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22 Feb 2022
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A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs

David Perez (MBA 1996) readily admits that launching Avance Investment Management in May 2020, at the height of the pandemic, was “the worst timing ever.” But the Cuban native, who studied engineering in East Germany and saved his... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race

space startups, one giant leap for space exploration. Video Embed Blue Origin’s historic November launch. Arianne Cornell is visible at ~1:08, midscreen with binoculars in hand. This promise of cost savings and efficiency has long been... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Dec 2007
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Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?

that hospital visits and usage plummeted, the perverse nature of the payment system meant Duke couldn’t benefit from saving its patients’ money — nearly $8,000 per person. In only one year, the program had reduced costs by 40 percent,... View Details

Keywords: Regina E. Herzlinger; Health, Social Assistance; Management

09 Apr 2019
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Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

daughter Campbell went into anaphylactic shock after eating prepared food cooked in a pan they believe was cross-contaminated with peanuts. “We saw someone go from fine to wheezing, GI distress, and throat closure in just minutes,” says Elise, who used epinephrine to... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

02 Mar 2015
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To Market, To Market

difference to the entire region. You can see the prosperity returning to the villages.” The impacts of this prosperity have been significant. A local credit union has replaced an abusive loan-shark system; farmers (mostly women) have learned how to buy supplies in bulk... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Agriculture; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do

made.” Richard Bailey: Paradise Saved PRESERVING TWO ENVIRONMENTS: Bailey at his workplace. Tetiaroa © timmckenna.com On the phone was The Godfather, calling to ask a favor, and Richard Bailey (MBA 1981) just couldn’t refuse. It was ten... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Accommodation; Hospitality; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

personally transporting several patients to local COVID wards. “Instead of giving people numbers, we do the work for them,” he told India Today. “If someone needs a nebulizer, a medicine or oxygen, we get it to them.” The article goes on to note that Dost has View Details

04 Dec 2020
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Hour by Hour

permanent and temporary “on-demand” positions—has helped businesses save more than $1,000 per permanent hire by bypassing recruitment, background checks, and training. It has also helped hourly employees pick up extra work. “You can... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

incomes are under enormous pressure, making it critical that farmers find ways to save money,” Baron says. “They all knew they had something to learn by sharing.” After pooling their data, Baron saw that some farmers were paying more than... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

04 Dec 2014
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Hacking Health Care

vision is Hacking Heath, a Montreal-based social collaborative that hosts weekend brainstorming sessions, or “hackathons,” to spur innovation in the industry and, ultimately, save lives. “The end game is to transform health care with more... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire

Novartis as a boy, being in an iron lung for a year. He learned he wanted to be a great doctor and then he wanted to use those doctors' gifts to help other people with pharmaceuticals that could save lives. And he did just that. But he... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

savings and loans. I was chosen because I had the required skill set: management experience, real-estate knowledge, and a background in both asset management and property development. What I lacked, however, was experience in navigating... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Leading Change

balance are our priorities,” says Yang. Pro-worker and pro-environment policies aren’t just a social good at Esquel. “They save money and strengthen our competitive advantage,” notes Yang. For example, polluted water impedes the... View Details

17 Aug 2022
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To Serve and Protect the Markets

those markets and potentially crash the economy. “We really want to protect the people who interact with, and rely on, the markets,” says Jones. “That could be a veteran, a teacher, or anyone who has their life savings invested in a 401K... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 2000
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Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders

few interviews. I consulted many experts, including a speech coach who worked with me to fine-tune my questions. Fortunately, I also learned a lot on the job. By the time I got to my last interview, with Lady Margaret Thatcher, I'd had a lot of practice. Why did you... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

financial losses, and a large amount of wasted time for everyone involved. This book was written to help a person, family, or team transform any challenge or problem using a proprietary six-step process. It brings organizations together with a common language and... View Details

18 May 2017
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Pioneer Spirit

liquid hydrogen rocket engine that was subsequently used in many of the major space exploration programs, and Fern taught in the first public high school in Palm Beach County to be integrated.” One of the goals the couple had when they moved to Florida was to View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

27 Oct 2016
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Paying It Forward

saved the lives of hundreds of children since it was first established nearly 30 years ago. “It’s an amazing story,” says Kundu. “A man named Balaram Karan was working in a village one day when he found an abandoned baby on the road.... View Details