How We Make It Work
Scenes, suggestions, and strategies from alumni combining careers and family life
Code name: Miesiąc
Waldemar Maj (MBA 1996) was a key figure in the underground publishing movement that helped topple Poland’s Communist government. Now he has another message for the world: Never forget the power of free speech
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
We’re losing the war against hackers, and it’s costing business billions. Alumni cybersecurity experts tell us how we can turn the tide
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
Reflections and insights from recipients of the School’s highest honor
Again in a Great City
Detroit—on the other side of the country’s largest municipal bankruptcy—suddenly looks like a good investment. Developer Peter Cummings (OPM 13, 1988) takes us on a tour of the city’s real estate revival
David Moss is Rewriting History
Can one HBS professor change how American history is taught in high schools?
The New Space Race
Touting everything from asteroid mining to shoebox-sized satellites, a new generation of space entrepreneurs is taking the search for the next big thing to the farthest reaches of the galaxy
On Credit
A Baker Library collection tracks the historical evolution of American commerce, one debtor at a time
The Year in Ideas 2015
Dozens of new, useful (and sometimes surprising) business insights from the HBS community
Golden State of Mind
Tim Draper’s eccentricities have led him to some of his biggest wins in venture capital. Can they help him in his fight to reboot the entire state of California?
The Adventures of Amy Chu
An illustrated journey from the corporate world to Comic-Con
The Business of Love
In search of the perfect dating app
The Protagonist Goes Prime Time
How HBS is bringing the case method into the digital era
The ‘F’ Word
Failure. No one likes it, yet everyone experiences it—even the high-achieving graduates of a certain business school.
Built for Speed
Jay Rogers set out to start a car company. He may have launched an industrial revolution, too.
Screen Grab
An inside look at how HBS alumni are redefining TV and changing what and how we watch
Higher Ground
How Carlos Miguel Prieto (MBA 1992) conducted a post-Katrina comeback for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
The Military and the MBA
Alumni on the intersection of business and service
Warrior Spirit
In and out of the ring with martial arts mogul Chatri Sityodtong (MBA 1999)
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
How the HBS community is taking on the tech industry’s “brogrammer” CEO stereotype.
A Boomtown's Echo
The effects of the American energy boom, in North Dakota and beyond
Good Investments
Make money by helping the poor? That’s the promise of a new brand of socially conscious investors. They just need a few true believers—and a few big wins—to bring their vision to the masses.
Front-Row Seat
How David Bradley (MBA 1977) turned a floundering magazine into a flourishing multimedia empire
Fashion's Retail Revolution
The alumni trendsetters who are changing how we shop and what we wear
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
Meet the recipients of the School's highest honor
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Can Karim Khoja's communications revolution help save a country from collapse?
Groundwork
How HBS tradition inspires the design of a next-generation academic environment
All For One
In her new book, HBS Professor Linda Hill shows that when it comes to innovation, the most successful leaders don’t push a vision—they help others push theirs
Screen Saver
Gerry Lopez has scripted a Hollywood-style comeback for AMC theatres with a single-minded focus on the customer
What’s Next
As The HBS Campaign kicks off,
alumni ask Dean Nohria their
most pressing questions about
the future of the School.
alumni ask Dean Nohria their
most pressing questions about
the future of the School.
Ready for Takeoff
Claudia Sender’s punch list: Manage a merger, figure out how to serve a whole new consumer class, and—oh yeah—the World Cup.
Generation Next
How Nisa Godrej is remaking her family's storied Indian business dynasty
My HBS Eureka Moment
Alumni share their moments of inspiration—dramatic and otherwise
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
In one of West Africa's most turbulent countries, HBS alumni entrepreneurs are harnessing the extraordinary power of subsistence farmers.
Can they kick-start a green revolution?
Can they kick-start a green revolution?
Curing Health Care
Set on improving the health care industry's prognosis, several HBS alumni and faculty are pushing the medical and business boundaries with fixes that range from the technical to the biological.
