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- 01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony
Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,...
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- 01 Sep 2023
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Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
Jewish family, Stanley Diamond recognized the importance of warning his relatives that they, too, might carry it. It was easy enough to contact his mother’s large immediate family in Montreal and New York, with whom he had close...
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- 24 May 2017
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Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979
then settled in New York and joined the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore for a short stint until a high school friend convinced him to consult on a project in their home country. “Serendipity works in strange ways,” observes Ogunlesi, who...
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Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success
spent four years in London as cohead of the firm's European operations before resigning in 1996 to found Compass Partners International, a privately held investment banking advisory and investment firm that manages a View Details
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
Highway As cities reshape themselves and populations increase, demand for goods will rise. And if the pandemic taught us anything about supply and demand, it’s that the trucking system—once largely unnoticed—can become a real bottleneck....
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Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by;
energy;
environment;
sustainability;
entrepreneurship;
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation;
Transportation;
Water, Sewage and Supply Systems;
Utilities;
Construction of Buildings;
Construction;
Waste Management and Remediation Services;
Corporate Services
- 04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights
training and fortitude in a hostile environment. And only ten percent of those who make it to Denali’s summit are women. “It’s much like tech!” Kostova says. And it proved a ready-made metaphor for the next phase of her career. In 2020, Kostova founded CareerClimb, an...
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Amy Crawford
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
community. In terms of funding, we provide Spark Grants and Social Impact Fellowships. Another source is the Allston Venture Fund, which is a syndicate of venture capital firms that invest in some of the companies. Additionally, there is...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2013
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André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
he explains, "We had our best year ever. We borrowed in US dollars and invested in Brazilian reais. It was incredible." By 1997, the once small Pactual had grown into a large institution. When his business partner wanted to expand into...
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2023
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Research Brief: Staying in the Game
negotiating with creditors. Some large companies, meanwhile, rely on that protection to renegotiate their debt obligations and become financially healthier. Of the two types of filings, chapter 7 is the liquidation of business assets;...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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The Latest Model
Cathy Barrera (PHDBE 2014), cofounder of the economic consulting firm Prysm Group, was looking for something new to do. She had just left a tenure-track position at Cornell, where her research focused on the intersection of economics and...
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- 25 Aug 2014
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Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
Mumbai, surrounded by a large extended family, Ash Dahod read Reader’s Digest from cover to cover. “That was my view of life in the United States,” says Dahod. “I was fascinated.” The thumbnail version of Dahod’s journey has many elements...
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Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
helped create this situation. Or as Calvin Young (MBA 2015), a Baltimore native and 2016 mayoral candidate who now works at the private equity firm Green Street Impact Partners, puts it, “there was real intentionality around the policies...
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- 01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center
and real-estate firm and in banking, where, among other achievements, he led a merger of the Bank of North Carolina with the North Carolina National Bank Corporation - now NationsBank - in the early 1980s. With the enrollment of his two...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated...
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- 15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
(DPI), a leading pan-African private equity firm based in London with over $3.1 B under management; and Victor Williams (MBA 1998), CEO of NBA Africa, which is transforming Africa’s profile in the world of global sports. He is the former...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
day, and it's obvious where companies are going to choose to build and invest. Many exposed Western firms will have to exit certain businesses, redeploy resources to more productive ventures, and shut down View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 16 Aug 2018
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Working with a Giver’s Spirit
“The mission statement of Endeavor is to create an economic multiplier effect in markets where it’s difficult for small entrepreneurs to become really large and successful,” says Ayala. “And the way they create this multiplier effect is...
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Constantine von Hoffman