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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty
don't think enough reporters have, especially once they've gotten a few decades into their careers." At Time, Tumulty notes, "one of the great luxuries is that you don't have to cover 'the daily story.' So, for example, two years before... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty
children to local, under-resourced public schools. And when parents work more than one job or long hours, it reduces the time they can spend with their children reading and playing, or in social interaction. In contrast, wealthy families have the View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
luxury goods, and beverages. He has also had an impact on tens of thousands of blood cancer patients by facilitating bone marrow transplants. Whatever the task at hand, Harf arrives with a passion for creative thinking and a commitment to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
together to promote happiness? How can this research be used in the workplace? AW: Some employers offer employees a lot of choice when it comes to incentives: for instance, cash, luxury goods, experiences, or time off. They think, “Choice... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
first of four sons born to Larry and his wife, Billie. The firm is one of the largest diversified holding companies in the United States, with interests in commercial insurance, offshore drilling, oil and natural gas production, pipelines, and View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Reunion Snapshots
Erik Sorensen (22nd OPM) Currently the managing director of Club Sultan in Marbella, Spain, an exclusive European holiday ownership club, Erik Sorensen specializes in marketing luxurious vacation opportunities. "My business is about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
Tierney, who moved into this comparatively luxurious setting with his wife, Susan, after he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Chile for two years. But the difference between being a student at HBS and working with farmers in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
JetBlue, and Ryanair all grew during recessions, as did Charles Schwab, Home Depot, and Trader Joe’s. A second customer hook is affordable indulgence. As consumers pare back, they also need ways to entertain themselves and indulge in small View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
disconnected from work. The second has to do with the notion of leisure: “It sounds like such a luxury and something we shouldn’t permit ourselves to have, but we’re seeing how leisure contributes to our success,” Carbonell says.... View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)
luxurious offshore destination for boaters and non-boaters alike." How did your family and friends respond when they heard the idea? "When I first told my parents, I think they were a little skeptical. It's a big idea that's way outside... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
(MBA '59) ((North American Business Press)) Inside Luxury: The Growth and Future of the Luxury Goods Industry by Maria Eugenia Giron ((LID Publishing)) The Exile: Journey from Life to Death by Ro Kong Kyun (MBA 1959) ((Eloquent Books))... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
example, the Rock Center Fellows Program subsidizes students working on an existing startup or launching their own, and the Career and Professional Development Fellows program aids career changers, such as those interested in the luxury... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
disabilities, and lower-wage workers, the cost to build simply cannot be covered by the rents they can pay—there has to be a subsidy of some kind. In regions like the Bay Area, middle-income rents can’t cover the cost to build either, so the result is a pipeline of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
Conference Coverage on the Working Knowledge website. European Business Conference Seeks to Understand Differences Americans expect to find luxury goods at the mall. Europeans don’t. American shoppers expect to be waited on. U.K.... View Details
- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
to young designers. That didn’t pan out, but it did lead to consulting work for some luxury and fashion brands in Paris. At the same time, he began writing down his ideas on a blog. “It cost $100 to set up,” he recalls. “I posted once or... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
people could understand that luxury goods could come out of Africa." At the wine festival, Cuffe had met Vivian Brutus Kleynhans, one of seven sisters who produced a selection of various wines, aptly named Seven Sisters, each one designed... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
or four years, we had the luxury of first-mover advantage.” Mr. Mayor: “In New York City we have people from everywhere around the world, every kind of problem, and every chance of a solution. I couldn’t have asked for a bigger or better... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
action, it enjoyed the luxury of time, relatively speaking, to find its new identity. By contrast, the intelligence community’s national-security imperative puts great pressure on it to change immediately. Consider the challenge facing... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
contributed complementary skills from the energy sector—to establish the firm’s leadership team. Advani believes the company’s middle-market private equity investment strategy is better executed and better aligns the firm with its investors and executive teams—a View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon