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- 18 May 2016
- News
What Does the American Dream Mean in Today’s America?
Alexander Navab (MBA 1991), head of investment firm KKR’s Americas private equity business, was honored this year with an Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented annually to “individuals who have made it their mission to share with those less fortunate their wealth of... View Details
- November 2005 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
John Whitehead: A Life in Leadership
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
In 2005, John C. Whitehead, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC), confronts the collapse of a delicate agreement among business, government, and public interests in rebuilding on the World Trade Center site. Provides information on the leadership... View Details
Keywords: Education; Construction; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Biography; Leadership; Leadership Development; Agreements and Arrangements; Nonprofit Organizations
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "John Whitehead: A Life in Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 406-024, November 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
What Budget 2015 means for doing business in India
- 10 Aug 2016
- News
The meaning of trust in the age of Airbnb
- 9 AM – 5 PM EST, 12 Feb 2022
- Virtual Programming
31st Women In Business Conference: Building a Successful Life
We are thrilled to invite you to the 31st Annual Dynamic Women in Business Conference. The conference provides an exciting opportunity to forge new connections while learning from the experiences of all our speakers and each other.
The theme of the conference is... View Details
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Is Life Nasty, Brutish, and Short? Philosophies of Life and Well-Being
By: Michael I. Norton, Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin and Elizabeth W. Dunn
Three studies examine the extent to which laypeople endorse Thomas Hobbes' (1651) view of life as "nasty, brutish, and short" and explore the relationships between this philosophy and well-being. We asked participants to answer two binary choice questions: Is life... View Details
Norton, Michael I., Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, and Elizabeth W. Dunn. "Is Life Nasty, Brutish, and Short? Philosophies of Life and Well-Being." Social Psychological & Personality Science 2, no. 6 (November 2011): 570–575.
- 16 Oct 2019
Life at HBS Chat in Sydney
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- 10 Jul 2019
Life at HBS Chat in Bangkok
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- 16 Jul 2019
Life at HBS Chat in Charlotte
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- 21 Dec 2019
Life at HBS Chat in Cleveland
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- 22 Dec 2019
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- 22 Mar 2019
Life at HBS Chat in Copenhagen
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- 07 Jan 2019
Life at HBS Chat in Minneapolis
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- 07 Jan 2019
Life at HBS Chat in Dhaka
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- 22 Dec 2018
Life at HBS Chat in Edinburgh
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- 27 Dec 2018
Life at HBS Chat in Dayton
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- 14 Jan 2019
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- 19 Dec 2018
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- 13 Dec 2018
Life at HBS Chat in Barcelona
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