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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
out on an entrepreneurial path but was thwarted by the country’s lack of a finance and lending infrastructure. A similar shortcoming in the mortgage and lending industry also delayed his family’s ability to buy a house until his father...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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Eyes in the Skies
stockpile destined to supply steel plants in China. “Space is hard. Launches are delayed and, in the worst case, things blow up.” “Space is hard. Launches are delayed and, in the worst case, things blow up.”...
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Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Sep 2014
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Groundswells
1980–1995 tenure of Dean John H. McArthur—the Class of 1959 Chapel and Shad Hall—were actually elements delayed from the original master plan. Other McArthur-era projects, such as infrastructure improvements and the creation of a more...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
One-Time Update for Alumni Web Site Access
Editor's Note: The new log-in system has been delayed until January. Beginning in December, visitors to the HBS Alumni Web site will experience a one-time change in the log-in procedure to access the Alumni Directory, Class Notes, Giving,...
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- 14 Jul 2010
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The Concerts in the Chapel
movie sound tracks from the 1940s and ’50s), gospel music, a duo concert by the She-E-Os and Heard on the Street (HBS’s own student a capella groups), and jazz. Rishi recalls no concert catastrophes more serious than a tenor being delayed...
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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Boom Times Ahead
half of next year.” Dent said that the four sectors that represent the best investments are technology, financial services, health care, and Asia. And don’t delay — according to Dent, the boom will end in 2009.
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- 01 Jun 2015
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The Military and the MBA: Chris Howard (MBA 2003)
the military, I took those lessons with me to Bristol-Myers Squibb and then to HBS. We were in class when 9/11 happened. I was a reservist. A few weeks later I got a call saying I was being returned to active duty, and then my activation was View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
principles to help counteract this trait: seeking truth persistently, accepting personal responsibility, and delaying gratification (i.e., accepting present pain for future benefit). These ideas, he acknowledges, are stressed in nearly...
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Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Research Brief: Ahead of the Game
As a lifelong runner who spent countless hours training and competing his way up to the national level, Professor Paul Gompers has always believed that his athletic experiences were critical to shaping who he is, both as a competitor and in the professional sphere. Now...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Damon Silvers
they shouldn’t unionize. The employer’s legal right to coercively interfere with employees’ choices is at work in a way that’s completely inappropriate. The election process itself allows for long delays in litigation and uncertainty. I...
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- 23 Oct 2019
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Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program
a team project in the new MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, offered jointly by HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). With just three days to complete a prototype, Batt’s team created a connected device and mobile app...
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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
company, explains the former American Express marketing executive, an online firm "must delay profitability to build brand equity." In other ways, however, doing business on the Web is unique. Like mountain climbing, Carpenter says, it's...
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Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Himalayan Journey
Travel in still-developing Bhutan requires flexibility — flights may be delayed (there is only one airline and one airstrip), and the power sometimes goes out. No matter — a few candlelit evenings only added to our experience. The...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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Floor It
research ecosystem have delayed the delivery of lifesaving advances. Think of it as a plumbing problem: The third-floor shower in an old house doesn’t have enough water pressure. The problem may be with the third-floor pipe, but it’s far...
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Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
It delayed our timeline two weeks." A few tables away, Christopher Gilligan (HBS '00) was dressed in hospital scrubs, reeling in passersby to show them his new service, EKGStat.com. The brainchild of Gilligan, a surgical resident at...
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Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2022
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Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect
Humans can be self-destructive. We overindulge in food and fail to make time to exercise, and we delay saving for retirement. Associate Professor John Beshears, whose research focuses on behavioral economics, has identified hope: The idea...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
but the delay between the onset of mental illness and treatment is typically 11 years. Those figures convinced the Verdis and the Swartzes to focus their nonprofit’s efforts on young people—among them, the 1 in 6 children under the age of...
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April White
- 01 Apr 2000
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Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
is going to help us -- one of our four new divisions will work exclusively with small businesses. With the technology improvements that will soon be up and running, we'll be able to get to problems quickly before delays complicate things....
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Garry Emmons
- 04 Sep 2019
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Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
who spent six years commercializing drugs and diagnostics in East and West Africa before earning her MBA. “There are frequently delays in diagnosis, where the turnaround time for a biopsy could be several weeks or months.” That lag time,...
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Susan Young
- 20 Mar 2019
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Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
assets and support the development of fossil fuel–free infrastructure globally, especially in Africa, Latin America, and China. Even approaching the 12th hour, alumni participants seemed ready to address climate change now, versus debating the causes of View Details