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01 Jun 2004
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Redefining Work Life

Fudge Image courtesy Business Week When Ann Fudge (MBA 1977) found that her career was overtaking her life, she decided to take a sabbatical. Not the most unusual of decisions, except that her job happened to be running a $5 billion... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services

01 Mar 2017
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The Middle Way

On February 1, 2016, a line of First Nations drummers in traditional regalia—elaborate headdresses, each cheek bearing two red streaks—entered from the rear of a packed hall at the University View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

01 Feb 1997
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Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)

From 1988 to 1993, Juan Enriquez-Cabot was CEO of SERVIMET, a for-profit urban development entity of the Mexico City government which grew 4,000 percent during his tenure and became the city's largest... View Details

01 Dec 2005
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Exploring the Galápagos

“Marty should be here for this; this is what he came here for,” Esther Flashner laments to our Galápagos National Park guide, as a dozen of us stroll the sandy beach of Darwin Bay on the island View Details

Keywords: Ted A. Adams; Arts, Entertainment

02 Feb 2017
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Enabling Everyone in a Community to Contribute

Karen Fonseth (GMP 19, 2015) is CEO of Direct Action in Support of Community Homes (DASCH), a Canadian not-for-profit organization that operates more than 50 residential and outreach programs for children... View Details

10 Aug 2015
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Seeding a Better Future for Colombia

Expo’s theme of “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life,” Cavelier emphasizes his country’s agriculture-friendly geography and climate. “Because of our location near the equator and varied elevations, we grow... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Using storytelling to transform the retail experience

Stories make sales. That’s the philosophy of Jennifer Lee Koss (AB 2001, MBA 2008), cofounder of BRIKA, an online shop for modern and elevated craft. BRIKA (from fabricá, the Spanish word for factory)... View Details

04 Dec 2014
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Hacking Health Care

The health care industry needs so much improvement, it will take a whole movement to fix it. “The more leaders, the better,” says Luc Sirois (MBA 1997), who sees progress coming not through a single organization, but rather from groups of... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

07 Feb 2018
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Helping Startups Give Back

“If you really want your company to be associated with giving back and having a social mission,” says Janie Goldstein (MBA 1991), “it needs to be baked in from the start.” But while most startups want to be philanthropic, Goldstein, the cofounder and former executive... View Details

19 Jun 2017
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How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe

started to get inquiries from other countries. And then I started to visit them on my own and basically open up the country, open up Israel, open pretty much the entire of Europe, Japan. Started in South View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Tapping into a sustainable enterprise that provides income for indigenous Mexican families

Fredo Arias-King (MBA 1996, AM 1998) helps indigenous forest dwellers and their families in central Mexico stay on their land and thrive financially while also safeguarding their local environment. As founder of Green and Tapped... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Launch Codes

The first HBS New Venture Competition was held in 1997, in the era of PalmPilot and RealPlayer. And while the tech landscape has changed dramatically since then, many of the core lessons View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Alvaro Dominguez

22 Feb 2018
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My First Job

Salt Lake to work on the Salt Lake Olympics. And he hired me, so I got to be one of the executives on the Olympic Committee. I just had a fantastic time. David Binswanger. I am section H of 1982. My first... View Details

27 Jul 2017
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Seeing a Way Forward

Leger’s manager at the World Bank encouraged her to apply to Harvard Business School and earn her MBA. “I found my time at HBS to be incredibly fulfilling—academically, intellectually, and socially,” she recalls. “My best memories View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2022
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Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us

If you’ve ever tried to call an airline or almost any service business of a certain size, you’re probably familiar with the problem: After navigating a seemingly endless set of options, you’re asked by an... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

Download Carroll profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1956 Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1978 Earns BS, Geology, Skidmore College 1982 Earns MS, Geology, University of Kansas 1982 Joins Amoco Production... View Details

20 Jun 2019
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Reframing Modern Art

Europe, Asia once-a-year, Latin America once a year, etc. And with that type of extended travel, you do have downtime on weekends, during weekdays, and browsing museums was one View Details

24 Mar 2021
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Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education

trust of the communities they serve.” For the Oregon Community Partners, that has meant teaming up with Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), a micro-lending organization providing entrepreneurs View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

for the very first time in this part of the world. And it was very important for us to start our beta, which we launched out of Dubai, with a consumer base that knew what we're talking about. And therefore... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

“The events of Tuesday have touched everyone deeply in some way, and we are all struggling to find hope in the face of despair.” —Dean Kim B. Clark As it has so often on important occasions in Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

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