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- 01 Sep 2006
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HBS Student Battles ALS
the fact that ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative illness that to date has no cure, Kremer vowed to continue his studies at HBS, far from his network of family and friends in...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do
made great progress in catalyzing industry interest in PD. I’m proud that the MJFF is helping reshape the way medical research gets done and is considered a model for other disease-fighting organizations.” The single largest funder of PD...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)
acquaintances who are now scattered throughout the world. It was a seminal experience. As I progressed in my career, one of the most valuable courses I took at HBS turned out to be Organizational Behavior. Having worked with several...
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- 03 Apr 2019
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Finding Common Ground
progress can come when you look for common ground.” For business leaders who want to have an impact on solving big social problems, Shumway observes, “There’s so much need. Look around and start with...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2006
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One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
prevent a new disease from becoming endemic to a region. It raised the profile of public health and brought the importance of international cooperation in health to new heights. SARS — severe acute respiratory syndrome — caused enormous economic damage and View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
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Fostering a synergy at work that benefits associates as well as customers
essential values: customer sovereignty, innovation, excellence, integrity, people orientation, and social responsibility. "It's not really a textbook leadership style," says Natarajan, who treats staff like extended family. "We have...
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- 01 Dec 2003
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Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit group of businesspeople who believe that sound environmental policy and economic progress are not mutually exclusive. With about four hundred members nationwide, E2 works directly with the...
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- 01 Sep 2017
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Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
Illustration by Jon Krause When trying to explain how blockchain works, it helps to have a mass-culture analogue. Mike O’Grady (MBA 1992), president of Chicago-based Northern Trust, uses social media: Blockchain, he says, is a transaction...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2009
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A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
of electronic medical records, which make patient information accessible and portable, have been talked about for a long time. One hurdle to progress on this relates, again, to the existing business model, which makes it difficult for...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business
which means participants set their own schedules. They spend about six hours each week on coursework and assignments in tandem with fellow global cohort members so that all progress through the six-week course together. Videos featuring...
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- 09 Apr 2019
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Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
to eating a cookie. Twenty-five years after Pete’s death, little progress has been made in terms of understanding the condition or options for treatment. “The same antiquated autoinjector is still the first line of treatment in...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2016
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Advancing the Vision for HBS
other initiatives ensure that the School remains the standard for excellence in management education worldwide. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of thousands of donors and the work of a dedicated corps of alumni volunteers, we are making remarkable View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
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Short Takes
he writes. In his working paper "Flexibility: The New Social Contract between Individuals and Firms?," Bradach studies independent contractors, companies that use their services, and staffing agencies that bring the two parties together....
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Judith Ross
- 26 Aug 2016
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Connecting with the Past
persuaded the Polish State Archives to allow them to index his family’s ancestral town. “Four months later, I went to Poland with a printout of our entire database of 40,000 record entries. The reaction of the archives’ director was one...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2013
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Your Own Medicine
is progressing daily. You can't settle for the typical schedule of drug discovery and development. So forget the drug companies. We'll form our own. “Well, you can't just tell me that at nine o'clock at night and think I'm going to go to...
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- 07 Nov 2018
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A Market-Based Approach to Solving the World’s Water Crisis
solution to government. And given that one of the most significant barriers for governments to achieve their objectives in water and sanitation is financing, we can bring a proven model to help accelerate progress within those countries....
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- 01 Jun 2023
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Spray Canon
Taylor Callery Taylor Callery When street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled sold for $110.5 million in 2017, famed art dealer and curator Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978) told the New York Times that the artist was “now in the same league as Francis Bacon and Pablo...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Training great principals to lead great schools
candidate has been hired as a principal. Students in New Leader schools consistently achieve at higher levels than their peers, have higher high school graduation rates, and are making progress in closing the achievement gap. In recent...
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- 01 Sep 2017
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Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
United States had little to show for its investment before a new administration slashed funding. In the 1980s, California’s progressive energy initiatives led to a massive boom in wind energy, but when the policies expired, the entire...
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- 20 Oct 2022
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Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of Lebanon (HBSCL) hosted the US Ambassador to Lebanon, Dorothy Shea, for dinner and a discussion on August 18 at the Monty Club in Beirut. According to Club President Jean-Marc Ingea (MBA 1994), the event’s theme was “Lebanon: What’s...
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Margie Kelley