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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Turning Point: One Step at a Time
met several hundred of my classmates and discovered something unexpected: The proportion that had run marathons or climbed Kilimanjaro was statistically improbable within a random sampling of people. These Herculean feats of endurance... View Details
Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)
- Portrait Project
Cristian van Tienhoven
restore a Porsche 356 speedster, motorcycle through Africa, refuse to accept mediocrity, laugh (a lot), climb Everest, learn yo-yo tricks (with both hands), never forget my p's and q's (please & thank you's), dance the tango in San... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
How Much is Fair?
market to decide” what executive compensation should be, but added that “the problem comes when the market isn’t really free, and the CEO largely sets his own pay.” He further pointed out that from 1980 to 2001, the average working person’s pay rose 74 percent, while... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Great Priority Reset
There’s no telling when business travel will rebound, but if history is any guide, we will have to be patient. It took four years for business travel to climb back to previous levels after the terrorist attacks of 2001. With fewer... View Details
- Profile
Thomas Grenier
press forward to reach the 8,035-meter summit. "We turned back," says Thomas, "to climb another day." Gasherbrum II was one in a series of challenges Thomas undertook with just one partner and no guides. After... View Details
- Portrait Project
Caitlin Roman
climbing accident in Kenya just ten months earlier. Once I took off though, pure joy overcame the fear. I was flying – truly flying – for the first time. After having single-mindedly taken the path expected of me as a teenager, trapeze... View Details
- Portrait Project
Adam Gassin
tear down. I open the door to room 512. Madelynn climbs onto the bed, where my wife holds our new baby. Leaning over to see her sister’s face, Madelynn exclaims with a sense of awe and celebration, “Now we get to be a family!” With tears... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
The United States housing market is tight and expensive and shows no signs of easing. Existing home sales hit a 15-year high in 2021, with 6.12 million sold, a jump of 8.5 percent, according to the National Association of Realtors. Median sales price View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Giving Tree
When he established an MBA student fellowship in 1979, William H. Draper III (MBA 1954) probably didn’t imagine the head count of student beneficiaries would eventually climb to 78—a number large enough to lose track of when asked about... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
individuals succeed in their innovative endeavors. In addition, each chapter provides a link to a short video that reveals further insights, mostly from the innovators themselves. Seven Climbs: Finding the Finest Climb on Each Continent... View Details
- 22 Jun 2023
- News
Book Smart
Worldreader was quickly a success story in the global south, amassing more than 2 million users in just five years. Global figures continued to climb but, in the spring of 2020, when schools across the United States were closed due to the... View Details
- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
thousands of former U.S. manufacturing jobs, will all but disappear as Chinese wages and the value of the yuan continue to rise. “All over China, wages are climbing at 15 to 20 percent a year because of the supply-and-demand imbalance for... View Details
Alex Jiang
INVESTORS and was voted as 2019 CHINA TOP50 VC INVESTORS. Alex graduated from Harvard Business School with M.B.A degree. He serves as Co-President for Harvard Business School Association of Beijing and Co-Chair of Harvard Beijing Angels. He enjoys rock View Details
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From the Dean - Annual Report 2020
Harvard Business Review’s circulation climbed to 340,000, the highest in its 97-year history, evidence that the Publishing group continues to produce insights that shape management practice. The Business and Environment Initiative... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Reunion Highlights: A Case in Point
Spring 2005 Reunion photo galleries Open the gallery Photography by Stuart Cahill, Thomas J. Fitzsimmons, and Neal Hamberg. View the reunion photo gallery archive Like climbing aboard a bicycle for the first time in many years, alumni... View Details
- 27 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Guts, Gall, and Good Luck: What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million How Uber, Etsy, and Airbnb climbed from one thousand customers to one million. Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful Research at Harvard Business School takes a unique... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians
When you think of kids and music these days, it’s easier to imagine Chopin and Elgar spinning in their graves than getting any airtime. But move over, J.Lo — a classical music radio show, driven by youthful performers and listeners, is rapidly View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation
operations by climbing onto the vehicle and placing himself in front of the dozer operator and thus protecting the operator with his own life until the breach was complete. Major Gurfein’s bold and decisive actions directly lead to the... View Details
- 27 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Charting 'Cheapflation': How Budget Brands Got So Pricey
phenomenon as “cheapflation.” In the United States, the prices of the cheapest food products climbed 30 percent between January 2020 and May 2024, outpacing the 22 percent increase of the fanciest foods. Cheapflation: A global phenomenon... View Details
Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
women - has climbed well above the competition. With some two million visitors to its Web site each month, iVillage attracts more than twice as much traffic as its nearest competitor. "We've established a commanding lead," Carpenter... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey