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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Mark Tatum
director of sponsorships and marketing for Major League Baseball. His ultimate goal? "I'd love to own the Yankees," he says with a smile. It may have taken his parents some time to accept his change in career, but they couldn't be prouder... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
that these are the most difficult times in memory for many, if not most people. Parents struggle to balance the demands of remote work and homeschooling. Employees who live alone strain to stay focused while isolated from loved ones and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
rabid users, and learn what we could from them,” Lin explains. They learned that the app’s biggest fans were parents of new babies and young children, often with faraway grandparents eager for updates. “They were looking for a way to... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
“Both of my parents have always been very committed to volunteer work and they always encouraged us to give back to the community,” Burke told the Capital Times. “I feel incredibly lucky to have been given the opportunities I was given,... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
mechanics—points and badges—to give even more motivation. Every interaction with our system is logged, and this data is used to give students, teachers, and parents real-time reports on student progress. In the same classroom, you’ll have... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
American multinational firms respond to politically risky environments by adjusting their capital structures abroad and at home. Foreign subsidiaries located in politically risky countries have significantly more debt than do other foreign affiliates of the same View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
In the Business of Flexibility
mothers themselves, Cheney and Davis both realize the value of flexible work situations. After years of national and international travel in their former careers, the former classmates began to craft more sustainable careers around family and View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
work with the foundation. It wasn’t just her diagnosis, though; it also was her parents’ commitment to giving back. Throughout Smyth’s childhood, Anne had volunteered with Plunket, an organization that provides health care resources and support to babies and new View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
everything from handmade jewelry (think cufflinks made from old typewriter keys) to custom-made furniture (perhaps a coffee table constructed from recycled barn siding?). Incorporated in 1985, founded by parent volunteers (Gehrke took the... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Leticia Tavares On Marriott's Management Acceleration Program
Thanksgiving!Last, but not certainly not least, meeting Mr. J.W. Marriott, Jr. is an experience that I will never forget! In our brief discussion, he told me that learning operations from the ground up is invaluable for my development, noting that he started out in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
developments. The Case Method Miracle by Anne Jones (MBA 1997) Crimson Square Press “Socrates created it. Harvard Business School perfected it. We parent with it; anyone, anywhere, anytime. Kids get grit and wise judgment.” View Details
- Profile
Mike Watitwa
efforts elsewhere. What is your favorite childhood memory? My parents practised small-scale farming. During the holidays, they would occasionally allow my siblings and me to join other casual laborers to work their maize plantation and... View Details
- Profile
Laura Arjona
For Laura Arjona, engineering interests simply "tied into my personality and family background." When Laura was just two years old, her parents fled from Panama and its "strongman," Manuel Noriega, to Texas and then... View Details
- Profile
Daniel Schachne
knowledge of accounting, finance, strategy, and operations." The desire for a deeper education also has a more personal motivation. Three of Daniel's grandparents are Holocaust survivors, and they pushed his parents toward higher... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment/Media
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
small, 35-person Workplace Gender Equality Agency not only as a resource for business, but also as an advocate for societal change. Its current initiatives include a toolkit for companies that want to perform a gender-pay-gap audit and a campaign to encourage men to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
David M. Hughes
you're disciplined." So what is it that motivates Hughes to just say yes to virtually everything? "It sounds incredibly corny, but I'm happiest when I feel I'm giving all I can to others," he says. "My parents instilled in me how... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
refrigerator to help a local family in need. He remembers his father and grandfather working with folks facing marital problems or troubles with the law. He remembers them grappling with unemployment and education issues among the people. He watched as his View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
of the hotel school's student body and organized protests against U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He credits his parents with his abiding interest in leadership and social issues. “They provided us with a moral compass and emphasized the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
discovers a top-secret parenting manual, it’s kids versus grownups in this kooky, illustrated middle-grade thriller with nonstop, seat-of-your-pants action that will delight fans of Jarrett Lerner and Stuart Gibbs. When tween boy FP... View Details
- Profile
Sebastian Vargas
parents took my friends, cousins, and me to a rollercoaster park in Bogota called Mundo Aventura. The details of the day escape me, but my recollection is one of unbounded fun and happiness – everyone I loved was present that day. When I... View Details