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- 01 Mar 2012
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Pledge of Allegiance
pledge never to raise taxes, even as budget deficits soar. According to the Financial Times (November 21, 2011), Norquist believes the pledge makes Republicans more credible with their constituents. “The pledge is useful,” Norquist said....
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- 01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over
himself had detected a groundswell of impending postwar entrepreneurialism among his fellow GIs, based on conversations with them during his service in the Pacific. Back at Soldiers Field in 1946, Mace, with the backing of Dean David, set...
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- 01 Mar 2015
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Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)
John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947)—business leader, community collaborator, prominent philanthropist, education visionary—died February 7 at age 92. During a lauded career, Whitehead guided Goldman Sachs to the forefront of investment banking; served his country as deputy...
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- 01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
his staff's recommendations to approve new schools, let current charters expand, or close those plagued by low performance or financial mismanagement. "We give them many years of warnings, and we publish a report every year that shows...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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Eye in the Storm
business-model and financial challenges confronting traditional media everywhere. Schocken is a free-market, pro-business advocate who is “a singular force in Israeli journalism on issues such as free speech, equal rights for Israeli...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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Faculty Learn Firsthand about Chinese Business
deep connections with HBS alumni on the mainland, McFarlan arranged a six-city itinerary of meetings with executives of major consumer products, textile, software, energy, microfinance, and banking concerns. In Beijing, the group spent two hours discussing View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
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Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
example stuck with me. Financial services sort of makes sense. But the one that I thought was really an outstanding example was Warby Parker, because that is a very different brand, you know. Can you talk...
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- 16 May 2018
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ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
“Together we can rise by lifting others,” had the crowd laughing and cheering. The fourth alumni finalist was Aiden Feng (MBA 2016) who pitched Medumo, a service that simplifies health instructions for patients via text or email. The...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2005
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A Matter of Opinion
1932 in New York City, where his father ran a small clothing-manufacturing business in the Garment District. After attending progressive city schools, Navasky graduated from Swarthmore College in 1954 with Phi Beta Kappa honors in the social sciences. Next came Army...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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One-on-One with Robert McNamara
Americans of the second half of the 20th century. But regardless of how history may judge his record, McNamara’s decades of service in the public and private sectors enable him to speak with singular authority about the strengths and...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2014
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The Digital Deck
language of business and comprises three 30-hour courses: Business Analytics (created by Jan Hammond), Financial Accounting (by V.G. Narayanan), and Economics for Managers (by Anand). For its inaugural program this June, CORe will target...
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Julia Hanna
- 02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising
shipping routes to avoid sanctions—traveling from the United States to Panama to Jamaica before arriving in Havana four to six weeks later. The history of Cuba’s private sector is relatively new, short, and complicated. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the...
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Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Dec 2014
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Case Study: Growing the Family Business
growth significantly. How do we go about finding the financing that we need to expand?” The Answers: I have started and operated three iterations of childcare companies going back 25 years. We encountered the same issues. We addressed the upfront center cost issue by...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices
Sebenius's Dealmaking: Financial and International Negotiations, and Professor Joseph L. Badaracco's seminar, The Moral Leader. "These and other small courses showcase the exciting areas that faculty are exploring," says Salter. "Many...
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- 01 Mar 2008
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Reimagining China and India
of China and India, not just financial markets and industry structure? Entrepreneurship in India and China is not just about taking companies public. It is also about finding ways around all manner of constraints, many of which originate...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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Pamela Thomas Graham
financial news network, the Web site was being relaunched as a separate entity with its own services and special features. "It was an amazing opportunity to come out of the consulting world and lead a...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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Rich Wilson
Globe is in 2012. Will you do it and the program again? For now, I’m giving talks, and there’s a book in the works. As for 2012, we know how to do successful school programs. If we could get distribution channel commitment to our other core constituencies, asthma and...
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- 01 Jun 2020
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Inside Out
becomes even smaller. Just as we pointed out earlier in the context of how much time modern people spend indoors, once again the building industry discussion has missed the key 90 percent—the impact of the big expense, the people. View Details