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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
Depelsha McGruder (MBA 1998) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Depelsha McGruder (MBA 1998) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) In July 2016, after visiting relatives in Georgia, I was watching CNN in the airport and saw graphic reports on the View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the Rubble
unfold and at the continued horrors that any response will undoubtedly let loose. We know that the death toll is at least in the thousands, and that the financial toll will soar to tens of billions of dollars. There are other things,... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Classmates Rally to Help Family Stricken with Rare Disease
a genetic enzyme deficiency that leads to rapid muscle deterioration and death from respiratory failure, usually before age five. Although fewer than one thousand children worldwide suffer from any form of Pompe's disease, the Crowleys'... View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
prospects of lower pay or fewer chances at promotion than men. In the medical world, recent studies show doctors are less alert to symptoms in older adults when a patient is female. Heart attacks are the leading cause of death in the... View Details
- 05 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
The Reflective Leader
shortcomings, failed personal relationships, or the death of a close family member. Several of my fellow alumni shared how they learned that happiness is more about balance than it is about money. Don’t get me wrong, there was also plenty... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Professor Ramchandran Jaikumar Remembered
country and abroad. His premature death has robbed us of a world-class scholar and a valued friend and colleague." Professor Marshall Fisher of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, who worked closely with Jaikumar for... View Details
- 19 Apr 2018
- News
One Last Pitch
Dr. Abraar Karan took the stage in custom-made ties adorned with cartoon mosquitos. With Hour 72+, they hope to minimize deaths caused by mosquito-borne illnesses like malaria, dengue fever, and zika virus. “For us it’s exciting, but for... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
Positive By: Goranson, Amelia, Ryan S. Ritter, Adam Waytz, Michael I. Norton, and Kurt Gray Abstract— In people’s imagination, dying seems dreadful; however, these perceptions may not reflect reality. In two studies, we compared the affective experience of people... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
Washington for four years. That was the first time I was on my own, and I realized I really do love this work, the public service aspect, and the business challenge itself. I also realized I'm pretty good at it. THE BIGGEST killer of family businesses, other than the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- News
750 World Wonders and counting
mingling with celebrities was all in a day’s work. “My ambition to do something uniquely creative was born at an early age,” says Wilson, who often hung out on the sets of hits such as Till Death Us Do Part (later remade as the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
contributions that Howard's great friend and colleague Pat Liles made to entrepreneurial teaching at HBS before his untimely death in the spring of 1984. He and Howard made a great team, and we're very fortunate to have had the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
including carbon sequestration, watershed protection, and the creation of intellectual property. (Star Wars director George Lucas, for example, found Death Valley National Park to be the perfect locale for Luke Skywalker’s home planet of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
On a continent with many challenges to development, no issue is more pressing in Africa than the heavy toll of the AIDS epidemic. In addition to the staggering costs in terms of social upheaval and human suffering, AIDS cuts down workers in their prime years of... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- Web
1.5 Attendance | MBA
excused from class. Excused Absences have no impact on a grade when used in moderation. Reasons for excused absences are: Birth or adoption of a student’s child. Court summons or jury duty that cannot be postponed. Death in the student's... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
death -- from antiaircraft artillery that filled the sky with exploding shells or surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) that, in Baldwin's words, "looked like burning telephone poles" as they streaked through the air. Maneuvering the plane to... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 30 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”
difficult for a school to create the equivalent of a tough childhood, a religious revelation, or a life and death experience." Setting aside the issue, Shaun Greene even questioned the importance of crucibles of leadership, raising... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
parks, the order of our streets, the success of countless individuals and families. And yes, the online payment of parking tickets. From birth certificate to death certificate, City Hall affects the lives of every one of its citizens.... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Thelma Olexa (AuthorHouse) Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins by Tom Perkins (MBA ’57) (Gotham Books) Sentinel of the Seas: Life and Death at the Most Dangerous Lighthouse Ever Built by Dennis M. Powers (MBA ’69) (Kensington... View Details
- 16 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Delivering Solutions During a Crisis: an Interview with Hans Kristian Furuseth
service are those most at risk. They have weakened immune systems and respiratory illnesses that make leaving home dangerous. For a lot of people this is a life or death situation,” Furuseth adds. “Being able to offer a new service in the... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
minimizing the number of deaths versus refraining from murder; actively killing one person or passively watching five die. A twist examines whether a protagonist would choose to push a person heavy enough to stop the train into the... View Details