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- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
self-sustaining if it was going to be successful.” Another family lesson, about taking the long view, was first put to the test soon after Fisher, a standout field hockey player, entered Ursinus College. The small liberal arts school,...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
entrepreneurship is imbedded in the structure of the family." Cherie Nursalim, manager in the corporate strategy and planning division of her family's Gaja Tunggal Group, a major Indonesian conglomerate with extensive interests in...
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Alejandro Reyes
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
customers' college-savings accounts. Firms like Salomon Smith Barney that manage these new so-called "529" savings plans would invest the rebates and maintain records showing enrolled families how...
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by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Career Peak
Stroeer left her job as a consultant in 2015 and converted a van to live out of as she ran, climbed, and hiked through the backcountry, she didn’t plan on turning her lifestyle into a one-woman business. But, she says, “I realized very...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
© politicalcartoons.com The government’s ever-evolving rescue of the financial sector has already demanded enormous sums, and President Obama’s economic stimulus package will require many billions more. While a stimulus plan would lead to...
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- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
and their ability to pay for each of our projects to assess the situation.” Uncertainty about “what the runway of cash should be and how long to plan for” compounded CEOs' liquidity concerns. Family and...
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- 13 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia
get people to use them." In one study exploring the country's high birth rates, 1,031 women were randomly chosen to receive a voucher guaranteeing free and immediate access to a range of modern contraceptives through a private appointment with a View Details
- 07 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Attending Peek Weekend
the Peek experience. Participants were divided into one of three cohorts: STEM, Family Business, and Women’s Colleges. The diversity among Peek participants led to deep, meaningful discussion that resembled the class dynamics that take...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Action Plan: Fired Up
plans for revitalizing operations, strategy, technology, and marketing—a reality that became evident almost immediately. “Culture is so important to me, I don’t know how I missed it,” Andrus concedes. A 2019 Harvard Business Review...
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- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
so what is the mission? What is the tactical plan to get this done? It’s in four phases. The first phase is the analytical phase. This is where we take a blood sample, a muscle biopsy from my brother to dive into the details of what is...
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- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
providers to improve services to Americans. Source: gpointstudio In 2015, there was an average of 6.9 plans to choose from in each state. This fell to 6.5 in 2016, and even before Aetna's decision, the Kaiser View Details
- Profile
Shana Hoffman
The very thing that attracted Shana Hoffman to engineering (she completed a BSE in electrical systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania) frustrated her when she and her family were doing their best to help her father weather a...
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- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
our son had autism spectrum disorder, a lifelong handicap with no cure or treatment, we knew that all our plans needed to change. We needed to accept that." "The business model is tricky for a CEO." ASD is not a single...
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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
With the 15th Reunion for the Class of 1984 just around the corner, the Bulletin revisits five members of the class we've been keeping tabs on over the years to learn how they're balancing family and professional responsibilities. We...
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- Portrait Project
Mardie Oakes
in affordable housing and community development is driven by my desire to foster dignity in all people, regardless of whether their talents are rewarded in the marketplace. I plan to create fabulous places and spaces where strong, healthy...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
development. Berglund, now 50, is finishing his pediatrics internship and plans further training in psychiatry, which will require another three years. "The first thing you confront is the question 'Can you do it?' At 45, you wonder if...
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Thomas Frick
- Portrait Project
Jeff Norton
Reflections on my essay from 2003 It has been three years since I answered the question, "What do you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" I replied that I wanted to make someone's favorite movie. I have spent the...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Building Capacity in the Social Sector
case in point. The retired director of planned giving at Lehigh University and head of his family's real-estate and investment management firm, Thun first learned about the SEI during an HBS reunion presentation. As his 50th Reunion...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Booth Gardner’s Night at the Oscars
by Margie Kelley GARDNER PARTY: Booth Gardner, center, celebrates at HBO’s Oscar Documentary Nominees party at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills his with daughter Gail Gant (left), President of HBO Documentary and Family Sheila Nevins,...
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Martin November
Marty (HBS '98) is an MD/MBA and practicing OBGYN physician who has broad expertise in the healthcare sector as the former Medical Director for Patient Safety and Risk Management at Atrius Health, Harvard Medical School teaching faculty and hospital division director,...
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