Myra M. Hart was a founding member of
Staples Inc. She graduated from
Cornell University
Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...
with a B.A. in 1962 and an MBA from Harvard in 1981. She obtained a
DBA from
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
in 1995. She was Professor of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School from 1995-2007. She is a founding scholar of the Diana Group, creators of the Diana Project, which resulted in her receiving the
Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research in 2007.
Biography
Hart was a founding member of
Staples Inc., the office superstore. She served as Professor of Entrepreneurship at
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...
until retiring in 2007. She co-authored four books and developed more than 60 Harvard Business School cases.
In 1999, Hart was elected to the Cornell board of trustees and serves on the investment committee and the Committee on Alumni Affairs and Development. She is a director of the National Foundation for Women Business Owners, on the corporate boards of directors of
Kraft and
Office Depot, and on the Board of Advisors o
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. Accessed on October 30, 2008. Hart is a member of the Boston Club and the MIT Enterprise Council.
References
Cornell University alumni
Harvard Business School alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Staples Inc. people
Harvard Business School faculty
Kraft Foods people
Living people
External links
Biography of Myra M. Hart
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