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- 01 Jun 2006
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Utopian Vision
admission will be by invitation only issued by an independent board. Observed one enthusiastic supporter of Curry’s utopian project: “I don’t know anyone else who’s done anything like this.” View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Who Owns Yoga?
music; in our minds, connecting to the younger generation,” observed Chopra. “In society, brands that stay relevant succeed.” The Hindu American Foundation has weighed in as well. The organization launched an awareness campaign called... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
and analytics than liberal arts when you don’t speak the language,” observes Ma. Her hard work and focus paid off: She was accepted at MIT and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering. “I believe in what the School is trying to... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
transfer, but also all the novel recombinations that come from migrants working with locals.” Prithwiraj Choudhury (photo by Susan Young) Prithwiraj Choudhury (photo by Susan Young) But Choudhury also observed the many obstacles that can... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2005
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Buy the Book
Deighton observes that most students would agree that Patterson needs to broaden his reader base, and that the publishing industry should get away from the agricultural or “broadcast” mode of marketing, which provides little feedback on... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
observations about how life can take some unexpected turns. “I point out to them that I couldn't teach this course without my background in math, even though I didn't use it in my previous careers.” As he approaches his 25th HBS reunion,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Learning to Speak the Language of Business
poses a barrier to the firm’s global ambitions. “There was a huge language barrier between the Tokyo office and our subsidiaries outside Japan,” he observes in a 2011 HBS case study on Rakuten. “One day the idea just struck me: ‘Why don’t... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
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2006 MBAs Go to Work
$134,438 for the Class of 2005. Another uptick was measured in the number of graduates entering the financial services industry, with a shift from 36 percent to 42 percent. Kierstead observes that the Class of 2006 is the first to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Start It Up
MOOREHEAD: A green start-up designed to reduce the human and monetary costs of war. While serving in different parts of the world as a Navy SEAL, Doug Moorehead (MBA 2007) observed firsthand the human and material cost of energy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
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Research Brief: Lessons from Last Place
the operational implications of that behavior for service providers. Buell’s research, which included observing the behaviors of people both in a physical line at the grocery store checkout and in virtual lines when asked to take an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
five months’ rent on an immigration attorney to navigate the bureaucracy. “This is a story told by millions of immigrant families every year,” observes Wang. As a child, he had accepted the significant financial and procedural obstacles... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Big Bailouts, Little Debate
The truth is, this mess is as bewildering to policymakers and professional observers as everyone else. But there is one kind of story that I have struggled to get into print — not because of censorship or confidentiality but because it’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
and recently created PocketShop, a grocery shopping list program for the Pocket PC. Available at www.sdmventures.com, Murch notes that all profits will go to Habitat and the World Wildlife Fund. Working with Habitat, observes Murch, “has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
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HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
conferences, held in a different U.S. city each year, have provided access to an impressive roster of corporate executives and public-sector officials, often drawn from the host city's leading industries and institutions. Observed HBSAAA... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
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White knight in the rye
When Sotheby's recently auctioned off fourteen love letters that reclusive author J.D. Salinger had written 27 years ago to Joyce Maynard, his then college-age companion, many observers derided Maynard's decision to sell the letters,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Positive impact that hits home
religious heritage. Not least among these is the belief that “you can be a highly performing business executive and also be a very religious person,” observes Seck Mercier. “Those two things can go together without any issue.” She is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
Photo courtesy Jeff Madrick When I graduated from HBS in 1971, I chose journalism (at BusinessWeek) over business, a career decision that enabled me to observe “up close and personal” the coming Wall Street revolution. It was a revolution... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
get to see it firsthand. Kim thinks of Jervon Lemon, a scholarship administrator on his team. After her father, Sergeant Jerome Lemon, was killed in Iraq in 2004, Children of Fallen Patriots stepped in to help fund her college education. Today, she speaks to the kids... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down
developments of 3-D seismic data acquisition and horizontal drilling techniques that increase the speed and accuracy of locating and tapping pockets of oil. "On the one hand, this technology enables us to find reserves more cheaply and with a higher level of success,"... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
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Management Matters In Health Care, Too
figure them out,” he said. “We’re going to have a revolution in coordinating care,” observed David Cutler, a Harvard professor of applied economics and a nationally recognized expert in the economics of health care. To underscore his... View Details