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- 20 Aug 2016
- News
The Business of Improving Health Care Delivery
Josue Zapata (MD/MBA 2012) is chief resident in internal medicine at the University of California in San Francisco. In this interview he discusses how he is utilizing his business training to make a difference in patient treatment and health care delivery. “My View Details
- 23 May 2018
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Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
to interview Howard. When the candidate arrived, the search committee immediately understood that this was not a test. In addition to his stellar résumé, Howard brought an unexpected quality: charisma. He could relate to everyone they introduced him to—from students,...
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Susan Young
- 18 Feb 2014
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Stick with Plan A
be an entrepreneur. Growing up in the Swedish-built mining town of Yekepa in northern Liberia, she started her first business when she was 12 — an after-school activities company; parents paid her to keep their kids busy. "I didn't know...
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- 01 Dec 2000
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Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
supplying us with recruiting materials." Last year the club also sponsored a visit from members of the Harvard Krokodiloes singing group, who traveled to Taiwan to raise money for the victims of the region's devastating earthquake. Born in Taiwan, Feng came to the...
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- 01 Sep 2003
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The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
strategies for a youth-oriented dot-com, who better to ask than a roomful of bright kids, especially kids with HBS in their genes? During reunions last June, HBS assistant professor Tom Eisenmann did just that when he conducted a case-method discussion with the...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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Pinball Wizard
with one big exception - it's a clean, well-lighted place. "Most parents don't want to go into a dirty old arcade," Simon noted. "I want to create an inviting atmosphere for the whole family." Prior to getting back into the family line of...
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- 11 Jun 2021
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The Power of Resilience
daughter, I was technically on maternity leave and that maternity leave quickly shifted into a medical leave, which was a blessing in disguise in its own way, that I was able to be home, truly dedicated to my treatment, to my newborn and elder daughter, and luckily had...
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- 02 Jun 2021
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On the Road Less Traveled
high odds, which Ed chronicles in his recent book On the Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom. READ MORE Courtesy Ed Hajim Courtesy Ed Hajim In 1939 Ed Hajim's parents divorced and his mother was...
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- 01 Nov 2018
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The Power of Civility
It's a very self-centered world these days, and that does worry me about our future as a civilization. “One of the things that my parents taught me when I was a kid was that we need to take responsibility for our own actions, and we can't...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence
Mexico City revealed significant cultural differences. “Colgate wanted to better understand teens’ values and opinions,” says Franklin. “One question we asked involved heroes. Almost all said their parents were their heroes because they...
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- 09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
Children learning remotely often have to rely on parents or a sibling for help. The pandemic has caused the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting more than one billion learners in more than 190 countries, according...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow
liquid, the observation refers to her involvement in, first, the 1993 launch of ViaCord, a company that enabled parents to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells that help treat life-threatening diseases like...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
graduates from working-class families. I helped my parents deliver packages and clean college dorms in Philadelphia. Christine helped her immigrant parents run a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles. It was...
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- 04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum (MBA 2004) Grand Central Publishing In Russia, in the summer of 1914, as war with Germany looms, Miri Abramov and her brilliant physicist brother, Vanya, are facing an impossible decision....
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- 01 Jun 1998
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Mark Tatum
director of sponsorships and marketing for Major League Baseball. His ultimate goal? "I'd love to own the Yankees," he says with a smile. It may have taken his parents some time to accept his change in career, but they couldn't be prouder...
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Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- 01 Sep 2024
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Far-Reaching Impact
their parents for learning at home. Today, 2 million children in nine states in India are benefiting from the company's engaging, gamified approach to early childhood education. “We've seen across our programs that this is deeply...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2017
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Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
to help finance his education. “My original goal coming to HBS was to eventually work for a big technology company. The fellowships have enabled me to stretch and pursue my entrepreneurial passions more,” says Wu. “My family comes from a humble background. My View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
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Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
speech in which he thanked a number of people for their support over the years, singling out his parents for special mention. "A printer by trade, my father taught me the importance of prototyping," Bricklin noted. "If you run a printing...
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Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets
same-sex marriages. It's no surprise that Scher has dedicated her life to social causes. A native of Clifton, New Jersey, she grew up in a family that was "liberal and concerned." "My parents taught me that individuals can make an impact...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2001
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Steven Rogers
the corner store, and helped his mother, a single parent of four, sell furniture at weekend flea markets. Although his family was "periodically on welfare" and food stamps were a regular part of life, Rogers describes his upbringing with...
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