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01 Dec 2015
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Encouraging Women Leaders

She found her eclectic background to be an asset rather than a liability in the classroom, “because HBS looks for such diversity in its students.” Serra says that learning in this welcoming environment, “everything fell into place when I... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Aldrich Renovations Reach Halfway Point

Students taking classes in Aldrich Hall this year can literally place one foot in the past and one in the future where the old and newly renovated halves of the building meet on each of the three floors. To avoid disrupting classes,... View Details

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

01 Dec 2005
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Baker’s back

Historical Collections and faculty interaction surround the north, river-facing lobby, and the new south entrance is home to The Exchange, a gathering place offering real-time news and business information. Faculty offices line the upper... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Dec 2018
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A Chance to Thrive

her. “You come in with preconceived notions about people who are from a certain place or look a certain way, and what you end up finding is the commonality,” she says. “I made many lifelong friends at HBS—and that, to me, made my time at... View Details

23 Jan 2017
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The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee

Bay Area — ground zero for the growth of the coffee industry and an exciting place to do business, he said. “It’s inspiring to work in the same community as tech companies and others and (to see) competitors and people who are blazing the... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Inside the Bestseller List with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

who served alongside male-only US Special Operations teams in Afghanistan became a bestseller and is being turned into a movie by Reese Witherspoon. But Lemmon, now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, is proudest of the book’s View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

executive director of the Verité Research think tank, describing how Mawilmada initiated a public forum, hosted by Verité, to respond to an opposing viewpoint on the megapolis plan. “These two factions weren’t talking to each other, but they were coming from the same... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

26 Feb 2021
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Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

forest fires, catastrophic storms, and floods, he shared statistics that placed the lion’s share of the blame on the worldwide dependence on fossil fuels, followed closely by deforestation. He added that deforested areas on Earth add up... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes

have meat inspectors stamping each individual steer. The meat packers themselves must make sure that all the product they sell is of good quality, as represented. I believe the regulatory tools we have in place are enough. Considering its... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

22 Sep 2017
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The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice

there. And meanwhile, on that street, South Bayshore Drive, were all these Lamborghinis and Masserattis and Porsches and Benzes and limos. And people called the pride of place to tip the valets to kind of box out the scene and make sure... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Alumni Books

for Kibera (CFK), a pioneer in participatory development showing how with the right kind of support, people in desperate places will take charge of their lives and create change. Later, serving as a human intelligence officer in Iraq and... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; National Security and International Affairs; Government

22 Feb 2022
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Launch Codes

quarter-century of HBS startups? To celebrate the New Venture Competition’s 25th anniversary, we asked some past participants about the hardest lesson they’ve learned as an entrepreneur—and what it looked like to learn it. The 2022 finale will take View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Alvaro Dominguez

03 May 2019
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Giving Voice to Black and Hispanic Women

black women were thought of as uncouth, loudmouth, unfeminine, on welfare, poor, and couldn't read. And that's what we had to overcome. “At the Essence Festival, which is now an extraordinary event that takes place over a 4th of July... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Oct 2000
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Hawes Hall Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking took place in early June for Hawes Hall, a new classroom building that will be constructed adjacent to the northeast corner of Aldrich Hall, facing Baker Library. Dean Kim B. Clark opened the ceremony by welcoming the Hawes... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2013
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Celebrating Women at HBS

MBA Program living on campus by 1970. (The exhibit can be viewed online at www.library.hbs.edu/hc/wbe/.) Planning is wrapping up for the W50 Summit, taking place on campus April 4–5. The two-day event will focus on accelerating the... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Books

innovations may have been -- whether it was Ray Kroc's refinement of franchise economics or Henry Ford's perfection of assembly line production -- every organization faced the key business problem of determining where to place the... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)

Above: Rickards on Jamaica’s sense of community: “It’s good to live in a place where the people are expressive and vibrant.” (photo by Marina Burnel) I had a strong sense when I was at HBS that the skills I learned there would have a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

17 Mar 2017
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Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)

will, Hawthorne decided to include a bequest to HBS. “I wanted to show my appreciation for a place that has given me so much,” she explains. She enjoys being one of the youngest members of the John C. Whitehead Society, which recognizes... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Up to the Highest Heights

reveals: “My style says I’m super-versatile. I’ll do everything.” “The wind isn’t always blowing”: Off the water, Tai is focused on harnessing the resources and influence of the ACTAI nonprofit to support ocean conservation, among other charitable efforts. “Everywhere... View Details