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- 05 Sep 2017
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Living the Quantitative Life
for example, I track how much I floss. And in many ways that's just as a way to encourage myself to floss more. I just often forget. For the fitness ones, I actually have a point system. And the points literally mean nothing. I share them...
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Steven B. Belkin | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
businesses to create more affinity-based subsidiaries. One of these, Trans National Communications International, made the 2001 Inc. 500 list of privately held fastest-growing companies. Belkin encourages his employees to develop and...
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Luana Bichuetti
Encouraged by her father, an alum of HBS' Owner/President Management Program (OPM), Luana applied and was accepted to three prominent MBA programs. Visiting the HBS campus tilted her choice in HBS' favor. "I was surprised by the...
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David Gellis
Dr. Esserman gathered clinical information that helped them design better care processes. "When you work on health-care systems, you see a direct connection between the bedside and the bigger picture." Dr. Esserman encouraged...
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Harvard Business School
class of 1971 In this letter to the incoming class of 1971, AASU president Clifford E. Darden (MBA '69, DBA '82) highlights AASU's accomplishments and encourages incoming students to become active members in the new organization. Read...
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- 01 Dec 2020
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Invest in the New Abnormal
globally by 62 percent. Be human when it comes to money. The same principle applies to customers facing financial hardship, says Deshpandé, who encourages firms to initiate crediting and financing, deferral of payments, new payment terms,...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Leslie Hale (MBA 2001)
all the boxes. Here was somebody who was going to coach, mentor, advise, and give me opportunity. I got some important advice early in my career: stay on the revenue-generating side of a business. Oftentimes women are encouraged to take...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Shared Vision for a Better World
experience. “I feel like I was given a great gift.” Harrold has reciprocated by consistently supporting HBS for 40 years. Over the past decade, he has also served as a class fundraising volunteer, encouraging classmates to follow his...
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- 10 Mar 2011
- News
Philanthropy’s Dilemma
An estimated ten times more money will pour into philanthropy during the first half of this century than during the entire century before. A high-profile case in point is the Giving Pledge, a campaign headed by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to View Details
- 09 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020
energy transition, while another session with Lauren Faber O’Connor, Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of LA Mayor’s Office explored urbanization and the future of the grid. In between sessions, the Club encouraged networking in a...
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- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
people to join and getting people to renew. (The churn at health clubs can exceed 50 percent.) Knowing that members are going to be more likely to renew in year two if they feel that they have "gotten their money's worth" in year one, a club should look to...
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Bill Berrien
by his shortcomings. In the end, I want my family and those who act with me and are encouraged by my example to be optimistic about the world and to strive to make it better than it was when they entered – and realize their role in...
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- 04 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
More fundamentally, though, breaking up these mammoth organizations could reduce their gross inefficiencies and promote greater entrepreneurship. Implicitly or explicitly, then, the Western financial community is encouraging business...
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by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
networks, encouraged cable's growth, under the theory that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." FCC Chairman Nicholas Johnson, an ardent supporter of the wired cities concept, championed a series of FCC actions helpful to the...
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- 28 Apr 2020
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Lessons from a COVID Survivor
Allow yourself to lean and be seen. Ruparell’s lifeline came from a broad network of friends and colleagues, who provided physical and emotional support, including grocery delivery and encouraging text messages during her illness. Let go...
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- 01 Mar 2006
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Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders
includes the following positions held: cochairman (and 38-year veteran) of Goldman Sachs; deputy secretary of state in the Reagan administration; and board president of many prominent nonprofit organizations. Founder of the Committee to View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
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Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
generous GO: Africa Fellowship that encourages MBAs to work on the continent post-graduation, the new Doing Business in Africa elective course, or the “Africa Rising” short intensive program that was offered in January 2018 in which 30...
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Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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Social Media Guidelines for Faculty and Staff | About
team posting about a new program offering), generally, as members of the HBS community (e.g., using a LinkedIn profile for personal or career development), and in their personal capacities (e.g., to share information with friends and family). Whichever the mode, we...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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Adventure in Reading
Abominable Snowman, which features the voices of actors William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman. Norton believes the DVDs will actually encourage kids to read, just as children read Harry Potter books after seeing one of the movies. Even...
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