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- 25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories
your life, particularly early on. Gerald Schwartz: I think the real influence in where I grew up was where my father was. I had a wonderful relationship with him. DM: In this special edition of Skydeck, associate editor Julia Hanna asked...
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- 01 Jun 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books
about it? Why is telling your son or daughter to “just say no” a hopelessly ineffective strategy? How do imaginary peers influence your adolescent’s decisions? Why does the focus on reforming bullies and supporting victims miss the point...
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- 29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
were the social cost of carbon. Which I think is probably a couple of times higher than that, but let's imagine that for argument's sake. That means those folks are kind of opting in to a carbon priced world where they're recognizing this...
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- 24 Jan 2020
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Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67
High Distinction (1979) and a DBA (1992) from Harvard Business School. He was granted tenure at the School in 1998 and named to a chaired professorship in 2001. “Clayton Christensen was one of the world’s greatest scholars on innovation and a remarkable person who had...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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Generation Next
"performance-oriented culture" to the 117-year-old firm. "No one," she says, "wants to take on people who've worked [at the company] for 25 years." Why Nisa could challenge entrenched employees and the historical norms at Godrej...
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- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
world has ever seen. The current climate crisis is far beyond an environmental issue—it is an existential crisis. Moreover, it converges with—and exacerbates—the crises we face in biodiversity, global health, and social justice. As...
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- 02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History
Photographed by Webb Chappell In March 2010, the 1787 drafting of the United States Constitution became breaking news. The members of the Texas State Board of Education had convened in Austin to review the state’s history and other social...
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April White
- 01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success
probably as busy and involved today as he was when he ran the firm. He's made philanthropy and involvement in social enterprise a full-time job. What was your first job? When I was about ten, I started giving puppet shows at neighborhood...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Oct 1997
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High Fives
Arps; Felix Rohatyn at Lazard Frères; Dick Fisher (MBA '62) at Morgan Stanley, who had a lot to do with my coming to the firm. I'd also never underestimate the influence of an Italian mother.” Best business advice ever received: “Joe Flom...
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- 22 Feb 2024
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GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2002
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"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
Program in response to last fall's terrorist attacks, was cosponsored by the HBS Social Enterprise and International Business and Development Clubs. In his dramatic introductory remarks, moderator Reynold Levy, president and CEO of the...
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- 28 May 2019
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Look Again
Toilette (above) and Young Woman with Peonies (below) demonstrate the influence of social norms on artists’ choices, Murrell says: Frédéric Bazille’s La Toilette (right) and...
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Julia Hanna
- 24 Apr 2014
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Managing the challenges faced by a local nonprofit
Norm Merritt (MBA 1988) talks about using his management expertise to assist his local Audubon Society solve some complex operational issues. (Published April 2014)
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- 01 Mar 2013
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Making Change
Since 2009, HBS has given special recognition to seven social-impact organizations by awarding Social Entrepreneurship Fellowships (SEF) to their young alumni founders. Here's a status report on how the fellows and their ventures are...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Creating a mathematical method to understand consumer behavior in a digital world
Sunil Gupta, Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration, focuses on understanding customers and how they make decisions in a digital world. Gupta has tackled one of the most vexing questions in studies of consumer behavior: What is the role of the View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
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Giving Advice
(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004. With that growth have come a number of new options, including...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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WSA Speakers Kick Off W50
women themselves that feminism is a social movement. It's not a 12-step program for personal perfection." Director of Policy Planning in the US State Department until early 2011, Princeton professor Anne-Marie Slaughter spoke on her...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
pro-socials. That brought us to the third question: Is there a way to essentially make pro-selfs behave like pro-socials in these PWYW situations? The answer appears to be yes. Situational factors and norms can View Details
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Julia Hanna
- 18 Apr 2011
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Capitalism Meets Conservation
interview, Adams noted that HBS influenced his thinking about capitalism and conservation. “We learned that there are market-based solutions to social issues,” he said. “It’s similar to what Michael Chu’s...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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Building a Movement
interest among students has been increasing. MW: Julie is right. SEI has had a tremendous amount of influence here, but also in the broader community. By establishing an effort around social enterprise at...
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