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22 Oct 2018
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Sharing a Passion for Art

Through three decades of international business travel as founder and president of the Netherlands-based Caldic Chemie, BV, Joop van Caldenborgh (AMP 71, 1975) also pursued his lifelong passion for collecting modern and contemporary... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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Faculty Research Online

innovation. Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5799.html. The Rise of Medical Tourism Medical tourism — traveling far and wide for health care that is often better and certainly cheaper than at home — appeals to patients with complaints... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Sep 2008
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Squeeze Play

in Iraq. He has spent millions traveling to Iraq, lobbying Congress, and supporting antiwar media outlets. LaMagna has mellowed with age, and the entrepreneurial fires burn a bit less ardently. But he was excited as he showed a reporter a... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2012
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HBS Alumni in Harvard Leadership Roles

Bowman (MBA 1985) and Michael Kerr (MBA 1985), who join sitting member Charlene Li (MBA 1993). The HAA is involved in many alumni-oriented activities, such as Harvard's alumni clubs (some 180 worldwide), reunions, and travel programs. View Details

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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising

of particular products such as fabric swatches or small sheets of wallpaper. A corps of traveling salesmen, known as “drummers,” circulated trade catalogs to potential customers along with product samples. 14 Trade catalogs were also... View Details

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South Asia - Global Activities 2020

44 HBS students traveled to the small Sri Lankan fishing town of Hambantota, currently undergoing a major redevelopment, and found it to be a microcosm of the entire two-week study experience in January 2020. Pictured: Students in front... View Details

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

local travel arrangements). Students will be charged a course fee towards defraying a portion of these costs. Students are responsible for booking and paying for their own round-trip air travel and any costs... View Details

March 2025
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Hurtigruten: Sea Zero

By: Christian Kaps and Michael W. Toffel

Hurtigruten was deciding whether the next ship they built should be fully electric. But such a vessel's battery, the size of electric cars, needed to be charged on the ship's multi-day voyage along the Norwegian coast. Before making such a $250 million investment, the... View Details

Keywords: Energy Sources; Alternative Energy; Ship Transportation; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Management; Green Technology; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Shipping Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Battery Industry; Norway; Europe

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25 Jun 2018
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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

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Joseph Abel

and figuratively. “I had never been further east than Israel,” Joe says. But the real expansion came with an insight he had while traveling through India’s rural countryside. “You see all these subsistence farmers who have very little... View Details

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
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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

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Cecily Kovatch

I want to have no regrets. After working for six years after college, I had done some amazing things few people have an opportunity to do. I'd worked on over 300 oil rigs, traveled from Alaska to Hawaii recruiting hundreds of engineers,... View Details

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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Finding Market Data & Insights

online travel booking China. 2. Results are displayed as graphics, which can be downloaded in a number of formats, e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, etc. 3. Click “Source” to the right of the chart to view source description and link to... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Taking MBA know-how on tour across America

Thirty-two MBAs from business schools at Babson College, Columbia University, HBS, Stanford University, the University of California/Berkley, and the University of Michigan traveled this past summer across the country into the heart of... View Details

01 Jan 2010
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Marvin S. Traub, MBA 1949

This spring he planned and helped to open a 200,000-square-foot Bloomingdale’s in Dubai. At Traub’s side throughout has been his wife, Lee, whom he married after his first year at HBS. The pair still travel together — on his business... View Details

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
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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

02 Apr 2018
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Event Planning for Recruiting Success – Part 2

education. It is worth reiterating that not every event is right for every company; use this as a guide to determine which format(s) would be most successful for your organization. What if I can’t travel to Boston? Both Company... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

04 Oct 2017
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What Should German Applicants Know about HBS?

is extremely strong, with hundreds of occasions to meet new people and friends. My first-year I spent a lot of time outside of class socializing with amazing friends. That included working out (playing squash, tennis, going running), going out to dinners and parties,... View Details

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