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- 01 Mar 2006
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Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
costs, and widespread patient frustration. The cure for these ailments lies in better use of health-care technology, says David J. Brailer, national coordinator for Health Information Technology, a newly created position he has held since...
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- 01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?
cause corporate governance to draw closer to international standards as well. Khanna and Palepu stress, however, that their research also indicates that there is a limit to such convergence and that national...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2016
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How DC is Taxing the Country
performance has been waning since at least the late 1990s. In Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided, Professors Michael Porter, Jan Rivkin—cochairs of the School’s US Competitiveness Project—and Mihir Desai, with program director Manjari...
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Francis Storrs
- 15 Nov 2011
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750 World Wonders and counting
morning. “I can sleep on the plane as easily as I can sleep in a bed,” he remarks. “The contrast between photography and the corporate world is really invigorating.” Asked for his top spots, Main Wilson demurs, but describes Burma,...
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- 01 Feb 1998
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Touching All the Bases: Stephen A. Greyser
numerous corporate and nonprofit organizations. He is a past national vice-chairman of PBS and currently chairs the marketing committee of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. A lifelong Bostonian, Greyser has held...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2004
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A Case of Achievement
Makihara (AMP 75, 1977) view full profile Currently a senior corporate advisor at Mitsubishi Corporation, Makihara had been with the company for 36 years, including a stint as head of U.S. operations, when he was named president and CEO...
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- 01 Jun 1998
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How the Ron Brown Award Was Born
The Ron Brown Awards grew out of President Clinton's wish to establish an award that would honor corporate citizenship, explains Richard E. Cavanagh (MBA '70), president of The Conference Board, a business research and membership...
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- 27 Jan 2023
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Turning Up the Volume
of roughly 1,400 applicants, LEDA accepts 100 of the most promising students, with a broader goal of improving and diversifying the national pipeline for the next generation of leaders. “LEDA is very intentional about its selection...
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Maureen Harmon
- 01 Oct 1998
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A Career to Smile About
advantage." Speed has also characterized Juliber's ascent up the corporate ladder. After helping to double sales and triple profits for CP's Asian operations in only three years, she was named chief technological officer for worldwide...
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Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Apr 2001
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University Elections
Harvard aspires; to provide advice to the Corporation; to give formal consent to major initiatives as referred by the Corporation and to appointments; and to bring a long-range perspective to Harvard affairs through the varied...
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- 17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
ever seen. By offering 10 years of policy certainty, the IRA encourages technology innovators to form companies and it reassures larger corporates to be their buyers. So as early-stage investors in clean energy, electrified...
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- 01 Dec 2002
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Faculty Updates
Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard, he is a past member of the board of directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has also served on the executive committee of the Asia Center at Harvard University...
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- 01 Mar 2008
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An American Odyssey
“I’d like to see a number of our major corporations pick one African school of business, fully endow it, and help make it really good,” America says. “Upgrading management quality in the Third World will increase efficiency, creativity,...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
falsified invoices, and sham transactions by overseas nationals who place that money into outside secure accounts, mostly in U.S. institutions. Whether the individual behind these ill-gotten gains is a murderous "godfather," a corrupt...
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- 01 Mar 2017
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Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
Brunell spent five years helping Vietnam transition to a market economy, instituting government transparency measures and a national competitiveness index. (© Whitehotpix/ZUMAPRESS.com) David Brunell (MBA 1962) is a master at making...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Westminster, Bingham juggled vaccine suppliers, Whitehall, the media circus—and her daughter’s exams. Political maneuvering, miscommunications, and administrative meddling nearly jeopardized the project, but perseverance paid off. Catapulted into a View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
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Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore
about fifty thousand a day — the island nation of Singapore is the biggest container port and transshipment hub in the world. “We can turn ships around faster than anybody else,” boasts Khoo, a civil engineering graduate of Australia’s...
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- 20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn
serving as a representative on the Cherokee National Council. During a meeting of its Environmental Resources Group, Senior Director Pat Gwin showed the group a photo of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault—a meticulously cataloged collection...
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- 01 Oct 2000
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Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
Corporation in California. Returning to his native land in 1977, he worked at the Swiss National Bank and later served as Undersecretary for Foreign Economic Affairs before accepting the Nestlé USA position...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2001
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Porter Appointed to University Professorship
is particularly important to me since the scope of my work has broadened considerably over the years." Porter's first area of interest examines how firms compete in industries and gain competitive advantage. The next focuses on locations and why some cities, states, or...
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