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- 01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit
’59), and was moderated by PBS’s Charlie Rose. Whitman, former CEO of eBay, noted that most Americans are “deeply afraid” as they watch energy and food costs rise and their retirement accounts shrink. More must be done, she said, to...
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- 01 Mar 2008
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Classroom Legend
classroom was, in the words of former American Association for Higher Education president Russell Edgerton, like watching “Rostropovich and Bernstein conduct a symphony.” Six feet tall and loose-limbed, he was constantly on the move,...
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- 01 Jun 2006
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The Baby Business
involved here, and we need to take care of that. We also need to decide whether reproduction is some sort of human right or whether infertility is a medical condition. If the answer is yes to either of...
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- 01 Sep 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Book of Esports: The Definitive Guide to Competitive Video Games by William Collis (MBA 2011) RosettaBooks Almost overnight, esports—or competitive video games—have exploded into the largest entertainment and sporting phenomenon...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
business leaders do have a duty to be competitive and to help restore the manufacturing base of our country. Nations that allow their manufacturing infrastructure to deteriorate often create a similar fate for themselves. Even as we all have a fiduciary duty to our...
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- 01 Jun 2020
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Keeping the Beat
about the intention behind my music. I take more time saying how I made the song. I take more time sharing things that I think are relevant or interesting to that particular audience. And I engage. I watch the comments and I respond to...
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- 30 Aug 2018
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Sharing a Passion for Art
do.” Never Say Never Van Caldenborgh’s own enjoyment of art began early. “When I was a boy, I bought something that could hang in my room,” he recalls. “When I was first married, I would bring home something that was the right size to...
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- 01 Dec 2000
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Vivek Ranadivé
strongest attributes. "In some ways the case method explains why Survivor was such a popular television show," he laughs. "You throw a bunch of people into one classroom and see who shines. I wanted to learn more about people and human...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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Competitiveness at Risk
Rivkin and Porter: HBS alumni are in a position to help put America back on a more competitive footing in the world economy. View the survey results Watch Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin introduce the project Join the...
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- 01 Mar 2011
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Local Hero
could tell right away if he had a couple of tickets for the Giants game on Saturday,” Baer recalls. “He’d give me a little nod, and I’d know — yes! — we would be going to Candlestick to watch Willie Mays...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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In the Blood
training. Finally, Three Chimneys manages the breeding rights for eight stallions, which Clay cites as the segment of his business with the highest profile and greatest returns. Smarty Jones, winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and...
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- 13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Christine Keung (at podium) and Reginald Smith (both MBA 2020) present recommendations for economic development to the West Virginia State Senate in May 2022. How did you meet? Reggie Smith: "We first met before classes started RC year at a big social event in...
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- 01 Jun 2013
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Lesson Plans
model is where we need to get to—fast." POWERING PRINCIPALS "Principals are the most effective lever for creating change in a school. A principal is a pure manager-leader, dealing with a myriad of issues: human resources, student...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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An Advocate for Women's Equality
Even with Nixon's backing, pressure against her came from inside the administration. When Barbara Hackman Franklin (HRPBA 1963, MBA 1964) was appointed to recruit women for leadership positions in the Nixon administration, there was a problem View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
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A Binary Formula
tomorrow’s transformative companies will have their greatest impact not in the material world but on the most basic elements of the human experience of life — health, physical well-being, and mortality. For HBS students who want to make a...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Higher Ground
started to report levee failures. “So we didn’t dodge the bullet,” an email said. And then communication stopped. Jim Atwood watched the aftermath of the levee failures on a battery-powered TV in a home he had built for himself on a...
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- 18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
“Despite the progress the United States has made, Black Americans are too often denied basic privileges that others take for granted,” wrote Mason. “I am not talking about the privileges of wealth, education or job opportunities. I’m talking about fundamental 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 need to do more leaning...
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- 20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer for the HBS Alumni Bulletin, and in July I flew from Boston to Omaha to spend a day with Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997), a professor of entrepreneurship at...
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- 03 Oct 2019
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Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
aside from the financial returns when it comes to investing in space? Garriott de Cayeux: Humanity is at stake. Without trying to make it bigger than it is, we can start right there with all the extinction...
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