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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant industries. Return to June Bulletin HBS is supporting incoming MBA students, too, by offering the option to defer admission. “Like...
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Jen Mele
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
the obvious choice to be appointed to the Cabinet-level position of Chief of the Streets by Walsh this past summer. Dan Koh Dan Koh During Koh’s fellowship year, he worked to reinvigorate the Mayor’s Summer Jobs program, providing summer...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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A World of Difference
Frances Frei and Francesca Gino (Image by John Ritter) Frances Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, is an expert in the intersection of leadership and inclusion. Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
History Matters
coordinate the effort. They raised funds to rescue financial institutions, the New York Stock Exchange, and the City of New York. They worked with US treasury secretary George Cortelyou to move gold reserves to the places of greatest need. They actively shaped public...
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- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
Above: photo by Dimitris Papamitsos/ Greek Prime Minister’s Office Nearly all of the low-slung café tables in the Hotel Grande Bretagne’s lounge are already occupied by late in the afternoon on an average...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and,...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
Opportunity,” part of a global series of events organized by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) and cosponsored by local HBS alumni clubs. The series launched in February 2018 in San Francisco,...
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Jen Myers
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Just Breathe
Just as you might take ibuprofen to ease a fever, mindfulness can help settle awareness in the midst of challenging situations—whether at home, at work, or in any setting where people of color experience racism. That’s the premise of Black People Breathe: A Mindfulness...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
by so many financial and regulatory systems that can be invisible or unexpected. If we can inspire more small businesses to stand up, identify the obstacles ahead of them, and work together to change them, then I think we could experience...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ready for Departure
As millions of passengers return to the skies for long-delayed plans, they’ll be returning to an airport that’s likely a little different. The lockdowns of 2020 hit aviation harder than almost any other industry. Airports, as a subsector, lost 98 percent of their...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
Illustration by Neil Webb About a year before he reached retirement, Frank Chapman started mapping out the travels he and his wife envisioned for their golden years. A career accountant for British telecom companies, he thought it best to...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 Aug 2022
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Full Stream Ahead
Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk Back in 1985, when Michael Jackson paid what at the time was an eye-popping $47.5 million for ATV Music—and with it the Beatles’s back...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
out of the air-conditioned tractor cab to do,” he says. Hand-worked chores account for a huge portion of labor on farms, says Andersen. Take, for example, table grapes, which are picked exclusively by hand: California farmers gross...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
INK: Big News for Small Business
the US Small Business Administration says we are on the brink of a radical transformation. Fintech players like Amazon and Square, powered by big data and AI, have the potential to bring about a golden age for small business, she says,...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2022
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The State of Play
industry had reached a steady simmer before the pandemic, hitting an estimated $61.8 billion in 2019, and is roaring back to life now that people are eager to emerge from their houses and indulge their senses in something new. Illustrations View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
two-thirds of American workers. It’s a particularly expensive practice for employers, who pay up to 30 percent more to hire graduates for middle-skills work even when individuals without degrees perform equally or nearly as well, according to “Dismissed View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
he’s hosting a tour of the space—and assigning McKenna a key card. Ten months in as CEO of the humanitarian aid organization, it’s finally her first day in the office. One by one, a few other senior leaders assemble in the lobby for the 1...
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- 01 Jun 2023
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Research Brief: The Best Medicine
the clinical approval process. In a survey experiment, the researchers found that 72 percent of doctors had been asked by their patients whether a new drug would “work in people like me.” Black patients and the doctors who treat them put...
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