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21 Aug 2017
Blog Post

A Summer Internship with the City of Boston

anticipates that people who bought tennis rackets might also want some tennis balls, the City might anticipate that people applying for a moving permit might also need to figure out their trash pick-up, parking passes, and voter... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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4.4 Harvard University Identification Cards Policy | MBA

parking facilities. In addition, they allow employee and student identification for business transactions on campus and the ability to attend events that may be open only to the Harvard community, including Spring Fest, Head of the... View Details

Portrait Project

Marissa Kaplan

We were living a romantic comedy – a young couple in love in Manhattan. Mornings in the park with chocolate croissants, The New York Times in print, sporadic sirens and street performers. Walks to the bookstore with linked arms and fake... View Details

31 Oct 2018
News

Why I’m Donating One Billion Dollars to Save the Planet

Zimbabwe. Wyss writes that he is inspired by the example set by Yellowstone, which was the world’s first national park when it was created in 1872. Since then, 15 percent of the planet’s land and 7 percent of its oceans have been... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Preserving Patagonia

which studies blue whales and other endangered species; Tierra Austral, the first land trust in Chilean Patagonia; and Reforest Patagonia, a public-private campaign to plant a million trees in Torres del Paine and other national parks in... View Details

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Ursula von Rydingsvard Elegantka II 2013–14 / 2016 | About

Fabric Workshop and Museum, Pennsylvania; and Now, She (2018–19), at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park of West Bretton, UK, and a solo presentation at the 56th Venice Biennale, Italy. Ursula von... View Details

20 Dec 2017
Blog Post

Meet Annie & Piper: A Student and Dog's Life at HBS

enjoyed walks along the Charles River. Several times, we had the opportunity to go on short day-hikes. Two of our favorite spots were Halibut Point State Park on the coast and the Blue Hills Reservation. What are the housing options for... View Details

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The Roundtables - Entrepreneurship

NeueHouse in Madison Square Park for customized discussions, a reception and dinner featuring a fireside chat between Professor Bill Sahlman and Brian Bedol founder of Bedrocket Media Ventures, Bluefin Labs, CBS College Sports Network,... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Just Chillin’

Keeping things cool at HBS during the hot summer months is the chilled water plant, a 19,700-square-foot facility located underground near the B-School parking lot. With hundreds of thousands of gallons coursing through miles of pipe, the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

01 Jun 2003
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Portraits from the Class of 2003

services, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation Duties Included: taking care of Yankee and Shea stadiums Description of Her Employees: carpenters, plumbers, electricians, blacksmiths; 111 men, 9 women; average age: 45 Enjoys:... View Details

Keywords: Finance

13 Jul 2017
News

Making Friends with Mother Nature

best model for humanity and nature living together” and revels in sharing the region with visitors. Adirondack Park is the largest publicly protected area in the continental United States, comprising 6 million acres, of which 45 percent... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Mar 2012
News

Health Care’s New Frontier

1999, the nascent success of that program, called athenaNet, and the interest it attracted from investors and other medical practices convinced Bush and Park to shift the company’s focus from clinical care to Internet billing and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

2019
Article

Ridesharing with Driver Location Preferences

By: Duncan Rheingans-Yoo, Scott Duke Kominers, Hongyao Ma and David C. Parkes

We study revenue-optimal pricing and driver compensation in ridesharing platforms when drivers have heterogeneous preferences over locations. If a platform ignores drivers' location preferences, it may make inefficient trip dispatches; moreover, drivers may strategize... View Details

Keywords: Ridesharing; Pricing; Compensation and Benefits; Geographic Location; Market Design; Mathematical Methods

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09 Feb 2011
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Still Shining through Florida's Clouds

Bonita Bay Group known for its “collaborative approach with environmentalists and its attention to quality and detail,” the Review reported, “Lucas personally has won a reputation as a generous philanthropist and tireless fundraiser for community causes, such as public... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Dec 2001
News

Lone Star Star

guest of honor at the Dallas Figure Skating Club's sixtieth anniversary celebration last September, according to the Dallas Morning News (September 23, 2001). At the event, Wylie recalled numerous 4:30 a.m. sessions of skating and hockey as a boy at Dallas's old Fair... View Details

Keywords: figure skating; Olympics; Arts, Entertainment

01 Oct 2002
News

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 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track

for newly minted MBAs. Jeremy Andrus (MBA 2002) certainly does. Upon graduation, with no job offers, Andrus decamped to his parents’ basement in Park City, Utah, to regroup. He then agreed to an interview with BusinessWeek, which ran a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio accessories; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2003
News

Spreading the Words

San Francisco investment firm, he and Jan now spend twenty to thirty hours a week adding to the site from a spare room in their Menlo Park home. “It’s a passion,” Cook told the San Jose Mercury News (April 8, 2003). “We’re making a... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Partners & Families | MBA

expect, etc. One Western Avenue and Soldiers Field Park are two Harvard University apartment complexes adjacent to the HBS campus. There are several other Harvard University owned properties that house HBS students and families as well.... View Details

26 Oct 2011
News

On Top, Down Under

the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. With more than 20 years of experience in the property industry, Fookes is responsible for the overall investment performance of GPT’s high-end shopping center, commercial office, and industrial and business View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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