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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
outdoorsman, he grew up in San Francisco and spent his childhood hiking and fishing with his family in the Pacific Northwest. The scenery in Manhattan is a bit different, he admits. “We have a different kind of canyon here,” he laughs....
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- 26 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More
"We are the 'piggy bank' that everyone wants to take advantage of," President Donald Trump told his 61 million Twitter followers in May, days after he hiked tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. "NO...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Action Plan: Casting Call
Bert Berkley (MBA 1950) calls it “the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” Having served in the US Army during World War II for three-and-a-half years, he was offered (and accepted) the chance to go home one day early if he signed up for the Army Reserves. Called...
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Julia Hanna;
hobbies;
balance;
meaning;
longevity;
aging;
Paper Manufacturing;
Manufacturing
- 16 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
A Day in the Life as a ‘Spreadsheet Ranger’
staff across all five parks. 5pm – After saying goodbye to the Fire team, we pack up and head home. Thankfully, we still have four hours of daylight to explore the park. We put on our hiking gear and head to one of our favorite trails....
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Nonprofit / Government
- 29 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business
top ten business stories for the past year. 1. China: industrial-goods slowdown and market turmoil 2. Yahoo: Marissa Myers and activist investors 3. Uber: valuation and growth of the gig economy 4. Volkswagen: emissions cheating scandal 5. Interest Rates: fed rate...
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Brittani Rettig
Can you finish this statement? My perfect workout is "An hour of moderate- to high-intensity hiking on some beautiful outdoor terrain followed by an hour of vinyasa power yoga. It's the perfect combination of strength, cardio, and...
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- 02 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Finding My Focus in Health care Amidst a Global Pandemic
formative time together safely. Through outdoor dining adventures, fall hikes around the northeast and socially distanced lunches on the HBS campus, we have gone from strangers to friends to family in a matter of months. I have learned...
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- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Buy big, sell small
current phase of her entrepreneurial journey to “being on a hike where you can’t see the summit but you’re confident about your next steps.” As the leader of a small but growing company, she is committed to instilling company-wide values,...
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- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
which has helped transform 160 acres of land around the Houston Ship Channel into an expansive green space, with hiking and biking trails, a bat sanctuary, a skate park, and an amphitheater that is home to the city’s Fourth of July...
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- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother
students who are trying to transition into that field will be extremely valuable. What do you like to do in your spare time? I spend a lot of time being outdoors with my husband, our daughter, and our dog. We enjoy hiking and skiing but...
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- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
through their lives, having children of their own, he continued to think of Gibbs’s daughter and couldn’t shake the feeling that he had to do something for children like her—the sons and daughters of moms and dads who lost their lives on duty in the military. The idea...
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Maureen Harmon
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
love nature. I love hiking. I love going to Tibet and just hike for days and days, or go to the Andes and do the same thing, hiking all the way Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, which is just physically thrilling...
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- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
business friendly. We're family and community oriented. It's football heaven—Go, Cowboys! It's full of sunshine. Can you finish this statement? My perfect workout is "An hour of moderate- to high-intensity hiking on some beautiful outdoor...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
Schwarzman's life to show readers how to build, transform, and lead thriving organizations. Whether you are a student, entrepreneur, philanthropist, executive, or simply someone looking for ways to maximize your potential, the same lessons apply. 48 Peaks: View Details
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
impact. Nonetheless, boards have been focusing strictly on monetary rewards as an incentive for CEOs to achieve desired results, tying the returns that go to stockholders to the size of the chief executive's paycheck. At the same time, consultants have been View Details
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by Jim Aisner
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
however, internees could go hiking and climbing in the nearby mountains for nine hours at a stretch. Germans who were interned during WWI lobbied on behalf of their countrymen during WWII. Several, for example, penned a letter to...
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- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
Keeper, a faith-inspired humanitarian organization that partners with South Sudanese women in support of social, political, and economic justice. In 2016, Brooks and a friend spent four days hiking the 26-mile Inca Trail in Peru to...
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Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
who beat Jack Sock in three sets at the Delray Beach Open in 2023 despite balancing the game with a full-time job. Hiker “Invest in a pair of adjustable hiking poles, because they take a lot of the strain off your joints and they’re great...
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- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
and hiking in New Hampshire. Now that we’re back in LA, we miss the proximity of all of those things but 100 percent definitely don’t miss the weather.” What advice do you have for HBS students interested in launching their own startups?...
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- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
environment being among them. The Wyss Foundation, for example, focuses on preserving extraordinary landscapes in the intermountain west and the Colorado Plateau, where Wyss first hiked and climbed as a 23-year-old exchange student....
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