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Funa Maduka
Importance of educating leaders "The biggest weakness I saw in nonprofits," Funa says, "was in management education. I saw many managers with good ideas, but not the skills for executing them." Attracted to HBS'... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
honest, humble, and setting realistic expectations may be good ingredients. Gadiesh: The public has lost confidence, and the underlying problem does not seem to be the absence of checks and balances, but... View Details
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2.3.8 Honesty | MBA
action. All students are required to respect private and public ownership; instances of theft, misappropriation, or unauthorized use of or damage to property or materials not one’s own will ordinarily result in disciplinary action. Any... View Details
- 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016
both mechanisms successfully generates a sizable secular increase. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51107 Motivating Effort in Contributing to Public Goods Inside... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
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An Advocate for Women's Equality
"staff assistant to the president for executive manpower" was an irony not lost on many, including herself. Manpower? As she answered a press inquiry about the title at her introduction, "This is a good question with no View Details
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Niki Patel Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Public School Innovation in Georgia: SE Summer Fellow... View Details
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Madeleine Smith Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Civic Roundtable: Celebrating Public Service: SE Summer... View Details
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Transportation - Business & Environment
Battery costs for electric vehicles have dropped 85% since 2010. [38] Challenge Globally, transportation is the fastest-growing source of GHG emissions. Reducing GHGs from this sector is difficult because economic growth usually requires increased mobility of View Details
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
children and eight grandchildren, Marina Picasso ended up with some 10,000 of her grandfather's productions, and sent waves across the art world in February by announcing her intention to make many of them available for sale to the public... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
knitted into the fabric of how people buy and sell goods and services." Skeptics might disagree with such a sweeping declaration, but they would be hard-pressed to disregard TIBCO Software's growth since its founding in 1996. Total... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
trust in traditional media is at its highest point in the past decade at 66 percent. But trust in social media platforms languishes at around 43 percent, and in this era of fake news, fixed elections and fraudulent data, regaining the View Details
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Caroline Fay Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Seth Klarman on the Critical Value of the Long View
In a recent interview with the New Yorker, Seth Klarman (MBA 1982), CEO of the Baupost Group, spoke about the perilous state of the public perception of capitalism. “People will say the words ‘Wall Street’ with a derogatory tone. They’re... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Skydeck: Reddit’s Rise
Jen Wong (MBA 2004), COO of Reddit (Illustration by John S. Dykes) “I met Steve [Huffman] at SFO, I think at like 6:00 AM. We were sort of ships passing and had a great meeting and I got really excited because it’s really rare that you get to work on an asset that is,... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
must be profitable to be sustainable. Second, the WDC would take the initiative to target projects in countries that have a good chance of success, where the government is hospitable, the local business community eager for partners, and... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
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What are good sources for political news? Cook Political Report: independent, online newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America
not to mention our own self-esteem — are on the line.” Kanter’s recommendations, which span economic, social, and government concerns, include securing the country’s future by nurturing innovation; getting the work-family balance right; encouraging View Details
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Randy Haykin Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2015
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Cracking Conferences
Molloy, who grew up on a dairy farm in County Offaly. “We hold our storytellers up as heroes. And being able to tell a good story helps you connect with people.” Grit and gratitude are two other Irish traits, she adds, conceding that... View Details