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- 18 May 2016
- News
What Does the American Dream Mean in Today’s America?
Alexander Navab (MBA 1991), head of investment firm KKR’s Americas private equity business, was honored this year with an Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented annually to “individuals who have made it their mission to share with those less fortunate their wealth of...
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- November 2022 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Martine Rothblatt and United Therapeutics: A Series of Implausible Dreams
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
In 1990, satellite expert and Sirius XM founder Martine Rothblatt was determined to save the life of her seven-year-old daughter, Jenesis, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness called Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). At the time, there was little medication...
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Keywords:
Pharmaceutical Companies;
Technological And Scientific Innovation;
Organ Donation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Innovation and Invention;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States;
District of Columbia
Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "Martine Rothblatt and United Therapeutics: A Series of Implausible Dreams." Harvard Business School Case 323-039, November 2022. (Revised April 2024.)
- 04 Apr 2008
- News
Fixing a Broken Dream One Night at a Time
- 08 Jul 2016
- News
So Why Don't You Have Your Dream Job Yet?
There are three forces, says author James Citrin (MBA 1986), that are “at fundamental war with one another” when people are trying to find a job: compensation, lifestyle, and job satisfaction. “So if you think about those three points and what I call the career...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
GE’s Immelt Urges MBAs to Dream Big, Work Hard
Immelt In June, Class Day speaker Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA ’82), chairman and CEO of General Electric, sent 878 MBA graduates off into the world with a pep talk in which he cited competitiveness and creativity as keys to business success. Immelt also dispensed lots of...
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- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 21 Jan 2016
- Webinars: Career
How to Snag - and Keep - Your Dream Job
In the old days, a good career was linear. It began at prestigious universities and progressed through prestigious organizations, with few diversions or deviations along the way. Now, a career is like a collage, and prestige in jobs matters far less than impact. Life's...
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- March 25, 2021
- Article
How to Build a Life: Are You Dreaming Too Big?
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Are You Dreaming Too Big?" The Atlantic (March 25, 2021).
- November 2019
- Case
Floating the Exchange Rate: In Pursuit of the Chinese Dream
By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
In the decades following 2005, China faced significant financial challenges. Inflation spiraled upwards and China’s economy stagnated in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. The country’s leaders took an interventionist approach to weather the storm, controlling...
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Keywords:
Exchange Rate;
Inflation;
Debt;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Inflation and Deflation;
Borrowing and Debt;
China
Alfaro, Laura, and Sarah Jeong. "Floating the Exchange Rate: In Pursuit of the Chinese Dream." Harvard Business School Case 320-039, November 2019.
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Electric Vehicles: Pipe Dream or Product of the Future? TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Teaching Note for (1-698-065). (A reprint not in this system).
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- 04 Apr 2019
- News
Karen Mills on Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
- 11 Nov 2012
- News
Protecting the American Dream Should Be the President’s Top Priority
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Enabling the Dream of Building A Healthy Future for India
Surabhi Bhandari (photo by Susan Young) Surabhi Bhandari (photo by Susan Young) Surabhi Bhandari (MBA 2017) wants to launch a medical technology startup in India that will help revolutionize health care in her native country. “Multinational companies dominate the...
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- 20 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Aspa Lekka (MBA 2020) Talks Dreams of Becoming a CEO, Handball, and Her Hometown in Greece
Aspa Lekka (MBA 2020) was a member of the Greek National Team for handball. Upon realizing she had global ambitions of competing in a larger world, she ventured out to Berlin to join a startup as a business analyst despite her lack of knowledge and skills in the field....
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- 12 Sep 2017
- News
Dream big like Jeff Bezos, and you just might land Amazon
- 05 Mar 2019
- News
Trump doomed their American dreams — leaving businesses in the lurch
- 22 Mar 2011
- News