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- 01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters
interests that later proved complementary when it came to carving up iTrust management responsibilities. Agarwala grew up in Calcutta, the original capital of India during British colonial rule, dreaming of playing cricket. He ultimately... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
the African continent. "Step Change" is the story I wrote to try to understand how a person—and a country—can adapt and evolve so quickly—as well as the ups and downs that come with that growth. It's published in the March issue of the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
what does that reality look like? To further understand the families behind the statistics, we asked alumni to offer stories from their successes and struggles—their doubts, their decisions, and their daily routines. “I returned at Booz... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
seven regional "Baby Bells"), she remained with the New England Telephone Company, which later merged with the New York Telephone Company to form NYNEX Corporation. Gaining a broad understanding of the business through a multitude of jobs... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
(Clerisy Press) The author’s message: the single unifying and fortifying element across all categories of business is people. By understanding their points of view, needs, and ideals, managers can learn to succeed along with them in a... View Details
- 05 May 2022
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Lesson Plans
something that might give them a refresher. And as soon as I put those first YouTube videos up, something interesting happened. Actually, a bunch of interesting things happened. The first was the feedback... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
women—whose careers could provide some insight into these questions. “I wanted to understand what it is that they did to crack the code,” Kraus says of her research. Through interviews, Kraus and her research team found some common... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
high-stakes decision about whether and where to get an education. Choosing College strips away the noise to help you understand why you’re going to school. What's driving you? What are you trying to accomplish? Once you know why, the book... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
emotional context of business decisions,” Andrews noted. “The addition of personal values and aspirations became an integral part of his philosophy of management.” As his interest and influence in the Business Policy area expanded,... View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap
most promising young leaders firsthand, lived experience in parts of the world that, frankly, too few of us have had direct exposure to, and many, many more of us need to understand firsthand. Flint: Why have Americans been slower to come... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
used.” THANK YOU, WESTLEY: Minard with the horse that inspired SmartPak. On starting a business, she advises entrepreneurs to “choose something you’re intrinsically interested in; it will help you get through the hard times.” SmartPak’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
of Boston established its Housing Innovation Lab in 2015, and recent projects focus on plugin home options, intergenerational homesharing, and more. The Brookings Institute recently published research examining the “housing as a hub” concept of integrated shelter and... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
skills," he says. "When I arrived at HBS, I had never taken a business course in my life," says Earls. "I did have some experience in certain areas, such as human resources, but at HBS it all came together. I picked up new skills, like View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
entrepreneurial activity, which drew people away from large companies and encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity... View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
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Bringing Markets to Myanmar
Dan Morrell: Talk to me about the situation that you saw when you walked into Myanmar. What was the state of the country? What were the signals that were coming from government at that point? David Brunell: Interesting question. I flew... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Overcoming the Challenges Within By Sunder Hemrajani (AMP 180, 2011) Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Since his school days, author Sunder Hemrajani had taken a keen interest in trekking and mountaineering. His love for the mountains started... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
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Making Friends with Mother Nature
understand our relationship with Mother Nature, they are much more inclined to take care of it.” Fostering coexistence and serving others have been themes throughout Clifford’s life. Born and raised in Bronxville, in New York’s... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 27 Oct 2017
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The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
receiving his admonishment for spending too much time on too many things, getting tempted by too many things. Instead, have your own sense of direction. Where do you think the world is going? And then just pick one or two ideas and go really deep, and get a very, very... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
Sunday evening in a Baker Lawn “pavilion” erected for the summit’s general sessions. Nearly everyone failed to understand how much the global financial system had changed in recent years, and how fragile it had become because of... View Details
- 05 May 2020
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“Walking a Tightrope”
instance, in tiny poor villages in China that I was trying to write about poverty in China. And here it was in the US. April: Was there something that you came to understand about the lives of your friends in Yamhill that you hadn't... View Details