School Garden Movement - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 23

Course MaterialsBANEX and the ,,No Pago" Movement (A) Shawn Cole and Baily Blair KempnerHarvard Business School Case 211-092 This case examines Grassroots Capital's decision of whether or not to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry

This is a repost from the Alumni Stories blog. Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) has never been one to, as he puts it, “just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” His role as cofounder and chair of the Blackhouse Foundation is a case in point. The organization took... View Details

24 Aug 2017
News

Unlocking Potential

professor for a father and an enthusiastic community volunteer for a mother, Anderson recalls that talk at the family dinner table often revolved around social problems such as the exploding US prison population, and how to fix them. After graduating from high View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Community Partners; Legal Services; Professional Services

05 May 2022
News

Lesson Plans

Khan Academy across 190 countries and 50 languages. In this special edition of Skydeck honoring recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award, Associate Editor Julia Hanna talks to Khan about how the nonprofit got its start and the role it played when the pandemic shut... View Details

22 Nov 2017
News

How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team

had a long career in sports management, including an earlier stint running the business side of the Knicks, the WNBA's Liberty and the NHL's Rangers as the president of Madison Square Garden sports. But as inherent as competition is to... View Details

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

volatility. This paper presents evidence that movements in both the short-term nominal interest rate and the yield spread are positively related to changes in subsequent realized bond risk and bond return volatility. The yield spread... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Mar 2019
Blog Post

SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO, WAVE

when enamored by my primary 1 teacher, I said aloud in a family gathering that I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up, not a university lecturer, but a primary school teacher. I remember my dad saying, “If you want to be a teacher,... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship

02 Jan 2019
News

Not Waiting for Progress

civil rights movement leader Reverend Ralph Abernathy was Diamond’s godfather. Diamond credits his mother—who worked in sales with Mary Kay cosmetics—with instilling in him a “high level of enthusiasm about business in general, and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

06 Sep 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?

don’t think it’s possible to formulate a rule that applies in every such situation.” He went on to say, “The scariest part of this for me is that leaders are coming under fire increasingly for what they didn’t say and didn’t do members of some View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

commensurate with those of other decorative art objects. After 1995, following a movement among critics, art historians, academics, and players such as galleries and auction houses, the same art was classified as modernist and therefore... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

innovation Create a social movement to combat organizational inertia Develop a solution to your performance or opportunity gap and identify actions to address the inertia you’ll encounter 4-5 hrs Module 5 Structural Ambidexterity... View Details

05 Oct 2016
News

Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab

standpoint and equally important to all of our futures in its potential solve complex health problems,” said Steve Pagliuca. “We are thrilled to be able to contribute to the innovation movement at Harvard and we are excited at the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

Profile

Mike Maples Jr.

When Mike Maples, Jr. was growing up, there were two things he never dreamed he’d do in life: go to business school or become a venture capitalist. But after graduating from Harvard Business School and... View Details

07 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President

would be better off flipping a coin to determine a probable winner. “We find that even guessing at a 50-50 level is just as good, if not actually better, than using some demographic forecasts,” says Vincent Pons, the Byron Wien Professor of Business Administration at... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

18 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 3/5

study African and African American History because many school districts fail to teach students accurate and complete versions. 3. We support, join, and learn from organizations that are advancing racial justice. 4. We organize,... View Details

10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

are the best managed. Firms in developing countries, such as Brazil, China, and India, tend to be poorly managed. American retail firms and hospitals are also well managed by international standards, although American schools are more... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jan 2012
What Do You Think?

Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?

inequality? What do you think? Original Article The most pervasive theme of 2011 may well have been that of "inequality." The global "occupy" movement provided a constant reminder of the need to at least revisit a... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

dismantled a lot of trade barriers, which has led to global prosperity. The only big barrier remaining is movement of humankind to regions which offer better prospects." A number of respondents took issue with this. Some equated... View Details