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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
to me as I approached it through my path in the ice. As a Navy Seal officer (and Vietnam vet prior to HBS), this was not my first ice-water swim. I was well aware of the amount of time a body can spend in ice water before conditions get...
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- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
magazine journalism early in the 1930s, Luce was able to cover some of the largest political and social events of the 20th century, including Charles Lindbergh's flight, World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. Combining his...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela
day and night, with just a slight pause from about 11 pm to 3 am. You smell the Mela before you see it—a combination of wood smoke and dust. And to see it is like nothing I've witnessed—and I've done field research in cities from Vietnam...
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- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
Media Wise That sort of approach isn't possible in today's media-rich world—and probably wouldn't be very effective anyway. "It's more like the Vietnam War now," Deighton continues. "The ideas have to belong to the people you're...
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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
impact of business and government on society. After graduating from Stanford University in 1971 in the midst of demonstrations against the Vietnam War, she took a freighter to Peru to work for a government agency there that was...
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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
to make the changes that are needed. I don’t have the same fears about making those changes that most people do. It may come from my experience as a Navy officer on a ship during the Vietnam War. Once you come through a war, your...
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- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
is expressed in myriad ways, from the success of the Vietnam Memorial Wall to the proliferation of laws extending human rights in every domain. The new individuals have plenty of things. They have access to plenty of services. But they...
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by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2010
- News
Tweet, Tweet
It’s strange to think about (with Boston temps stuck below freezing) but this time last year I was in Monterrey, Mexico, wrapping up a 10-day Immersion Experience Program (IXP) with 48 HBS students. (You can read about that trip, and the program, here.) I’m staying...
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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
consumers in seeking care providers, how consumers make decisions about health care, the system-wide effects of increased consumer choice in health care, and the important distinction between patients and consumers. The Risk Underwriters by Herbert Onye Orji (PMD 57,...
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- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
largely limited to those who can pay. Right now, it's simply too hard for would-be parents to get accurate and reliable information. Q: What about the market for babies who have already been born? In your book you bring up Guatemala and View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
– both externally and internally. “My parents arrived in Calgary from Vietnam in 1981. They came with nothing and they influence my leadership style. They are capitalists in the best meaning of the word and I align with their sense of...
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- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
Working Paper no. 10184, Harvard Business School Working Paper no. 04-035, December 2003.) Download paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/abstracts/0304/04-035.html Land Titling and Rural Transition in Vietnam...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
current brands, and the competition it faces from local and international players. Also provides information on the market structure and prominent channels of distribution. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507070...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
outfit) to be taken to an herbalist who would end her life—on orders from her grandmother. How she survived that day and the waning days of the Vietnam War, and made her way to America, Williams College, and Harvard Law School, seems like...
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- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
potential risks and rewards, both financial and reputational, for Milliway, the partner, and Martin. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810088-PDF-ENG Mekong Capital: Building a Culture of Leadership in Vietnam...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
Emirates. In the next two months we will interview in Vietnam and Ethiopia. Meanwhile, we are adding interviews in countries where we already have a significant number of interviews, including Argentina, India, Peru, and South Africa. We...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
challenge, and it was never intended to be used in indiscriminate antipersonnel warfare. The pathway of its development by a Harvard research scientist to its use in flamethrowers by U.S. ground troops in World War II, and as an incendiary device during the View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
http://hbr.org/search/413121-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-480 Vietnam: Sustaining the Growth of an Asian Tiger The case tracks Vietnam's economic policy choices and performance from the end of the Vietnam War to the Doi Moi...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
MJ dates her interest in climate change to her college years. “I was in college in the 1960s. We were an activist generation, especially with regard to the environment. We protested against the Vietnam War and for civil rights. When I...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
supplies, and services required for the ship’s ten-month deployment, the longest for any Navy vessel since the Vietnam War. On May 1, 2003, when President Bush visited the ship and declared an end to major hostilities in Iraq, Fabry...
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