American presidency - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

(MBA 1980) Crown This book is a fresh, intimate look at a series of American Presidents who took the nation into war and mobilized the country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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View from the Top

entire companies and the driving force behind the turnaround of the American economy, is suddenly under siege,” the New York Times declared in June. In the months since, the chorus of voices questioning today's business leaders has only... View Details

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

tell you that corn's symbiotic relationship with humans stretches back 10,000 years, originating in Mesoamerica and migrating north about 1,000 years ago with its human caretakers. The bond is practical, based on sustenance, but also spiritual: In Native View Details

01 Sep 2006
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One-on-One with Carter Roberts

this work,” says Roberts, “and nine out of ten will describe turning over logs and discovering things when they were little.” Four decades later, he’s still discovering nature, but on a global scale. Since his appointment in February 2005 as View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Answering the Call

(“Rocky”) Aoki fell in love with New York City. The son of a restaurateur in Japan, Aoki eventually opened his own four-table unit in Manhattan in 1964 and called it Benihana (after a Japanese flower), the name of his father’s first establishment. Watching View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Feb 2018
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My First Job

careers. As alumni returned to campus last fall for reunion, we asked them to tell us about their first jobs and what those experiences taught them. READ MORE Dan Biederman, class of '77. I took a job in the Systems Consulting Firm, View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

Defeat Covid-19 in Rural Areas” that includes distributing free masks, involving governing councils, and using “digital weapons" that include awareness campaigns targeted to mobile phones. SEPTEMBER 30 Robert Wah (AMP 175, 2008), a medical doctor and former View Details

01 Apr 2000
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A Place in the Sun

percent increase in earnings. Their hard work is paying off, but Martin and Giraud understand the importance of recreation, too. Martin, who, in addition to his North America duties, serves as executive vice president with... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

working as an economist in the Egyptian Ministry of Finance when the Arab Spring swept through Cairo in 2011. When we met, she was executive director of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund, a $300 million investment initiative between... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

01 Sep 2008
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The Levitt Brand

good excuse to invite Levitt, who was not teaching in the AMP program, to dinner. “We became good friends,” she recalls, adding that she applied a number of Levitt’s insights over the years in her role as president and CEO of Estée Lauder... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up

HBS and the Kennedy School of Government. Coup, who’s 41 and a numbers whiz, worked as the policy director for the anti-deficit Concord Coalition in Washington, D.C.; a strategic planner in the office of the American Stock Exchange’s... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

Nancy Barry (MBA 1975), founder and president of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty, which mobilizes and supports leading companies and entrepreneurs in building profitable and inclusive businesses that incorporate millions of low-income... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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