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- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
includes Time Inc.'s high-circulation weeklies-Time, Sports Illustrated, People, and Entertainment Weekly-along with other well-known publications such as Fortune, Golf Magazine, and Southern Living. Moore began her career as a financial...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
revolutionized the way Americans drink coffee. In his spare time, he enjoys golf and skiing, and names a Seattle Starbucks location in his Capitol Hill neighborhood as his favorite store. Customers might even enjoy a double-tall-nonfat...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
crazy,” “the best family business has one member,” “weekends are for working, not playing golf or coaching,” “never pay your vendors on time,” “wear your control freak badge with pride,” and “quit denial: if your business is failing...
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- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Cherokee—is the first woman. It's an epic history that has its continuing point at this moment in late July, in an unassuming volunteer garden on the site of a reclaimed golf course in suburban Omaha, Nebraska. This garden is a living...
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- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
MacGregor golf clubs.” The big H: “I had a hard time finding my footing at Harvard but did develop a relationship with Howard Raiffa, who coauthored Games and Decisions. It introduced an analytical approach to multi-person decision...
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- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
five grandchildren. A celebration of Uyterhoeven’s life will be held in Vero Beach on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 10:30 a.m., in the John’s Island Golf Club Ballroom and at Harvard Business School on Saturday, May 5 at 10:30 a.m. in the Spangler...
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- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
stock of his corporate sponsors dropped, as did sales of Nike golf balls. A college’s well publicized scandal can open the eyes of prospective students. Source: SIphotography But Luca reasoned that many colleges wrestle with drinking and...
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- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
Kaufman says. "A board sees the CEO at highly structured—and possibly well-rehearsed—board meetings, at a few dinners and perhaps at an annual golf outing. That doesn't tell the board whether the CEO is a listener or a lecturer, an...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
offer an attractive retail environment to move a company’s products — a clean, well-organized store where a brand’s cachet isn’t damaged. One closeout we bought were sleeves of three Top-Flite golf balls. They’re the same high quality as...
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- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals
teams will know where to halt their golf cart-size plows. In the fall, leaves are meticulously assembled in piles at a distance from the main paths and then trucked out of sight. All the paths linking the periphery of the campus to its...
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- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
driving us around in golf carts to the woman making our faces camera-ready in the makeup trailer, you could tell that everyone was so excited to be there. The other entrepreneurs were incredibly fun as well, and not the typical...
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- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
United Kingdom. So stay tuned. Retirement as we know it is an evolving concept. For one person it may be the classic vision of a condo on a golf course in Florida. For another, a sojourn in Africa with the Peace Corps. Now it seems that...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
pretty much descent from the summit. Roll us off into retirement, on to the golf course, record our remaining exploits in the oldest segment of Class Notes, and pass out the canes and walkers. OK, maybe this is just baby-boomer rant and...
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- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
this time. Read the paper: http://hbr.org/2011/10/the-cure-for-horrible-bosses/ar/1 Golfing Alone? Corporations, Elites and Nonprofit Growth in 100 American Communities Authors:Christopher Marquis, Gerald F. Davis, and Mary Ann Glynn...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
worked for the company for some twenty years as one of its top executives. As a youth, Giraud visited a number of Club Med villages and later was himself a GO for two summers, teaching golf and tennis at villages in France and Mexico. "I...
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Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
realized muscles & golf don't mesh (from former professional linebacker Shawne Merriman) and Remind me not to stay out til 2am w/@kidrock again. Hurtin' for certain today (from cyclist Lance Armstrong). Research shows when you're...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
tie. People were asked in an online survey about a man who attended a formal black-tie party at his golf club wearing either a black bowtie—the norm that most of the other men were following—or a nonconforming red bowtie. Survey-takers...
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- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
called his wife, Breeda, to confirm that they were hosting a dinner party that weekend for some friends from Ireland who were in town for a golf tournament Dubai Duty Free was supporting. Purchase this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
HBS alumni have a complicated relationship with the notion of retirement. The simple vision of leaving one’s career at the age of 65 and moving to a sunny clime to while away the days playing golf may work well for some. But an...
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Meet the Team | Information Technology
course at the Harvard Extension School. He founded and co-chaired the Harvard ABCD Video and Multimedia Group. Today, Ivan’s focus is primarily web development, UI design, and product innovation. When not at his workstation, Ivan enjoys (somewhat) competitive View Details