Your Own Medicine
Three years ago, Gene Williams (MBA 1987) helped two parents set up a drug company to save their son's life. Their new patient-driven drug development blueprint may just end up saving the pharmaceutical industry too.
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
The world's premier league of spectacle and sport has an ambitious plan for growth. But some formidable challenges—everything from player safety to globalization—are standing in the way.
Passion & Purpose
Alumni Achievement Awards 2013
Leading the Way
Nohria and Hess on preparing the School to meet the challenges of a changing world
Who Are We?
Who are the HBS alumni? Here are a few of the stories behind the stats.
The First Scrum
Fifty years ago, two Scotsmen started an HBS rugby team to help relieve the stress of studies. A look back at one of the School's most storied traditions.
Five Bright Ideas
From pushing the envelope to updating the tried and true, HBS alumni are influencing the way education does business
Lesson Plans
Alumni working in every corner of education weigh in on the best path forward
Minding The Gap
An innovative HBS/HGSE project designed to help advance urban school achievement marks a decade of progress
Sizing Up Social Impact
Quantifying results in the social sector comes down to the tricky work of measuring social good
A Healthy Profit
How do you make health care for the poor affordable and self-sustaining? Make public health delivery commercially viable
Making Change
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows are putting the HBS mission into action
Bringing It Back Home
Nonprofit leaders and HBS faculty alike benefit from the virtuous circle that is the Strategic Perspectives program.
Opening the Door
Regina Herzlinger charted the course for HBS's tenured female faculty
The Accidental Pioneers
The School's early female graduates never intended to be trailblazers.
From Where We Stand
Alumnae reflect on their lives, careers, and leadership
50 Years & Counting
Women, Work, and HBS
HBS faculty are researching executive-suite challenges faced by women, to hasten the day when such gender-based inquiry is unnecessary.
HBS faculty are researching executive-suite challenges faced by women, to hasten the day when such gender-based inquiry is unnecessary.
Rival Visions
Hamilton, Gallatin, and the Financing of America
High Honors
Meet the 2012 Alumni Achievement Award recipients
What’s the Big Idea?
Five current research efforts are adding to HBS’s history of game-changing impact on business practice
Ideas in Action
New ideas from HBS faculty have immediate application in the workplace or in your own career
On a Sound Track
It takes a special kind of CEO to run a company that thrives on cool.... Just ask Jeremy Andrus (MBA 2002), head of Skullcandy.
The School of Life
In the year’s final class, an HBS professor speaks from the heart to his graduating students. Now his message is resonating with a far larger audience.
Around the World
How HBS embraced globalization and transformed its research and teaching
Straight to the Heart
Matchmaker and best-selling author Rachel Greenwald wrote the book on finding love
Made in the USA
Meet two entrepreneurs who confronted competitive challenges—and won
Where Innovation Rules
HBS alumni bring creative approaches to problem-solving to power their companies’ successes
The Accidental Innovator
Sal Khan is building a one-room schoolhouse for the world
Get Creative
5 Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
Putting Ghosts to Rest
How cows and co-ops are paving the way for genuine reconciliation in Rwanda
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
Leadership lessons from an exporting powerhouse
Making the Case for Leadership
Five alumni protagonists step out from the pages of HBS case studies to share their experiences and ideas about the successful exercise of leadership.
Reimagining the MBA
HBS Charts a New Course for Educating 21st-Century Leaders
Welcome to the Future
New HBS classroom “hives” and the Harvard Innovation Lab thrust students into a bold experiment in learning and collaborative work.
Extraordinary People
Meet the 2011 Alumni Achievement Award recipients
The City Solution
With urban areas already home to half the world’s people and with billions more residents on the way, making cities successful is key to the planet’s environmental and societal well-being.
