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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
safety net and virtually no hope of moving upward.” “Globalization has helped emerging economies distribute their products and services around the world but there’s been no systematic way to link the extra wealth that has been created to...
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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
sectors, the U.S. economy, and American workers and their communities. "In fact," observes Stewart, "over the past forty years, virtually every segment of the U.S. economy has required assistance at our...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
ASPINALL Illustration by Jack Unruh When you ask people about their great fears in life, virtually everyone talks about cancer,” says Mara G. Aspinall (MBA ’87), past president of Genzyme Genetics, a Westborough, Massachusetts-based...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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The Military and the MBA
prison. The convoy requested assistance to inspect and dismantle the threat, but there were no additional personnel to send. Dilemmas such as this happened hundreds of times a day throughout Iraq, recalls Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA...
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- 01 Jun 2020
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Prognosis
of telemedicine. At MGH these virtual visits skyrocketed, allowing patients and doctors to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. How did that change come about so suddenly, after years of existing on the fringes? Robert Huckman: What...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
A BETTER MOUSETRAP: At a Magazine Luiza virtual showroom, sales staff use computers to help customers make their purchases. Photo COURTESY MAGAZINE LUIZA The inspiration for a new case can strike at any time. For HBS associate professor...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Alumni Team Up to Fight Cancer
her work that last spring he presented the MMRF with a $4.8 million gift to further its pathbreaking cancer research. Commented HBS professor Bill Sahlman, who introduced Bowes and Giusti, “Their collaboration shows how HBS alumni can and do make a difference in the...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
to her ear. They whispered prayers and saw her peacefully take her last breath. They were so appreciative of having experienced that moment of closure; that has really stuck with me. There weren’t any medical therapies to alter the course of what was about to happen,...
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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
comprises some 14 percent of the nation's economy — continues to present persistent, complex, and often painful dilemmas that affect virtually every citizen. All of which makes Peter Slavin's credentials especially valuable. With...
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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Ready for Take-Off
HBS was well-represented at Springboard 2000. Professor Myra Hart chaired the event and served on the steering committee with Angela Crispi (MBA '90), assistant dean and chief planning officer at the School. The following HBS alumnae were...
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Spingboard
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Dreaming big for Africa’s future
Tope Lawani (MBA 1995, JD 1996) is cofounder and managing partner of London-based Helios Investments, a private investment firm concentrating on socioeconomic development in Africa. Helios is virtually the only pan-African firm of its...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
guest room that summer. But as DART progressed, the vision changed. For the first two years, it was a virtual company, pursuing a few deals here and there. But by summer 2012, things still weren't moving fast enough—not for the Secklers,...
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- 08 Nov 2011
- News
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...
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- 01 Sep 2007
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HBS Launches Unique Deferred-Admission Program
things in all walks of life,” she explains. “But when college students hear MBA, they think it means getting dressed up in a suit and reporting to a cubicle. They don’t know what an MBA can do for them — that it’s a degree that can take them View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
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Chasing the Silver Tsunami
sign on for classes such as “barefoot therapy,” which helps with neuropathy and balance issues; special events such as virtual travel or dance parties; or enrichment programs about European artists. Members who chat and connect online say...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Reunion Highlights: A Case in Point
novel case discussion. To a classroom full of the teenage children of reunion alumni, HBS assistant professor Zeynep Ton explained, “When we’re learning how to ride a bike, sometimes we fall off, but we get up and try again. That’s our...
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- 25 Aug 2022
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Ready for Departure
As millions of passengers return to the skies for long-delayed plans, they’ll be returning to an airport that’s likely a little different. The lockdowns of 2020 hit aviation harder than almost any other industry. Airports, as a subsector, lost 98 percent of their...
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- 01 Apr 1997
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Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
"Multimedia and the Boundaryless Organization." With the creation of services such as online newspapers and television home shopping, information has become a commodity itself, replacing physical products and services. Associate Professor John J. Sviokla, along with...
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Elaine Gottlieb
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
offering assistance to academics whose work has been impacted by Russia's war on Ukraine. The program, founded in 2001, is dedicated to helping scholars, artists, writers, and public intellectuals from around the world escape persecution...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
organizations, Hill turned again to the collective expertise of the global business community. She was supported in her research efforts by project leader Sunand Menon (MBA 2001) and former HBS Executive Fellow Ann Le Cam, both of whom have extensive backgrounds in...
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April White