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- 01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)
"During the times of the Republic, the Romans had a very small government, which outsourced all kinds of economic activities. They even took bids for services such as tax collection and street construction. The companies that formed in the process had many elements... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Changing Lives One Computer at a Time
Dell's help, the program can easily be rolled out for alumni groups in other cities as well. Indeed, HBSAAA members in Chicago and Washington, D.C., hope to begin similar programs soon, and alumni nationwide are showing interest as well.... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
has similar distribution partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, and Argentina. Both companies are affiliated with the Stiftung Solarenergie International Network for Rural Development, a German foundation dedicated to development aid. The... View Details
- 18 Apr 2011
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Capitalism Meets Conservation
interview, Adams noted that HBS influenced his thinking about capitalism and conservation. “We learned that there are market-based solutions to social issues,” he said. “It’s similar to what Michael Chu’s (MBA ’76) company, ACCION... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
High-Level Impact
enjoy special benefits connecting them more closely with the work of the School. The establishment of this new society reflects the critical role that annual gifts, particularly at higher levels, play in driving innovation and new initiatives, and in advancing the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
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Research Brief: Cultivating Creativity through Competition
given to their competitors. Using analytical software that evaluates visual similarities between designs, Gross compared each submission with prior entries by the same designer, and related the similarity to... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
Northern California (HBSA/NC) has been providing free consulting services to nonprofits since 1986. It was also the inspiration for other HBS clubs nationwide to start similar programs. The Bay Area Community Partners program is now one... View Details
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- 10 Nov 2017
- News
Girl’s Pendant Found at Nazi Camp Site Reunites a Family
Chaim Motzen (MBA 2006) More than 70 years ago, the record of a Nazi death camp in Sobibor, Poland, was nearly lost to history. But archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have been excavating the site, uncovering mass graves, gas chambers, and, last year,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
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Old Meets New: A Dinosaur Named Sue
Sue is a very versatile 67-million-year-old tyrant lizard king — or Tyrannosaurus rex, as most of us know her. Her two hundred bones have been carefully assembled in the main entrance of Chicago's Field Museum in a manner so that each one can be removed for scientific... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
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Take 2: From Ad Copy to Cuneiform
68de8c2ce3ee202dde70bc45957e0ca6 Since retiring from the advertising business in 1994, Joan O. Rothberg (MBA ’63) has spent a good deal of time crawling around in the dirt. But she’s not just puttering in her Summit, New Jersey, garden (though she likes to do that,... View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- News
750 World Wonders and counting
Main Wilson: It's a wonderful world. A slide show of World Wonders Photos copyright Andrew Main Wilson—World of Wonders Like so many businessmen, Andrew Main Wilson (AMP 156, 1999) is readying himself for a trip abroad, this time to Taiwan. When he arrives, he’ll hit... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Exploring Vietnam and Cambodia
Photos by SARAH HALL Twenty-eight alumni and guests explored natural wonders, vibrant cities, and historical sites of Vietnam and Cambodia last spring during a ten-day trip sponsored by the HBS Alumni Travel Program. Starting in Hanoi on April 19, we traveled to Ha... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
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New York Club Asks for Donations to September 11 Relief Fund
The HBS Club of Greater New York has established a matching fund in memory of those who were lost and to assist those who are in need as a result of the September terrorist attacks. The club has set aside $10,000 to provide matching grants for alumni wishing to make... View Details
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
How would you like to invest in a project that simultaneously provides a needed social service and generates a financial return? Nice idea, but not possible? Not exactly. Social impact bonds (SIBs) do just that. The concept is simple and powerful: bondholders put money... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
local artisans and the timber trade without degrading the land. Are there similarities between your work in Costa Rica and the Massachusetts Audubon project you tackled after returning to Boston? The plan in Boston was a high-profile,... View Details
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Making a Difference
with working in a nonprofit,” he remarks. “I wanted to see for myself how different or similar they really were.” Haacker's excursions across the six-million-acre park enabled him to spend time with the park's managers and scientists. “It... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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A Chapter in US–China Trade Relations
A current exhibit at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center spotlights a fascinating period in the ongoing story of US–China trade relations. Drawing on wonderfully descriptive letters and diaries as well as hundreds of company documents and journals, “A Chronicle of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
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Turning Point: Living History
Mallika Ahluwalia (MBA/MPA 2011) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Mallika Ahluwalia (MBA/MPA-ID 2011) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) I’d never thought of myself as someone who would work in a museum. I’ve always been a very mission-motivated person; for most of my... View Details