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- 01 Jun 2014
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In My Humble Opinion: Jan Swartz (MBA 1996)
travelers. "I can fly in from Australia or Asia and be through LAX in as little as 20 minutes." Also: "Never check a bag. And always pack snacks." Popular Princess itinerary: A 10-day Alaska tour, with 7 days on ship and 3 on land,...
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- 28 May 2019
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Action Plan: Border Crossing
my husband’s German grandparents lived as refugees during and after World War II. We were able to walk the streets they walked. It wasn’t a part of the city you would normally visit as a tourist, but it had a profound impact on us.” Check...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2016
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3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)
workforce is that work is a huge component of recovery. It provides community and structure, which is a good thing if you’re anxious or depressed. I stay healthy by getting nine hours of sleep, exercising, eating carefully, and taking a powerful cocktail of drugs. It’s...
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- 01 Jun 2017
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In My Humble Opinion: Jen Wong (MBA 2004)
wake up, read the news, and then check my traffic and see what’s happening on the Time Inc. sites.” News sources: “I’m on Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Apple News all the time.” Print indulgence: Reading People magazine, a...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2004
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Reforming Company Boards
Solutions for Better Corporate Governance (Bloomberg Press) emphasizes accountability, transparency, performance measurement, and a strong system of checks and balances in its practical approach to reform. Why did you write this book?...
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Corporate Services
- 25 Feb 2020
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From Das’s Desk
we will again offer web-based simulcasting of several keynote presentations. The schedule is still being finalized as I write, but expect to tune into Dean Nitin Nohria’s address (his last one as HBS Dean!) and the aforementioned Tal Ben-Shahar, among others. View Details
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Das Narayandas
- 01 Apr 2002
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John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera
company was on the verge of filing for Chapter 11. "There were a few paydays when I had to write personal checks to cover the payroll," he recalls. The Opera Company is now thriving, due in large part to Mulroney's success as a...
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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
sync with the larger interests of the nation. Paul Healy: We may have been through these experiences before, but it's shocking where we have ended up, given all the advances in technology and improvements in governance. In spite of all the View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1997
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Guitar Hero
pearl inlays, and constantly check their handiwork. Nonetheless, dozens of these carefully hand-assembled guitars are destroyed every day because they aren't quite good enough to be Gibsons. Observes Juszkiewicz, "I haven't changed what...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1997
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Management Update Launched
Managers trying to make sense out of a continuously changing business environment should check out the latest from Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP). Management Update, a monthly newsletter launched in June 1996 and edited by new...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2009
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Remembering “Mr. Harvard”
enjoyed checking pay phones for coins; the day he scored a $2.50 jackpot was a day he never forgot. And in all his years at Kidder, he never took a bonus. “I had enough to satisfy me,” he said.
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Turning Point: Ready or Not
had come by foot, from Rangoon to Chennai, after the British left. Those memories come rushing back when you sit alone and realize you are now the adult in the room. Now it’s my turn to call and check on family, to be patient and listen...
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- 04 Dec 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
among the 9 percent of venture capitalists who are women, so talk about what happens when there is a woman in the room, when there is a woman who’s writing the checks and making the decisions. Dodi: Well, there’s been a lot of studies,...
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- 15 Feb 2023
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Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
Skydeck mini-series on carbon capture. In the first episode, we explored the scope of the problem—and the potential size of the business opportunity at this moment. If you haven't listened to that episode yet, go back and check it out. It...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies
forecasts: According to the research firm SuperData, the sector, driven by early adopters, is on track to make $3.7 billion in revenue this year, and the firm estimates it could swell to more than $28 billion by 2020. But Maureen Fan (MBA 2009) has a reality View Details
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Janelle Nanos
- 01 Oct 1996
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An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
his business background may also be a valuable asset in what he sees as the "tough times ahead" for health-care management. "Insurance companies used to write a check for just about anything a physician wanted to do, but today medicine is...
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Thomas Frick
- 22 Oct 2013
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Pulling the Plug
then one day in 2008, Stata contacted Giler to encourage him to check out this wireless-electricity startup he had invested in. "It's a good case for networking," Giler says. He returned to the campus a couple of years ago to discuss a...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
career and networking information, and access to many search engines and databases. For more information, check out the article on page 6 of this issue. This is a valuable resource for all HBS alumni, and I urge you to explore it the next...
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- 01 Sep 2006
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Does My Résumé Work?
conversation. Check periodically with contacts to keep them posted on your progress. Approach networking as a reciprocal event and offer your help in return. Personal factors are affecting my career. How can I make my life work? “Having...
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- 06 Jan 2017
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Mental Illness and the Workplace
got great support from HBS in helping to return. They had heard that an HBS student had been checked into McLean and then, I reached out to the key person in the student services. So part of it was a lot of support that I got from HBS. I...
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