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- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
re-education occurred when Spier won an opportunity to lunch with the Oracle of Omaha, a three-hour steak-a-thon. Buffett encouraged his dining companions to live their lives by an internal scorecard and to filter out distractions and the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
the Post to look after their four children and coordinate the couple's active Washington social life. Her life changed abruptly in 1963, when Philip Graham committed suicide after a struggle with manic depression, and she took control of...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Delivering Trust
dimmer than they’d thought: In addition to Deborah’s ovarian cysts, Jake had a lower- than-normal sperm count. The couple went through three rounds of fertility treatment, all unsuccessful. Their experience made one thing clear: “We had no idea what we were in for,”...
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Julia Hanna
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
headphones provided, and different chairs procured,” Fieldhouse said. Training sessions were developed to assist the autistic employees with life skills, such as travel planning, financial awareness and nutrition, as well as professional...
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Jennifer Myers
- Profile
Shawn Tuli
lot of direct exposure to cultural and employment decisions, on which markets to enter, which assets to manage.” Yet even as real estate remained Shawn’s passion, “I wanted to broaden my experience, and have contact with people in government, nonprofits, and other...
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Moving to the U.S. With a Family - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID MD/MBA MS/MBA Biotechnology:...
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- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
Hare said, “Should we do better in investing in people? They’re an asset of course we should!” Guy Higgins and Lewisman agreed, with conditions: “ (as with the GI Bill) make the offer to men and women who have some life experience and...
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- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
depleted many pension plans by dramatically reducing the value of investments, even while companies were still responsible for paying predetermined benefits. Increasing the pressure are two other factors. Life View Details
- 04 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
What Should German Applicants Know about HBS?
at Apple - and am in the process of deciding between Apple in Cupertino and BCG back in Munich for full time work after graduation. What should German students know about academics at HBS? When I started, I wasn’t really sure what to View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
CEO and cofounder Michael Martin (MBA 2015). Through the three labs—the i-lab, Launch Lab X, and the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab—students and alumni can access a network of peers at Harvard as well as faculty and practitioners across fields...
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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
taking them public. As the firm's managing principal, Rauner concentrates not only on investing in companies and helping them develop in conjunction with their top management but on nurturing a corps of young associates - the source of GTCR's next generation of...
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James E. Aisner
- 06 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers
longing for. After becoming a mom four years ago, I had spent more time focused on family, and I felt that I needed to allocate more time back to myself. My little one is just like a mirror of myself. I can see that my life journey would...
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Authentic Leader Development - Course Catalog
reflection, and interpersonal openness. You will be asked to think differently and explore new behaviors. We expect you to be absolutely honest with yourself and others. While few of our students are completely comfortable or sure about...
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- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
Summing Up When Does Friction Trump Scale in the Corporate Life Cycle? This month's column raised the issue of size limits on an organization's ability to compete In today's global economy. The specific case in point was Walmart and...
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- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
interest rates is driven by four state variables: the real interest rate, temporary and permanent components of expected inflation, the "nominal-real covariance" of inflation, and the real interest rate with the real economy. The last of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community
decisions, but eventually, many students face the decision of either going back to their previous role that sponsors their tuition or pivoting to a riskier role. This decision becomes more complex when they have to consider the interests of people who are involved in...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
Bujalski (MBA 1976) Independently published Very few of us get through life without experiencing a major personal crisis or devastating loss. These crises and losses can come with great pain and often with almost unbearable inner turmoil....
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
Under his ten-and-one-half years of leadership, the School launched FIELD and HBS Online. It created two joint degree programs: an MS/MBA in Engineering in conjunction with the Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and an MS/MBA in View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
must set expectations for and maintain regular contact with their telecommuters. Those who telecommute extensively point out the need for, in Scott Lichtman's words, "networking in person at least two times per week, having other...
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by James Heskett