Water for Life
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (MBA ’87) helped to transform Manila’s rundown metropolitan water system from an inefficient public utility into a model public-private partnership.
Green Day
From grass-fueled power plants to carbon-negative cement, HBS alumni are working to put the “green” in green business.
The Spangler Effect
When its doors swung open on January 22, 2001, the Spangler Center instantly transformed life on campus. Ten years later, it’s hard to imagine the HBS community without it.
The House that Howard Built
Howard Stevenson and entrepreneurship at HBS
The Best-Laid Plans
Veterans of the HBS Business Plan Contest share their war stories about the roller-coaster ride of entrepreneurship. Fifteen years old and going strong, the contest continues to inspire a new generation of start-ups.
Where Conservation Means Business
In the Baker Library Historical Collections’basement conservation lab, yesterday’s ledgers are tomorrow’s research materials
Downtime
Ever wonder what HBS professors read over the summer break? We put that question to several faculty members and got some interesting answers. Read on.
Mr. Start-Up
Mike Cassidy (MBA ’91) has launched and sold four tech companies since graduating from HBS. Now, at Google, he’s having even greater impact.
The Path to Economic Revival
America Needs an Economic Strategy to Put Innovation Back on Track
James McNerney Jr.
Chairman, President, & CEO, The Boeing Company
The Rankings Game
You have to know how it’s played to make sense of how leading publications evaluate business schools
Local Hero
Rescued and revived by president and limited partner Larry Baer, the San Francisco Giants brought home baseball’s biggest prize last season, the World Series trophy.
Ilene Lang
President & CEO, Catalyst
How to Survive Past Start-up
Hard-Won Lessons from Three Class of 1998 MBAs Who’ve Been There, Done That
The Transformers
An HBS professor and Bain’s worldwide managing director teamed up to show nonprofits and foundations how to bridge the gap between good intentions and real, measurable impact.
This Is What I Do
The roles are different, the passion is the same. Meet three HBS alumni who are upending traditional ways of doing things, improving people’s lives, and setting new standards in their fields.
RX for Change
Health-care reform is more than a policy debate — it’s a managerial challenge that can have life-or-death consequences. A new Executive Education program targets leaders working on the frontlines.
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
He foresees an exciting period of innovation for the School and the field of management education
Fair Trade
Appearance, Attraction, and the Monetization of Allure
Michael Depatie
CEO & President, Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group
MBAs on a Mission
For nine years, the HBS Leadership Fellows program has helped MBAs launch careers with nonprofit and public-sector organizations — a win-win for everyone involved.
$how Me the Money
Working in the global financial system’s shadowy corners, Raymond Baker is on a mission to curtail corruption and bring the world’s illegally hidden wealth to light.
M.I.A. Boards
Pervasive negligence by boards of directors is ruining American business. New government regulations can help set things right, but ultimately improved board performance is up to shareholders and companies.
Money Matters
How two HBS classmates ditched their corporate jobs, launched a financial services advisory business for India’s growing middle class, and turned the worst global recession in decades into a blessing in disguise.
Eric Schiffer
CEO, 99¢ Only Stores
Sole Mates
At any given moment around the world, some twenty countries and territories are likely to be populated by just one HBS graduate. The Bulletin recently checked in with several such solitary alums, and here’s what they report.
Lords of Strategy
Inventing Business’s Great Game
Robert Goodwin
CEO, Executives Without Borders
The Fab Four
They all live for the risky, adrenaline-fueled rush of building a new business, but this year’s Entrepreneurs-in-Residence each bring a different (and very personal) take on that experience to HBS.
One Man Crime Wave
John D. MacDonald’s American Noir
Up on the Green Roof
Shad’s new living roof shows how even the most inhospitable environments can be transformed into models of sustainability.
Rich Wilson
Educator, Sailor
Over the Top
What’s Wrong with Executive Pay?
