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- 01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know
of the 1930s, because it’s the economic crisis against which all others are typically compared. Importantly, one of the most striking things about the Depression, according to...
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- 01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill
Their infrastructure, in terms of transportation (roads) and communication (broadband internet and cell phone service), is more limited. And they are relatively inaccessible: If you live in Harlan and want...
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- 01 Mar 2010
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Noted & Quoted
computing and mobility. That has the potential to change the economics of the Internet business and to redistribute profits yet again.” — HBS professor David Yoffie talking about the potential economic...
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- 15 Sep 2016
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Movies That Move People
carries with it a certain responsibility. “When we get feedback that people around the world have been impacted by our work, that they have made them more aware of things and more caring, it’s the most...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
range of businesses around the world, from Chinese Internet giant Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted and from the New York Times to the Economist. Drawing on these stories and on the...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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Oil Rigs and Ripe Fruit
With 40,000 employees, Singapore-based Keppel Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of offshore oil rigs, both floating deep-water semisubmersibles that anchor to the seabed and "jack-up"...
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- 01 Jun 2020
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How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
could communicate to your fans, "This is what we've done. This is what it'll look like. This is the expectation to come back, and what we'll do to protect you." So I think it's a whole host of things in...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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Make or Break
BLOOM: Build it and good things will come. Ron Bloom (MBA ’85) has been an investment banker, a special assistant to the president of the United Steelworkers, and cochairman of...
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- 06 Aug 2015
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Making coding cool
Alexis Maybank (MBA 2004) is not a coder. “That’s the one thing I wish I had learned,” says the cofounder of the successful flash-sale site Gilt Groupe. “Coding is a very useful language to know. It’s almost...
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- 18 Jan 2012
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Charter Supporter
“Long-term, it’s a way to change the income gaps that exist in our country,” said Burke. “For kids to succeed, they must have a vision of what they want to be and a motivation to succeed. Sometimes I think we put all the emphasis on other...
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- 01 Mar 2008
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Reimagining China and India
misconception that these countries are too unfamiliar for us to really grapple with. Getting over that barrier allows one to invest in acquiring the knowledge that’s necessary. There’s really nothing mysterious about either country. That’s one View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
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Courting the Poor
consumers at the bottom of the pyramid. “We used to think we could figure things out in the developed world and dumb it down for emerging markets,” she says. “In fact, it needs to happen the other way around...
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- 01 Sep 2020
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Wide Angle
Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell What can historical economic recoveries teach us about our current crisis? One of the things that makes the pandemic so...
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- 01 Jun 2005
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Lessons from the Tsunami Disaster
however, concluded that the normal ways of working did not apply to Aceh province. “We simply needed to get out of the way and let the people rebuild,” he says. “The most important View Details
- 26 Oct 2015
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Sal Khan Goes Back to School
The revolution started several years ago with Khan Academy, an innovative online portal of educational videos and tutorials that has attracted millions of followers and showed educators a View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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The path to philanthropic entrepreneurship
Sherry Coutu (MBA 1993) recalls that one of the things she liked most about attending HBS was that it empowered its graduates to continually strive to have increased impact in their endeavors. This has...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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Changing Student Life
"I'm actually an abstract artist," Jaja Jackson (MBA '99) told the Boston Globe (November 27, 2000), "but you know what? I was forced to go to school." That education — Harvard College, followed by a job at McKinsey, and then HBS — has paid off. Jackson is cofounder...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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Stacey Lawson (MBA '96)
descriptions, technical specs, and, most important, 3-D CAD geometry. In January, InPart will launch DesignSuite, an Internet service that companies such as Boeing and John Deere can use to improve engineering productivity. "Engineers...
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- 06 Sep 2013
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More Seats at the Table
Beth Stewart Corporate America's glass ceiling doesn't stop at the C-suite. Only 16.6 percent of Fortune 500 companies have a woman on their board of directors. Beth A. Stewart (MBA 1982) is uniquely...
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- 11 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
life of service is one thing that keeps me very motivated. I succeed when those I serve succeed. "The differences are countless. My consulting role allows me to drive formal project management and lead my...
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