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- 01 Sep 2007
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In Brief
Q&A with Ali Allawi. After more than forty years in exile, Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) returned to Iraq in 2003 to serve in the new government. Disillusioned, he left for London in 2006 and wrote a critically acclaimed book about his experience....
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- 01 Mar 2014
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Insight: Yenball
kind of successful marketing has led to some outsized returns for clubs and the cities that house them, with the Seattle Mariners reporting that the presence of longtime star Ichiro Suzuki—"the Ichiro effect"—was worth more than $55 million a View Details
- 25 Sep 2008
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Been There, Seen That
global warming was a looming catastrophe. Lo and behold, here we are in 2008: war in oil-rich Iraq, $4 a gallon gasoline, an economy in free fall, and melting ice caps. On the economic front, the recent 500-point drop in the Dow in one...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Nurturing students who can think outside of the box
education reform initiative. It has been given the mandate to continue the innovation started two years ago and to blaze a new trail in undergraduate education. Chen learned the value of education at an early age, graduating from an...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
events provided a teachable moment regarding our role as global citizens and the importance of ending poverty." "We know that all the might in the world won't end the war on terrorism," added Neal...
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- 18 Oct 2016
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China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer
investing in fellow HBS alumnus Scott Cook’s (MBA 1976) Intuit Inc. “I tried but I lost the deal and I still think about it 27 years later,” Breyer told a room full of young entrepreneurs and budding venture capitalists in Boston on...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots
UK fintech doubled between 2016 and 2017, reaching an all-time high of $1.6 billion. CB Insights reports that 3 out of the top 10 global fintech deals in 2017 involved Chinese companies, while the 5 largest investor-backed fintech IPOs...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
research, for several years I have been working with colleagues in the HBS finance group on something called the Global Financial System Project. We are trying to understand the View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
finances dwindled. Finally, at age 12, after years of physical therapy combined with advances in medication, Massie walked away from his wheelchair and cumbersome leg braces. To this day, however, he must cope with pain and self-inject...
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- 16 Apr 2013
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A Walkabout to the Ocean
Associates, Merkl has spent the last 16 years helping organizations and industries meet sustainability goals and regulatory obligations. During that time, he says, the firm was "able to tackle some really wicked problems, such as View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Campaign News
(see details on Rock and Batten gifts), the total for The Campaign for Harvard Business School was a strong $340 million. With a goal of raising $500 million by December 2005, the campaign supports high priority initiatives at HBS, including fellowships for MBA and...
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- 19 May 2020
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Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online
“personal board of directors” cannot be overstated. These small, highly organized and facilitated groups, which are run through the HBS global alumni clubs network, serve as a sounding board and reality check for business leaders whose...
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Margie Kelley
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
of two years in exchange for partial sponsorship of my degree. The hours were intense. I also had this amazing new baby at home, and I was still nursing. So I asked for permission during my first few months to travel on consulting...
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- 01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch
years later, it's clear that she made the right choice. As a director of the Atlanta office of McKinsey & Company and managing partner of McKinsey Southeast United States, Karch has become an expert on numerous business topics, such as...
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Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2020
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Saving Grace
Illustration by Neil Webb About a year before he reached retirement, Frank Chapman started mapping out the travels he and his wife envisioned for their golden years. A career accountant for British telecom companies, he thought it best to...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 19 Jun 2018
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Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
Michael McGarry (AMP 169 2005), Chairman and CEO of PPG, at the Association's Annual Meeting. The HBS Association of Pittsburgh wrapped up the year with its Annual Meeting on May 15. Michael McGarry (AMP 169, 2005), chairman and CEO of...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2017
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3-Minute Briefing: Jeetendr Sehdev (MBA 2004)
(photo by Christina Gandolfo) Growing up in Bristol, England, I went to a very strict private boys’ school. But when I was 10 years old, my father took me on a trip to Los Angeles. Even though I was a child, I intuitively understood the...
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- 18 Jun 2014
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Robert (MBA 1964) and Lynn Burt
financial aid for MBA students, with a preference for US Marine Corps veterans. “My two biggest influences have been the Marines and Harvard,” says Burt, who after attending Princeton on an NROTC scholarship served three years in the...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Turning Point: Makeover
spirit. I started a skincare brand called Tatcha to share my learning journey with others and also to create the company I had always wanted to work for. Brad Murray (MBA 2007) became my cofounder and we grew Tatcha over the next nine View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves
Photography by Brandon Patoc You think the traffic is bad where you live? Be glad you don’t live in London, where the average driver wastes 101 hours a year—the most of any city in Europe—stuck in traffic, according to the Traffic Scorecard from INRIX, a View Details