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- 22 Sep 2015
- News
On a Mission to Have an Impact
After founding the online cosmetics service Eve.com, Varsha Rao (MBA 1995) is now heading global operations for Airbnb, helping customers of this mission-driven company gain richer travel experiences by connecting them more closely to the... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Helping the Unemployed Find Work and Self-Esteem
found work that week. “It was something the whole community could celebrate.” Since those early days in Hackney, Reed in Partnership, the welfare-to-work arm of the global Reed parent company, has placed more than 140,000 people into... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
director Maureen Harrington (MBA 2001)—around how to respond to the government's insistent request, relatively late in the planning process, for increased community services in areas such as education, water... View Details
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- 21 Apr 2015
- News
The Special Ops Program That Put Woman in Afghanistan Warzones
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
around an integrated care model. For example, accompagnateurs, community healthworkers who make frequent home visits to administer drugs and check on individuals with HIV and TB, ensure timely diagnosis and adherence to therapy. This both... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
and insightful, it needs to be rolled out through student organizations (clubs, the Greek system, etc.) and funded by nonprofits or grants. Another choice would be a freemium model, but that will be difficult to do without alienating the users, given the View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
11,000 community members. Owusu-Kesse had already spent a year at Canada’s side, thanks to an externship sponsored by his employer, Morgan Stanley. Now Canada wanted him back. “I had no idea how much money I would make. I had no idea what... View Details
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Laura Mackay
(e.g., new delivery models, digital health, etc.) is front and center. The level of access to thought leaders in the community and alumni network, as well as to entrepreneurs and established companies driving the latest insights and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Alumni Board Wraps Up Year
also found that Alumni Career Services already has a broad array of beneficial Web-based and on-campus career development offerings, but that awareness of these services is relatively low. Hence, the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
of Antares is to harness the power of private enterprise to promote public health." As part of its research and educational activity, Antares deploys joint HBS and HSPH student field-study teams around the world to work with health products and View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
to nonprofits in their communities. HBS alumni nationwide contribute more than $4 million in pro bono services each year through a network of club-based programs. The longest-running effort, the Community... View Details
- February 2018
- Article
Maintaining Beliefs in the Face of Negative News: The Moderating Role of Experience
By: Bradley R. Staats, Diwas S. KC and F. Gino
Many models in operations management involve dynamic decision making that assumes optimal updating in response to information revelation. However, behavioral theory suggests that rather than updating their beliefs, individuals may persevere in their prior beliefs. In... View Details
Keywords: Information; Announcements; Service Operations; Decision Making; Medical Specialties; Experience and Expertise; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Staats, Bradley R., Diwas S. KC, and F. Gino. "Maintaining Beliefs in the Face of Negative News: The Moderating Role of Experience." Management Science 64, no. 2 (February 2018): 804–824.
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Project outreach
Outreach On March 28, more than five hundred HBS students, partners, and faculty members participated in the School's eleventh annual daylong public service effort, Project Outreach. This year, groups of volunteers went to eight sites... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Turnaround Situation
Marty Cordova (MBA 1974), a Vietnam vet who has seen good days and bad, is dedicating himself to helping other vets get their lives back together. Cordova is finance director of Rehabilitation Services and Veterans Programs (RS&VP), a... View Details
- 17 Oct 2014
- News
Committed to helping others
Eryn Schultz (MBA 2015) is concerned about access to healthy food and critical services for low-income families and plans to dedicate herself to helping those less fortunate. (Published October 2014) View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
things happen to people and they are forced to live off of food stamps or go to soup kitchens and food pantries to get their meals," she says. The New Jersey native recalled that her own earliest altruistic efforts—performing Gilbert and Sullivan musicals at nursing... View Details
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
goods and services that they may not have known existed. A great retailer is the agent for the customer. Loyalty programs and the insight and communication capabilities they provide can help retailers... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Innovation Goes Mainstream
government and social entrepreneurship,” said Gergen. He noted that Obama has pledged to open an office of social innovation, is an advocate of community service, and has proposed $650 million for the Department of Education to work with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Having a Ball
and social service organizations, Stafford, who grew up as one of twelve children of a Baptist minister, invited his guests from all over the country and provided beauty treatments and formal evening wear for two gala balls he organized... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
A Bankable Trust
has performed in theater productions, at weddings and parties, and, for the last five years, in a gospel choir. "It's important to have balance in one's life," she observed. That balance also includes community View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment