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...Ronald Cohen, known by some as “the father of British venture capital,” called on the audience to employ their skills to help the less fortunate. “We must use the methods that each of us learned at HBS to solve the world’s social problems,” Cohen said. “If we dither and delay in dealing with housing repossession, unemployment, and inflation, then the backlash against capitalism will be serious.” ENTERPRISING NONPROFITSSummit attendees split up in the afternoon to attend interactive classroom sessions...
...HBS professor Niall Ferguson, who was one of the two keynote speakers of the Global Business Summit, told the crowd of nearly 2,000 that the Business School has led the way in arming students with the outlook to be leaders...
...leader needs to understand the process of creative destruction,” said Ferguson, evoking Joseph Schumpter’s principle of creative destruction, which notes that long term economic growth comes from the destruction of the value of established companies through market innovation and fluctuation. “HBS, more than any other institution, has sought to illuminate, elucidate, and, above all, communicate this principle...
...Charlie Rose moderated a panel with the winners of the 2008 HBS Alumni Achievement Award on the topic of improving financial and political leadership in the 21st century...
From the CEO of JP Morgan to Microsoft founder Bill Gates to the finance minister of India, Harvard Business School will be welcoming over 1,600 alums and distinguished guests to celebrate its centennial this Sunday. The HBS Global Business Summit, which will take place over three days, is the “capstone event” of the yearlong celebration of the school’s founding in 1908, according to senior associate dean John A. Quelch. Alums will have the opportunity to choose from over 50 panels on topics ranging from social enterprise to agribusiness, attend keynote addresses...