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15 Sep 2016
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The Burning Man Project

Donatella Versace. It is so much fun planning for Burning Man, organizing, thinking, scouring thrift shops. That's all part of the Burning Man experience. This idea of radical self-reliance means you don't buy a costume in a costume shop.... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

employment system and therefore do not qualify for Infonavit, a government loan and public housing agency that grants more than half of Mexico’s mortgages and is funded in part by a 5 percent payroll tax. Their idea is validated in a talk... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

expect dramatic results. “If we haven’t gotten rid of malaria in fifteen years, we’re stupid. We should be fired.” As an example of the sort of cross-sector cooperation he favors, Gates pointed to the foundation’s work with GlaxoSmithKline on a malaria vaccine. “It’s... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

practice. We put our ideas into practice, see how they work, and learn from that how to make them even better." —Deborah Blagg Prescription: Make Medicine Personal A writer and scientist with a PhD in biophysics from Johns Hopkins,... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.

that emerged from the conversations with this sampling of women is the idea that also came up at the Charting Your Course seminar last spring: Approaching life in phases -or as "chapters," as Kate McCurdy (MBA '81) puts it -can help ease... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

12 Dec 2018
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Lesson Plan

happens more locally.” The conviction in Cognetti’s voice makes it clear that she doesn’t harbor Washington ambitions, although her ideas can be big and national in scope, like changing how public schools are funded: “School districts... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

Ampofo (MBA 2020) launched HBS's Black Investment Club to address underrepresentation of Black investors in VC, PE, and investment management in the hopes of creating a focused organization that empowers the Black community. “The idea... View Details

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