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- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
first job interview in 1990. When the owner of the company asked if I had any other questions, I made clear that insurance coverage for my domestic partner was a condition of my employment, which wasn’t really done then. Had I not had the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
US economy. A hands-on leader who has met with business owners in 36 states in the two years since President Barack Obama appointed her to head the US Small Business Administration (SBA), Mills has had many poignant encounters with people she calls "the builders of the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
business than working as a doctor,” says Dahod, whose parents moved to the United States to help their four children to acquire an American education. Dahod, arriving in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the age of 20, surpassed their high... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
within the actuarial department of Aetna Insurance Company. I had interviewed for two positions in the company. The woman who got the other job worked for a superstar who burned out, and all his protégés eventually were eliminated. In my... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Baker Scholar. After spending a year at HBS as assistant to the legendary Professor Georges F. Doriot, Barford moved on to work as a financial analyst at Doriot's American Research & Development Corporation, one of the first U.S. venture... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
real market would permit Americans to buy health insurance for themselves, not from a shopper like an HMO. Americans are rejecting what they view as the unfair tactics that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
Illustration by Matt Chinworth Illustration by Matt Chinworth Every year, millions of Americans resolve to lose weight, but few sustain their loss over time, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The reason lies in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Terrorism, Insurance, and Uncle Sam
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, business in general and the insurance industry in particular are examining ways to manage the high cost of insurance against acts of terrorism. Appearing before the... View Details
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
spent much of his post-HBS career in energy finance, corporate finance, and public and private equity investment. In 2001, he cofounded ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on the North American energy sector,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
approximately 40 percent of Americans don’t drink at all. With so many flexi-drinkers crowding the bar these days, the stigma is starting to fade. “Not drinking has become a more visible choice since the pandemic,” says Royle, who... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
and the school year, advising clients as well as evaluating mid-cap companies for Monitor Clipper Partners, the company's LBO investment arm. "I learned how to juggle and prioritize lots of activities from an early age," says Lirio Marcelo, a Filipina View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Déjà Vu All Over Again
common cyclical nature, whether the crash in question was fueled by land speculation, railroad expansion, the booming life insurance industry, or lax regulation of regional stock exchanges. So, will a deeper understanding of these moments... View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
Mrs. April Estes is the widow of Richard Estes. He started his business to serve and counsel African American families who had been turned away from white funeral parlors and needed help burying their dead.... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- News
Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George
says George, a recognized expert on leadership who has written four bestselling books on the topic. The Georges’ philanthropy has focused on promoting leaders who give back to society. Not surprisingly, the School’s mission resonates with them, their family, and their... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
College Daze
American parents wholeheartedly believe in the importance of a college education, but relatively few are saving enough for that not-so-distant day when Junior's whopping tuition bills will start rolling in. Enter UPromise, Inc., a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
same time, American families flocked to locations such as Walt Disney’s Disneyland to experience new forms of leisure. Shopping itself became another form of entertainment, as the number of shopping malls... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
was operating as a kind of project manager for her mom—and that she was one of 66 million Americans taking care of an ill, aging, or disabled loved one—she began to build a more modern solution to care management. Wellthy provides loved... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details