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Stereograph Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

precision instruments were produced. The collection includes detailed views of factory interiors and assembly lines. Brooklyn Tower of East River Bridge. Stereographs of Industries and Cities, ca. 1850-1900 Stereographs of Industries and... View Details

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Limor Moshkovich

making decisions." What Limor saw of HBS during Admitted Students' Weekend made a deep impression on her. "I'm a people person," says Limor. "I feel it's very important to have good people around me. At HBS, everything is View Details

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Latin America - Global Activities 2020

Roth have overlapping research interests in financial inclusion and entrepreneurial constraints in the developing world. They have forged a collaboration during the past two years that is leading to meaningful results for Fondo Esperanza in Santiago, Chile, an View Details

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Celebrating our Student Fathers - MBA

East and North Africa South America United States Filters Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st... View Details

16 May 2005
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Confronting the Reality of Web Services

equally well within and between companies. Cross-company implementations, however, are still comparatively rare. We see them between large and technically sophisticated organizations who have longstanding ties, and we're also starting to... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant

07 Apr 2003
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Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

company pressed forward with launches of GMO food products in Europe, giving far too little weight to the fact that Europeans were still reeling from the mad cow disease crisis, reports of dioxin-contaminated chicken, and numerous other... View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

18 Jun 2001
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Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

instead, it has become integrated with the whole manufacturing process—David Upton But once that decision has been made, "sitting" is far from the operative word for IT systems, which require the same kind of continuous... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

01 Oct 2002
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Ann M. Fudge

probably not surprised at her subsequent headline-making ascent in corporate America. “I learned how to balance and prioritize early on,” says the Washington, D.C., native, whose unique combination of determination, grace, and integrity have caught the attention of a... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

doesn’t look like what I thought it would, but I have learned, once again, that people are so much more varied and interesting than what I could imagine on my own,” writes Margulies, who worked on improving health-care systems and rural economic development in View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

05 Apr 2021
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Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?

the popular and successful instructors at the School, including DeLong, formerly led large numbers of people. But Professor Leonard Schlesinger, the faculty member currently responsible for leaders from non-academic organizations in the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2013
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Bringing It Back Home

organizations and the challenges they face is an essential part of the experience. And the range of perspectives is amazing. The geographic diversity of the participants is matched and possibly exceeded by the diversity of the causes and... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; SPNM; Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; Roadtrip Nation; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

02 Jun 2015
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Pointing the Way to a Better World

no problem in presenting facts that lead to change. An in-depth look at proven, evidence-based strategies, A Path Appears is a kind of primer on how anyone—indeed, WuDunn hopes, everyone—can help to make the world a better place. By telling the stories of people and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous), far more value is created by companies like Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet that develop entirely novel business models than by entrenched incumbents, such as P&G or Ford, which struggle to eke out market share... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Sometimes Success Begins at Failure

in history. Most firms act as if false negatives don't exist because they don't have processes for managing them. In their own industries, many companies might have missed similar opportunities. Although smart organizations have... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough; Health; Pharmaceutical

07 Sep 2021
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Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

it needs to make more effective public health decisions, an issue that became all the more apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. “While working in East Africa before HBS, I saw the challenges of delivering public services at scale,” says... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s

By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj

This article examines non-profit investments by business in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database, the study shows that more than three-quarters of such... View Details

Keywords: Economic History; Oral History; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Emerging Markets; Reputation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; India; Chile; Colombia; Sri Lanka; Kenya

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16 Apr 2001
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Making the Most of Government Upheaval

the organizations they studied responded to their post-reform competitive environments in roughly four stages: Stage I: Turnaround and Catch-up. Recognizing that their efficiency and quality levels were far... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

29 Jun 2016
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Emerging Into Singapore

Zalora in South East Asia to Dafiti in South America. I have been given the opportunity to interact with different departments, ask questions, and be involved in thought processes. I am currently working on an investigation to test the... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

01 Aug 2018
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Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

belief that the Partnership would not produce job losses. He cites the significant gains made by Far Eastern economies in the 1970s and 1980s in spite of significant trade barriers at the time. He also argues that the social value of... View Details