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01 Dec 2004
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Capitalizing Poetry

Barr Photo courtesy Poetry Foundation In 2002, pharmaceutical heiress Ruth Lilly made a gift in excess of $100 million to the Modern Poetry Association (now the renamed Poetry Foundation). Tapped in February to figure out what to do with the foundation’s windfall was... View Details

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01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

about the up-and-coming general manager of Nickelodeon Latin America. “I was interested in the entertainment industry and globalization,” Hill recalls. “The article was about the business, not how she led.” So how did “Taran Swan at... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

In 1995, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts reopened its grand front entrance on busy Huntington Avenue. The symbolism was hard to miss. After decades of attracting a scholarly, sophisticated, highbrow crowd to its side entry, the MFA was opening its doors to a wider... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2005
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Style Check

Benetton Brain Trust: After learning at the knee of his father, Luciano, Alessandro is taking the family business forward. Working for his family’s company, whose colorful sportswear and controversial advertising made it a brand of international renown, Alessandro... View Details

Keywords: Formula 1; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Sep 2012
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Doriot Papers Arrive at HBS

MAN OF LETTERS: Doriot’s papers come home. Photo courtesy Baker Library Historical Collections Baker Library Historical Collections recently announced the permanent loan from Boston’s French Cultural Center of papers that once belonged to one of the School’s most... View Details

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01 Mar 2012
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Thinking Green

As part of the cross-University program Harvard Thinks Big, in December six professors from different Harvard schools offered their thoughts on climate change. University Professor Rebecca Henderson and Professor of Management Practice Robert Kaplan joined colleagues... View Details

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01 Dec 2008
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A U.S. Turnaround?

Wien In 1945, the United States was clearly the world’s leader militarily, economically, and politically. Its universities were preeminent, and its cultural life was enriched by the migration of Europeans during the previous decade. This position of leadership lasted... View Details

Keywords: Byron Wien; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Jun 1996
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Keepers of the Flame

the Olympic Games. ACOG has committed to the most expansive Cultural Olympiad ever, a multiyear celebration of arts, culture, and entertainment that culminates in the nine-week Olympic Arts Festival from... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2003
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Lessons from Everest

Fifty years ago, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to stand atop Mount Everest, a symbol of challenge and achievement whose allure — some would call it a fatal attraction — has only increased since then. A week before the anniversary of Hillary and... View Details

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01 Mar 2015
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The Next Big Swing

MLB Advanced Media’s new Statcast system provides measures for every play, arming analysts like Tippett with a wealth of new data. (Courtesy of MLB.com) Tom Tippett’s love of sports data began at age seven, when his mom bought him a stat-tracking book so that he could... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Clark; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People

This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do.Â “These five distinguished alumni are role models of what leaders can do,... View Details

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