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- 24 Apr 2014
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When being a good neighbor means economic development
Rescued in the early 1990s and revived by president and CEO Jonathan Larry Baer (MBA 1985), the San Francisco Giants are baseball champions, with World Series wins in 2010 and 2012. Now Baer is poised to spread the success with a $1.6 billion plan to create “Mission...
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- 01 Mar 2004
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Maasai Village
Our first introduction to the Maasai came as we drove from Arusha to the Ngorongoro crater and saw members of their tribe off in the distance. Often alone or in pairs, their tall figures were clad in bright red cloth, a stark contrast to the green and brown landscape...
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Hospitality
- 01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives
its open society and “messy,” yet functioning, market-based democracy as a more conducive environment for long-term development. Its Western-style legal system and transparent financial systems encourage a chaotic, bottom-up approach to...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2007
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New HBS, KSG Joint Degree
HBS and the Kennedy School of Government have announced the creation of an integrated joint-degree program, the first of its kind. Its mission is to develop outstanding leaders who are skilled in both managing complex organizations and shaping innovative public policy....
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- 01 Mar 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
authors point to the special role reinsurers have played in the capitalist system. As the insurance industry developed, it had a vested interest in preventing excessive risks, while also providing complex societies with a mechanism to...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues
insistence on this point . . . accounts for much of our trouble with American society today." Articles on the social and ethical aspects of cases in the marketing curriculum and the results of a poll of business leaders' views on...
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- 10 Aug 2022
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Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
earlier Denmark has digital literacy for their entire 50-plus population every year. They have working longer. They have pension systems that are being revised around working longer. So changing a society is easier, obviously, when it's a...
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- 01 Mar 2017
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A Summit Higher Than Everest
barometer—but his message was one an explorer could not easily ignore. He had cabled the National Geographic Society from the base of the mountain: “MINYA KONKA HIGHEST PEAK ON GLOBE 30,250 FEET. ROCK.” Art Emmons measuring the mountain....
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- 01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
society where there are only rich people and poor people, the rich people can afford to simply eat imported food, while the lower class lives off the farm." Tracking the rise of the middle class, AACE started small but has grown quickly....
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- 09 Mar 2021
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Bridging the Gap
yet, the crisis has shed light on areas where business leaders can make an important difference, such as supporting schools and programs that enable students to gain skills and talents for productive employment and create a foundation for sustained economic growth that...
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- 19 Nov 2018
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Acts of Kindness
Michael Robertson (AMP 82, 1979) is the interim minister at Plymouth Congregational Church in Racine, Wisconsin. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on service to his community and the importance of advocating for kindness in our human interactions. “In 1989, I...
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- 09 Jun 2015
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Building change from the ground up
Karim Khoja (AMP 156, 1999) is CEO of Roshan, Afghanistan’s leading telecom provider, with nearly 6 million active subscribers. Before the company began operations in 2003, phone calls were a luxury that few citizens could afford; the infrastructure simply wasn’t...
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- 20 Feb 2015
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV: Making A Difference
- 24 Apr 2014
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Pursuing a passion to educate the public about the natural world
Roger Sant (MBA 1960), cofounder and chairman emeritus of AES Corporation, talks about his support for educating the public about oceans and the environment. (Published April 2014)
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
that cost him his adopted children, his colleagues, and the career of Xi Zhongxun, father of President Xi Jinping. When Zhou left Huai’an, another group came to his birthplace to serve society through medicine, education and evangelism....
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- 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation
electric vehicle will provide the opportunity for emissions to be treated at the level of the power plant. "This will be much more effective and cheaper to society in the long run than putting emissions controls directly on automobiles,"...
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- 01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work
see was frustration. I began to realize there's a greater power at work in society than we humans possess even in our most influential posts. So I started thinking, reading, and trying to discover for myself the deeper meaning of life and...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2004
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The New Global Business Manager
power comes a huge responsibility to act as global citizens who make a contribution. The great challenge for multinational corporations in the next decade will be to establish the confidence of society at large, governments in particular,...
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- 25 Apr 2014
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In emerging economies, business opportunities provide lessons in leadership
Even before a weeklong trip to Accra, Ghana, as part of the required MBA course Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD), Australian Tim Leach (MBA 2015) knew that exposure to doing business in emerging markets would be an essential element of his...
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- 12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
DO (work to remain relevant), GO (travel), and HA (laugh) which inspired and guided her venture. Vitality Society quickly attracted nearly 2,000 members who are taking advantage of live Zoom fitness, wellness, and enrichment classes. In...
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