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- 19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation
about how his expertise recently found another, unexpected outlet when he was called on to help save a small business that helped a community cope with its grief and honor their dead for over 50 years. READ MORE NEWS CLIP: Funeral homes...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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Case Study: Tip the Scale
over speed in the fulfillment process. Walden aims to build a community of home cooks who are connected to local farms in a meaningful way, not simply a transactional purchase. The Question: With...
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- 01 Sep 2008
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The Levitt Brand
Robert Sullivan (MBA ’61). “Levitt made me a convert. He taught that marketing is the guts of any business, that it’s critical to understanding the connection between sales, manufacturing, finance, human resources, and interpersonal...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts
that his mother is dead. His father soon abandons him in order to seek employment, leaving his son behind in a string of foster homes and orphanages. This establishes a pattern of neglect and desertion that continues for Hajim’s entire...
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- 01 Dec 2020
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Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
Kyruus, a Boston-based firm he cofounded that helps health care systems to manage their provider data and make it easier to connect patients with the right care—steps that ultimately benefit both patients and practitioners. Gardner...
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Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi
wasn’t any heroics. My house was outside the Green Zone. Our family home had been taken over by the former regime and turned into a Baath Party military intelligence headquarters. When the regime fell, we took back our property. The place...
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- 01 Dec 2020
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In Review
Bridges (a capstone at the end of the two years), and several entirely new Executive Education courses. In our doctoral programs, we launched PRIMO, a summer program that connects undergraduates with our faculty to learn about management...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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Around the World
about students' "road trip" stories Plan B: The Brick Bank Issue Focus: The Global Manager They Call Him Mr. China Think Locally, Act Globally Bringing Global Back Home HBS celebrated the opening of its newest classroom in early March—in...
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- 30 Apr 2019
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Leading Schools That Change Lives
personal connection to the transformative power of education and an entrepreneurial mindset. His father grew up in the Mission Hill projects in Boston but was able to attend Boston College High School on a full merit scholarship. “That...
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- 24 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)
making a personal connection with students that, I'm guessing, most remember for a very long time. Plus, once he found out that my grandmother was a tech-savvy woman, Professor Rivkin would always ask, 'What would Grandma D'Arcy do?'"...
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- 05 Oct 2021
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Launch Signals
tech startup producing stylish bracelets with an inobtrusive control button that can send text messages and GPS tracking to friends, a pre-recorded call to a specific phone number, or a direct connection to the police. “Flare gives you...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Using storytelling to transform the retail experience
Stories make sales. That’s the philosophy of Jennifer Lee Koss (AB 2001, MBA 2008), cofounder of BRIKA, an online shop for modern and elevated craft. BRIKA (from fabricá, the Spanish word for factory) enhances the appeal of its well-crafted goods (many of them...
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- 08 Jun 2018
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My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
train to work. And I'd always take the black car home because you really never came home until midnight or something like that. And people ask me to this day, hey, what was it like to live in New Jersey? You...
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- 13 Sep 2019
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Hollywood Ending
she moved out of her home in the Bay Area, settled into a condo in Los Angeles, and set about the task of transforming this idea into a revolution. There’s really no script for that, of course. It’s similar to the situation she found upon...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Doing Something Real
have gained some weight, lost some hair, seen the world take giant leaps forward and a few steps back. Many of us would never be remotely near where we are today had we not lucked into the HBS imprimatur and network of connections (not to...
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Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 01 Sep 2011
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The Spangler Effect
as president of the University of North Carolina system. While deeply committed to advancing public education in his home state, Spangler always felt a strong connection with HBS that extends beyond his own...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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John R. Davis
He calls the hood of a rusty Chevy truck his “conference area” and the passenger seat his “desk.” His part-time help is his fiancée, whom he first recruited to his 1,400-acre Achille, Oklahoma, ranch with the promise of fresh blackberries. Davis has no office phone,...
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- 01 Mar 2011
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Making Their Way
Chirchirillo, “It’s a game-changer. Now we can go from print-to-part faster than anyone in the world.” The coin of the realm: The intricate patterns of metal stampings form the innards of component parts for a variety of manufactured products in a range of industries...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
goal and understand the requirements, pitfalls, and potential routes involved. Seek a support structure and inspiration. Identify other groundbreaking achievers and understand their habits and skills. Connect with optimistic people who...
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- 27 Oct 2017
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The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
sometimes, maybe the outcome is no action. But that's fine. You learned it. And then you never know when the external environment changes. There will be something actionable. Sarah Wright, 1997. All leadership is very close in nature to friendship. That's all you're...
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