Cynthia Carroll
Chief Executive, Anglo American plc
Too Big To Fail
Four little words have cost U.S. taxpayers dearly in government bailouts of once-mighty Wall Street firms. Congress can put an end to such costly rescues. But will it enact the regulatory cure that’s required?
Damon Silvers
Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO
Model Patient
Massachusetts’s landmark health-care reform law is drawing the attention of many observers, including the Obama administration. Could it work on a national scale?
Your Taxi Is Waiting
Will a new category of “very light jets” shake up the business of flying? These HBS entrepreneurs hope so. A look at the ups and downs of developing a new industry in a turbulent economy.
A Force for Good
John McArthur’s impact extends far beyond his fifteen years as HBS Dean
Seth Klarman
President, The Baupost Group
The Levitt Brand
Scary. Generous. Funny. Wordsmith. Visionary. Provocateur.
Mara Aspinall
Genzyme Corporation; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Balanced Equation
Leaders & Innovators at Work & at Ease
Building a Better MBA
The MBA is the most popular advanced degree on the planet. So why are many business schools scrambling to fix what a chorus of critics claim is badly broken? And where does that leave HBS?
Kash Rangan
Cofounder of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, Director of Research
Team MBA
What’s on the minds of the School’s newest alumni? We passed the mike to six members of the Class of 2008 to get their thoughts on collaborative learning and what life is really like at HBS.
A Binary Formula
Leadership for Science-Based Companies
The Prophet of Start-Ups
An unlikely HBS professor pioneers modern venture capital
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
Partner, Accel Partners
Innovation, Inc.
Three HBS professors share their most recent research on creativity, that seemingly rare flower with a very real role in getting new ventures off the ground, reinventing existing businesses, and creating productive work environments.
Lighten Up
How two East Coast HBS alums went West to launch a radical, lightweight outdoor gear business and struck an innovative deal with an industry heavyweight.
Mead Treadwell
Chairman, U.S. Arctic Research Commission
The Wise Men
Four Legendary HBS Professors on the School’s Past and Future
Ali Allawi
Former Minister of Defense and Finance in Post-Saddam Iraq
Steve Schwarzman
Chairman and CEO, The Blackstone Group
Up from the Ashes
The Life and Thought of Joseph Schumpeter
Profiles from the class of 2007
Stepping Out
Daniel Vasella
Chairman and CEO of Novartis AG
The Plight of the Global Poor
Is it any business of business?
Security Chief
Louis Parker firmly believes in taking risks. Ironically, that trait landed him the top spot at GE’s nearly $2 billion security business.
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
President and CEO, Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Inside Intel
The Art of Andy Grove
The Hard Way
Nothing came easy for Sarina Russo, but that didn’t stop her from living her dream.
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
President and CEO, World Wildlife Fund
Down the Memory Chute
WAC, WOC, and Doing the Write Thing
Light Years Ahead
Jay Light, the School’s ninth Dean, talks about program innovation, faculty development, and the impact of globalization.
Street Singer
Carla Ann Harris has the chops, whether she’s performing at Carnegie Hall or managing an IPO.
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
CEO, Oreck Corporation, Home of the Oreck XL 8 lb. Upright Vacuum
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Diversity & Ambition
India Arrives
Economic reforms and a young, entrepreneurial workforce have lifted India into the global economy and raised its hopes for social development. HBS alumni talk about doing business in a country that has captured the world’s imagination.
A Capital Asset
With years of stellar service in key government and nonprofit posts, Bonnie Cohen is highly esteemed in Washington and beyond as a manager who gets things done.
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
Representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza
Drive-In Nation
Judgment Day for the U.S. Auto Industry?
The Producers
What’s it like to make movies in Hollywood outside the big-budget studios? A handful of independent producers talk about the risky but rewarding business of working in the film industry as it confronts new economic and technological realities.
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
Nearly thirty years ago, Gary Rogers barely scraped together the $14K he needed to invest in a struggling Bay Area ice-cream company. Today, it’s a $2 billion global business. This is no “plain vanilla” success story.
