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- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
company, such as a requirement that the company shutter its office on Jewish holidays and every week for observance of Shabbat. By 2016, the company was thriving both financially and operationally. Considering the opportunity to acquire... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
to the game." Sender was born and raised in Bom Retiro, a Jewish immigrant community in central São Paulo, the second of four children. Her grandparents, Polish and Russian Jews, fled Europe at the outset of World War II. Sender's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Keeping the Faith
It has been said that the note of a Tibetan singing bowl is the sound of inner peace. That’s not something you might expect to hear in the MBA classroom. But it rings through Hawes Hall at the beginning of each session of The Spiritual Lives of Leaders, a second-year... View Details
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Commencement 2012 Address | About
their home to celebrate the person’s life, much like a Christian wake or sitting shiva in the Jewish tradition. So we emptied all the furniture out of the main living room for our guests, ordered food, and made arrangements. We figured... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
preserve the ties that make this community so special. You also came together to learn. As a result, I was honored to recognize the key leaders of two student clubs, the Jewish Student Association and the Middle East and North Africa... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
military and political relations in 1948, the critical year for Israel’s struggle for independence. Chasing the Shadow is a valuable read for those interested in Middle East history, Jewish military history, and a fascinating character... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
pharmaceutical and skin care company. During World War I the expropriation of its brands and trademarks revealed its vulnerability to political risk. Following the advent of the Nazi regime in 1933, the largely Jewish owned and managed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
life story but a fascinating analysis of how Grove attacks problems. Born in Hungary of Jewish background in 1936, Andras Istvan Grof survived the Nazis only to face the Soviet invasion of his country. He fled to America at age twenty,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
Give us a little bit of background. A: Andy was born on the wrong side of history. He was born on September 2, 1936 in Budapest. He's of Jewish origin—non-practicing. Nevertheless to be a Jew in Hungary, whether observant or not, the... View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
panels cut with natural leaf patterns that allow light while preserving a sense of privacy. I understood the historical context of the community and what this quarter meant to African Americans and the Jewish community based on the... View Details
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Art Nature Business
history of modernism and his interest in ecological minimalism. AARON SISKIND Martha's Vineyard 107 B , 1954 Gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum HBS Art and Artifacts Collection, 1984.133 © 2020 Estate of Aaron Siskind The son of Russian View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
well-being of society, it will naturally be good for your business as well," he explains. A few of Belkin's outside interests include trusteeships at the New England Sports Museum and Temple Beth Elohim, active involvement with the Anti-Defamation League, the Combined... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
century. It focuses especially on Beiersdorf, a pharmaceutical and skin care company in Germany. During World War I, the expropriation of its brands and trademarks revealed its vulnerability to political risk. Following the advent of the Nazi regime in 1933, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
(MBA 2024) and Desiree Rogers (MBA 1985). Commencement Press Release Class Day Press Release Previous Previous Next Previous Next Dean’s Award The Dean’s Award, recognizing service to the School and society, was given to the leadership teams of the View Details
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
University. Jessica is also a longtime GED instructor, and is passionate about transforming workforce development through tech. Jeremy Lizt AB ’97, Applied Mathematics, Harvard University; Dpl, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of... View Details