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- 01 Sep 2003
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Jonathan Mariner
negotiated as part of last year’s collective bargaining agreement will usher in a new era of fiscal responsibility. “Those measures — luxury taxes, revenue sharing, and debt limits — have teeth,” Mariner...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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Capitalizing the Corner Shop
Ejeh. Instead, he grabs his phone, pulls up the Lidya banking app, applies for the cash cushion he needs, and—a day or so later—gets the money in his account and goes about the business of expansion. Since he began View Details
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2012
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Alumni Books
the Economy Is Wrong by Edward Conard (MBA 1982) (Portfolio/Penguin) To explain the causes of the US financial crisis, conventional wisdom blames Wall Street and the mortgage industry for using predatory tactics to seduce homeowners into...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Making TV Look Like America
culture,” Burgos says, “where I can change the world for the better through good programming. We need shows that inspire us and bring out the best in us.” As the recipient of an HBS fellowship, Burgos says that having less tuition View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
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Short Takes
logic exactly backwards," he says. "The conventional wisdom in Washington is that tougher bankruptcy laws will discourage consumers from borrowing and thus keep them from filing. In our view, stricter rules...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2015
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Case Study: Sneak Peak
would cost less and would be a faster, healthier way to get to the $1 million mark. —Karen Barth (MBA 1986) They should grow the old-fashioned way: hold back enough cash to grow in a controlled manner. View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
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Whistle While You Work
roles with others.” Business borrows these metaphors and lingo from other group-oriented pursuits in order to better understand itself and improve its performance. The world of...
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- 01 Jun 2013
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Extending Opportunity: Brock Family Fellowship
Harvard Business School," she says. Brock-Wilson recalls that paying for graduate school was not easy. "After I was accepted, I remember frantically applying to every foundation imaginable. The Hattie M. Strong Foundation gave me a grant, View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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Made in the USA
Jim Knott's Aquamesh lobster traps set a new standard for durability, quickly supplanting the wooden traps used by generations of lobstermen. Chinese knockoffs failed to match Aquamesh's patented process. Will business leaders reconnect with their communities View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
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Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
warnings that it was dangerous for foreigners to enter the township. Along with good food, camaraderie, and jazz, she discovered some fabulous wines with an added, rare distinction: they were produced by black South African vintners....
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- 08 May 2019
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Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities
company’s customer experience and devised a workshop introducing staff to brainstorming and ideation methods. Currently, she is a participant in the Venture Incubation Program at the Harvard Innovation Labs,...
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- 01 Jun 2010
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Rethinking the MBA
overemphasize rigor and underemphasize relevance. Does your research bear that out? Garvin: We frame it a bit differently, but in general we agree. We use a trilogy that we borrowed from West Point to...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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Rival Visions
After its war of liberation from England, America was bankrupt, disjointed, and devoid of experience in governance. "The new country could have broken apart because of its financial problems," HBS professor emeritus Thomas McCraw writes...
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- 26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising
assets—which Greece has had a wealth of in recent years. Indeed the last decade has been rough on the country, to vastly understate the impact of a sovereign debt crisis that nearly kneecapped the entire eurozone. A succession of three...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2012
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Expertise From The Front Lines Of The Eurozone
Roscini As news headlines continue to validate uncertainty about the European debt crisis, HBS students have a direct line to an expert in the field. Senior Lecturer Dante Roscini (MBA 1988), the L.E. Simmons Faculty Fellow, left a...
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- 01 Jun 2006
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A New Day for Fellowships
discussed the strong community she found at HBS and her own personal transformation. In closing remarks, Dean Jay Light noted that “financial debts can be settled, but the gifts of fellowships endure.”...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Record-Breaking Gift for Fellowships
father had to take on loans, and it was his dream to have his own children attend college without the burden of debt or having to work during school,” said Jeannie, noting that her father became an...
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- 01 Mar 2007
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The Winning Season
Last year, St. Louis, Missouri, saw its beloved Cardinals open a new stadium, win the World Series, and unveil plans for a $650 million “Ballpark Village” that will change the face of the city’s downtown. Meet the father-son team behind...
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- 01 Sep 2003
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Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
then work equally hard to make sure the students we want can come to Soldiers Field. The prospect of graduating with high levels of debt can narrow our applicant pool and restrict the career paths of our...
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- 01 Sep 2006
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Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
was created in 2002. Since then, the School has borrowed nearly $1.6 million for over a dozen projects, including: Energy-efficient lighting at Burden, Kresge, Morris, and Teele halls. A recycling program...
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