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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
corrupt and criminal money from around the world. That's correct. Approximately half of that sum is generated by violent criminal activity, such as organized trafficking in drugs, weapons, or people. The other half is illegal flight... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
carried away by the notion of gaining economic returns on their investments, not huge returns but some returns, as a way of forcing an efficient use of their capital. The shining example was microfinance,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
impact in business and society. This effort is amplified by HBS’s Racial Equity Plan, which calls for the School to attract additional Black talent to all parts of the community and that has, in turn, inspired new efforts View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
human-powered version of that very same race. You're covering almost a thousand miles, either on foot, on bike, or by ski. Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In March 2024, Sunny Stroeer (MBA 2011) and six other skiers... View Details
- Web
Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
(smaller than the company’s general interest publications or annual reports), the spiral-bound, 36-page-booklet offered an intimate, insider’s view of the range of plant operations carried out by its... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path out of Polarization
Image by John Ritter It’s not just that Americans can’t find a middle ground on tax policy or abortion rights anymore—political polarization has sunk to a depth from which Americans can no longer see eye to eye on what is fact and what is... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
keep pushing ourselves forward,” says Frey, who completed the final leg of his journey in April 2016 by sailing 6,000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Drawn to the ocean as a young boy... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP. Climate Stories author Jacqueline Adams serves on the International Advisory Council of the United States Institute of Peace, a non-partisan organization... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
plants. If fuel for backup diesel generators were to run out, such as might happen if a prolonged power outage rendered fuel resupply impossible, the water in the spent fuel pools would boil off and cause the fuel rods to catch fire. Plumes of smoke would View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
captured the redoubt. Hamilton, sword in hand and the first person to leap into the fray, could not have written a better script or carried it off with more élan. It was the perfect culmination of his time in the army, and it made him a... View Details
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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
3:10PM-5:10PM. Travel Dates : Arrive, Monday, January 6; Depart Friday, January 17 Course Fee: $3,500 Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid is available in the form of a... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
African people, businesses, cities, and nations are increasingly stressed by climate related perils like drought, river flooding, extreme heat, and sea level rise. This is already leading not just to destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and livelihoods –... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
information and instead message to shareholders and analysts something of opposite sign. The data suggest they may be motivated in part by subsequent personal stock-trading opportunities. Publisher's link:... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
ASPINALL Illustration by Jack Unruh When you ask people about their great fears in life, virtually everyone talks about cancer,” says Mara G. Aspinall (MBA ’87), past president of Genzyme Genetics, a Westborough, Massachusetts-based... View Details
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a sunk-cost effect. We develop a methodology for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Commencement 2018 Address | About
Commencement 2018 Address Play As prepared by Dean Nitin Nohria, 24 May 2018 Class of 2018, friends and family, and members of the Harvard Business School community: Good afternoon and welcome. Each year, I look forward to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
years,” Dean Emeritus McArthur remembered. “During my years as Dean, he was one of just a handful of our colleagues who carried the greatest weight in leading and changing this community and our activities. He was the source of endless... View Details
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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
factory, and it was here that he became fascinated with mechanics and factory operations. With experience in the automobile industry, Georges was chosen to serve as an engineering officer in the French heavy artillery regiment during World War I. View Details
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
value" in the fund by delivering Net Asset Value to shareholders. The case, which provides rich detail on the workings of closed-end funds, invites students to examine the trade-offs among liquidating the fund, converting it to an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell host of Skydeck. When I was in high school, I worked as a dishwasher at a steakhouse chain in upstate New York. It was not glamorous work. I would clock out covered in a... View Details