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- 18 Apr 2011
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Capitalism Meets Conservation
Chilean region. Members pay a one-time fee of $40,000 to be part of the 100-family Patagonia Sur Nature Reserve Membership Club. This inheritable membership allows members and their families, guests, and friends access to the Club’s six...
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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
Gurfein (MBA '00) said the destruction was "unimaginable" and described the tour he was given by a police officer. "He brought me to tears several times as he recounted stories of what he had personally seen as a first responder," wrote Gurfein, an officer in the...
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Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Chris Howard (MBA 2003)
“Yes, sir. No, sir. No excuse, sir.” —A case study in responsibility—in business or the military Chris Howard (MBA 2003) served in the Air Force in Afghanistan, for which he was awarded a Bronze Star; he retired from the reserve in 2013...
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- 01 Dec 2013
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Your Own Medicine
to, because it has to be addressed,' " says Williams. Reserved and soft-spoken, Williams grows animated when he talks about DART, his arms flying out in front of him, accentuating his points. The way he sees it, Big Pharma is against a...
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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
tradeoff between bold commitments rarely leading to success and timid strategies ensuring mere survival. Raynor explains how leaders can resolve the tradeoff and achieve results usually reserved for the few as they reduce the risks they...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
Kilimanjaro at 22 because, he says now, “I had some time on my hands.” While at HBS, he joined the US Navy Reserves as an intelligence officer. Over the next two decades, he was involved with combat operations over Kosovo, Serbia, and...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
the whole world of nature,” she once said. Years later, Carson—a quiet, reserved woman who trained as a scientist—would find her voice as a writer, publishing essays and books about nature’s delicate interrelationship with humankind. For...
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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
who created the country's postapartheid economic blueprint, discussed both the progress made in the five years since the first democratic elections were held and the challenges to come. Chris Stals, governor of the South African Reserve...
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Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
interests, and then reserve their spot. Hosts set the price of their meals, and Bookalokal earns a commission on each meal. Soon after launching the site, however, Bookalokal's market expanded. It turns out that local diners—especially...
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- 13 Nov 2020
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Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
The authors also found that market-leading firms with strong reserves “actively invested in the short term with the sole focus of extending their long-term advantage over less endowed competitors.”
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- 01 Dec 2000
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Q&A: Andrew Kendall
other half will be split equally between general administrative work and being out in the field. We are a decentralized operation, with over eighty reservations and one hundred staff members scattered throughout the state, so...
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- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
series of strategic acquisitions. The first, in 2011, was ITIS Holdings, a UK–based competitor, which helped INRIX to extend its global reach. More recently, the company acquired Santa Monica, California–based ParkMe in 2015, which helps consumers find parking and make...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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Q & A: Herb Kohl
Kohl has no regrets. "It's been a source of great pride and interest to me," says the humble Kohl, who initially didn't feel comfortable parking in the VIP spot reserved for him. As president of the Bucks, Kohl makes an effort to attend...
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Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
interesting. People who know us, love us. The problem we have is not enough people know us. So we’re building up our InTouch loyalty program, which we introduced in 2004. Right now about 30 percent of our reservations come through that...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
instability surrounding world oil supplies, the uncertainty about the reserve base and the depletion rate of U.S. oil and gas reserves, the immobilization of nuclear energy in the United States, the challenge of building up an expanded...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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How to Survive Past Start-up
opportunity often lay in the problems that they and their peers faced in their personal lives. Take Michel, for example. A naval flight officer prior to attending HBS, Michel joined a Navy reserve unit in California after graduation....
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- 05 May 2020
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“Walking a Tightrope”
the Federal Reserve did surveys in the past few years, they discovered that 40 percent of Americans would have to borrow money if they had a $400 car repair bill. We have a lot of people who are on the edge. And if you look at the people...
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- 15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015
will continue to see creative uses. I predict we’ll see more and more ‘line-waiting tasks’ for restaurants that don’t take reservations and for product launches.” —Jamie Viggiano (MBA 2009), VP of marketing, TaskRabbit Professor Sandra...
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