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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
studying the air they breathe when they are at the surface; we study them where they live, underwater. And yet that’s exactly what we do with humans. For all this time spent indoors, we tend to focus much more on outdoor air quality than on indoor air quality. View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
school started with the professor advising, “Don’t be that doctor that tries new things out. Let it be on the market for at least five years before you start prescribing it.” COVID broke through all of that. We sent over 2,000 low-oxygen patients home with a $20 pulse... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
this, comes from Steve Jobs and is that, “Follow your heart, but check it with your head.” So take that passion, but make sure that you have the ability to pull back at the right points on the reigns to go and think and inject some head... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
considered the fourth sister for the protection they provide from damaging winds. Their seeds also distract birds from the corn.) Keen wades into the mass of foliage, checking the corn's progress: "Oh, cool. A little bird relative dropped... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007), president and CEO of Baskits, one of Canada’s leading gift services companies, about why she chose Baskits, how she weighed the personal and professional risks, and how she found a competitive advantage in complexity. If you like what you hear,... View Details
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
access to an extensive resource library, and career development services. HBSHAA collaborates with the HBS Healthcare Initiative and with the HBS Student Healthcare Club to ensure a coordinated approach to supporting alumni around the world. To attend an upcoming VRT... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
employer and employee, Nomad manages the process, from background checks to malpractice insurance to payroll. It charges health care institutions a 15 percent commission for each hire—a transparency unheard of in a sector in which the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
well, checking on classmates' safety, communicating messages of support, and making remarkable personal gestures. In terms of the job market, although our students easily could have become discouraged, they didn't. There was a great sense... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Houdt) Thirty or forty angry Afghan police officers crowded into Karim Khoja’s office. Someone had stolen their pay, and the prime suspect was the CEO of Roshan, the company offering the new mobile payment system that was used to process their salaries. Their weapons... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
public-sector management in Brazil. What do you do first thing in the morning? Go to the gym, then check my e-mail. Book you’re reading? Joker One, by Donovan Campbell MBA ’07, Kindle edition. How do you relax? Spearfishing and cycling.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
evacuated with your family, how did you learn that the Long Beach plant withstood an almost direct hit? In a day or so we got a report from one of our employees who had chain-sawed a path through trees on the roads to check on the plant.... View Details
- 17 Feb 2016
- News
The Power of Art
The New York Times checked in with for-profit art broker Artlifting. The young company, which represents homeless and disabled artists, now has seven employees and works with more than 70 artists in eight cities. It has sold artwork for... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
Business and Environment Initiative. It is available wherever you get your favorite podcasts. For more information or to find archived episodes, visit alumni.hbs.edu/skydeck. And if you are interested in hearing more about what businesses are doing, can do, and should... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
companies and platoons, General Medina told him. He knew that world now. It’s hard to get out, the general explained. Plus, there were capital considerations. “How much money do you have in your bank account?” “You know, sir, I’ve got like $8,000.” “Last time I View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
LA and a quick visit to check out the Globe’s new offices in downtown Boston, Singer (MBA 2000/JD 2001) dives into a Starbucks; the unanswered question evaporates in the effort to acquire a restorative latte with one pump of mocha. It’s... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
some tips on surviving.” Among the lessons she learned that helped her and her 103-year-old mother cope: you must fight the despair by exercising your mind, keep your emotions in check by taking the long view, and stay connected to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
check the progress of games through open archways in the right field wall, the team offers budget-conscious fans “dynamic pricing” — a Baer innovation that makes tickets to less popular games available at reduced rates. Proving the... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
companies differently. It's this notion of building sustainability and resilience into the business model from day one. Morrell: If you haven’t listened to that episode yet, go back and check it out, because it will give you a really good... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
it had adequate financial aresources to attain its diversity goals." * Are we practicing intergenerational equity? According to Herzlinger, a nonprofit should check if present and future generations will be able to benefit equally from... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry