travel - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2021
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Building Sustainable Brands

the people. I made some amazing friends at HBS and had some of the most eye opening conversations while I was there. To be able to learn from and travel with hundreds of the smartest people that I’ve ever met was an incredible experience... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

In My Humble Opinion: Jan Swartz (MBA 1996)

Swartz, MBA 1996] jokes that my hotel requirements have changed significantly since I sold him on stories like this." Where she'd like to visit next: The Galápagos Islands; Machu Picchu. Travel tips: Global Entry, a program that allows... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitality; Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation; Transportation

Robert F. Six

Six transformed Continental Airlines from a one-route “puddle-jumper” into one of the world’s major airlines. He is credited with dramatically expanding air travel by being one of the first executives to introduce low and discounted... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

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Historical Research - India

rule of the British government) and from 1857 to 1947. Topics covered in varying depth include social history, urban history, trade, wars, agriculture, travel and antiquities, and Indian and Imperial politics. Making of the Modern World,... View Details

25 Jun 2019
News

After the Storm

throughout Latin America for GTECH, a Rhode Island–based firm, but when the company expanded into casino gaming and wanted Dyson to manage the portfolio, it was finally too much. He was already spending 80 percent of his time traveling... View Details

Keywords: Paul Flannery

October 2016 (Revised March 2017)
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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

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01 Jun 2011
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Touch Down

traveling some 300,000 miles, the equivalent of a trip to the moon and halfway back, said SignOnSanDiego.com (January 8, 2011). The epic voyage also earned Gannon’s Lady the distinction of going to more places in the world than any other... View Details

Keywords: world records

01 May 2013
News

Canadian Fellowships

rebuilding the faculty and staff organization. The well-liked former forester also inspired a fellowship initiative that has enabled hundreds of Canadians to attend HBS. "John’s ambition was to bring a broader representation of Canadians to HBS, so we View Details

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How to Post | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

violence is high and the infrastructure to support travelers in the region is weak or overtaxed. In order to be considered for Fellowship or grant funding, students who are traveling to countries on the U.S.... View Details

17 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty

shape and clear his head. During the days, Marty did yoga and mountainbiked while his kids attended summer camp. In the evenings, he’d have dinner with his family. He’d enter month 2 fifteen pounds lighter and full of zest for a month of View Details

25 May 2016
Blog Post

Favorite Memories from HBS

Zuki). I also had the opportunity to travel to some pretty far-flung places with my new friends, doing things I’d never imagine doing. We got to hike the fjords in Scandinavia, ride ATVs on black sand beaches in Iceland, take a morning... View Details

22 Mar 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

Starting this past fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On Tuesday, March 21, more than 100 alumni in Southern California gathered to celebrate and connect with... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Shop Talk, Different Avenues

disruptive business model: an online site that requires customers to register, featuring flash sales of discounted luxury goods for men and women in categories including designer clothing, accessories, home goods, food and wine, and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

25 Jun 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes Abstract African Art

trustee for the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago. Alongside a successful financial career, Joyner has collected objects ranging from abstract to figurative to 3-D sculpture made from 1945 to the present. Some 100 works from her collection are... View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Agenda: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963)

go back to the old days would not help the traveling public. It would take away many of the opportunities managers have to be creative, and it would create a massive increase in costs.” Listen to the full episode. View Details

Keywords: April White

Profile

Marc Wilson

Like lots of young people in the U.S., Marc Wilson had dreams of space travel "inspired by comic books and movies like Star Wars." And like many of them, Marc wondered, "Why isn’t that possible?" But unlike most of... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

01 Dec 2018
News

Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia

in Singapore, she and her family traveled throughout Southeast Asia. “The fellowship enabled me to conduct research on Malaysia and Indonesia, and also to look at Chinese investments in different parts of the region,” she explains. An... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Books: A Nation Transformed by Information

Cortada travel back in time to seek enlightenment about the future. To a large extent, they write, “historical perspective is crucial to our understanding of information in the role of the transformation of the United States from the... View Details

Keywords: Information

01 Mar 2017
News

A Summit Higher Than Everest

published Joseph Rock’s account of Minya Konka, most accurately pronounced “gungka” or “goong-ga.” The widely traveled botanist had first spied the triangular massif in 1928 through field glasses from a distance of more than 100 miles,... View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

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Andrew Pratt

here is doing, is trying to take it all in. There are so many things I’ve done this year that I wouldn’t have even considered before: getting involved in student government becoming president of the General Management Club leading negotiations View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

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