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- 01 Oct 1996
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An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
encourage them to forget about the technical nomenclature and focus on the essence of processes and systems, using common terms and visual analogies," he says. Berglund had wanted to become a doctor since he was ten years old but deferred...
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Thomas Frick
- 22 Oct 2013
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Pulling the Plug
then one day in 2008, Stata contacted Giler to encourage him to check out this wireless-electricity startup he had invested in. "It's a good case for networking," Giler says. He returned to the campus a couple of years ago to discuss a...
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- 19 Aug 2013
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Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
entrepreneur, and two other cofounders, Keshavjee launched Honey Care Africa (HCA)—with Jiwa as director—to encourage beekeeping as an opportunity to enhance farmers' incomes. "From its inception, HCA has had an explicit triple...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
to be in show business, so at Columbia at least I was in the right theater, if not the right row. Then came my big break: a benevolent Lampoon friend of mine who worked for David Letterman called to say that his show needed writers and View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
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Get Creative
and that these user-innovators, thanks to the Internet, can go through an iterative process much more quickly and cheaply than was true in the past. So, how do you encourage customer-driven innovation and capture some of that value?...
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- 21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap
experience? Falik: Traditionally, study abroad has been the experience that we’ve encouraged kids to have to expand their horizons and have a global experience. When we look at the data, though, it’s pretty striking: 80% of kids who...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
climate change. The decarbonization transition would accelerate if more governments enacted policies to price carbon, and companies have the opportunity to encourage that.” BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY Contributing to a Better...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 03 Sep 2018
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Moving Pictures
important to me as a kid, even if I now consider myself somewhere between an agnostic and a believer. The cultural values of trying to heal and do good in the world have stayed with me.” Singer’s father had always stressed the importance of fulfilling one’s potential,...
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- 30 Apr 2021
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Revealing the Rules
in that promotion committee in order to be even considered? I would encourage managers to think about the extent to which what they’re preaching is in alignment with what they’re actually valuing in the workplace—and to what extent it’s...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Addressing The Financial Security Gap
Influential Women in US Finance in 2020, 2021, and 2022 and cofounded BlackRock’s Women’s Initiative Network, which encourages the full potential of women at the firm. “Many young people feel like they have to go into not-for-profits to...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 02 Dec 2019
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Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna
them, confirming that she was on the right track for a career in entertainment. She also received enthusiastic support from her fellow students, who encouraged her to pursue her passion. “It was so heartwarming to see how excited my...
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- 01 Oct 1998
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A Long and Winding Road
Eastern Business School prepare us for this long and winding road? Perhaps nothing could have. But HBS gave us tools for coping with challenges and encouraged us to stretch our minds, practice collaboration and cooperation, develop...
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Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 01 Dec 1998
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Short Takes
logic exactly backwards," he says. "The conventional wisdom in Washington is that tougher bankruptcy laws will discourage consumers from borrowing and thus keep them from filing. In our view, stricter rules will likely encourage consumer...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Feb 1999
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Newman's Own Brand of Charity
Whitehead (MBA 11/ '47), Paul Volcker, David Rockefeller, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, to create a nonprofit center to promote corporate philanthropy. "Government has become less involved in its social responsibilities, and to a great extent it is the...
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- 13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Christine Keung (at podium) and Reginald Smith (both MBA 2020) present recommendations for economic development to the West Virginia State Senate in May 2022. How did you meet? Reggie Smith: "We first met before classes started RC year at a big social event in...
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- 04 May 2017
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Going the Distance
then bigger. Frey encourages would-be adventurers to think of themselves “as capable of much more than you currently envision” and to recognize that “real learning and personal growth come from stepping outside your comfort zone.” He...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 1998
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A Community Investment
Johnson is guided in all of its business practices by a deceptively simple, four-paragraph credo. One tenet reads: "We are responsible to the communities in which we live and work and to the world community as well." We are also a leader in View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home
exorbitant housing costs encourage young, professional workers to look elsewhere for jobs, threatening the continued vitality of local industries that depend on their talents. (For example, 86 percent of the companies in one recent survey...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2000
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Books
learning is encouraged but are uncertain how to make it a reality. "How do I, as a manager, get started?" Garvin posits. "What tools and techniques must I master? What do I need to do personally to lead the learning process? And how will...
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Amy E. Dean
- 20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow
environmentalist. He and I spent a lot of time together discussing the larger environmental challenges of our time. He was a big thinker. He was very encouraging and supportive of my desire to shift my career more in the direction of...
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Margie Kelley