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- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
of course there is that heartbreak of losing the enthusiasm for something that was going to happen. And now there’s only a virtual available. But now that I’ve had some distance from the loss of those things, I feel hype and excited by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
states, and countries—entities that aspire to go on forever—must nonetheless run for reelection every few years. In some cases, they no sooner win one election than they are forced to run for reelection. Fearing loss of their seats, they... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
years," says the lively Denver resident. "But the loss of three pregnancies and thirteen years on the infertility treadmill made me doubly committed to motherhood." The determination of Shuster-Haynes and her husband, Mark Haynes,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
corporation, the company pays only those marginal taxes that are charged in the tax haven. The subsidiary in country C may in turn sell the copiers on the open market for $1,500 each, allowing it to claim, for tax purposes, a $500 loss on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
Appointed CEO of Seattle-based Virginia Mason in 2000, Kaplan steps into a low-morale environment of increasing competition from area hospitals and decreasing revenues. In 1998 and 1999, the medical center lost many millions of dollars, the first such View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
ocean exploration. It’s an entire world that needs to be understood and is incredibly valuable to our existence. So that excites me a lot. This last year prompted me to think about the arc of life and death. I lost my eldest son in a traffic accident. It's the greatest... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
Math is where, historically, you see the biggest learning loss occur, and when those skills atrophy, it’s very hard to engage in the next level. Everything builds on the level before it. That’s true in other subjects as well—reading is... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
manage the transition of their information systems? "If a company is addressing the transition of information systems after a merger, it is probably too late to avert the loss of key information technology (IT) professionals, costly... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
inventory losses by alerting retailers when items are given free-of-charge to friends and family by purposely not being scanned by a clerk (called “sweethearting”), when barcodes are covered, when items are left in a shopping cart, or... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
institutions are fairly compensated, but in a way that doesn’t reduce the legitimacy and the respect of the institutions they are charged with running. One of the consequences of executive compensation has been a dramatic loss of trust in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
officials show no signs of changing course and backing away from further market reforms. But external criticism of the country’s uneven progress in implementing the trade agreement has grown stronger in recent months. U.S. manufacturers complain of massive job View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Gaining Currency
percent of Markel’s revenue, compared with 5 percent five years ago. “We can’t let ourselves get too excited,” Reynolds cautioned. “Our gains in Europe are not large enough to make up for our losses in Asia.” View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
direct lesson about economic policy from that period for a couple of reasons. For one thing, as the country has grown richer and our capacity to deal with some of these problems has increased, our tolerance for loss of life is lower—as it... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
opportunities to sell something at a profit. These opportunities are exploited by adventurous investors who are willing to risk large losses in order to make large gains. A community in which everyone attempted to make a living by getting... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
study that estimates a total economic value for the parks, including the annual amount a participant was willing to pay to prevent the loss of 20 percent of US National Parks and programs. (A series of focus groups determined that most... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
all these benefits come faster and more naturally. Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Literature By Zibby Owens (MBA 2003) Little A Zibby Owens has become a well-known personality in the publishing world. Her infectious energy, tasteful... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
national security, and increased competition for land. The $1 trillion global financial loss is staggering. Despite these challenges, the authors call attention to the extraordinary social and environmental opportunities created by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
$100 million after just one year. “Private equity has become more acceptable than it was five years ago,” says Dhawan. “At one time, entrepreneurs were afraid that taking money would mean a loss of control.” As the number of success... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna