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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
To Educate Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World
the School's first-ever capital campaign was marked by tradition, awareness of the vital role of business education in today's world, and deep appreciation and respect for the School's role in educating leaders for the future. “Harvard...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Opening Doors
MBA 1992) recently contributed $12 million to support fellowships at HBS, the largest single gift for financial aid the School has ever received, and also donated $500,000 to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. Their generous gift...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Spangler Elected President of Harvard Overseers
years and to benefit from his counsel, his thoughtful judgment, and his strong sense of values.” Spangler, who was president of the University of North Carolina system for eleven years, is a longtime friend and generous supporter of HBS and currently serves as chair of...
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- 01 Apr 2022
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Nancy Lane Remembered
African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), former President of the HBS Club of New York, and the second recipient of the HBSAAA/AASU Bert King Award for Service in 1998. A generous donor, she helped lead the $5.1 million campaign to...
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- 10 Aug 2022
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Generosity Multiplied
Photo courtesy James Reed There’s little doubt that James Reed (MBA 1990) loves his job. After all, he’s the chairman and CEO of Reed—the United Kingdom’s first and largest jobs website—and he takes the company’s slogan, “Love Mondays,” to heart. Even so, Reed admits...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
through for him at a scary moment.” — Andy O’Brien, HBS Chief of Operations. (O’Brien, assisted by others, administered life-saving CPR to Howard Stevenson during a heart attack in front of Baker Library, January 2006.) “I asked Howard to lead the School’s Capital...
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- 01 Mar 2016
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HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
opportunity to meet some of the most brilliant people who are contributing to the life of the city...” Arthur Segel, the Poorvu Family Professor of Management Practice During the week in early January when the Dow dropped more than 1,000...
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- 01 Apr 2024
- News
Generosity Multiplied
as champions—to put money in a match fund set up for a cause they want to support. That sets in motion a series of steps that can potentially increase the original contribution by as much as five times. “For example,” says Reed, “if the...
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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Releases First-Ever Financial Report
it is important they understand how their contributions are being used. The report explains the School’s strategic and flexible rolling five-year plan, which is responsive to changes in the operating environment. “During a year of...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
How Green Was My (Silicon) Valley
of the corporate leaders President Obama says he most admires, has become an influential policy and economic adviser to the Obama administration. He has contributed to the campaigns of Obama and other...
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- 25 Jul 2018
- News
HBS Alumni Leader, Benefactor Dies at 86
Reunion gift committee and chaired the Capital Campaign the School held from 2002 to 2005, an effort that raised some $600 million. From 1998 to 2004, he was a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers and served as the Board’s president...
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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
the company to make more of an outreach to such customers. IBM responded with a special advertising campaign that resulted in more business and spurred the company's thinking about potential, untapped applications and uses for its...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
death in a quantity equivalent to two grains of salt, has become a major factor contributing to the spike in overdoses. Last year, recognizing the fast-moving and shapeshifting nature of these and other alarming developments, Langford...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
our alumni. We hope we can contribute to America and the world through this project. And we think it’s going to have a positive influence on the School. How are you tapping HBS alumni for ideas about competitiveness? Rivkin: HBS has about...
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- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector
she was 18 she’s mostly been surrounded by people in the military. “The case method challenges me to speak up; it forces me to be a contributing member of the class,” she says. “I’ve been extremely impressed by my fellow classmates, and I...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
they shouldn’t unionize. The employer’s legal right to coercively interfere with employees’ choices is at work in a way that’s completely inappropriate. The election process itself allows for long delays in litigation and uncertainty. I worked on an organizing View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
grassroots campaign to curtail the power of the railroads and usher in a system of free roads. And perhaps most important, the automobile and its makers began to take the stage as a force big enough to rival the rails. In 1900, motor...
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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
one-third of China’s GDP. “In eight years,” he predicted, “I expect the private sector to contribute three-quarters of the GDP,” as the role of local and state-owned enterprises continues to fade. Economic reforms already have given rise...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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The Father of Modern Advertising
Don Draper and the rest of the Mad Men crew can thank Albert D. Lasker for their fame. A new biography convincingly nominates Lasker as the “father of modern advertising,” noted for creating brilliant ad campaigns selling everything from...
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- 01 Dec 2014
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Case Study: Growing the Family Business
from the office building/landlord. The benefit to the landlord was an additional amenity to retain their existing tenants and to better market vacant space to prospective tenants. The employer and landlord contributions would help defray...
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