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- 01 Dec 2012
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50 Years & Counting
The Power of Women Related LinksThe Accidental Pioneers From Where We Stand Celebrating the Women of HBS W50 Summit Registration A Daring Experiment exhibit Women's Student Association 2013 Dynamic Women in Business Conference Kathleen...
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- 02 Jan 2018
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Reconsidering Retirement
founded in 2013 with classmate Scott Puritz (MBA 1982). The company takes advantage of recent advances in financial products and cloud computing to make available the type of investment services that were once reserved for...
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- 25 Aug 2014
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Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
Corning 2007 Named Chairman, Corning 2007 Corning markets Gorilla Glass 2013 Fast Company names Corning one of World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies Chairman and CEO, Corning Incorporated As CEO of Corning Incorporated, Wendell Weeks...
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Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2014
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Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
Launches Year Up 2012 Publishes A Year Up, which becomes a best seller 2013 Named Chairman, Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees 2014 Year Up will serve 2,100 young adults Gerald Chertavian takes the adage “what doesn’t kill us...
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Susan Young
- 22 Nov 2017
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How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Between 2013 and 2016 the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers were one of the worst teams in the league. In 2014 they tied an NBA record with 24 consecutive losses. And...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
and were almost stormed by the villagers,” Khoja says. Baksheesh—a word that encompasses charitable giving, tipping, and bribery—is another cultural norm in Afghanistan. A 2013 Transparency International report ranked Afghanistan in a...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
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Ready for Takeoff
someone to be responsible for the domestic market in Brazil," he said. "It's a really big opportunity. Are you interested?" That's the other big challenge that Sender—who was appointed CEO in May 2013 after less than two years running the...
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- 03 Sep 2018
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Moving Pictures
harder to discern. Singer knows he’s been fortunate. But he’s also taken his knocks and filed away some tough lessons, including his first film to be produced. The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival opened with The Fifth Estate, an...
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- 10 Aug 2015
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A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
Archdiocese of Washington. As strategist for the Washington, DC, office of the deputy mayor for planning and economic development, Lina Feng continued at the job after finishing her fellowship in 2013 and is now a student at HBS. “There...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2014
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Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
extreme volatility as Bitcoin, and does volatility impede transactional utility? In other words, can Bitcoin really function as a “currency”? — Jay Precourt (MBA 1962) Bitcoin has been volatile, though it has had periods of stability (in View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
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The Play Alchemist
born in the United States to Nigerian parents, has dual citizenship to both countries. She has spent a considerable amount of time in Nigeria visiting family. In 2013 the Nigerian government named her Ambassador of Entrepreneurship, an...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio
go forth." The Women's Venture Capital Fund successfully completed its capital raise at the end of 2013 and currently has four companies in its portfolio. "NVoice Pay, whose CEO and cofounder is Karla Friede (MBA 1989), exemplifies the...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2012
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Around the World
they learn, they learn from each other.” From campus to FIELD How Global Is HBS? MBA Class of 2013 34% born outside the United States representing 68 countries. Research 41% of all research produced was global in scope in FY ’11,...
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- 24 Aug 2017
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Unlocking Potential
Vocational and academic education programs in US correctional institutions have been around for more than a century. They have also achieved some success. In fact, a 2013 study by the Rand Corporation found that prison education helped...
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- 01 Sep 2013
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Who Are We?
personal computer. "I mean, how many new categories do you see out there?" For SodaStream, it meant a lot of consumer education. Its most prominent effort came from a TV ad that never aired—a 2013 Super Bowl spot featuring two Pepsi and...
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- 01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love
relationships; OkCupid, founded in 2004, which popularized the idea that data could solve the dating dilemma; and niche sites from JDate and ChristianMingle to FarmersOnly. The number and diversity of the sites helped reduce the stigma around online dating. (In View Details
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April White
- 10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
question of why aren’t there more women tech CEOs is that there are few women CEOs across all sectors. According to Catalyst, in 2013 only 14.6 percent of executive officer positions were held by women among Fortune 500 companies. “No...
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April White