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- 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
- 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
- Web
Mental Health | MBA
Mental Health Support Services Joe Coleman MBA 2018 "Mental illness is not a death sentence, but rather a surmountable obstacle on life's roller coaster." Katie Rydz MBA 2019 "I will not let mental illness define me. I will define my own... View Details
- 21 Jun 2020
- News
Rooting out Racism
players—spurred into action after the death of George Floyd—spoke out. “The final, most pernicious category undergirds the everyday black experience,” Rice writes. These practices put people of color at a disadvantage in the competition... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Crucible: Relocation
examining, all while dancing on the delicate line of Chinese censorship. Recently, I wrote about the right to physician-assisted death and the alienation of Chinese modern feminism. This new “job” has invigorated me and returned me to my... View Details
Keywords: Zhang, Qian
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Information Technology
and entrepreneurs. Robert Graham Dun, head of the Mercantile Agency from 1859 to his death in 1900, was one of the first to perceive the business potential of the typewriter. A commercially successful model had been in production since... 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
- 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
- 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
- Web
Mapping the Salt Tax That Helped Shatter a Monarchy | Working Knowledge
list of grievances collected by the king in spring 1789. Legislators from areas with higher salt taxes were more likely to advocate for the end of the monarchy and support the death penalty for the king. Extractive taxation undermined the... 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
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
period a small number of followers entered the new path. The inability of the British, French, Italian, and then German companies to compete with IBM's mainframes and the plug-compatibles in the 1970s and IBM and its PC clones in the 1980s brought the View Details
- 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 with Hans Kristian Furuseth (MBA 2019)
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
- 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