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- 01 Mar 2009
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Model Patient
long before she had exhausted her retirement savings. “I never thought I’d be on the needing end,” says Rhenisch. “I was living a good, solid, confident middle-class life until I got sick. Then the foundation of everything I had built... View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- News
Helping Young African MBAs Go Home
return to the continent because they’ve heard about the economic growth, the high GDPs, and the need for management talent, but aren’t sure how to go about that process,” says Igun. “We also provide support to people transitioning to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do!
Sahlman Investing in HBS The Personal Touch Donor Spotlight Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices FAQ My pitch for giving is simple. HBS is a human capital–intensive business. Our product is knowledge that informs... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
looks like and why we don't need to worry about the Terminator. READ MORE Morrell: Donna, I want to talk about Numenta, where you are the CEO. It's often shorthanded as an AI company. Talk to me about what Numenta does. Dubinsky: Sure.... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
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On Balance
at 22.8 percent. That figure has consistently fallen since 2013 but, “at the current rate of change, we won’t close the gender pay gap for 25 years,” observes Wooldridge. “We need to speed things up.” Likewise, the proportion of women in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
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Quelch in Vietnam
assistance. Said Dung, “Vietnam is in great need of support from international organizations and academic institutions for developing good human resources.” Quelch was in Vietnam to conduct research. View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chaotic Funding Derails Research
have invested years in developing their careers and selecting an area on which to focus their research. People need predictability — not in the research ideas they pursue, but in basic human issues such as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
With the sequencing of the human genome running ahead of schedule (see sidebar), the American Stock Exchange's "BTK" biotech index registered an annual increase of 232 percent in February, prompting exuberant headlines ("Move Over,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
backward-looking AI models. If the model is large enough and if sufficient computing power is thrown at it, who needs human imagination and discourse? And on the other side, we are glorifying the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
they need. “It’s all about who gives the other person access to what is essentially their ‘page,’ ” says O’Grady. These days, though, O’Grady rarely needs to shorthand blockchain. Its most famous application, bitcoin, has become an... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
has emerged. Flush, shower, rinse, swallow — fumbling through their first waking moments, most Americans are probably too groggy to see competitive advantage in their early morning routine. But there it is: All the H2O they need — cheap,... View Details
- 19 Nov 2018
- News
Acts of Kindness
Michael Robertson (AMP 82, 1979) is the interim minister at Plymouth Congregational Church in Racine, Wisconsin. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on service to his community and the importance of advocating for kindness in our View Details
- 13 May 2014
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Willing Hands
Frank Spencer (MBA 1986) helped to build his first Habitat for Humanity house in 1988. It was in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, and, like many Habitat homes, was constructed over approximately 10 weeks, with... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
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Underwater Options May Not Sink Incentives
for this include the ten-year maturity of typical option awards, which allows a long window for value recovery, plus the relatively high volatility of many stocks with significant price drops, making a similar rebound less far-fetched. "I'm not convinced the answer is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
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Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
dealing with a health problem or marital problem, they might have a slumped posture or something like that. But it's really hard to read the room now. So there's a lot of changes in communication now that we're in the Zoom era. One of the ways is simply that we View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Great Expectations
Moon Investing in HBS Model Teamwork Donor Spotlight Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech FIELD 2: Global Intelligence FAQ Innovation is hard. But it is also what drives progress. So while it would be easy to just stay the course, to remain a leader one View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
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Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business
religion, was a key factor in his decision to enter the ministry. “West spoke eloquently about what communities needed to be, not just what they needed to do,” says Lim, who received an M.Div. degree from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
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Notes from W50
Fortune 500 companies." —Dean Nitin Nohria "Eighty-two percent of women believe that prioritizing family over work is a barrier to success. Let's not let our humanity be a barrier." —Professor Robin Ely "Do women View Details
- 12 May 2016
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What Ernest Shackleton has in common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk
Will space explorers create new ventures that benefit us, or will they (like the old factory whaling ships) exploit and ravage natural landscapes that had been untouched? Will even less human restraint in space require even more... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
Best part of the job I constantly meet new entrepreneurs who — win, lose, or draw — are fascinating human beings. To be successful you need to be a memorable person, and entrepreneurs are almost invariably... View Details