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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
orientation that manifests itself in investing, in business decision-making, and in our politics. One of society’s most vexing problems is the relentlessly short-term orientation that manifests itself in investing, in business decision-making, and in our politics....
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Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
The siren song of real estate never sounded so sweet. Then the music stopped. Dan Dubrowski (MBA ’90) remembers it well. “When I came to HBS in 1988, real estate was hot. When I left, it was in a virtual depression.” Classmate Hoke Slaughter (MBA ’90) View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Getting on Board
corporate board consideration.” As you organize your campaign, Stautberg says, “It’s best to cast a wide net. Networking is essential,” she emphasizes. “Who knows you and respects your capabilities? If you have a positive relationship with lawyers or accountants who...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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The Best-Laid Plans
today, or even eighteen months ago,” says Tal Riesenfeld (MBA 2008), vice president of business development. Between his first and second years at HBS, Riesenfeld worked for Google in California, where he met a number of Silicon Valley...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
David Perez (MBA 1996) readily admits that launching Avance Investment Management in May 2020, at the height of the pandemic, was “the worst timing ever.” But the Cuban native, who studied engineering in East Germany and saved his earnings from View Details
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
Jeopardy! contestants to compete against Watson, its “brain” the compendium of 100 algorithms working in parallel against 200 million pages of text in 500 gigabytes of data. When it finally played master Jeopardy! winner Ken Jennings in...
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Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup
recent past. Even when the supply faltered, the demand never went away. And in the year that was just ending, Sahlman had taught first-year Finance to some 180 students—two sections of 90—who had rated him highly as a teacher. This wasn’t always the case. “Let’s get...
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Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
airfield to see what was happening. Their clandestine arrival was “a carnival,” according to one of the B-17 pilots. The crowd burst into applause at the sight of Green in his full khaki Navy work uniform, with the single star and two...
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- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
provided food—delivering food, distributing grocery cards, and setting up sites where people can pick up food. We’ve helped bridge the gap between paychecks. Partnering with the ICA Watershed, we are using their facility in East Boston...
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
have one last morning of kissing his three kids goodbye and going to work and thinking everything was OK. One final bit of normal, she thought. The initial post-diagnosis plan was for Benjy to continue his busy schedule as a radiologist,...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts
drives; and how to manage the disease and vaccinations in the villages of developing countries. The book also explores how governments across the world can work closely with private-sector companies to fight the illness and accelerate...
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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
global community, one that represents and respects the best of our collective backgrounds and traditions and that is a living example of how people from all over the world can come together around a set of common values, and though not always agreeing— sometimes even...
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Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 12 Jan 2017
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Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
degree in chemical engineering, in 1989, she worked at Procter & Gamble in engineering and product development, and then in product supply, as the company started buying cosmetics businesses. When a New York–based startup recruited her in...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
“Everyone was telling me that loss of life was an inevitable part of mining,” recalls Carroll. “I knew we could do better.” It took several days to get the 28,000 workers out of the mine and almost two months to implement new safety...
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- 16 Dec 2021
- News
A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
fill the gaps in the production of personal protective equipment (PPE). Many stepped in to fight hunger, provide support for health professionals and frontline workers, deploy technology in new ways that helped communities thrive, and...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
wave of new business ventures in areas such as microcomputers, software programs, and hardware-related peripheral equipment that has changed the world forever. "During the early '80s, I'd get a lot of business plans from alumni starting software companies," View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
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Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
have you seen that's worked on that front? SWG: Well, you know, back to Merrill Lynch and where financial services really matter, there's a about a million dollar wealth gap that most women have because...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Business Books Executive development programs have entered a period of rapid transformation, driven by digital disruption and a widening gap between the skills that participants and their organizations demand, and those provided by their...
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- 03 Mar 2020
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Can This Man Change the American Diet?
intentional, can you talk a little bit about that difference? Ayr: About everything we’re doing that works really well is the result of some engagement with customers. We’ve tested a lot of different things over the years. We’ve tested...
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Agriculture
- 01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Leading Change
waste, and conserve natural resources. From 2005 to 2015, for instance, the company’s water and energy consumption per garment dropped by 60 percent and 40 percent respectively. Esquel also works to enhance the well-being of its...
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