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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

MBAs mobilize to assist small business owners

by getting the best resources to entrepreneurs who are poised for growth and making positive social impacts in their communities,” Baker says. The team traveled to Detroit, New Orleans, Albuquerque, and other cities that have been... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

A Tough Assignment

unique, expeditionary curriculum. (Students, for example, might travel to Mexico to learn about NAFTA and the lives of sweatshop workers.) Undaunted by financial demands, O’Neill leveraged his fundraising skills. In 1998, Shackleton... View Details
Keywords: Shackleton Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services
  • Portrait Project

Marlene Ngoyi

positively impact the social meter. In this story, I will focus on a "lucky girl" from the Democratic Republic of Congo who traveled the world with a lot of questions and hoped to return home with a few answers. Her journey took... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Elizabeth Chang

the most Of whatever I've selected. So I want to live for the present Not only focus on future days To reflect on the road I've traveled And gather the rosebuds while I may. That does not mean to take rash risks Nor waste my days in... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Alpha Mengistu

with one another within those walls, I now know, is rare and beautiful. That sense of home will follow me like the sun overhead as I travel the world to grow companies in new frontiers. With every new business challenge, I will enable... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2018
  • News

Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars

problems and improving the civic or social good. Over the course of the year, the Scholars will travel to each participating presidential center to learn from former presidents, key former administration officials, and leading academics.... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Exploring Vietnam and Cambodia

Photos by SARAH HALL Twenty-eight alumni and guests explored natural wonders, vibrant cities, and historical sites of Vietnam and Cambodia last spring during a ten-day trip sponsored by the HBS Alumni Travel Program. Starting in Hanoi on... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Hall; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Hospitality
  • Portrait Project

Yong-yi Zhu

felt like I had to travel to the ends of the Earth just to see my loved ones. It took eight years, but we eventually reunited; my world felt all that much smaller. I want to shrink it for others as well. But how can I bring together loved... View Details
  • Career Coach

Megan Gardner

Circles.Work Experience: Tech Start-ups (Board member, Advisor, CEO/Founder), Investment Banking (including M&A) - Deutsche Bank, SoundView Technology (bought by Schwab), Strategy Consulting / Business Development (Ameriprise Financial), Hospitality (Butterfield... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Hospitality
  • 27 Sep 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

Travel Date: May 2006 Location Visited: Cairo Purpose: Research on three global companies with Egyptian operations. Report: Sean Silverthorne: What was the nature of your visit? Rosabeth Moss Kanter: I View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA

significantly impact a student’s grade. Additionally, as absences significantly impact the ability of the team to function effectively, they may also be reflected in peer feedback which, when applicable depending on course structure, is an important component of the... View Details
  • October 2016 (Revised March 2017)
  • Case

Airbnb in Amsterdam (A)

By: Mitchell Weiss, Emer Moloney and Vincent Dessain
In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home sharing. Airbnb's Molly Turner, global head of civic partnerships; her colleagues at the San Francisco–based home sharing platform; and her counterparts in Amsterdam's... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Sharing Economy; Amsterdam; Airbnb; Molly Turner; Regulation; Homesharing; Tourism; Business And Government; Public-private Partnership; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Government Administration; Public Sector; City; Travel Industry; Travel Industry; Travel Industry; Netherlands; Europe
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Kasia Biezychudek

might have choices of my own. I wish that I may help others find their stage and inspire them to act. Over and over again, my travels remind me that not all parents can do as mine. And despite tireless efforts, the troubles of our world... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Amanda Yang

and traveling to exotic places. But I was extremely fortunate. After a six-hour open surgery, the entire tumor was removed and I was cured. In several weeks, I recovered thanks to the care of my loving parents and close friends. It was a... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Global Outreach Program Planned for HBS Centennial

Over fifty HBS clubs have scheduled special Centennial events beginning this fall through the end of 2008 as part of the School’s Global Outreach Program. The program has two aspects: The first involves HBS faculty, who will travel around... View Details
Keywords: clubs; Centennial; global outreach; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • June 2025
  • Case

Vail Resorts: Responding to Activist Pressure (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer
On January 27, 2025, the head of a relatively small hedge fund named Late Apex Partners sent a highly critical letter to the board of directors of Vail Resorts, the world’s largest ski resort operator. In his letter, and the 88-slide presentation that accompanied his... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Finance; Capital Budgeting; Corporate Governance; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Leading Change; Valuation; Investment Activism; Climate Change; Management Succession; Financial Management; Risk Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Travel Industry; United States; Australia; Canada
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Noah Brodsky

When I build my hotels I want them to capture the essence of each location—to extend culture and character from the community to the guests. Hotels that enhance our sense of being somewhere rather than being anywhere. And that leave View Details
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Tips for Working Remotely | Information Technology

Tips for Working Remotely Whether it's because of the need to travel to other locations, because of various demands in each of our lives or simply because of the flexibility that technology provides us, many of us take the opportunity to... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Sohil Parekh

journey ahead will be replete with exotic meals and wondrous new vistas. The occasional unplanned detour. The "good tired" feeling of a day well spent. The warmth of familiar resting places. Most importantly, it will be filled with the love and laughter of my... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Kimberly Dionne Spears

I want to dispel the belief that "every man is an island" because I refuse to live bound by the ignorance that isolation brings. I want to embrace the freedom to explore the world to no end. Traveling to nontraditional places;... View Details