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Diversity Comes to Corporate Boards, but Slowly - Blog: RGE Report
be loud, it hasn’t diminished corporate efforts to achieve greater representation on boards. “They’re leaning in because it’s good for business.” You Might Want to Read 03 Sep 2024 Board Diversity: Pressure... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
reduced wait times in salauno clinics by using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to change clinic schedules, optimize operational flow, and improve communication. These practices have resulted View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
to reduce our costs through lean manufacturing and automation so we could get investors to buy into the business. It also required salesmanship to get people interested in the equine business, which is not... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
rest in his book-lined office, the shovel he used to break ground on the school’s dormitory renovation project leaning against the wall. One of the lessons that Marietta learned is that there is no... View Details
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’
unthinkable to the eight women who joined the program in 1963. This article is part of a continuing series on faculty research and teaching commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first women to enter Harvard Business School's two-year... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
the Uyuni salt flats, the largest salt flats in the world. And I got into an exceptionally deep, sandy area and I'm very skilled in all conditions, but this sand was quite daunting. So I literally just... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
We all know how political influence works: company X donates money to politician Y, and then that pol leans on regulator Z to go easy on his new best friend. In economic parlance, that circle of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Turning Point: Ready or Not
was so lost in the black hole of Zoom meetings and other pandemic-related frustrations that it was easy to forget the necessity of showing unqualified love, concern, and attention—the sort of care I remember receiving from my grandmother.... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
Walt Disney’s time in Paris during the waning days of World War I helped shape him into a visionary entrepreneur who would ultimately build a beloved international brand. Dwight Eisenhower and Robert McNamara discovered the importance of... View Details
- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
programs. “Our clients were relying on us to track legislative updates in these programs and it came down to Shrey and myself to stay up-to-date on these changes,” notes Chrys who is a licensed CPA and View Details
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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 16 Nov 2020 Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 tag All Industries All Locations Student & Alumni Stories Summer Internships In the summer of 2020, HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) partnered with... View Details
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2017
Building Debt Outstanding IN MILLIONS FY 17 FY 16 FY 15 FY 14 FY 13 $ 64 71 78 85 91 Total operating expenses at HBS came in nearly 4 percent under budget in fiscal 2017. At... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
Clubs News Clubs News In a first-ever result, all of the winners in the 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition (ANVC) hail from the same HBS class: the MBA Class of 2022. The ANVC finale, held virtually on... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
experiences at HBS, Schock noted, “We've all learned there's no better place in the world to be than here. In the future, we'll realize there's no better place to be from.” Plunkett praised the character of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: That’s Classic
to be killed, but I could be fired by my board of directors.” Give an example from the course of how you compare and contrast contemporary and ancient texts. FF: In the module Not Forever, we read Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s [MBA 1995]... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
access to yoga in their communities and online. Despite the adrenaline rush that comes from launching a new venture, however, Tecco is enjoying her bird's-eye view. "We're working with companies at such an early stage that we're seeing... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
improvement that both solved the issue but also led to a broader patent. These are the things that you will only figure out if you lean in to imperfection and resolve to figure it out as you go.” What roles... View Details
- 13 Jun 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome
Sandberg’s [MBA 1995] chapter in Lean In about her husband, Dave Goldberg, then his obituary and Sheryl’s reflections on his unexpected death. That comes close to Marcus... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
there’s something very intoxicating about the feeling of, ‘Oh, this whole thing is something that I’m creating.’ That’s really a reason to wake up in the morning and also something that’s terrifying on a level that I hadn’t appreciated... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
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From the CFO - Financial Report 2015
investments in I.T. and campus renewal and maintenance, and continued innovation. We will be operating in as lean a manner as possible—asking the organization to make tradeoffs... View Details