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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
the MCC is doing the right thing, for the right people, at the right time," Bloom says. "This is the best job I've ever had. We're really trying to implement the principle of teaching a man to fish in order to give people the basis for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
requests, and we witness periodic trade spats. The Catfish War is a famous example pitting the Mississippi Delta, where very poor people live off the catfish industry, against the Mekong Delta, where you have the same. The US producers felt that they were being... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Ian Calhoun (MBA 2010)
onions. We preserve our own onions at the restaurant and use batch-made gin from Berkshire Mountain Distillers in Massachusetts." Kitchen essentials: "A really nice, heavy sauté pan that can also go in the oven. A pair of tongs. A fish... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer
A venture capitalist with a career spanning three decades and a net worth of $2.6 billion is certain to have had a few big fish escape his hook over the years. For Jim Breyer (MBA 1987) of Breyer Capital, the Moby Dick that haunts him... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
overestimating the value of an item—and overpaying for it. Nobel Committee: In the 1960s, Robert Wilson started to investigate auctions with a common value. That is, a value which is unknown beforehand, but in the end is the same to all bidders. Consider an auction for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Take Time to Transition (If it’s Time)
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong When Mary Lindley Burton (MBA 1976) came to HBS in the mid-1970s, the Smith College religion major “felt like a fish out of water.” What saved her, she says, was a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
and controlling stakes in the company. “It seemed we were a big fish to eat, and everybody wanted a piece of us,” she told the audience with a wry grin, going on to describe how the three fought to keep control of the corporation.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
and the company showcased before a national audience. As “John,” I swept streets, took tickets, waited tables, window-washed gigantic fish tanks, and even cocaptained an amphibious vehicle. From those different vantage points, I wanted to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region
organizations, and local towns), garnering unforgettable lessons in crisis leadership, entrepreneurship, and economic revival. Some of their projects are documented in HBS cases written by Takeuchi in collaboration with students—such as Google Japan’s response and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Action Plan: Border Crossing
sense of place by visiting local grocery stores. In China, my sons loved to see all the different flavors of potato chips—like cucumber, blueberry, and hot-and-sour fish soup!” See the sights—but open your eyes. “There’s nothing wrong... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
sales manager, assistant manager for a large seafood distributor, eel exporter, seafood trader, and fish packer. He has also cast a wide net in an effort to keep up with his classmates as 1974's class secretary and Section F correspondent... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
bedrooms, two baths, a garden with fruit trees, and fish swimming in several ceramic urns. It’s like being newlyweds again. The food is delicious and spicy; water for drinking must be filtered and boiled. Electricity is pretty reliable;... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
outdoorsman, he grew up in San Francisco and spent his childhood hiking and fishing with his family in the Pacific Northwest. The scenery in Manhattan is a bit different, he admits. “We have a different kind of canyon here,” he laughs.... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
certain Japanese foods—the baby shrimps with heads and eyes intact, whole fish with a belly full of eggs, the bottles of thick whole milk—all unappealing requirements for recess. Eventually, though, she grew to love the experience. “By... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
functional benefits—keeping your feet dry in wet conditions—to a more aspirational brand position: 'The Mark of a Player.'" "I always try to teach my clients how to fish, rather than fish for them," he explains. That, and urging clients... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
first saw the big snapping turtle in the pond where I used to play and fish as a boy, they glowed with the same wonder and awe as I did," says Johnson, who in his spare time is an avid nature photographer and birder. "Without sustainable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
trying to create sustainable management practices? I’d say issue number one is governance. A lot of the logging that goes on is illegal. And a lot of the fishing practices are illegal. Half of the catch in the Bering Sea off the coast of... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
benefits of growth increasingly will be enjoyed only by the top quintile, and mostly by the top 1 percent. The business leaders we spoke to were disturbed by the environmental challenges of climate change, scarce water, and depleted fish... View Details