end of life care - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Sep 2016
News

Competing Against Luck

organized to do occurred in the life of our-- we have five kids. The third one, Michael, unfortunately decided that he would get his PhD at Stanford. And so, a couple of days... View Details

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and make it modular enough so that it can go viral?” he said. “How do we help create a country where every entrepreneur in every community has the resources they need to draw from?” By stamping an end date on the... View Details

13 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

those who care about the renewed, continued competitiveness of the United States," he told attendees who gathered recently at the national summit held at HBS, America on the Move: Transportation and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation; Air Transportation; Auto

10 Oct 2018
News

Building Paths to Success

me that we could combine business and nonprofit and make one plus one equal more than two,” he says. “Seventy percent of what I was doing in my private equity and business life was extremely relevant; but in... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

05 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)

precious three months of my life, not what others might think that I should do,” Takatsuka shared. “I ended up pursuing two internships in developing countries in the middle of... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Technology; Entrepreneurship

02 Sep 2010
What Do You Think?

How Transparent Should Boards Be?

Gogula put it, "While protecting the short term interests of shareholders and avoiding a depression of stock prices may be a tempting recourse for a Board member to take, long-term shareholder interest... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

A host of organizations — among them Lucent Technologies, the Boeing Company, and Southwest Airlines — have recently begun to ponder such intangibles in an effort to attract and maintain a motivated, performance-boosting workforce. Books... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

26 Aug 2020
News

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

beauty care routines, using fewer plastic items in our own beauty care routines or buying more from farmer's markets or local stores that don't use as much plastic. It's basically for us meant a shift in how... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

June 2021 Books and Podcasts

Life of Significance By Warwick Fairfax (MBA 1987) Mount Tabor Media In Crucible Leadership, author and leadership advisor Warwick Fairfax shares the power of embracing the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2024
News

Conducting Business

In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

for example, filters down to retailers or health care providers in any useful or timely way. There is some forward movement, though. Lefkowitz notes that the Department of Homeland Security began sharing... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

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Commencement 2019 Address | About

because it’s such an essential part of my life story. My father grew up in a small village in India that lacked electricity. He learned to read by candlelight in a home that had no fans, in temperatures that... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

You Soar, Adams recounts her humble childhood and the challenges she faced as a young girl, and how she overcame them and went on to live the life of her dreams. After experiencing adversity, poverty, and... View Details

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

spending needs might look at bonds and equities in a very different light: They may value the fact that, regardless of their short-term fluctuations in prices, bonds offer a safe stream of cash flows—their... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Dec 2009
News

An Action Plan for Economic Recovery

rating. But the issuer would still pay for the fees of the rating agency after it was selected by the third party. You note in your book that loan securitization collapsed at the end View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

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Art Nature Business

rising more than 7 degrees, according to a report released by the Norwegian Center for Climate Services in February 2019. A Climate in Svalbard 2100 report states that the annual mean air temperature in Svalbard is projected to increase by 7 to 10 degrees Celsius by... View Details

29 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites

information intermediary. And when you talk to a lot of people in the press, they really push this: "We defend the common man," etc. But there is real bias in whom they cover. They pursue big companies everybody View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News; Publishing

01 Dec 2016
News

Case Study: Sweat the Technique

including NFL and NHL teams. Use cases also include military and elder care markets. All told, Unger estimates peak revenues to reach about $375 million. Nix is still in the midst of product development, but... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

10 Mar 2021
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

unspoken rules. Moms Don’t Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology By Zibby Owens (MBA 2003) Skyhorse It’s impossible to ignore how life has changed since COVID-19 spread across the world. Zibby Owens, host of... View Details