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01 Feb 1997
News

Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

If you're saving for your child's college education, you're probably putting money in growth funds, hoping that the returns a decade or more down the line will be enough to pay for tuition. But what if your returns fall short? It's a... View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

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Laura Ucros Tellez

happening and asking for help would mean I was weak. Now I know it was the bravest thing I have ever done. It saved my life. This experience has brought me even closer to my family, has made me more resilient, and has given me purpose. I... View Details

07 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs

tax increase, saving themselves a combined $741 million. Accelerating dividends the tipoff Like individuals, companies could use simple strategies to minimize taxes before the increase took effect, although again not all took advantage.... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

20 Nov 2017
News

Finding Common Ground

partnerships might seem. At the Monsanto meeting, CollaborateUp brought together conservation and environmental groups, big agriculture, beekeepers, the USDA, the EPA, and several state agriculture departments, to collaborate in saving... View Details

11 Dec 2014
News

Revolutionizing digital medical records

electronically search past records, freeing her to talk in more detail with her patient. Bushkin’s business model for MedKaz aligns the financial interests of all parties. Patients save deductibles and copays. Employers, insurers, and... View Details

01 Jan 2010
News

Susan L. Decker, MBA 1986

Decker has put her analytical skills to work as a director of three major companies — Berkshire Hathaway, Intel, and Costco — and as a trustee of Save the Children. Her interest in entrepreneurship led her back to HBS, where she served as... View Details

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Mark Kahn

I plan to repay my debts, for I live a highly-leveraged life. I owe a debt to the United States, which saved my family from the clutches of the Wehrmacht. I owe a debt to the political wards of Philadelphia, from which I learned the best... View Details

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Karina Rodriguez

finest institutions, but I very easily could not have ended up here. Several of my peers growing up were brilliant. Yet somewhere along the path towards our high school diplomas, they fell through the cracks of our public education system. Unfairly, the system... View Details

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Bearing engineer and his three dimensional graph - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

science can point with precision to the specific lubricant which will give best possible service. Hitherto considered dry and abstract to the layman, such work saves years of hit and miss testing in the driving of many cars to arrive at... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Tapping into more effective water technologies

market opportunities." Shenkar is seeing early leaders in water-quality monitoring, filtration, disinfection, and desalination. Smart grid water systems are spotting leaks and saving water as well as energy, and governments from Singapore... View Details

01 Aug 2002
News

Editor's Note

closely connected. Thank you, one and all! Update Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts; Class Day and Commencement; Reunion Roundup; HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive. Network HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report;... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Elevator Pitch: Certified Check

easy-to-use portal helps potential customers immediately find necessary security and compliance certificates, resulting in significant time savings for both parties. “In lay terms, we offer a security nutrition label for cloud software,”... View Details

Profile

Kurt White

collectibles business in Canada. “They were losing money and looking for someone to help them save the business. I had to recommend that they shut down. It wasn’t the outcome they were looking for, but I View Details

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Database Best Practices - Research Computing Services

importing, determine whether cleanup is required. If it is, save interim files as you clean in case later on you need to modify any changes. You may decide that the delimiter is appropriate for loading the data (see Delimiters ). When you... View Details

Portrait Project

Xavier Paternot

I want to build things and blow them up. I want to act irresponsibly. I want to play music. I want to be rewarded with a Nobel Prize if I save people lives and go to jail if I cheat. I want to keep on being fascinated every time I look at... View Details

07–08 Feb 2022
Virtual Programming

Leading High-Performance Companies with Purpose

How can you show up to work more inspired and help others do the same??Join HBS professor?Ranjay Gulati (PHDOB 1993)?for a program exploring?the power of purpose, an underutilized approach that can embed work and life with meaning and deliver... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

One-on-One with Carter Roberts

improved governance by engaging both local people and national governments is a fundamental issue. The second challenge is the impact of globalization. Whether you’re trying to save rain forests in Borneo or the Amazon, or View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

15 Jun 2021
News

Case Study: Inside Story

journey became the genesis of Saga. Cofounded with Nicole Wee (MBA 2018), Saga is a social mobile app that helps families save and share stories in an audio format. Launched in mid-2020, the company currently has six full-time employees... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

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Patients - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Insist providers provide their results with patients like you. Choose cost-effective health plan structures involving deductibles together with HSAs to save for future health care needs Seek a long-term relationship with a plan instead of... View Details

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Tom Humphrey

When I was five, everyone called me "Zac." He was the protagonist of a book mum would read to me at night, a boy who battled imaginary dragons to save his town. Inspired, I would run around in a cape terrorising the... View Details

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