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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
Leeuwenhof, the majestic estate of Western Cape Premier Gerald Morkel. With the splendor of Table Mountain above and the beauty of Table Bay below, Morkel welcomed his guests to Cape Town, which he described as "a region of great economic... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Alumni Startup Enters the Shark Tank
weekly spoken responses to prompts about their past into a beautiful hardcover book, printed with QR codes that play the recording used to write each chapter. Since September, we’ve focused on making the product more accessible and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Kenya, Pakistan, and Rwanda, and aims to expand that reach to 100 million farmers. According to Cole, the beauty of the work is threefold. First, it’s meeting a demand. “The majority of the world’s poorest... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: The Business of Burning Man
Eiffel Tower and handed out paper cups of champagne.” Up in smoke: “There’s a temple dedicated to loss—of loved ones, ideas, pets, hopes, dreams. All week long, people bring tributes to this beautiful wooden building and write messages on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
numbers. The Economist also gathers data on the percentage of international and female students and the number of languages offered. Meaningless Beauty Contests? BusinessWeek fired the first shot in what became a media ranking “arms race”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
pilot’s license when he was just 17 years old, after training in his dad’s antique 1946 Piper J-3 Cub. “It was just a beautiful plane,” he recalls. “I fell in love with flying.” Alhough he considered a career in aviation, he lacked... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
Kashmir Photo courtesy Sharjeel Kashmir It’s a beautiful morning in Jersey City as I stretch after my regular jog in Liberty State Park. I marvel that this is my neighborhood and my view. In front of me, the Hudson River lies at the feet... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette
build things was useful when it came to shaping a company, moving people around, and planning new strategies." When asked to explain the strategy behind his acquisition of so many beautiful homes, Jenrette confesses that there was none.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
loves: “Putting the pieces together with a client is the fun part, whether or not the development of a physical space is involved. I do have an appreciation for beautiful buildings, but I also love problem-solving and creating new... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
relocated from nearby Aldrich Lawn due to construction of the new Hawes Hall classroom building, tradition otherwise prevailed in the form of beautiful weather, wise and humorous speeches, and an enthusiastic crowd of MBA graduates (some... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Getting Personal
case? One of the cases I wrote is about BMW Films’ award-winning marketing campaign. These were eight beautiful short films by famous directors, each less than ten minutes long, stuck on a corner of the Internet. Trailers for them on... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Action Plan: Come as You Are
everywhere, and art needn’t be museum-quality. “So much of the art we love are objects we enjoy for themselves, beyond any potential investment value or recognized worth. An art teacher at my son’s school has done some beautiful work in... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Turning Point: Into the Wild
on one of our host’s horses. It was a beautiful day, and as I rode I began to see all kinds of wildlife—impalas, dik-diks, wildebeests, giraffes. I got closer to the game on horseback than I ever could have in a vehicle because, to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
In the first rays of the morning sun they looked full of diamonds. "After three decades, the beauty of Latin America has not changed," Austin continued, "but everything else has. This center was created in recognition of the fact that we... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
eventually purchased in Observatory Hill was moldy, with terrible indoor-air quality and standing water in the basement. Over the last three years, Harper, through her company, Birchwood Sustainable Development, turned it into a beautiful... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
Beth Thoren (MBA 1992) was a teenager in Japan the first time she saw the ocean. “I thought it was the most beautiful and fragile thing I’d ever seen,” she recalls. The experience sparked a lifelong interest in the natural world and led... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
and indeed very beautiful, it’s the story of ‘an almost perfect crime.’ Set in a monastery in the Quebec wilderness, Chief Inspector Gamache—one of my favorite detectives in crime fiction—is one of the few outsiders allowed in this community of silence.” —Elizabeth... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
The cashew trees growing into a beautiful shady forest in Fass Koffe, a two-acre community garden in Senegal, are a sight to behold. “Visitors can’t take a step without stepping on a plant,” says Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977), chief... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
housing. “The plan added a significant number of windows on the façade that faced Central Park West,” he relates. “In my view, it was a respectful attempt to give a beautiful historic structure a useful second life, but the community... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
436,131 Per Capita GDP: 19,700 Euros Cyril Comte (MBA ’99): MARTINIQUE With its pristine beaches, lagoons, rain forests, and big volcano, Mont Pelée, Martinique is one of the most beautiful and varied islands in the Caribbean. It’s a... View Details