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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)
Names: Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA ’97) Company: Finale Dessert Company (established 1998) Locations: Park Plaza, Boston & Harvard Square, Cambridge Web: www.finaledesserts.com With vision, fortitude, and a whole lot of...
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- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
developer. In the Whole Foods parking lot, Cummings had seen Detroit pride, which he shares. But he also saw something more, something he hadn’t seen in the city in recent years: business opportunity. Sure, Detroit had made many comebacks...
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April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 11 May 2016
- News
World Bank Vice President and Treasurer: Negative Rates Not the Answer
Reacting to a spate of nations adopting negative interest rates—essentially charging depositors for parking their money—World Bank Vice President and Treasurer Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990) told Bloomberg News that...
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- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Why I’m Donating One Billion Dollars to Save the Planet
Zimbabwe. Wyss writes that he is inspired by the example set by Yellowstone, which was the world’s first national park when it was created in 1872. Since then, 15 percent of the planet’s land and 7 percent...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Preserving Patagonia
which studies blue whales and other endangered species; Tierra Austral, the first land trust in Chilean Patagonia; and Reforest Patagonia, a public-private campaign to plant a million trees in Torres del Paine and other national View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
after the fall of Saddam Hussein. After the United Nations headquarters was bombed in Baghdad, most UN officials and nongovernmental organization (NGO) workers fled the country. That left the US military tasked to build schools and...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
Patty in the foothills of Park City, Utah, home base for US Ski & Snowboard At the age of 18, Anouk Patty (MBA 1997) was in an enviable position, or so it seemed. In addition to gaining acceptance at Dartmouth College, Patty’s speed and...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Spreading the Words
San Francisco investment firm, he and Jan now spend twenty to thirty hours a week adding to the site from a spare room in their Menlo Park home. “It’s a passion,” Cook told the San Jose Mercury News (April 8, 2003). “We’re making a...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
manager Brian Sabean hold the World Series trophy. Bottom: Ballpark by the bay: The Giants’ AT&T Park is unrivaled for its spectacular setting and praised for its fan-friendly classic design. Photos © 2010 S.F. Giants On the wall of...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
described as a critical link to conserving the Crown of the Continent — a 10-million-acre natural region that encompasses Glacier National Park and provides refuge for some of the last grizzly bears, Canada...
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- 22 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships
clear. This guided my decision to intern with the National Park Service (NPS). My objective was to test the portability of MBA principles to practical and timely resources challenges.” Summer Snapshot:...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
sector, government, labor associations, and civic advocacy groups. The impact of this national summit on its participants was perhaps best described by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), who declared midway through the event that "the...
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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Exploring the Galápagos
“Marty should be here for this; this is what he came here for,” Esther Flashner laments to our Galápagos National Park guide, as a dozen of us stroll the sandy beach of Darwin Bay on the island of Genovesa....
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Jeremy Andrus
HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a BusinessWeek article from a decade ago about the dismal job market for newly minted MBAs. Jeremy Andrus (MBA 2002) certainly does. Upon graduation, with no job offers, Andrus decamped to his parents’ basement in View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
1988 Democratic presidential nomination. When Babbitt became Secretary of the Interior in the first Clinton administration, he asked Cohen to be his Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget. In this role, she significantly increased funding for View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
corporate and individual donors, the National Park Service, and the schools have been tremendous in their support. Bostonians are embracing this island as a one-of-a-kind opportunity for our young people.”
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- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
for newly minted MBAs. Jeremy Andrus (MBA 2002) certainly does. Upon graduation, with no job offers, Andrus decamped to his parents’ basement in Park City, Utah, to regroup. He then agreed to an interview with BusinessWeek, which ran a...
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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
professional day writing, with the rest devoted to business and charitable pursuits. In addition to his other books, Barron's abiding interest in the outdoors has resulted in two nature books, one about the history of the Rocky Mountain View Details
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Thomas Frick
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
geographic: Japanese stars who come to US cities with a large Japanese population—Los Angeles and New York, for example—can convert those populations into increased ticket and merchandise sales. (All major league teams share national TV...
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