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- 01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
was through exporting manufactured goods to the insatiably spendthrift U.S. consumer. To ensure that those exports were irresistibly cheap, China had to fight the tendency for the Chinese currency to strengthen against the dollar by buying literally billions of dollars... View Details
- 24 Feb 2016
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Did William Alden Invent the Car of the Future in the 1960s?
blight, the StaRRcar was part of a public transit revolution that never was — but one that would help launch one of the weirdest and most politicized public infrastructure experiments of the 20th century. It’s an old idea that today, in... View Details
- 24 Dec 2019
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Why It’s So Hard to Change People’s Commuting Behavior
- 19 Mar 2018
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The Unintended Consequences Of Starting A Trade War With Mexico
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
hopes he might find some early stage treatments that might prove helpful for his son. Rodakis had a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology and had spent the early part of his career as a medical venture capitalist. His week would often... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 01 Dec 2023
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The Imposter Among Us
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
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Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching
part is it's moving fast, and it's moving faster than it ever has before. So this year alone, FDA approved 45 oncology drugs. Now, how are we supposed to know what's going on in our own specific cancers? And on average, our doctors Give... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now
contact with settlers, the buffalo provided our food, tools, shelter, clothes, and medicine. After a few hundred years of living on the rez, however, he said that the buffalo as we knew it was gone. In a subtle yet inspiring way, he told me that it was View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories
in my case, that’s probably the largest influence. He had everything from a wrecking yard where they salvaged parts from cars to a machine shop where they rebuilt engines to a distribution supply business.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim
car, which then necessitated car insurance. As people progressed along the track toward adulthood—starting a family, buying a home, and so on—they would level up their coverage. “But that cookie-cutter game of life doesn’t exist anymore,”... View Details
- 16 May 2024
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On the Job
looking for adventure in a summer job. He got that and more when he and a fellow student from Yale University headed to the Pacific Northwest to work in a lumber mill. They hoped for fishing on their days off and cool, piney forests. Instead, they ended up in a hot,... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy
HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
trucking routes that offer faster point-to-point service, a reduced carbon footprint, and useful analytics. “The long haul is the most challenging for drivers and has the largest shortage of drivers,” explains Lu. “If you can help alleviate that View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Dec 2019
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Remix
brought a lot of perspective and intellectual fire to class discussions. But it was also clear that there was a darker part of that experience for her.” Dixon recalls those two years at HBS, when she could just do the work and show up as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team
make sure they weren’t getting a dud. “Now it’s a red flag to try to sell a car without proactively offering a CARFAX report. That’s how we’d like to see this go,” says Kennealey. The Question: Nester has received zero pushback on its $87... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
of law enforcement and the impact you can have. I decided I wanted to learn the heartbeat of the street and know more about that side of life.” The heartbeat of the street can quicken in an instant. At a stoplight on one of El Monte’s main drags, a View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case
balancing my left and right brain. It probably also explains why my last four cars have been sporty SUVs. —Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) Back to top “Johnson & Johnson: The Tylenol Tragedy” J&J was confronted with a major crisis in October... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
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End Game
in, it’s really hard to maintain any values that aren’t focused on earning profits for outside investors.” It’s especially difficult in the absence of the charismatic leader, once they retire or hand over ownership. Part of the problem is... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
Today, 25 years later, Hoa is still living in Hanoi and doing her part to help her impoverished country establish a modern, productive economy. As managing director of Galaxy Company, a successful consulting firm, her advice on doing... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)