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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
Unsurprisingly, then, Jakarta underwhelms in comparison to other world centers. Last year, in its annual liveability index, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Jakarta 116—below Almaty, Kazakhstan, and New Delhi—out of 140 cities. Residents call Jakarta, with its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Where Are They Now?
softball teams and tries to find time to play golf. The 75-degree California weather he was enjoying in late December helps explain why the West Coast is home sweet home. View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
More than a Game
tradition,” said Coulter, before joining members of both teams for one of the most cherished traditions, the postgame festivities. Neither the weather nor the final score — Students 23, Old Boys 3 — could dampen the alumni team's spirits.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
a few big hospitals or financial services firms. Think of it as a private LinkedIn group or a Google circle. “Another analogue is a weather map,” says Bonaparte. “We’re allowing you to get ahead of the pattern.” Sharing is also common... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the Office of the Quartermaster General, Doriot led a revolution in the military by applying science to the art of war. Under his command, the U.S. Army found substitutes for critical raw materials, and developed dozens of innovative items such as water-repellent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Kilimanjaro
athletic adventurers — the majority had run marathons — spent six days trekking through a variety of landscapes, weather conditions, and challenges to reach the summit at 19,340 feet. At a slide show of the trek that climbers gave in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
provisioning are covered. Weather and heavy weather sailing are presented based on first-hand experience. Cruising risks, including pirates, are laid bare. All of this is supported with examples of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
along with Frank Batten's (MBA '52) Landmark Communications (owner today of the Weather and Travel Channels) and David R. Graham's (MBA '64) Cablecasting Ltd. in Canada. In later years, W. Don Cornwell's (MBA '71) Granite Broadcasting... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
that thesis and focus on operational efficiencies and profitability. This runs counter to the model and doesn’t seem like it’s a narrative that will last forever. However, we know it’s here to stay at least through the next 12-24 months as we View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
marketing for the budding business. “It provides all the charting information on your computer, but it also connects to Internet databases and brings in all the latest weather and other flight condition information.” Hamilton discovered... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
business when I was only 27.” Batten is a visionary entrepreneur and business leader who built Landmark Communications, Inc., based in Norfolk, Virginia, into a multimedia enterprise consisting of dozens of newspapers and specialty publications, several television... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
weatherizing an existing building’s exterior “skin” and upgrading its lighting and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning, or HVAC, systems) can only go so far. Updating infrastructure and retrofitting in older cities especially can... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
in the early adopter phase,” says Linear’s Herp. “There’s still some time and development that needs to take place before we cross the chasm. The point we are at right now involves the strong stomach aspect of being an entrepreneur.” With that said, Herp, Leiman, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
by Garry Emmons It's December, and outside the weather is frightful in many of America's 32 National Football League cities as teams gear up for the playoff season. But no matter how adverse conditions may get both on and off the field,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
School, where she trained at Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort. “Skiing and snowboarding are more lifestyles than they are sports. It’s everything from the sounds and smells of the snow and the winter weather to the adrenaline rush you get from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
The authors propose a practical and sustainable approach to one of the greatest challenges facing leaders today: transforming a business in the face of imminent disruption. They build upon the lessons of Xerox, Apple, and Barnes & Noble to describe the process of... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
“Any donation can help buy a meal or water, let alone get people out of the rubble.” FEBRUARY 10 Board director, investor, and author Ebru Dorman (MBA 1999) wrote a post on LinkedIn that covered the situation on the ground in Turkey. "Extreme View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
with team launch sessions, Reimert connects with each remote team member in one-on-one telephone sessions. She often has these conversations walking from room to room of her home, or, if the weather is nice, strolling on the sidewalk.... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future
content, intellectual challenge, and friendly interactions,” says Oliveau. “The gorgeous weather and the Paris autumn atmosphere helped make this event quite unforgettable for everyone.” The Paris summit was the first since 2017, when the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
to put the study rooms in the library instead of Spangler, and how many seats to put in the auditorium.” Ultimately, Spangler got 29 study rooms and a 350-seat auditorium. Essential Spangler: Warm weather always draws a crowd to the... View Details