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- 01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over
landlord, the entrepreneur, or the worker contributed most to England's prosperity. Later, as HBS Dean, Gay's primary duty was to prepare his students for their role in the administrative organization that was emerging as the business...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
knew his response would set the tone for businesses everywhere that looked to GE—one of America’s biggest and most-heralded corporations—for direction. Over the next sixteen years, Immelt would lead GE through many more dire moments, from the Global View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives
its open society and “messy,” yet functioning, market-based democracy as a more conducive environment for long-term development. Its Western-style legal system and transparent financial systems encourage a chaotic, bottom-up approach to...
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- 01 Sep 2020
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We Rise
What Barna wasn’t fully prepared for, though, was the additional obstacles that came from fundraising while female. “Trying to explain the needs and consumer behavior of women buying beauty products to investors who are predominantly...
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- 01 Mar 2011
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Local Hero
he increasingly saw sports as a subset of the entertainment industry, and in 1983 he left the Giants to study at HBS to prepare for a career in that broader arena. After a summer internship with Columbia Pictures, Baer’s first post-HBS...
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- 01 Sep 2006
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One-on-One with Carter Roberts
steer it so it doesn’t have negative impacts on the environment. We’re not for stopping economic growth; we’re advocating being smart about it. The first part of our goal statement is about conserving the world’s most important places....
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- 01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
Tennessee and Florida to create dedicated funds for high-performing charters. In Tennessee, CSGF partnered with the Tennessee Charter School Incubator, where fellow HBS alum Greg Thompson is preparing to launch 20 charter schools....
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- 01 Jun 2004
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Luxe Redux
quite a few of America’s financial and business elite. Repeat business and referrals make up the majority of customers for his firm’s rare gemstones, with most sales averaging between $50,000 and $150,000. Birnbaum tells of one...
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- 08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work
with caregivers begin early in the morning and may take hours out of my day, even with a tremendous support system of care in place. No one prepared me for this life experience, the emotional toll, or the View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
them. Ellis draws on his long distinguished career in client services in the financial markets to provide common-sense and accessible advice to anyone with an interest in maximizing their investment returns over the long haul. Inside...
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- 21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap
how business school used to take you straight out of college. Now, with programs like Two Plus Two, and the national trend that shows students are better prepared when they’ve had experience working in the world, in order to form the...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016
business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas Pitt, savior of the East India...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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Promise & Perils
chance to see and experience China’s modernization firsthand. The conference itself took place in a high-rise-studded financial district that didn’t exist just a decade ago. And the event put a spotlight on the School’s deepening...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Vive la Madeleine!
Viana also admired their grit. And he recognized the global cachet of quality French products. Here was something different, and maybe more meaningful, than leading a technology company. France’s manufacturing sector was still struggling in the wake of the 2008 View Details
- 19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation
were others he could work with to help put it on solid financial ground. BR: I called a friend of mine, a guy named Steve Kaplan. Steve is a partner in Fredrickson and Byron, a law firm here. So Steve joined me on this, and as we began...
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- 11 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
grit needed to live their best lives. We can't always control life's circumstances, but we can control how we respond." How do you use what you learned at HBS in your work with Grit by Brit? "The most important thing I learned at HBS is to be confident. Getting cold...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
and capital may benefit greatly from a VC’s experience, contacts, and financial resources. A downside is that VCs often will be inclined toward courses of action that a King founder might not like. Also, it’s important to remember that in...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Hajim (MBA 1964) and Glenn Plaskin Skyhorse On the Road Less Traveled is the story of Edmund Hajim, an American financier and philanthropist who rises from dire childhood circumstances to achieve professional success and personal...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Rescue & Recovery
preparing to take over the role of chair later that month. When she found out about the Oregonian’s report, she dropped everything and got to Portland as quickly as she could. By the end of the day on Thursday, Keny-Guyer had resigned....
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- 01 Mar 2004
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Toy Story
2000, Tait approached Furlong again and showed him the organization’s vision statement that outlined the future of the company — after all, these folks were trained at Microsoft — and the development of a core brand of products. Furlong...
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