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
Vice Chairman, Marvel Entertainment, Inc.
Baker’s back
After a two-year renovation and expansion, Baker Library is open for business. Take a step inside the School’s intellectual and physical center—a well-crafted balance of past, present, and future
Making History, Starting Over
Sir Ronald Cohen pioneered venture capital investing in Europe. Now he plans to do the same with social investing.
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
U.S. Ambassador to Morocco
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform
Do You Speak Business?
Global Management Norms in a Cross-Cultural World
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
For JoAnna Van Gerpen, UNICEF’s Sudan Representative, supporting the health, education, and well-being of impoverished children is a labor of love.
Answering the Call
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
Venture Capital’s Comeback
Since the tech meltdown in 2001, venture-capital partnerships have trimmed staff, scaled back the size of funds, and gotten back to the basics of investing. For the top firms, business is looking up.
In the Blood
Robert Clay goes the distance as owner of Three Chimneys Farm, a Thoroughbred horse farm in the heart of Bluegrass Country.
Retirement's Changing Face
Five alumni talk about life goals, choices, and the pursuit of balance
A Life by Design
When it comes to product innovation, Ivy Ross thinks most companies don’t know what they’re doing. Perhaps they should follow her lead.
Across HBS Generations
Reunion Profiles Span the Decades
Promise & Perils
China Today
American Dream
Ted Hustead earns his spurs as the third-generation steward of Wall Drug, the West’s quirkiest tourist mecca.
Life Lessons
Profiles from the Class of 2004
Luxe Redux
Alumni talk about brand management
in a high-risk, high-reward market
in a high-risk, high-reward market
Working the Street
MBA Cop Kurt Timken
New Horizons for Iraq
HBS alumni and students have played important roles in the successful military campaign and ongoing rebuilding effort in Iraq. Here, in their own words, they describe their experiences and offer thoughts on what may lie ahead
Derek Ferguson
Bad Boy’s Good Man
Toy Story
The educational toy market teaches serious lessons about competition
Business Answers the Call
Managerial Expertise Aids Education Reform
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
Another in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have embarked on second careers.
Rural Renewal
A Profile of Torrey Reade
An Authentic Leader
A Q&A with Bill George
These Are the Good Old Days
Anne Moore and Her Classmates from 1978 Assess the Last 25 Years
Globalization Revisited
Highlights from an HBS Colloquium
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Heidi Brooks
Up Against The Firewall
Managers and Cyber Security
All in a Day's Work
On the Job with 2 from '02
Inside the Revolution
The Life Sciences Project at HBS
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
HBS Giving at All-Time High
Bad Times for Business
Trouble in Corporate America
View from the Top
HBS professor Carl Kester discusses leadership with five of his classmates — chief executives from the Class of 1977
Distinct Yet of a Piece
Profiles from the Class of 1977
What's Cookin'
Four Views from the Frontlines of the Food Industry
Back in Business
HBS Alumni and New York City's Recovery
Pamela Thomas Graham
Making News at CNBC
Steven Rogers
A Better Chance
Finding Their Way
Profiles from the Class of 1976
A Janus-Faced Reflection
So, what are we going to do with the next 25 years?
Making a World of Difference
Alan Slifka's Venture Philanthropy
Q&A: Orin Smith
Brewing Success at Starbucks
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
A Long Road of Learning
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
The Whole World in Her Handheld
New Ventures New Gains
HBS Business Plan Contest Thriving
Beyond Accommodation
Jim Gibbons Blazes a Trail
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
Practicing What HBR Preaches
Drilling Down
Beyond the headline-making mergers of corporate conglomerates, small, specialized oil and gas companies find their niche.
