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- 01 Mar 2016
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How Do I Get Your Job?
McKinsey before coming to HBS. Beck, cofounder and CEO of beauty retailer Bluemercury, tells Uberoi, a member of the student-run Retail & Luxury Goods Club, how she went from consultant to entrepreneur View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
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Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
findings from the 1,020 responses: philanthropy is “extremely” or “very” important to more than 63 percent of respondents; a sense of responsibility is the primary motivation (84 percent); and almost half of...
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- 01 Mar 2017
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A Summit Higher Than Everest
sea. “Having you and the responsibility of taking care of you and keeping you happy, I have no business whatsoever setting out on a venture which was quite so uncertain and risky.” IV. “I started out to...
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- 18 Jan 2017
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HBS Gains New Insight Into Africa
politically, and economically diverse countries, Africa has become a dynamic frontier for business and entrepreneurship. In response to HBS faculty, student, and alumni interest, the School is broadening its...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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Bold Idea Takes Off
Falik Photo Courtesy Abby Falik As a teenager, Abby Falik (MBA ’08) spent a summer living in a rural Nicaraguan village, an experience that inspired her to dream of ways she could help other young people have meaningful experiences in...
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- 08 Dec 2009
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Don’t Scare the Bankers
York. Their work is representative of a broad faculty response to the financial crisis. Mr. Ji, if you can hear me, times have changed: Someone needs to scare the bankers and...
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- 01 Oct 2000
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Willoughby G. Walling II: A Learning Experience
Among the 31 works in "Second Show," a recent exhibit of Wib Walling's paintings, one in particular seems to reflect the disparate paths that have brought the artist to this juncture in his life. Titled...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2002
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Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values
are living in a time of what I like to call ‘fast history.' It's a time when we need leaders who are prepared to take responsibility and be held accountable,” he said. “We...
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- 01 Dec 2001
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BOOK: The Money of Invention
advice about the strategic responses that are likely to be most effective in the changing venture capital environment. The third group — governments, nonprofits, academic institutions, and large corporations...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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Energy Sources: Daniel Yergin and the EP Team
the New York Times but, he says, “I had great respect for Bob and HBS, and I was obsessed with the energy problem and saw this as a unique opportunity. All of us on the team felt a great responsibility to...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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Capitalism’s New Agenda
Image © politicalcartoons.com/R.J. Matson It was easy to dismiss the Occupy Wall Street protesters. By many accounts, they were disorganized, lacked a clear agenda, advanced arguments that were inconsistent and poorly reasoned, and had no...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Just Keep Our Money
citizens to support the country in crisis, usually in wartime. In the present economic calamity, we can help the government, and the government can strengthen American families. Just keep our money, please. The correct policy View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed
efficiency? What if cars weren’t made up of 25,000 different parts? What if, instead of giant factories that operate on economies of scale, forced to produce millions of the same cars to make a profit, we...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Truth in Lending
tablet, phone, or computer, with or without Internet access, are designed to elicit the most honest response possible. To do that, DiDonna explains, you don’t ask an applicant,...
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April White
- 01 Sep 2015
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State of the Unions
slow uptick and have led to a resurgence of “collective bargaining by megaphone,” he says. “People feel a little safer and have the sense that if they protest and get fired, they can find another job.” Silvers believes these protests are...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Fast Forward
change. Energy Professor Michael Porter and BCG have partnered on research into how the country can maximize the opportunity presented by America’s unconventional oil and gas resources in a responsible way. In March, an HBS energy summit...
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- 15 Dec 2015
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Lovepop Woos The Sharks
our whole team was going to be focused on making sure the website was up and fielding customer service calls. We were all hands on deck—we even had a whole bunch of extra people come on to help us out. We...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
before being asked to head the company's bankruptcy department in 1987. In 1991, she was granted responsibility for the high-yield department as well, and in 1992 became the first female employee elected...
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Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Oct 1998
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Value Added
regardless of location. "A handful of senior consultants will go out and open a new office," he says. "They hire the best talent available in that country and train them to assume total responsibility from...
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James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2013
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A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash
e-waste accounts for only 2 percent of the trash in American landfills, it is responsible for 70 percent of toxic waste and is the fastest-growing municipal waste stream in the United States. Currently, most e-recycling is done in a very...
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