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    March 2023 →

    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
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    December 2022 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2022 →

    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
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    June 2022 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2022 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2021 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2021 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2021 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2021 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2020 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2020 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2020 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2020 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2019 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2019 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2019 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2019 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2018 →

    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?
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2018 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2018 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2018 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2017 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2017 →

    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

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2017 →

    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

    Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

    Meet the recipients of the School's highest honor
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2017 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2016 →

    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 economic prominence—
    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2016 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2016 →

    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
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    March 2016 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2015 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2015 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2015 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2015 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2014 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2014 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2014 →

    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.

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2014 →

    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?
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2013 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2013 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2013 →

    Five Bright Ideas

    From pushing the envelope to updating the tried and true, HBS alumni are influencing the way education does business

    Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2013 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2012 →

    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.

    Rival Visions

    Hamilton, Gallatin, and the Financing of America
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2012 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2012 →

    Around the World

    How HBS embraced globalization and transformed its research and teaching

    They Call Him Mr. China

    Think Locally, Act Globally

    Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2012 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2011 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2011 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2011 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2011 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2010 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2010 →

    Leslie Gold

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2010 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2010 →

    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
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2009 →

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2009 →

    Rich Wilson

    Educator, Sailor

    E Ink’s Wild Ride

    Over the Top

    What’s Wrong with Executive Pay?

    Read All About It!

    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2009 →

    Dispatches from the Global Classroom

    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?

    Inside the Partnership

    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2009 →

    Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

    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.
    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2008 →

    A Force for Good

    John McArthur’s impact extends far beyond his fifteen years as HBS Dean

    Seth Klarman

    President, The Baupost Group

    Business at the Summit

    Back to the Future

    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2008 →

    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?
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    June 2008 →

    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
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    March 2008 →

    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.
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    December 2007 →

    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

    How Business Schools Lost Their Way

    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    September 2007 →

    Ali Allawi

    Former Minister of Defense and Finance in Post-Saddam Iraq

    To the Rescue

    → Complete Table of Contents


     
    June 2007 →

    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

    Mission Possible

    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2007 →

    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.
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    December 2006 →

    One-on-One with Jeff Hicks

    President and CEO, Crispin Porter + Bogusky

    MBA vs. MBA

    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.
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    September 2006 →

    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.
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    June 2006 →

    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.
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    March 2006 →

    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.
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    December 2005 →

    One-on-One with Peter Cuneo

    Vice Chairman, Marvel Entertainment, Inc.

    Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

    A Matter of Opinion

    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
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    September 2005 →

    WATER Ltd.

    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
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    June 2005 →

    One-on-One with Grover Norquist

    President, Americans for Tax Reform

    Do You Speak Business?

    Global Management Norms in a Cross-Cultural World

    Profiles from the Class of 2005

    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.
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    March 2005 →

    One-on-One with Edwin Reed

    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.
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    December 2004 →

    One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

    The Future of Stem Cells

    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.
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    September 2004 →

    Across HBS Generations

    Reunion Profiles Span the Decades

    Promise & Perils

    China Today

    One-on-One with Robert McNamara

    American Dream

    Ted Hustead earns his spurs as the third-generation steward of Wall Drug, the West’s quirkiest tourist mecca.
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    June 2004 →

    Life Lessons

    Profiles from the Class of 2004

    Luxe Redux

    Alumni talk about brand management
    in a high-risk, high-reward market

    Massport, Back on Course

    Working the Street

    MBA Cop Kurt Timken
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    March 2004 →

    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

    Ron Shaich’s Café Society

    Toy Story

    The educational toy market teaches serious lessons about competition
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    December 2003 →

    Business Answers the Call

    Managerial Expertise Aids Education Reform

    Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

    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
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    September 2003 →

    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
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    June 2003 →

    Portraits from the Class of 2003

    Heidi Brooks

    Up Against The Firewall

    Managers and Cyber Security
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    March 2003 →

    All in a Day's Work

    On the Job with 2 from '02

    Inside the Revolution

    The Life Sciences Project at HBS
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    December 2002 →

    The Campaign for Harvard Business School

    HBS Giving at All-Time High

    Think Globally, Teach Locally

    Bad Times for Business

    Trouble in Corporate America
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    October 2002 →

    Lessons in Leadership

    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

    Class Notes Extra

    Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

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    August 2002 →

    Class Day & Commencement

    For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

    Service Leadership Fellows

    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    June 2002 →

    Up to the Challenge: Profiles from the Class of 2002

    Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

    Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

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    April 2002 →

    Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

    Back in Business

    HBS Alumni and New York City's Recovery

    Pamela Thomas Graham

    Making News at CNBC
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    February 2002 →

    Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty

    It's academic. (Not!)