The Doctor Is In
Peter Slavin and the Art and Science of Medicine
Latin America's Decade
Business and the Challenge of Development
Vivek Ranadivé
Driving the Information Bus
The Class of 1975 in Review
Reflections by Hans Stumm
The Entrepreneurial Venture
A Conversation
New and Improved
Profiles from the Class of '75
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Sharing the Wealth
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
Tackling a brave new world
Going Public
The Class of 2000 Graduates
The Business of Biotech
Between the lab and the boardroom, biotech companies seek success in a future of dizzying possibilities
Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
Executive Director, HBS Latin American Research Center
Getting the Message
How the Internet is Changing Advertising
A Place in the Sun
The Business and Pleasure of Travel and Leisure
No Place Like Home
America's Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
Financial Services 24/7
The Emergence of Online Banking
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
In an age of overnight e-commerce millionaires, one HBS entrepreneur is savoring the satisfaction of building a business the hard way.
Pearson Hunt
Editor, 1942-1946
Dan Fenn
Editor, 1955-1961
Ted Anthony
Editor, 1962-1981
Jeff Cruikshank
Editor, 1981-1984
Covering the Issues
Seventy-five Years of Bulletin Reporting
The Way You See It
A Survey of HBS Alumni on the History and Future of Business
A Class Act
Reflections on 75 Years of Alumni Notes
Q & A: Herb Kohl
Bucking the Trend
Eight Among Many
Profiles From the Class of 1974
Winning Combinations
Six from the Class of 1999
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
Its phenomenal growth, based on its near-perfect fit with consumer needs and aspirations, has made the mutual fund one of this century's big success stories. How is it adapting to the age of the Internet and 21st century change?
An Eye to the East
HBS Inaugurates Asia-Pacific Research Office
Spirit at Work
The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
A Vibrant Brand
Keith Clinkscales takes Vibe Magazine to a New Level
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Overcapacity and the Global Economy
All in the Family
New Research Sheds Light on the Tricky Business of Running a Family Company
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
Opening Up the East
Managing the Business of Life
Five MBAs, Fifteen Years Later
A Long and Winding Road
Reflections by 1973's Class Secretary
A Community Investment
Social Enterprise and the Class of 1973
High Honors
In May, the School's annual Alumni Achievement Award was conferred upon six alumni, while two faculty members received the HBS Distinguished Service Award. Profiles of the honorees follow.
Diversity and Community
Two award-winning companies, both led by HBS CEOs, are redefining notions of corporate leadership. They are demonstrating how proactive workforce and community initiatives can spark organizational renewal and heighten competitive advantage.
World Class Learning
The International MBA Experience
Running Up the Score
Growth and Turmoil in the Business of Sports
Women at the Top
Leaders gain—and demonstrate—strength at new HBS Exec Ed program
Growing Together
HBS Initiative Fosters Social Enterprise in Business and the Community
Banking on HBS
World Bank Executive Development Program
Doing Something Real
A Classmate's Reflections on the Occasion of 1972's 25th Reunion
High Fives
Five of the many prominent figures in the finance field from the Class of 1972 get personal and prophetic.
Quick Studies
Six Profiles from the Class of 1997
Blockbuster Deals
Mergers and Acquisitions Make a Comeback
Doing It Your Way
The what, where, & how of entrepreneurship in the '90s
Entrepreneurship at HBS
A Message from Dean Clark
Starting Up and Starting Over
HBS Entrepreneurship in the Postwar World
Lasting Impressions
Steve Belkin, Eve Benton, Mike Feeley, Ed Mathias, and Joe O'Donnell—five classmates who know their class well—share their impressions of the life and times of the Class of 1971.
Keepers of the Flame
HBS's Olympic Organizers
Class Acts
Six MBA 1996 Standouts
Technology for Learning's Sake
A strong tradition of technological innovation in the HBS curriculum takes a dramatic leap forward as cutting-edge computer technology brings real-life business situations to the desktop.
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
Can being environmentally conscious makes good economic sense as well as good ecological sense? While the experts debate, four alumni demonstrate.