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01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

the owner. And, of course, on the personal side, having a wife and family sets up a whole new list of priorities that weren't present at graduation. Is there anything that you've missed out on because of the demands of your career? Owning... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Bloomberg: mutual funds

Issuer type in Vanguard Funds/USA. Click on a fund name to get more information. Use the 97) Actions drop down to export to Excel. To use the Fund Screening for funds based on specific search criteria type FSRC and hit GO. Use the Universe Criteria to search by... View Details

01 Sep 2022
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Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

stimulate debate about important issues in a community whose media were controlled at the time by one family with one point of view. It got me on a list prepared by an alumnus (and ignored by the person to whom he sent it, the President... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

October 2013 (Revised August 2016)
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NOWaccount

By: Ramana Nanda, William A. Sahlman and Lauren Barley

It was September 2013, and NOWaccount Network Corporation (NOW®) co-founders John Hayes and Lara Hodgson were putting the final touches on the presentation deck for their annual shareholders' meeting. Along with co-founder Stacey Abrams, the pair had designed NOW's... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Finance; Entrepreneurship

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16 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 16

Nuqul Brothers, a large diversified business group. It shows how Nuqul, a Christian Palestinian whose family was forced to flee to Jordan after the creation of Israel in 1948, built a business in his new home, first in trading and later... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

your funding decisions on your future. Personal support Exploring and resolving all the above issues can be an exhausting and even lonely process. Take care of yourself by taking pains to create and sustain a network of support, including an informal circle of View Details

15 Nov 2023
News

Sound Investment

Steven Rogers outside the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Evanston, Illinois (photo by Gay Riseborough) Steven Rogers outside the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Evanston, Illinois (photo by Gay Riseborough) Retired senior lecturer Steven Rogers (MBA 1985)... View Details

Keywords: diversity; equity; inclusion

18 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Relocating to Boston with Your Partner

For my wife (Megan) and me, relocating 3,000 miles across the country from Los Angeles to Boston for HBS was a huge deal. We had lived in California our whole lives, only leaving L.A. for short stints in the San Francisco Bay Area for our undergraduate programs.... View Details

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Cumnock Hall | About

Room . About the Name Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Alexander Cumnock came to the United States with his family in 1846 and began his career in the textile industry as a young man. By the turn of the century, he was a well-known figure in... View Details

Feb 23 2017
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Leading, Learning, and Growing—Together

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

After earning a doctorate, Ashley Whillans received two tempting job offers: one in her hometown, where she could remain close to family and friends and work reasonable hours for the local government, and another that required a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet

entrepreneurship, and productivity.” Consider also the social benefits of the Internet, harder to quantify but including the power of access to information as well as greater flexibility in balancing work and family obligations through... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising; Publishing

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

Frances Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, is an expert in the intersection of leadership and inclusion. Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration, studies how people can lead more... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

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Eligibility | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

especially those that may be forgiven upon resumption of employment Personal loans from family or friends Bank loans not certified or verified by MBA Financial Aid Home equity loans or lines of credit Applicants who have previously... View Details

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Tommaso Ruggeri

hopes his son absorbs during our two years together – the best from each of us. It’s vulnerable, heartfelt moments like these that make HBS more than just a business school – it's a family that supports and uplifts each other, both inside... View Details

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Brooke Biederman

Pablo Picasso once said that the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. Well, I’ve had the dust permanently washed off mine. A year after college, I was in a terrible accident. My sweet family was first told to... View Details

30 Apr 2020
Book

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

04 Jan 2022
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Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

place there I predict that the metaverse will soon be used to achieve business ends. It will be interesting to see what unforeseen applications arise in management for this fascinating new entertainment medium.” Do you agree? What do you think? Related reading from the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

technology so that we can reach out in a low-cost, scalable way,” Mahajan explains. Rocket targets the least educated and most impoverished families in India. Many parents earn between one and two dollars a day doing construction or... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Honoring a legacy

her parents in 1964. “It’s not about taking over the company business; it’s really about honoring the legacy of my parents. It’s about the spirit of my parents, their value system, and their beliefs. When I joined my parents, my father in particular, in the View Details

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