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23 Feb 2015
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Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations

become home to the first iASO Bachata Academy. “We announced to the classes, ‘We’re offering music lessons in bachata. If you are interested, please come View Details

Keywords: April White; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

14 Aug 2019
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Leading from Within

founder and CEO of MetaMedia and former president of IMAX Home Entertainment, it was a challenge to put aside his corporate identity of 25 years and enter Love, Power, Justice with an open mind. A shift in... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Sep 2015
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Case Study: Golden Ticket

states again, so build market strength in your home market. —Richard Bland (MBA 1971) Seems to me that between the two choices, going horizontal is the better strategy. I’d imagine that high-school athletic... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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Alumni Books

This book tells the story of Kamila Sidiqi in Kabul, Afghanistan, who overcame the Taliban's ban on women leaving their homes alone by making clothes in her living room to help support her family. This... View Details

18 Apr 2022
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Book Smart

of going to the library and bringing home a stack of books,” recalls Risher. “We didn’t have a lot growing up but that was something we could do.” He wanted the children of Guayaquil View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)

thought I might like to be the editor of the Wall Street Journal one day). When our first child, Matt, was born four days after I began at HBS, my own economic development became an issue. My wife wanted to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2014
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3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)

relevant, quality newspaper and deliver it on time. To my knowledge we're the only newspaper in the country that guarantees 5:30 a.m. weekday home delivery, which is very expensive View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Seattle Times Company; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Information

06 Dec 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean

around in my car and heard some great interpretations of Christmas songs. Then they played one for Hanukkah, but it was just so blah. I went home and started tickling the ivories, so to speak.” Map it out:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; career; life experiences; dry cleaning; leadership; music; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services

01 Dec 2017
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Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

early-stage venture capital firm Glasswing Ventures, Seseri is more focused on today’s “narrow” artificial intelligence: technology capable of mimicking human thought processes and learning when applied to a specific task. “If you go... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 Apr 2017
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Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

intimate and immediate,” she said, noting that 1871 is home to 500 early-stage tech startups. “We’re a place to bring together all of the stakeholders—venture capital,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

01 Jun 1998
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HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector

most effective use of business resources to help solve social- sector problems," explained BLSS chair, HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. "We examined what business can and can't do well and the outcomes and impacts of business activism... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

General Manage-ment unit. With the growing importance of the Internet and the fact that the daily operations of most organizations now rely heavily on computer technology, IT "has moved to the top of the agenda of most CEOs," notes Nolan.... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed

working on the exact same concept for years. “Multiple patents had been filed,” says Nolan. And after the Nest launch in 2011, they had to watch as the now-ubiquitous brand somehow got people excited about View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

10 Mar 2017
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The Business of Lego Batman

think about those movies. Hanna: Oh. I bet. Do you still go to movies in the theater or do you mostly watch at home now? Lin: No. I actually really believe in the theatrical experience. I still love taking... View Details

Keywords: LEGO; Lego

15 Jun 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks

home office in London’s Berkeley Square is a long way from Salem, Massachusetts, where Lewis’s father was a fireman. “My career happened because someone took a chance on me,” he says, alluding to that... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; diversity; leadership; real estate; Real Estate

01 Oct 1996
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Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire

be someone you're not, you won't be a good leader. You also have to know the people you work with. An awareness of what's important to them -- a daughter graduating from high school, say, or a family problem... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Dec 2004
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Getting Personal

really the study of human behavior. Why do people buy and consume? Why do they have preferences? Of all the business disciplines, marketing is the most personal. What I try to do in every case I teach is make the class about human... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Oct 2020
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Sewn with Love

first time Hanazawa has wrestled with the ways she could urge her industry to focus on social impact. In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami leveled towns and cities in her home country of Japan, and she... View Details