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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Constructive Summer at HBS
parking lot. As many as one hundred workers have been laboring on the site each day, pouring the concrete foundation and positioning the structural steel beams and columns. While the summer's extreme heat occasionally halted work early -... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
passions have spurred him, among other accomplishments, to spearhead the creation of a 250-acre nature preserve (with a 10-mile walking trail) in Pound Ridge, New York; initiate and finance the identification of, and publish a brochure about, all trees, shrubs, and... View Details
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Alumni-Authored Books | Baker Library
Mentally Ill Executive . 1984 Bilmes, Linda: The Ghost Budget: Paying for America’s Endless Wars (forthcoming 2025), Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs: America’s Best Investment , T he People Factor: Strengthening America by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
result in fewer mistaken items showing up in your bags (or missing from them). “Good stores today run with 93 percent accuracy,” Pedró says. “We project 99.9 percent accuracy.” 4.Thirty minutes after placing the order, you pull into a View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Pincus (MBA 1993)
one of Bill’s great traits is that he inspires confidence, which is an important aspect of leadership—not false confidence, but knowing when your instincts are right and being less willing to compromise in a management context. I spent seven years building Zynga and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
professional day writing, with the rest devoted to business and charitable pursuits. In addition to his other books, Barron's abiding interest in the outdoors has resulted in two nature books, one about the history of the Rocky Mountain National View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
grounds, so getting people to the park is key.) And for tourists looking to make the trek from Japan to catch a game, cities like New York and LA have the added benefit of offering an attractive destination. "It's obviously a long... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
1988 Democratic presidential nomination. When Babbitt became Secretary of the Interior in the first Clinton administration, he asked Cohen to be his Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget. In this role, she significantly increased funding for national... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
jungle for four or five days. Kaziranga National Park is a favorite. It’s been one of India’s great success stories for rhino conservation.” Back to top Robert L. Ryan (MBA 1970) Retired Senior VP and CFO, Medtronic, Inc. Family ties: “My... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
with a $5 million loan. The plant was located in a run-down area of Bridgeport, the state’s murder capital. We’d often find bullets, needles, and used condoms in the parking lot. But my workforce was steady and very loyal because there... View Details
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
hour-long appointment, time getting there and back, time in the waiting room. A lot of people don’t feel like they have that time,” Parks says. “This technology is not meant to replace in-person therapy, but because we know therapy can’t... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
cause is pure congestion—too many vehicles trying to occupy the same stretch of road at the same time—but accidents, breakdowns, construction, bad weather, and potholes all take their toll, not to mention time that is spent looking for the View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
better by snatching a burger from his mouth and kicking him under the dinner table when he orders fries. Sitting on a park bench, the couple agree that drinking Pepsi MAX is OK—until a pretty jogger waves at the husband. The wife throws... View Details
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
where you sometimes see more camel and donkey carts (now there's green energy!) than autos parked outside. India's 300-million-strong middle class is hungering for consumer goods and decent homes. Despite the lack of infrastructure, this... View Details
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
Olympic Park Legacy Company. Her education and experience complemented Blumkin's, as did her roots across the river in Mamaroneck, in New York's Westchester County. Blumkin immediately signed Lehrer as manager of communications and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sea of Dreams
most days, I do not feel a need to have anything more. Then again, while Glide spent the last several months in a frozen Long Island parking lot, Lady Linda, which was launched last summer, has been cruising the Caribbean. How she finally... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
this year, of the millions of cars being churned out in factories all around the world, one of them, unknown and unremarked, will roll off an assembly line and take its place in history. Basking under the hot lights of a showroom, or View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Action Plan: Fired Up
morning one of Traeger’s big rigs was set on fire in the parking lot, apparently in protest of his decision to outsource shipping to UPS. “The culture was so toxic, I knew it would ruin me and everyone I brought into it,” he says. Andrus... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Raising the Barrio
the road will run over the nearby railroad tracks. In its place, where some of the area’s most dangerous housing now stands, Rodríguez Larreta envisions a park for a community that has had almost no green space. His plan is also an... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Turning Point: One Step at a Time
Kids and adults alike had told me I just “wasn’t athletic,” and that was OK—I was smart and talented in other ways. So when the time came for that mandatory mile run I had to get creative. We didn’t have a gym at my small parochial school, so the teacher determined... View Details
Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)