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- 06 Jun 2018
- News
The Business of Social Justice
further ensuring that schools with high needs receive the resources and funding to meet them. “There is nothing more important than building the foundations for social change,” says Brooks. “Rosa Parks’ civil disobedience didn’t just happen because she wanted to sit...
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- 06 Oct 2020
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Clearing the Path to Citizenship
cofounded Boundless Immigration, a Seattle-based startup that streamlines the processes for applying for a marriage green card—permission for a US citizen’s non-citizen spouse to live and work permanently in the United States—and US...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2003
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HP's Fiorina Speaks at HBS
Silicon Valley’s quintessential “garage to riches” enterprise. Perhaps her biggest move has been HP’s 2002 merger with Compaq, the largest such marriage in high-tech history. Acknowledging the nay-saying and controversy that accompanied...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Escape Hatch
Disconnect. Rebalance. Recharge. “We get real notes from real people who stay in our real houses,” he says, describing a recent message from a woman who thanked Getaway for helping put her marriage back on track. “That kind of feedback...
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- 26 Jun 2017
- News
Behind the Scenes at an HBS Short Program
value of taking time for reflection. “But we weren’t just doing case studies about businesses winning or failing. We discussed dreams and family too,” he says. “Do you want cash or do you want to be king at home? Are you a success if you have billions in the bank but...
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- 01 Sep 2013
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Reunited
reunion attendance. And second, the weekend saw the first-ever marriage proposal during an HBS reunion—that we know of, at least—resulting in the engagement of Jesse Janosov and Nga Chiem (both MBA 2008).
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
healthy marriages and productive careers. Organizations can have employees who are devoted to their work and their families and who bring the diversity that any organization needs to thrive. "Fixing the women problem" is not about fixing...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Action Plan: Casting Call
planned for 2023, when he will celebrate his 100th birthday. He’s quick to characterize the 64-year marriage he shared with his wife, Joan, until she died of cancer in 2012. “Where else could I find a woman who would hike across the...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
Bulletin. Apparently, nothing else happened that weekend anywhere in the world, because the photo went around the globe. From everywhere, I received clippings and letters; marriage proposals, fathers wanting to introduce me to daughters;...
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- 01 Jan 2005
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Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
for women to think more about their marriage prospects than their business future. Nevertheless, Haberkorn walked into the Baltimore employment office of the AT&T-owned Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Maryland and landed a job in...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
after taxes. The students could discuss their grades but I believe they were allotted only a ten-minute appointment!” Although marriages did occur between graders and students (as well as less-sanctioned sorts of arrangements), Plexico...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with Neil Pasricha
personally: His marriage ended, and a dear friend passed away. Pasricha started a blog, 1000 Awesome Things, “just as a way to put a smile on my face before I went to sleep every night.” In fact, a lot of people smiled. A month after the...
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April White
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
distribution of wealth, to the effects that life events such as births and deaths, marriages and divorces, and hirings and retirements have on a business. Davis and his Generation to Generation coauthors have also developed a powerful...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Ken Baumgartner - Sticking with It
for my career,” he says, noting that he is as proud of his thriving marriage — and his “well-adjusted girls” — as he is of his NHL career. During his playing days, Baumgartner honed the skills he would need to make a successful transition...
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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
economy. From sartorial taste and food habits to marriage and old age, from music and language to celebrities and censorship, he looks at over a hundred ads to study how the Indian consumer has changed over the past five decades and how...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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Building a Social Network
Piskorski notes that the matchmaking site eHarmony (reportedly responsible for 5 percent of all marriages in the United States) requires its users to respond to dozens of questions and adhere to strict guidelines before making direct...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
ramifications as well. “I knew that was the start of me not even thinking about marriage or children because I had made a commitment to my profession and to my company,” recalls Russo. It’s a commitment that her tradition-bound Sicilian...
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- 01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love
problem with this hugely successful model—one that, by some estimates, can be credited for more than one-third of marriages in the United States between 2005 and 2012: The experience of online dating is often awful, especially for young,...
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April White
- 08 Dec 2015
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Living the Legacy
varying interests, separate career goals, and only one is pre-MBA. Yet each was able to acquire a set of business fundamentals applicable to their specific needs. Laura, the eldest, has a Masters in Family Sciences degree with a concentration in View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up
Timberland acquired the GoLite brand, including trademarks, but licenses it back to the Boulder company. “GoLite got to cash out on the most valuable part of its business, the brand,” Smith says. “It’s a great marriage between a consumer...
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