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Malory Mclemore
life is a sort of artistry, and that it all fits together now. What is your favorite childhood memory? Being out on my grandmother’s sunporch in Homewood, Alabama. She had bought me a child-size artist’s desk and put it out on the warm,... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
and fund them generously. JOHN ALFORD (MBA 2001) Chief network growth officer, KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Foundation, the largest nonprofit network of college-preparatory charter schools in the United States, which educates 113,000 students, ranging from early... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of survival, and the rapid response of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
general topic of space exploration. Do you have any deeper connections to the topic? A: Well, like many little boys, I always wanted to be an astronaut (on the days when I didn't want to be a football player). But I did take my childhood... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
program at MIT. I feel very fortunate to have benefited from great educational institutions throughout my life. Perhaps the most important thing to share about my childhood is that my father was an extraordinary inspiration to me. In many... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
whom are women, who average under a dollar a day per capita income. Since cassava spoils within three days of harvesting, it is traditionally used in small-scale family cooking. Roughly 40 percent of the annual harvest is lost due to rapid, methane gas–producing... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
of dollars to do so. That’s our number one challenge right now: how to visibly grow the participation levels in US Soccer Federation programs and bring in more of the underserved communities.” The mission is personal for him. Soccer was a View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
region by helping local residents cultivate their own food; and made Pine Mountain a guaranteed buyer of local produce. In addition, he enlisted Sky (who also earned a doctorate from HGSE) to relaunch the school’s early childhood... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One
participation but also an informed electorate. So, it's an open question to understand how informed exactly voters are.” You Might Also Like: Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake What the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Art Nature Business
have also explored natural disasters in other series, such as in Circleville , from their series, Accidentally Kansas . Nix explains: 'My childhood was spent in a rural part of the United States that is known more for its natural... View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
lending, pawnbroking, refund-anticipation loans, and informal lending. Purchase this note: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209107 Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
slowdown." Candace Bond Candace Bond (MBA '92) recalls one of her earliest childhood memories: watching a stack of 45s spin on her parents' record player and dancing to the music of artists such as Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Jackson... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
his eyes were still red. Everyone had assumed his eyes were red because he had been crying. But the nurse wondered if Kevin might have Kawasaki disease, a rare childhood illness that can harm the coronary arteries, and whose symptoms... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Hajim (MBA 1964) and Glenn Plaskin Skyhorse On the Road Less Traveled is the story of Edmund Hajim, an American financier and philanthropist who rises from dire childhood circumstances to achieve professional success and personal... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
pay phones in Tanzania - and recently won a bid to become Ghana's Second National Operator. A Liberian national who spent much of her childhood in English boarding schools, Maddy holds foreign service and economics degrees from Georgetown... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
serving as a volunteer football coach at Western Maryland College, a student complained to him that there were "no opportunities left in America." A survivor of childhood poverty who became a millionaire by age 35 through nursing-home and... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
boxes on the way to promotion. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/418031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-042 LeBron James: Building a Hollywood Empire It is June 2016. Superstar basketball player LeBron James and his View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/419016-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 419-017 Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls This case covers formative events and influences in Christine Lagarde’s childhood and her... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Marcela Sapone
spin-out of Dupont. Work dictated several moves and Sapone spent a part of her childhood living in Copenhagen and later Paris. She focused on starting ventures, like a crafts fair or a literary magazine, using a combination of charisma... View Details
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Marla Malcolm Beck
Beck to try her hand in private equity. She joined a private equity firm and quickly had an epiphany. In this new role, she felt too far removed from the strategy and operations of a business and her childhood urge to run her own show was... View Details