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James Sharpe | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie United Bank for... View Details

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Contemporary African Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

stated in a 2017 Guardian article , "When people think about Africa right now, they often only think about animals, war, and famine. I'm trying to distort that impression to provoke questions View Details

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

listed under Organizational Behavior) Lynn Paine Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Crucibles of Crisis Leadership Nancy Koehn Spring... View Details

23 Jun 2021
Blog Post

How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

geography, and to make that decision she turned the thought process inward. “Initially I thought that I would like to have experience working in the US over the summer since in View Details

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Ethan Li

Ethan Li may have an advantage over other would-be business leaders: he feels very comfortable with the unknown. As an undergraduate, he majored in engineering, yet took his first career assignment with Morgan Stanley View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Manufacturing/Energy

07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit

each year since its first event took place in September 2011; last year saw 11 events in eight countries, including a foray into mainland China (Beijing). View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

Portrait Project

Dimitra Taslim

they do too, a thoroughly American one. They hit me. I cried, kept my mouth shut, and began to curl my “r”. Western was better. Twenty years have passed. I’ve lived in many countries across Asia. As a VC, I noticed that as View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

south seems to provide alternative export opportunities (Canuto et al., 2010). On the supply side, the almost unlimited labor supply at low wage levels (Lewis, 1954) in China and countries like Vietnam might... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

Portrait Project

Edo Bedzra

A year ago, I was involved in a car accident on I-95 to New York. The car did not survive. Staring death in the face on a three-lane highway brought new perspectives to me—time is the most powerful currency... View Details

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

were deciding whether to participate in a Series B round for PEGAfrica, which sold solar home systems in Africa via pay-as-you-go (PAYG) financing plans that allowed customers... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

University for “Living Standards in British Africa in a Comparative Perspective, 1880–1945: Is Poverty Destiny?” Marlous van Waijenburg : 2010: Winner of the IISG-Volkskrant... View Details

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HBS Fund Council - Alumni

Volunteer HBS Fund Many alumni dedicate their time and energy to securing donations for the HBS Fund, which plays a vital role in sustaining the School’s core priorities and fueling new ideas and initiatives. HBS Fund Council The HBS Fund... View Details

19 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

South China to Los Angeles and Long Beach has gone from $2,500 to $20,000 in the last 18 months. That’s a huge jump. Vietnam right now has a terrible COVID outbreak. They’re locking down places, and that... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Rosabeth M. Kanter : Winner of the 2019 Thought Leader Award from the ISA-Association of Learning Providers. Peter Tufano : Attendee at the World Economic Forum and Global Agenda Councils, 2016–2020. 2018 Laura Alfaro : Recipient of a Harvard View Details

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Peggy Mativo-Ochola

As the daughter of two pioneering civil engineers in Kenya, Peggy Mativo-Ochola learned to be ambitious. "I saw my mother as a woman who broke glass ceilings and my father as a man who strove for excellence View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

but unique specialty component from an Asian company with a plant in China that has shut down. Supply chain managers who previously focused their attention one or two levels down into their supply chains... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

January 2014 (Revised January 2014)
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Henry Schein: Doing Well by Doing Good?

By: Rebecca Henderson, Raffaella Sadun, Aldo Sesia and Russell Eisenstat

Henry Schein Inc., a distributor of supplies to dentist, physician, and veterinary practices, had sales approaching $9 billion and employed nearly 16,000 people. The company had experienced impressive growth under the leadership of Stanley Bergman and his executive... View Details

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12 Sep 2023
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Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

It looks like a sleek box. But the story behind it is far more interesting. I remember the first time I spoke with Aatish Patel (HES 2022), now cofounder and CEO of XCharge Energy. He had zeroed in on a problem with electric vehicle... View Details

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2021 Virtual Presentations - Alumni

projections. The recovery has been spurred by rapid vaccine development and hampered by slow vaccine rollouts, supply disruptions, labor shortages, and pockets of inflation. A range of new regulations and the restructuring of Evergrande View Details

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Magashe Ngoepe

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? Under COVID, the world is full of uncertainty. The MBA helped place certainty into my life and compelled me to pause and reflect on new paths and opportunities for the future. I got... View Details

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