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- 01 Jun 2016
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A Roundabout Path
To achieve his vision of becoming a clean-energy entrepreneur, PhD biologist Jonathan Friedlander (MBA 2017) left Paris for HBS to understand best business practices. But he would have struggled to obtain an MBA without the support that a...
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- 07 Mar 2017
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From Harvard to INSEAD: Change Management in a Disruptive World
dean of INSEAD: “It actually started five or six years after my return to France, in 1956/1957. Professor Georges Doriot, a French-born American WWI-veteran and one of the star professors at Harvard back then, and who wanted to create in France a school comparable to...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis
in Paris arranged Trumbull’s interviews with government officials and NGO leaders across the continent. “They were all exhausted,” Trumbull recalls of his interview subjects. “The human weight of the situation was taking a toll on them.”...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Action Plan: Finding Fluency
also lets me daydream about the trip to Paris I’m going to get back on the calendar someday.” Dunaway, the chief marketing officer for Duolingo, is not alone in her desire to use her time in quarantine for self-improvement. Interest in...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
that were revolutionary to the French marketplace -- innovations such as "one-stop shopping, self-service, discount prices, quality products, and free parking," the Uhlmann Award winners noted in their 171-page report on the company. In 1963, the first freestanding...
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- 28 May 2019
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Action Plan: Border Crossing
“Just hearing about those trips and looking at her photos made the world feel a bit more accessible,” says Rawdon, who tested the waters by traveling to Paris with her high school French class. That experience launched a lifetime passion...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
Aná huac in Mexico City, where he earned a degree in civil engineering in 1973. James G. ("Shay") Garvey (MBA '84) is a partner at Delta Partners, a venture capital firm in Dublin, Ireland. After earning his MBA, he first worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co. in...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
Illustration by Chris Gash Illustration by Chris Gash In his pre-HBS life, Ross Lerner (MBA 2020) worked alongside Paul Holder at a software company that served some of the largest owners of commercial real estate in the world. While many of these companies were using...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective
description of the euphoric moment in Paris on December 12, 2015, when delegates from around the world jumped from their seats, “crying, clapping, screaming” in celebration of their collective agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
A Club for the Cosmos
announcing the opening of an office within the context of a larger industry event will continue in March at the Satellite 2016 conference outside Washington, D.C., and at subsequent forums in Paris and Singapore. “This is the most...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 07 Aug 2012
- News
A Novel Approach
were all together learning and discovering stuff." The professors appreciated and learned from the students' thinking in the process of solidifying their own ideas, says Coque, who joined Bain & Company in Paris after graduation. Lyle and...
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- 01 Jun 1996
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
taking advantage of these conferences, which first took shape in their present form at a 1990 HBSAA Board of Directors' meeting hosted by the Paris club. That program was so interesting that other clubs began asking how they might sponsor...
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Cathy Connett
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
the IMF, World Bank, finance ministers, and ambassadors. By night, he would grab a couple of hours of sleep on his aunt's sofa because he didn't have time to find an apartment of his own. A planned ninety-day stint stretched into many months. Visits to View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2014
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The Harvard Business School Campaign: Chicago and NY Regional Events
prior to the evening’s program. Thai Lee (MBA 1985) delivered remarks. Upcoming Regional Events Around the World Atlanta Shanghai Palm Beach, FL Dallas Washington, DC Istanbul More to follow Mumbai Hong Kong Miami, FL Paris São Paulo...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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The Harvard Business School Campaign: California Regional Events
Lynton (MBA 1987) hosted the Los Angeles Regional Campaign event. An interactive experience was created to help alumni find others in attendance with similar interests. Regional Events Around the World Chicago Mumbai Hong Kong Miami, FL Washington, DC São Paulo New...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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The Campaign Begins
1997) Katie Vogelheim & John Hansen (MBA 1985) An interactive experience connected alumni with similar interests. Regional Events Around the World Boston San Francisco New York Chicago Mumbai More to follow Paris São Paulo Los Angeles...
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- 01 Oct 2001
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Margaret Hanson Costan: A Whole New World
One afternoon in 1997, while World Bank senior financial analyst Margaret Hanson Costan was in Paris discussing donations to the Bank, her husband, Jay, got a phone call. The social worker with whom they had been working to adopt a baby...
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Young, Susan
- 01 Dec 2000
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A Plastic Fantastic Friendship
friendship," the Morses traveled with Dalí and his wife, Gala, to Paris and Rome and to Dalí's home in Spain. Over the years, they published seven books about Dalí, who died in 1989, and amassed nearly one hundred of the artist's...
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- 03 Jul 2018
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How a Passion for Travel Built a $43 Million Fashion Brand
Photo via Forbes Photo via Forbes Leigh Rawdon (MBA 2001) grew up outside Memphis, Tennessee, listening to stories an adventurous aunt told of travels abroad. At 16, she got her first passport, traveling to Paris with a high school French...
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- 01 Jun 2016
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Making It Possible to Explore and Grow
A Roundabout Path To achieve his vision of becoming a clean-energy entrepreneur, PhD biologist Jonathan Friedlander (MBA 2017) left Paris for HBS to understand best business practices. But he would have struggled to obtain an MBA without...
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