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- 06 Dec 2021
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What's the Word?
relatively high costs for labor and energy as well as the investment and time required to build factories in a country that has much more stringent environmental standards. “COVID-19 has changed only a few of the variables across...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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My HBS Eureka Moment
realized that this previously black-and-white issue did have some grey. Eradication of child labor would require a comprehensive look at poverty and options for education. This made me rethink some of my...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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Capitalism’s New Agenda
Image © politicalcartoons.com/R.J. Matson It was easy to dismiss the Occupy Wall Street protesters. By many accounts, they were disorganized, lacked a clear agenda, advanced arguments that were inconsistent and poorly reasoned, and had no solutions. In style, they were...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
Jan Rivkin conceived of a data-based, research-driven effort to influence the national dialogue and shed light on the crucial issue of the ability of US companies to compete in a global economy while supporting rising living standards for...
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- 01 Feb 2002
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Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
in organizations. Can you offer an example? Sony's role in Japan's path to global conquest is probably the best example. In the wake of the devastation following World War II, Sony acquired from Bell Laboratories one of the first licenses View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
operators or planners. That's fine, but there is more demand for people who can get results and make money for an organization. Maintain professional involvement if you decide to reduce your work commitments due to family. Keeping up a professional network,...
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- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
between Florida and Georgia, and some are among water districts within a single state, such as California. Shankar has worked on this issue as well, coauthoring the water policy paper that has driven California's water conservation...
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- 13 Feb 2020
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Not Throwing Away My Shot
had problems on the stage and became violent, they would put him into jail instead of in a hospital. So his run goes from maybe 1895 through 1906. He maybe gets 10 or 11 years of creativity and by Labor Day 1906 he's committed to the...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Gazprom Goes Global
A Russian Giant Grows, Despite a Bad Rap THE BIG CHILL: Russia and Ukraine’s gas wars give Europe the shivers. In a virtual replay of events this past January, in 2006 Russia’s energy giant Gazprom cut off its supply of natural gas to Ukraine’s energy company in the...
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- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
focus: patient experience, provider experience, population health, and value. “The knock-on effects of delayed surgeries, delayed treatments, and mental health issues will require a new level of care that will be just as important as with...
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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
Settlement, under the control of Britain and the United States since 1863, all able-bodied men were encouraged to join the battle. Moore and several others signed up and were issued bandoliers, rifles, and bayonets. They stood watch over...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
organizations tighten their belts by simply cutting travel across the board? “I think the core issue for everyone is the same, which is how do you buy time?” remarks HBS professor Bill Sahlman, coauthor with Jackie Donnelly Russell (MBA...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
method that can be applied to everything from everyday decisions to strategic issues in business to global social challenges, the authors provide 30 detailed, real-world examples to transform the way you approach problems and take you to...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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Next Normal
Google, Microsoft, Airbnb, American Express, and Uber extending work-from-home policies well into 2021 and beyond, the reality of remote work is here to stay. Touching on issues of trust, productivity, and digital tools for connection and...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Global Perspectives
the course, students posted reports on a web-based platform that can be used by their local partners and by future groups of HBS students who will address similar issues in the region. “The people we work with in-country are deep experts...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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The Past Informs the Future of Work
leaders at these telecommunications giants confronted issues such as pacing innovation, enhancing the customer experience, and managing the workforce. “By the early 1920s, AT&T was the biggest employer in the United States, on par with...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
That’s a huge amount of work.” Bohmer has firsthand knowledge of the issues faced by MHCD participants. A physician, he practiced medicine in New Zealand and England, helped establish a surgical hospital in Sudan, and served as clinical...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016
pour Entrepreneurs by Fabrice Cavarretta (MBA 1996) Plon Yes, France is a paradise for entrepreneurs, Cavarretta writes. The country has one of the best opportunity ecosystems in the world and the drawbacks—for instance, the cost of labor...
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
three days straight, but it was the best three days of my life—much better than flying to Europe and dealing with labor unions in France." Wolf Creek Farm produces 30 tons of beef a year for the local market, selling directly to consumers...
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- 28 May 2019
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INK: Maker’s Manual
leaders to support social causes and institutions, using traditional and new approaches for effecting positive change. ... “What motivates today’s alumni to take action on a particular social issue? For some it is deeply personal, an View Details
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