    Redefining Success: Women & Work.

    → Complete Table of Contents


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    December 2001 →

    September 11: A Community Reflects

    Reaching Out

    Steven Rogers

    A Better Chance

    Q&A: John Quelch

    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    October 2001 →

    New Economy Notables

    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?

    Helping Hands for HBS

    Making a World of Difference

    Alan Slifka's Venture Philanthropy

    Q&A: Orin Smith

    Brewing Success at Starbucks
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    June 2001 →

    Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century

    Character Studies: The Class of 2001 Graduates

    Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

    A Long Road of Learning

    Q&A: Donna Dubinsky

    The Whole World in Her Handheld
    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    April 2001 →

    New Ventures New Gains

    HBS Business Plan Contest Thriving

    Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

    Beyond Accommodation

    Jim Gibbons Blazes a Trail

    Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

    Practicing What HBR Preaches
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    February 2001 →

    Drilling Down

    Beyond the headline-making mergers of corporate conglomerates, small, specialized oil and gas companies find their niche.

    What Makes a Good Leader

    The Doctor Is In

    Peter Slavin and the Art and Science of Medicine

    Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

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    December 2000 →

    Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

    Latin America's Decade

    Business and the Challenge of Development

    Vivek Ranadivé

    Driving the Information Bus

    Q&A: Andrew Kendall

    → Complete Table of Contents
     
    October 2000 →

    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
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    June 2000 →

    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

    Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette

    Q & A: Gustavo Herrero

    Executive Director, HBS Latin American Research Center
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    April 2000 →

    Getting the Message

    How the Internet is Changing Advertising

    A Place in the Sun

    The Business and Pleasure of Travel and Leisure

    Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti

    Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani

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    February 2000 →

    No Place Like Home

    America's Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business

    Financial Services 24/7

    The Emergence of Online Banking

    Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders

    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.
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    December 1999 →

    From the Editors

    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

    South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency

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    October 1999 →

    The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change

    The View from the Pit

    Banking on Success

    Eight Among Many

    Profiles From the Class of 1974

    Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

    Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic

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    June 1999 →

    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?

    Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

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March 2023 →

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
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December 2022 →

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
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September 2022 →

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
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June 2022 →

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
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March 2022 →

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
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December 2021 →

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.
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September 2021 →

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
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June 2021 →

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
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March 2021 →

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
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December 2020 →

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
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September 2020 →

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
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June 2020 →

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
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March 2020 →

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
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December 2019 →

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
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September 2019 →

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
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June 2019 →

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
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March 2019 →

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
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December 2018 →

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?
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September 2018 →

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
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June 2018 →

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.
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March 2018 →

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
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December 2017 →

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
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September 2017 →

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

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
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June 2017 →

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

Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

Meet the recipients of the School's highest honor
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March 2017 →

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
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December 2016 →

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 economic prominence—
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
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September 2016 →

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
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June 2016 →

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
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March 2016 →

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
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December 2015 →

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
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September 2015 →

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.
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June 2015 →

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
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March 2015 →

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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December 2014 →

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
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September 2014 →

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
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June 2014 →

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.

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.
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March 2014 →

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?
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December 2013 →

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.
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September 2013 →

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.
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June 2013 →

Five Bright Ideas

From pushing the envelope to updating the tried and true, HBS alumni are influencing the way education does business

Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

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
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March 2013 →

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
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December 2012 →

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.

Rival Visions

Hamilton, Gallatin, and the Financing of America
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September 2012 →

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.
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June 2012 →

Around the World

How HBS embraced globalization and transformed its research and teaching

They Call Him Mr. China

Think Locally, Act Globally

Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

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
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March 2012 →

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
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December 2011 →

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.
→ Complete Table of Contents


 
September 2011 →

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.
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June 2011 →

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.
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March 2011 →

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.
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December 2010 →

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.
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September 2010 →

Leslie Gold

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
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June 2010 →

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.
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March 2010 →

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
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December 2009 →

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.
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September 2009 →

Rich Wilson

Educator, Sailor

E Ink’s Wild Ride

Over the Top

What’s Wrong with Executive Pay?

Read All About It!

→ Complete Table of Contents


 
June 2009 →

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

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?

