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- 15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015
implement what they don’t understand. Canada Should Look to the Arctic When Jim Balsillie (MBA 1989), cofounder of the Arctic Research Foundation, talks about the exploration of the Arctic shipwreck HMS Erebus, he uses grandiose terms....
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- 17 Jun 2020
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Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
get a lift out of it.” Club Webinar Features Covid-19 Updates from Cleveland Clinic Canada The HBS Club of Toronto has created a webinar series titled “COVID-19 – The Canadian Perspective” in partnership with one of its corporate...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
president of the World Bank, and chair of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and Partners HealthCare, in addition to holding numerous consulting posts in business, government, and education. Throughout, as a member of the faculty since...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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A Conversation with Dean Nohria
Under your leadership, there seems to be an emphasis on involving HBS alumni in advancing the School's objectives. Is that fair to say? We've long benefited from alumni engagement in the work of the School as case protagonists, student conference speakers, and the...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
STRATEGIC ADVICE: HBS professor Michael Porter took a question before his presentation. What happens when you bring over 450 CEOs and presidents of New York City’s leading nonprofits together for a daylong educational summit? Answer: a lot of business card swapping and...
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- 20 Apr 2010
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The 'Awesome' Blog is a Hit
- 12 Mar 2019
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Acting Naturally
Karina Birch (OPM 49, 2017) is CEO of Rocky Mountain Soap Company, based in Alberta, Canada. In this interview, she explains how the mission, culture, and products of her company are blended together. “I was 24 years old and right out of university when I started Rocky...
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- 10 Jun 2014
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Finance Minister Addresses Canada-US Energy Concerns
- 01 Jun 2014
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3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
We moved to Toronto from Mombasa, Kenya, when I was eight and my brother [Asif Satchu, MBA 1999] was six. For my parents to decide to come here and start a new life was, in many ways, THe ultimate risk. The immigrant experience is uncomfortable and sometimes difficult,...
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- 01 Jun 2006
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Sending a Message
In March, bankers, lobbyists, lawyers, and other messaging-intensive professionals heaved a collective sigh of relief and kept on thumbin’ like nobody’s business. Thanks to $612.5 million shelled out by the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) over a patent...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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The art of thinking creatively
Gerald W. Schwartz’s (MBA 1970) endeavors to enhance education at HBS are visible in the very halls he once traversed. On a mission to introduce thought-provoking artwork into the main classroom buildings at the School, Schwartz hopes to help business leaders be...
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- 18 Feb 2014
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Satchu Launches Bold New Investment Fund
- 01 Nov 2013
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Selling Crafts with a Story
Jennifer Lee Koss by Maureen Harmon For weeks in 2012, Jennifer Lee Koss (MBA 2008) and Kena Paranjape held early- morning meetings at La Bohème coffee shop in Toronto. The discussion centered on a possible business venture. The meeting spot made sense; it was near...
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- 25 Oct 2013
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"Cool as Ice" CEO Takes Helm at Canada's Scotiabank
- 15 Nov 2013
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Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
No fees are paid, giving all parties the same goal—a successful outcome. "There weren't many strategy consulting firms in Canada at that time," he says. "The clients were in a mix of industries, and the work was very interesting. It...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 24 Apr 2014
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Setting the standards higher for safety and success
Cynthia Carroll (MBA 1989), former CEO of Anglo American PLC, talks about the impact of her decision to make mining safety the company's highest goal. (Published April 2014)
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- 30 Oct 2018
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Paths of Victory
Reflecting HBS’s standing as the top school for entrepreneurs (according to the most-recent PitchBook rankings), the annual HBS New Venture Competition has helped Harvard Business School students and alumni launch dozens of new enterprises. Sponsored by the Arthur Rock...
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- 01 Mar 2015
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In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
An Emmy Award–winning television writer, Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) started out by taking a sitcom writing class at the UCLA Extension School while working as a senior business planner at Walt Disney Studios. Now an executive producer for The Good Wife, he has also...
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- 01 Dec 2007
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Mead Treadwell
Treadwell Illustration by Jeff Smith A thirty-year resident of Alaska, Mead Treadwell (MBA ’82) is chairman of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. The commission, which reports to the President and Congress, sets direction for the U.S. government’s $400 million annual...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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Read All About It!
Canada and Europe in 1958, does this portend a decline in ocean passenger trade? Not at all, say transport officials. Ships have carried more passengers each year since 1947. Last year’s passenger figure was a twenty-seven-year high. The...
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