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- 02 Dec 2018
- News
Fostering Great Leadership
the University of California, Olivier set his sights on HBS. He was attracted by the School’s reputation, the alumni network, and the location. “I was born and raised on the West Coast, so Boston was a foreign part of the world to me,” he...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Bridging Domains
Karen and Sanjeev (MBA 1986) Mehra Karen and Sanjeev Mehra (MBA 1986) perceive both great opportunities and serious challenges at the nexus of business, science, and engineering. Their endowment of the Mehra Family HBS/SEAS Collaboration View Details
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
guiding the conduct of the business enterprise. . . . The world cries out for repair. While some people in the world are well off, many more live in misery. Ironically, the magnitude of the problem defies...
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Kristie Gan
that I live with to this day. I never knew what would trigger my next attack. The world was vast, yet suddenly dangerous. With the shadow of fear cast over me, I lost that childlike curiosity to discover the pirates hiding in my garden;...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
the globe. As a leader in management education, Harvard Business School has a strong commitment to improving the practice of management and to advancing a world that is more sustainable and inclusive, healthier, and better educated. As...
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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut...
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- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
African people, businesses, cities, and nations are increasingly stressed by climate related perils like drought, river flooding, extreme heat, and sea level rise. This is already leading not just to destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and livelihoods –...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Power of Many
Every Gift Matters Annual gifts from alumni and friends to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation are vital to the School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. HBS puts these gifts to use immediately to...
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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
HBS, along with ten other business schools, has been recognized for its "cutting-edge programs incorporating societal-business issues" in a report issued by the World Resources Institute and the Initiative for Social Innovation through...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: The Fish-Farming Fix
Video Embed Cryoocyte’s home lab in action With ocean fisheries increasingly failing to meet global demands—about 85 percent of them are classified as depleted or worse, according to the World Bank—the future of the food supply will...
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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
Today's frenzied world of dot-com mania might have been hard to predict 25 years ago, but the Class of 1975 has always had an eye for opportunity. For its time, the class had a sizable number of military officers familiar with strategic...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Watching the Brain Think and the Surprises of Science
unimaginable at the time they are made. Who would have predicted the changes in society that have come from classification of the elements into the periodic table, or from quantum mechanics, or the World Wide Web? Who would have guessed...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan
talented professionals across the world to help evaluate and support these interventions. Over the past 10 years, ADP has funded more than 50 promising nonprofits to transform hundreds of thousands of lives...
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- 10 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!
no promising blockbusters in the drug pipeline. In a globally integrated market, blockbuster brands that address common consumer needs are more important than ever. Consumers around the world are excited to share common experiences....
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Michael Maples
investing but when he looked around, he saw a gap in the market. There was a raft of startups that wanted to raise seed or early funding but were not ready for a five million dollar round, which seemed to be the minimum that Silicon...
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- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
should keep the social dimension of your work in mind-that is, the opportunity to do something good for others.” CURRENT READING The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, by Dennis Ross Sir Ronald Cohen helped lead Apax Partners to a...
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- 01 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the Value of an MBA
You get a lot of good advice at HBS. I’ve kept pretty much every single sheet of paper I’ve received while I’ve been here, trying to retain it for later. One sticks with me now as I head back into the world of work. On the last day of my...
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Stamps Reading Room | About
gift from the charitable foundation of E. Roe Stamps IV (MBA 1974) and Penelope W. Stamps funded the meticulous restoration of Baker Library’s historic lobby and reading room during the building’s 2003–05 renovation. The gift also...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Developing Insightful Global Leaders
practices and share knowledge with ever-widening audiences, in the process striving to address society’s greatest opportunities and challenges. Alumni and friends from around the world provide the financial support and guidance that help...
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- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
differentiate itself from the ‘stuffy, hierarchical’ East Coast. I see this today when I talk to entrepreneurs trying to raise money on both coasts. I hear again and again how fast things happen on the West Coast and how long it takes for NYC firms to View Details