Labor Force Participation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2017
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A Summit Higher Than Everest

Even after they had started up the mountain from their base camp on October 2, they had been forced by unexpected rock outcroppings, unstable ice, and unpredictable weather to change their plans at almost every stage. Now they were... View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

01 Jun 1996
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Four Professors to Retire

adaptability. In this work Christenson has drawn from several disciplines, including sociology, cybernetics, decision theory, and psychology. Christenson spent one year away from HBS in 1962 when he was asked to come to Washington, D.C., by Assistant Secretary of the... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

28 May 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

History of the Christian Church: Two Thousand Years of Female Leadership by Elizabeth Muir (HRPBA 1958) University of Toronto Press Muir uncovers the rich and often tumultuous relationship between women and Christianity, as she traces 2,000 years of female leadership,... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

intertwined with expert analysis, Gordon illustrates why it is so difficult to act as an engaged health care consumer in the United States, and pulls back the curtain to expose the forces that hold the system in place. Lift Off: The Story... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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MBA vs. MBA

of active duty later, he joined the Marine Reserves while he pursued his MBA at Soldiers Field, then volunteered for duty with a reconnaissance battalion that was activated to fight in Iraq. Taylor’s platoon was the first of his Marine task View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

14 Mar 2019
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The Merchant of Osaka

situations. She had participated in negotiations with tough-as-nails CEOs and landed major clients like Nike and Coca-Cola. “But when the doctor threw the chart at me, I was about to cry,” she says. She grew up in Osaka, a merchant city,... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

confluence. "For managers, working in the social sector can be more exciting than managing a business - your influence as a force for entrepreneurial change can make an impact beyond your organization," notes Associate Professor J.... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

each one of us receives from this community are very important. I want to thank all of you for participating in this support system and for sustaining the unique set of values that defines HBS. "Stacey M. Childress (MBA '00), director of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

participants with a glimpse into the future of cyberspace. Next year, Kapoor may find himself an invited guest at that event, since he'll be working on content development at the @Home Network, a high-profile Silicon Valley startup... View Details

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