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01 Dec 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

interrupted, and the resultant patchwork of schooling in Holland and Washington, DC, resulted in poor grades and caused him to reject all thoughts of going to college. A stint in the US Army began his personal turnaround. With the help of View Details

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

Michael Roberto: My parents are Italian immigrants, and my family back in Tuscany and the Campania region of Italy continue to make their own wine. Therefore, I've always had an interest in the wine-making process. A few years ago, when... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

25 Aug 2022
News

Vision: To Go-Go

make a go of it. They raised $500,000 from family and friends in 2019; picked up another $75,000 by winning the alumni track of the HBS New Venture Competition in 2020; and raised $4.5 million in seed funding three months later. Foodology... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; entrepreneurship; foodtech; startup; Latin America

04 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water

on Lake Nipissing and its waters flow directly next to our family property.” Tim’s journey of studying water has provided that link between community, environment, health, and business and climate change. Tim credits his return to Harvard... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

to rebuild family relationships and rejuvenate his sense of purpose, he risks his career on a life-altering physical and emotional journey. Together with his wife and children, Feder sets off for an exotic island on a self-prescribed... View Details

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries By: Cavallo, Alberto, Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer Abstract—We... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

The Entrepreneurs Of The Soconusco A protégée of historian John Womack, Lurtz took an interest in Latin American economics while an undergrad at Harvard College. As a doctoral student at the University of Chicago, she spent more than a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

30 Oct 2017
News

Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success

It isn’t news that US companies have a problem with diversity, especially in the C suite. Although African Americans make up 13.2 percent of the US population, only 1 percent—that’s just five people—are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. That... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

If you happen to be in need of human cadavers, you'll have more success targeting married nursery school teachers than, say, married cowboys or firefighters. That's essentially the implication of a new study that explores a previously unstudied subset of the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

28 May 2007
Research & Ideas

How Property Ownership Changes Your World View

What happens when a person owns property? Aside from the well-established financial benefits of equity and potential access to credit, there is the equally strong pull of the American Dream and everything it suggests—the idea that through... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

contributing to her home country. She noticed that many of the families she grew up with eventually found themselves dispersed around the globe after seeking opportunities abroad. While she welcomed international exposure, traveling to... View Details

15 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 15

Publications August 2013 American Economic Review Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity By: Davis, Steven J., John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract—Private equity critics claim that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2024
News

The Golden Thread

Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustration by Nigel Buchanan; retirement; careers; psychology

01 Apr 2001
News

Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

market goods to the West. American managers are still reeling from last year’s wild dot-com ride, while managers abroad are busy applying its lessons.” (Nolan will document management lessons from the recent experience of dot-com... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

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plan, and a mission to create deep economic and social change, NBA Africa is shooting for a continental shift in basketball Singing to the Corn Taylor Keen’s Sacred Seed project shows how a Native American approach to agriculture can... View Details

15 Dec 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

or where you are in the world. Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn By Christopher Cox (MBA 1997) Simon & Schuster More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

03 May 2004
What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

company results as their own personal results; and do the reverse too, dealing with family as just a company exercise." Tak Okamoto suggested that the concept poses real problems for managers. As he put it, "I judge 'just... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

highlighting the work performed by the government of an archetypal American town increased trust in government and support for government services. In Study 2, Boston residents who interacted with a website that visualized both service... View Details