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- 01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run
Jim Langford waits for no squirrel. On a clear January morning in Atlanta, driving with considerable speed and purpose, he barrels up the hill of the Carter Center campus in a 2012 Toyota Camry. He’s talking about poetry, which he writes...
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- 20 Aug 2014
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With No Time to Lose
serves on Prize4Life’s board of scientific advisors. Professor Vicki Sato has also served on the Prize4Life board. When they were ready to set up Prize4Life, Kremer and his peers got advice from professors Alan Grossman and Robert Steven...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2005
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One-on-One with Thomas Riley
whether I’m still up to it. I’m ready to go.” Eight months later, in January 2004, Riley took his post at the U.S. embassy in Rabat, where he oversees a staff of 400 people. A Stanford University graduate, he is a veteran of three decades...
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- 01 Dec 2004
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A Life by Design
As a girl growing up in Riverdale, New York, Ivy Ross (PMD 68, 1994) was surrounded by modern design — and disliked it. The home she lived in and the furniture she sat on reflected the avant-garde sensibilities of her father, an...
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- 01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
years, the mutual fund would shake up established norms of wealth creation and distribution in the United States. Indeed, it would help reshape America by uniting Wall Street and Main Street, two disparate worlds that previously had...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2004
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Luxe Redux
the hallmarks of many luxury brands, some of which are hundreds of years old. The enduring quality of a particular luxury good can be part of its appeal, yet consumers — particularly young, fashion-conscious consumers — want a product...
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- 01 Sep 2003
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Books
traces the experiences of nineteen new managers over the course of their first year on the job. Based on six years of intensive field research and data analysis by HBS professor Linda Hill, the book explores...
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- 01 Sep 2008
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Mara Aspinall
“an incredibly dedicated and brilliant group of physicians, as well as patients with such courage and grace that I knew I wanted to do something to get more involved in their battle.” This year she is on a “working sabbatical” at...
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- 14 Feb 2019
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Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
partnership with the HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB). The blunt, 90-minute dialogue featured a trio of experts looking at climate change from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. “It took me 20 years to wake View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
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Reimagining China and India
advantage of China’s strengths, and for Chinese entrepreneurs to reciprocate, something that has taken root. Annual trade between the two countries has raced from near zero several years ago to more than $20 billion last year. For their...
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- 01 Oct 1999
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Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
An extraordinary career based on the development of innovative, cutting-edge technology products was launched twenty years ago from the front row of an Aldrich Hall classroom. Crunching numbers for case studies late into the night was...
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Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Dec 2008
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Designing Change
Hinrichs and his Pentagram team roll up their sleeves and work together with Kahn and others at Muzak to craft the final logo: a sleek, curvy m inside a circle. But Muzak’s transformation goes far beyond a fresh look. “The company needed...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2019
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Turning Point: One Story at a Time
Radhika Piramal (MBA 2006) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Radhika Piramal (MBA 2006) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was 17 years old when I told my mother I was a lesbian. The news came out of nowhere for her, but I never, ever...
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- 21 Sep 2018
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HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups
Point Media in Santa Monica. “It was a fantastic dynamic,” says Alexa McCulloch (MBA 1999), the workshop organizer and president of the club. “We assured each presenter that this was a confidential opportunity to open up and ask...
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Margie Kelley
- 11 Jul 2017
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The Right Thing to Do
and the 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, which killed 39 people. At the time, the company was run by Don Blankenship, a hard-charging CEO who put profit ahead of safety. In the five years before the disaster,...
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- 16 Oct 2014
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Innovating for International Aid
monitored refugee camps and volunteered in AIDS orphanages. He spent eight years as president of Aim High, an educational organization focused on inner-city, disadvantaged children. He was also cofounder of a Gates Foundation–funded...
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- 08 Aug 2013
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Cause Marketing Gets Personal
her senior year of high school. She recalls being one of about 80 women in a class of 800—and one with the least amount of work experience. "I had worked summers at an ad agency writing copy for Columbia Pictures. I made View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
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Action Plan: Whole Sale
The future of retail won’t be brick and mortar or online, says Musab Balbale (MBA 2007). Instead, it will be a more inclusive combination of the two. Balbale, who spent several years of his career focused exclusively on online sales, is...
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- 28 May 2019
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Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
for Tomato Jos, even after she was offered a job at a major agricultural company. Mehta says, “Even if my business ends up failing—which I hope it doesn’t—if I am able to inspire one student a year to come...
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- 01 Mar 2008
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Centennial Goes YouTube
of all time lines” by its chief architect. This year’s reunion participants can sign up for a video storytelling session while on campus. So can attendees at the Centennial Business Summit in October. If you don’t plan to be on campus...
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