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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
trying to punch out time.” An art and a science: “There are probably 30 or 40 different spotting chemicals and techniques depending on the fabric, the stain, and how long it’s been there. You can’t just throw a shirt into the cleaning...
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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decades in the investment world, service on nonprofit boards and think tanks, and management of the financial turnaround of both Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, not to mention a midlife decision to study the...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Batten’s life and career: how he grew Landmark Communications into a media powerhouse, championed racial equality, gave away more than $400 million to charity, mostly to education, and dealt with losing his vocal cords to cancer. The Art...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
to meet Hal and learn what it takes to live on the frontier of marketing practice for three decades." "John Deighton's passion for marketing and the art of managing customer relationships makes him the perfect candidate to broaden the...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
Profile of the Performing Arts Industry: Culture and Commerce by David H. Gaylin (MBA 1979) (Business Expert Press) At their best, the performing View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
financial theory but also has important implications for the character and performance of the global financial system. Bob's is a voice of leadership that speaks at once to the academy and the world of practice." READ MORE "Economists are...
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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
President & Chief Executive Officer, Barbara Franklin Enterprises Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION The Pennsylvania State University, 1962 B.A., Arts and Letters LIFELONG...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
epitome of the Aston Martin Grand Touring car. Comfortable for two, it has few frills and a high level of luxury and yet is capable of heart-stopping performance and superb handling on the racetrack. Candee examines in detail the history...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
called on. Now, talking in class without any knowledge was an HBS art form, and I was prepared to go on at length about a subject—pricing cars at GM—of which I had no knowledge. But suddenly I felt enraged and my inner voice said, "What...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Skooter, his wife of sixty years, as she accompanied him on work-related trips to foreign countries. A Profile of the Performing Arts Industry by David H. Gaylin (MBA 1979) (Business Expert Press) At their...
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- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
the arts are given more scrutiny. Before the revolution, you might aspire to a government post or a job with a multinational, observes Nada Shousha, a senior advisor at the IFC and EAEF vice chairwoman. After, the more prevalent mindset...
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entrepreneurship;
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Egypt;
developing economies;
Finance
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
have gained some weight, lost some hair, seen the world take giant leaps forward and a few steps back. Many of us would never be remotely near where we are today had we not lucked into the HBS imprimatur and network of connections (not to say we would have been circus...
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Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
extraordinary musical talent who neglects the deeper, spiritual part of himself in the excitement of pursuing his performance career of playing to large crowds. After a crisis of self-doubt, he returns to his grandfather's mountain cabin...
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- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
Illustrations by the Voorhes Edited by Julia Hanna Complete and utter defeat was something Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) had never really experienced. Academically advanced and musically gifted, she attended Michigan’s Interlochen Arts...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
services organization cofounded by Tierney and Jeff Bradach, then a member of the HBS faculty and now Bridgespan’s managing partner. The organization works to boost the performance of nonprofits and foundations, thereby improving their...
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- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
wrote. “If quality of life is a critical determinant, it is important to make a long list of the kinds of activities that one treasures or that people want to be able to perform by themselves.” Throughout his life, Uyterhoeven continued...
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- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
humor, however, is a no-nonsense approach to business performance that stems from Fisher’s upbringing as the daughter and granddaughter of rural central Pennsylvania entrepreneurs who taught her that great ideas can be backed with the...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
Looking ahead to a project that could benefit both the team and the city, a Giants-led consortium is currently involved in plans to develop a 27-acre site adjacent to the park. “We envision a mixed-use neighborhood with residential, retail, office, and parking space,...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
1986 to a New York-based public company, Benton was able to become more involved in nonprofit activities, such as Leadership Washington, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Washington Performing Arts Society,...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
Whitman, and James Wolfensohn to get a sense of their lives away from the corner office. James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59) WOLFENSOHN James Wolfensohn’s achievements in business, public policy, philanthropy, and the arts include ten years as...
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