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- 01 Jun 2023
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From Big Pharma to Startup
company’s meeting space and first official address. “That’s more important for a company than you think,” Goble says. Additionally, he benefited from the financial support of the Rock Summer Fellows program, and in the fall of that year,...
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April White
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
to Finding Your “Enough” By Manisha Thakor (MBA 1997) Harper Business No matter your age, income, or profession, it’s all too easy to fall prey to the false belief that the amount of money you earn, or accomplishments you achieve, or praise you receive is just never...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons
who has achieved lofty financial success in his professional career while remaining firmly grounded in solid business wisdom. The second oldest of four brothers who grew up in rural Kaysville, Utah - all of whom went on to earn MBAs at...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case
create the illusion of higher quality. I’ve always bought the cheapest vodka I could find, but my kids insist on the expensive brands. Great lesson in the realities of marketing! —Howard (Ted) Greene (MBA 1967) Back to top “Ant Financial” Headquartered in Hangzhou,...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Toward a Life Well Lived
I prioritize my time and energy toward what matters most? How do I think about taking risk and rebounding from disappointment or failure? How will I surround myself with a support group? The subjects are unpacked through self-assessments,...
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- 01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
overseas, trade friction, and government intervention. Recession - and fears of even worse - often follow. Forecasts and the Eye of the Beholder Lately, such repercussions have been felt around the world, particularly in Asia. Along with real-estate and View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
on the entire mining industry as well. Carroll’s mettle was tested early on when she was visiting South Africa and learned that another death had occurred in a nearby platinum mine. “That’s enough,” she said, and ordered the mine closed, keenly aware of the View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News
regulators rose 15 percent. The findings suggest that companies become more lenient when the penalty is merely a financial one (and a minor one, at that) and there’s none of the reputational risk that a...
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- 07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit
passion in life, martial arts. By his own description, Sityodtong lived a blessed childhood, watching his architect father build a real estate business from humble beginnings. But in the years leading up to the Asian financial crisis,...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani
it to the top." But this key financial strategist ("When She Talks, Stocks Move" a New York Times headline recently proclaimed) has other things on her mind. "Do you think you could get me the recipe for that spicy tomato cocktail they...
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Julia Hanna
- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
buying bioplastics, and more and more airlines are doing the same with Sustainable Aviation Fuel. New regulations and financial reporting rules are being drafted to force companies to disclose climate risks...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People
financial institutions in his native land. He then risked all his fortune to launch his own bank. “Entrepreneurship really means taking risks,” says Özyeğin, whose start-up eventually became one of Turkey’s...
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- 01 Dec 2009
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Hope for Reform Dims
THAIN: Regulations failed to keep up with innovations in financial markets. A year after the federal government rushed to rescue Wall Street from its own nearly fatal excesses, former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain (MBA ’79) worries “that...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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Sunny's MBA
back-country experience—"a rite of passage," Verghese calls it. For their part, Olam executives have dubbed it "Sunny's MBA." "Spending time in a tough geography, up in the bush, actually managing the risks firsthand, not learning about...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings
full courses Acting in Time: Leadership and Management in the Face of Large-Scale Risks is a leadership capstone course designed for students who, over the course of their careers, will lead an organization that faces large-scale risks....
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- 01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
have in common? They know that productivity relies on making certain choices: the way we frame our daily decisions; the big ambitions we embrace and the easy goals we ignore; the cultures we establish as leaders to drive innovation; and the way we interact with data....
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- 01 Mar 2023
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3-Minute Briefing: Qiao Ma (MBA 2010)
compassionate. In investing, we talk about a hubris-to-humility cycle. When you’re on a fantastic run, it’s human to think you can take risks and sort it out on the other end. I love investing in companies that have been humbled, after...
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- 19 Feb 2010
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The MBA Oath Debate
recent opinion piece in the Financial Times, HBS student Andrew Sridhar (MBA 2010) cited what he calls “troubling” aspects of the oath. For example, he doesn’t buy the professionalization analogy with oaths in law, medicine, or the...
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- 18 Dec 2019
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Thinking Smart About Numbers
brought into society. It also touched upon Desai’s earlier book, The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return. Professor Mihir Desai talks about finance and his new book in New Delhi. Professor Mihir Desai...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2020
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Road Work
Sean (left) and Kenny Salas Photo courtesy of Camino Financial Sean (left) and Kenny Salas Photo courtesy of Camino Financial Twin brothers Kenny and Sean Salas (both MBA 2015) grew up with firsthand...
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