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- 01 Jun 2016
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Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
out on an entrepreneurial path but was thwarted by the country’s lack of a finance and lending infrastructure. A similar shortcoming in the mortgage and lending industry also delayed his family’s ability to buy a house until his father... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Exploring Vietnam and Cambodia
Photos by SARAH HALL Twenty-eight alumni and guests explored natural wonders, vibrant cities, and historical sites of Vietnam and Cambodia last spring during a ten-day trip sponsored by the HBS Alumni Travel Program. Starting in Hanoi on April 19, we traveled to Ha... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
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New York Club Asks for Donations to September 11 Relief Fund
The HBS Club of Greater New York has established a matching fund in memory of those who were lost and to assist those who are in need as a result of the September terrorist attacks. The club has set aside $10,000 to provide matching grants for alumni wishing to make... View Details
- 21 Jul 2011
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Social Investing’s Time Has Come
How would you like to invest in a project that simultaneously provides a needed social service and generates a financial return? Nice idea, but not possible? Not exactly. Social impact bonds (SIBs) do just that. The concept is simple and powerful: bondholders put money... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
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Q&A: Andrew Kendall
local artisans and the timber trade without degrading the land. Are there similarities between your work in Costa Rica and the Massachusetts Audubon project you tackled after returning to Boston? The plan in Boston was a high-profile,... View Details
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- 01 Oct 2000
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Hawes Hall Groundbreaking
will share architectural similarities with campus buildings designed by the firm of McKim, Mead & White in the 1920s. Hawes Hall will house eight classrooms equipped with state-of-the-art technology that will, in Clark's words, "stand the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
Questions of Character by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. (HBS Press) Professor Badaracco argues that serious fiction provides us with memorable characters facing challenges similar to those that confront business leaders. Through analysis of the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
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Making a Difference
with working in a nonprofit,” he remarks. “I wanted to see for myself how different or similar they really were.” Haacker's excursions across the six-million-acre park enabled him to spend time with the park's managers and scientists. “It... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Lunch with Jack: Student Dines with GE's Welch
Sanders, a Tennessee native who graduated from Florida A&M University with a degree in accounting. "It was great to be able to give back to an organization that could have a similar impact on someone's life." By his own account, the two... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Classics Enterprise
Forbes magazine reported (January 29, 2007). Over 700 pages long, studded with clear, helpful maps, notes, and appendixes, Strassler’s Thucydides was hailed and embraced by scholars and ordinary readers alike. Shortly after its publication, he began work on a View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Philippines Outreach
Bradley: A “civilized man,” making an impact in Washington and beyond. The owner and chairman of the Atlantic Media Company, publisher of the Atlantic magazine and the National Journal, David Bradley (MBA 1977) has been called “ ‘the most civilized man in Washington’... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
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Social Innovation Goes Mainstream
Ten years ago, social enterprise pioneer Linda Rottenberg wasn’t taken seriously when she pitched established foundations to fund her upstart organization, Endeavor, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets. But defiant... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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The Military and the MBA: Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993)
business or the military A case study in responsibility—in business or the military Gene Markowski Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Lance Batchelor Similarities between... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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The Military and the MBA: Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009)
business or the military Gene Markowski Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Lance Batchelor Similarities between submarines, the classroom, and the boardroom View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
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Is the Auction House of the Future Online?
online-only model requires limited physical infrastructure, allowing Paddle8 to expedite sales and charge a commission of 8 to 15 percent, well below some auction houses’ 20 to 25 percent commissions. For Julka, it’s the sharing economy by another name. “It is View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
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Fıelds of Gold
Growth Market: Afghan saffron has also attracted the attention of MBA classmates Ben Bines, Kimberly Jung, KinYan Chew, and Emily Miller (all HBS 2015), who founded Rumi Spice with a mission similar to Earth2Globe’s. (©Majid... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
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BOOK: The Money of Invention
capital activity of the last few years in the context of the broader history of the industry. While they suggest the events in recent years had many similarities with earlier cycles, they highlight some fundamental discontinuities... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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A World of Support
HBS Fund Supports the School’s Global Interests “No other management school has the global reach of HBS or a similar global brand power.” Gaëtan Hannecart (MBA 1994) Global Understanding is one of four key areas supported by the HBS Fund... View Details