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- 05 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
vehicles in the long term.” What are your short- and long-term goals for this work? “In the short term, I am working on integrating our latest acquisitions into the PCL group, introducing new products into our existing setup, establishing new systems in our View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams...
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- 20 Jan 2023
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Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and, with the flavors of the drink...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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Generation Next
generated an operational loss. "My feedback was, 'You're in trouble,'" recalls Kahn. By the spring, Kahn was in Mumbai, part of a team tasked with turning Agrovet around—the first foreigner the Godrej Group had ever hired in a leadership...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press
On May 28, 2022, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) held the championship game of its second season, pitting the club team Petro de Luanda, from Angola, against US Monastir, from Tunisia. Traffic snarls outside the stadium, congestion tightened by temporary road...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2016
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In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)
Club. “It’s a course built on the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey. It’s entirely surrounded by sand, a geologically very special spot that creates a phenomenal test of golf in beautiful, natural surroundings.” Closer to home: The...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
important in shaping who we are as businesspeople," echoes David E. Simmons (MBA '85), president of Simmons Family, Inc., a firm established by Roy Simmons in 1978 that owns and operates radio stations in the western United States. "The...
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- 25 Aug 2014
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Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983
the world’s leading private equity firms. The decision to specialize in media and communications in 1985 might seem prescient, but the low-key Nelson claims he was merely following his passion. “I’ve always been drawn to it,” says Nelson,...
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Susan Young
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
half that of traditional pawnshops; and Rappler, the Philippines’ last independent news outlet and where Ayala also serves as chairman of the board. “At Hatchd, it’s kind of like we’re professional cofounders,” he says. Ko, who is now Asia lead for Zipline...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
business administration (DBA) in accounting and control, marketing, policy and management, or technology and operations management. Another option is a joint program with Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that...
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- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
company operation or process." "I think of intrapreneurship as an attitude or spirit that involves creating something new," she says. The General Motors Saturn and the Hewlett-Packard DeskWriter computer printer, for example, were both...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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3-Minute Briefing: Rehito “Ray” Hatoyama (MBA 2008)
where anyone can contribute to create a “win-win” business together. When I joined Sanrio in 2008, our market cap was about $500 million. Now it’s closer to $3.5 billion, with $750 million in sales and an operating profit just over $200...
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- 01 Aug 2002
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Shoshanah Cohen (MBA '92)
achieving it. Upon graduation, Cohen joined Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM), a management consulting firm in Mountain View, California, that specializes in operations work for technology-driven...
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- 01 Jun 1997
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David M. Hughes
110 percent" of himself to anything he's involved in, earned a reputation among students and staff at HBS as someone who could always be counted on to do a job - and another and another - and do it right. Sometimes in highly visible roles, sometimes View Details
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2012
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She’s Got Your Back
want things to be done right, but we don’t want to invest a lot of thought and process in finding a solution.” Online reviews are nothing new, of course. But Angie’s List was early to the game and operates under an almost unthinkable...
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- 08 Nov 2011
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Saluting Our HBS Veterans
Battalion Assistance Foundation, dedicated to assisting rangers and their families when their needs outstrip the Army’s abilities to meet them. Says Scherrer, who serves on the foundation’s board, “The Rangers are an elite special View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
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Pitch for Change
such as Raymond Chambers, UN Special Envoy for Malaria; more than twenty panels and workshops on technology, energy, development, health care, investing, and education; and a career fair. For more on the event, visit...
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- 01 Sep 2003
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Transforming Baker Library
researchers, as well as a multimedia discussion and conference space called “The Exchange,” intended for spirited debate and collaboration. The core library functions will also expand. With special attention to preserving the historic...
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- 30 Jan 2021
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Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
houses, a quilt that was hand-sewn by a former first lady, and the flag from the booth at Ford’s Theatre where President Lincoln was shot. He relies on the skills of long-term employees to deliver these specialized services, such as using...
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