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- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
science and health services from Harvard’s School of Public Health, even she couldn’t successfully navigate the health care system for her mom. It set her on a path of discovery that led to not only a better... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
Clean Air Act was one of the first and most influential federal environmental laws—and many in the business community saw benefits from a national strategy to combat pollution. Prof. Michael Toffel Prof. Michael Toffel Now, as the world... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
members of the HBS community and notable supporters of the School’s Global Initiative. As an investor, what was your biggest flop? I don’t think that way. What’s your proudest achievement? My family. If you have a decent family, nothing... View Details
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
Thousands of large, profitable companies have all the right intentions of giving back to society—and yet a sizable number of them have corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs that provide little benefit to either the community or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
country has a First World infrastructure - financial institutions, health care, and transportation, for instance - and it is rich in natural resources." South Africa is indeed the linchpin of the region, but it also faces unique... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Kramer, Mark R., and Marc W. Pfitzer Abstract—Governments, NGOs, companies, and community members must all be involved in programs to create shared value, yet they work more often in opposition than in alignment. A movement known as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
complexities and pressures. It's Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works (18,159) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6629.html Published: April 18, 2011 Managers who inundate their teams with the same messages, over and over,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
team-based, seniority-based, and flatter compensation. We propose that compensation is strategic not only in motivating and attracting the worker being compensated, but also in its impact on peer workers and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
funds. The venture philanthropy community has some translation work to do. Right now venture philanthropy is only a small part of the landscape. Another hot topic in the nonprofit world is the idea of creating a for-profit business to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
could replace the painful prick of a vaccination needle. And as "delivery vehicles" for medicines proliferate, new distribution channels, such as supermarkets and health clubs, could offer products alongside the more established sources... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
the team presented a proposal and received permission from the school to pilot in the 2020-2021 academic year. Joined by senior lecturer EmilyMcComb and additional students in the fall, the team worked to build sourcing partnerships with View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
car, or making sure the doors are locked at night, or that we eat right every day. If we do that, every experience we have will be richer, because we are communicating better about our preferences." To that end, Howe, who took the helm at... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
arguments used to justify a practice over time. We use rhetoric surrounding the institutionalization of total quality management (TQM) practices within the American business community as a case study to illustrate how conceptualizing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
didn’t provide value to corporations,” says Chertavian. “The deficit in skilled workers is projected to reach 14 million over the next decade, and a lot of companies realize they would be well served to identify alternative sources of... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15551 Labor Regulations and European Private Equity Authors:Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr Abstract European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g., unemployment insurance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
considered the communication he had just received. It was from Permira, the leading European buyout fund, and concerned its fourth fund, to which Altoona had made a $100 million commitment. The memorandum offered investors a chance to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
knighthood, recognizing his contributions to the venture capital industry.) Out of that study came a series of policy recommendations aimed at creating a sustainable system for investments in deprived areas, including creation of View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
examine the psychological mechanism explaining the relationship between bad weather and increased productivity. Our findings support our proposed model and suggest that worker productivity is higher on bad rather than good weather days.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
marketplace for neurotechnology digital health products, was accepted into the Harvard i-lab Venture Incubation Program and the Rock Accelerator; she is now working on it full-time with cofounders Brian Smith (MBA 2017) and Sofia Warner... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
lines in order to illuminate the ways that U.S. states take advantage of federal ambiguity and are able to shape corporate practices to their benefit. We specifically examine how patterns of bank acquisitions are shaped by the crucial relationship between the federal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne