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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
a nearly vacant airport (built in the former president’s home province with high-interest Chinese loans) stands as a reminder of the care needed in negotiating such deals. But he and others are philosophical. Due to Sri Lanka’s smaller... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
The daughter of teenage parents, Kim Lew (MBA 1992) grew up in public housing in Harlem and the Bronx. Her father, a Chinese immigrant, worked in the mailroom of AT&T, where the CEO was a graduate of Penn’s Wharton School of Business. Lew... View Details
- 12 May 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)
also share similar values, love the same types of food, and enjoy traveling. Growing up as an only child, I always wished that I had a sister, somebody to share experiences with. Now the dream has come true.” BB: “Also, we both love... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
search for adventure. These places gave a flavor of that.” There were more corporate transfers (to fresh vegetables, then fresh fruit) until 1983, when he landed what he saw as his dream role as Castle & Cooke’s international controller... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Chai Ling
Freedom. Democracy. For five days, as Chai Ling lay in the suffocating darkness of a nailed-shut crate, these words sustained her more than her meager ration of bread and water ever could. Hidden in the hold of a leaky boat, waiting to make a run to the safety of Hong... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
$16 billion. On a recent trip to the firm’s New York offices, William Fung, executive deputy chairman, took time out to talk about past challenges and the brothers’ unique approach to managing the company. When you and Victor returned to Hong Kong to take over the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
interests that later proved complementary when it came to carving up iTrust management responsibilities. Agarwala grew up in Calcutta, the original capital of India during British colonial rule, dreaming of playing cricket. He ultimately... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
sister live like boxcar children on her disability checks. When Casey, following in the footsteps of his father, is recruited to play football at Yale, he enters a world he’s never dreamed of, the anteroom to secret societies and success... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
Ballroom dancing, painting Recommended Reading Einstein's Dreams, by Alan P. Lightman "Written by a humanist/scientist, this is a compelling collection of fables focusing on various conceptions of time, as seen through the imagined dreams... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
back. For several years he had dreamed of climbing Everest, but it wasn’t the mountain’s height alone that entranced him. It was the unknown. II. Mount Katahdin, Maine’s highest point, wasn’t quite visible from the shores of Lake Onawa,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Beyond Hong Kong's towering skyline and ship-filled harbor, the Kowloon Peninsula gives way to the verdant hills and peaks of the Chinese mainland. The bustling international business center is a natural gateway to an area that has... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
contracts filled three floors. Next, she restarted her English language school for international students, a side of the business that faltered after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in China and Beijing-mandated withdrawal of all View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Alumni Books Get Backed: Craft Your Story, Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, and Launch the Venture of Your Dreams by Evan Baehr (MBA 2011) and Evan Loomis (Harvard Business Review Press) Now that you have your big idea, how will you find and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
style and channel our inner Frank as we navigate life’s challenges and opportunities. Nothing They Won’t Do By Benjamin Campbell (MBA 1992) Teutoburg Forest Press Mason Wright is living the dream as a first-year student at the most famous... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
incredibly exciting story. And by the way, it's not just exciting here in the United States. About a third of our work is in China and the speed with which the Chinese government and Chinese industry is... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
India. “Hence ‘Alumni in Action’.... powerful stories of resilience, purpose and giving back. Stories that restore one's faith in Humanity and inspire us to dream of a better tomorrow." MAY 25 Vinay Pasricha (OPM 39, 2010) cofounded an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job by Patrick J. McGinnis (MBA 2004) (Portfolio) Becoming a full-time entrepreneur can look glamorous, but the truth is that entrepreneurship is often a slog. What... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
inhabit: The Chinese values of filial piety, family, and community I grew up with and the sense of individualism, achievement, and self-reliance that I have learned to embrace in America.” Culture shock: “I showed up at Milton Academy in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
iron ore among them—found a growing market as China's demands grew with its economy. And because Brazil had done the hard work of building a better policy foundation, the boom meant sustained economic growth. So while other Latin American countries that enjoyed a boost... View Details