Inside the Partnership

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March 2009 →

Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

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.
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December 2008 →

A Force for Good

John McArthur’s impact extends far beyond his fifteen years as HBS Dean

Seth Klarman

President, The Baupost Group

Business at the Summit

Back to the Future

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September 2008 →

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?
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June 2008 →

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
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March 2008 →

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.
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December 2007 →

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

How Business Schools Lost Their Way

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September 2007 →

Ali Allawi

Former Minister of Defense and Finance in Post-Saddam Iraq

To the Rescue

→ Complete Table of Contents


 
June 2007 →

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

Mission Possible

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March 2007 →

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.
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December 2006 →

One-on-One with Jeff Hicks

President and CEO, Crispin Porter + Bogusky

MBA vs. MBA

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.
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September 2006 →

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.
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June 2006 →

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.
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March 2006 →

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.
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December 2005 →

One-on-One with Peter Cuneo

Vice Chairman, Marvel Entertainment, Inc.

Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

A Matter of Opinion

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
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September 2005 →

WATER Ltd.

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
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June 2005 →

One-on-One with Grover Norquist

President, Americans for Tax Reform

Do You Speak Business?

Global Management Norms in a Cross-Cultural World

Profiles from the Class of 2005

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.
→ Complete Table of Contents


 
March 2005 →

One-on-One with Edwin Reed

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.
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December 2004 →

One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

The Future of Stem Cells

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.
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September 2004 →

Across HBS Generations

Reunion Profiles Span the Decades

Promise & Perils

China Today

One-on-One with Robert McNamara

American Dream

Ted Hustead earns his spurs as the third-generation steward of Wall Drug, the West’s quirkiest tourist mecca.
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June 2004 →

Life Lessons

Profiles from the Class of 2004

Luxe Redux

Alumni talk about brand management
in a high-risk, high-reward market

Massport, Back on Course

Working the Street

MBA Cop Kurt Timken
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March 2004 →

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

Ron Shaich’s Café Society

Toy Story

The educational toy market teaches serious lessons about competition
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December 2003 →

Business Answers the Call

Managerial Expertise Aids Education Reform

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

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
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September 2003 →

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
→ Complete Table of Contents


 
June 2003 →

Portraits from the Class of 2003

Heidi Brooks

Up Against The Firewall

Managers and Cyber Security
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March 2003 →

All in a Day's Work

On the Job with 2 from '02

Inside the Revolution

The Life Sciences Project at HBS
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December 2002 →

The Campaign for Harvard Business School

HBS Giving at All-Time High

Think Globally, Teach Locally

Bad Times for Business

Trouble in Corporate America
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October 2002 →

Lessons in Leadership

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

Class Notes Extra

Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

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August 2002 →

Class Day & Commencement

For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

Service Leadership Fellows

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June 2002 →

Up to the Challenge: Profiles from the Class of 2002

Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

→ Complete Table of Contents


 
April 2002 →

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

Back in Business

HBS Alumni and New York City's Recovery

Pamela Thomas Graham

Making News at CNBC
→ Complete Table of Contents


 
February 2002 →

Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty

It's academic. (Not!)

Redefining Success: Women & Work.

→ Complete Table of Contents


 
December 2001 →

September 11: A Community Reflects

Reaching Out

Steven Rogers

A Better Chance

Q&A: John Quelch

→ Complete Table of Contents


 
October 2001 →

New Economy Notables

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?

Helping Hands for HBS

Making a World of Difference

Alan Slifka's Venture Philanthropy

Q&A: Orin Smith

Brewing Success at Starbucks
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June 2001 →

Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century

Character Studies: The Class of 2001 Graduates

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

A Long Road of Learning

Q&A: Donna Dubinsky

The Whole World in Her Handheld
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April 2001 →

New Ventures New Gains

HBS Business Plan Contest Thriving

Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

Beyond Accommodation

Jim Gibbons Blazes a Trail

Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

Practicing What HBR Preaches
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February 2001 →

Drilling Down

Beyond the headline-making mergers of corporate conglomerates, small, specialized oil and gas companies find their niche.

What Makes a Good Leader

The Doctor Is In

Peter Slavin and the Art and Science of Medicine

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

→ Complete Table of Contents


 
December 2000 →

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

Latin America's Decade

Business and the Challenge of Development

Vivek Ranadivé

Driving the Information Bus

Q&A: Andrew Kendall

→ Complete Table of Contents


 
October 2000 →

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
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June 2000 →

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

Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette

Q & A: Gustavo Herrero

Executive Director, HBS Latin American Research Center
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April 2000 →

Getting the Message

How the Internet is Changing Advertising

A Place in the Sun

The Business and Pleasure of Travel and Leisure

Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti

Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani

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February 2000 →

No Place Like Home

America's Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business

Financial Services 24/7

The Emergence of Online Banking

Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders

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.
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December 1999 →

From the Editors

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

South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency

→ Complete Table of Contents


 
October 1999 →

The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change

The View from the Pit

Banking on Success

Eight Among Many

Profiles From the Class of 1974

Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic

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June 1999 →

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?

Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

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