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- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
bootstrapped the funds to launch a vocational training program for dental assistants. Revenue from the new business pushed them out of poverty and into the middle class. Olds, a budding economist, was intrigued. “The rate of new business births View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Embrace the Corona-Blur
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong In the “before times,” work stress was something that could be compartmentalized. You left your office at the end of the day and put miles between you and your...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
Charan (MBA ’65, DBA ’67) team up to show how P&G has reconnected with customers and primed a sustainable innovation engine. Charan contributes cases and lessons from companies he has worked with, including IDEO, Nokia, Shimano,...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Up Your Time Affluence
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans’ research is driven by a fundamental question: What makes us happy? Is it having plenty of money? Or time? Research by Whillans...
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- 03 Feb 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?
out the application in pencil to please an Army buddy when we were stationed in Europe, and my grade record at a little college in Iowa didn’t warrant admission anyway. Then I got his seat in the Stanford class. I’ve learned that this is called the “impostor...
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by James Heskett
- 09 Jan 2017
- News
Role Model, Coach, Life Guide, and Cheerleader
rose to the occasion. “He ended up getting admitted to HBS, and he actually graduated last week. It was one of the best experiences of my life. It showed me just what type of an impact I can have on another...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
to overflowing with goodwill. That's because running the show is Pastor Charles Coverdale, a big man with a big heart, a big laugh, and a big dream. Known fondly as "the hugging preacher" because of his own easy, bearlike grip and his...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
Reserve's Tenth Annual Report of 1923. The three principles I focus on are 1) the discouraging of speculative lending by commercial banks, 2) the desire to meet the credit needs of business, and 3) the preference of a focus on credit over a focus on monetary...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
our technology investments," he said. "Web services are the perfect, customizable technology to meet that 'have it your way' need," said Rose O'Donnell, vice president of engineering at Bowstreet. With that said, she...
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- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
Harvard Business School with the hope of returning to his banking career. “Harvard showed me a whole different aspect to banking,” he says. “Professor Charlie Williams, who taught Commercial Banking, was my...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
estimated 75 percent of annual rainfall, says Charlie Sinkler, whose Somerville, Massachusetts, firm, Apex Green Roofs, installed all the components of the system. Collectively, green roofs in urban settings can help reduce storm-water...
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- 05 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless
reported crimes against women went up: Kidnappings rose by 13 percent, rapes per capita increased by 23 percent, and the total number of crimes increased by an astonishing 44 percent. Empowered To Act Initially Iyer and her colleagues...
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by Maggie Starvish
- 05 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Simple Ways to Take Gender Bias Out of Your Jobs
in their job listings, research shows that the language of job descriptions often subtly adheres to gender stereotypes. And that deters members of the opposite gender from applying to those jobs. For example, a few years ago, social...
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- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
flavijus For the first time, a link has been drawn between public sentiment about a company’s sustainability practices and how that company is valued in the market. The results are important both for investors searching for under-valued, socially responsible companies,...
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by Rachel Layne
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2016
with library resources, campus facilities, technology, and administration to faculty research. The School’s total spending for faculty research support in fiscal 2016 rose by $8 million, or 6.5 percent, from the prior year to $131...
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- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
Economic difficulties need not mean that we lower our standards for leadership. If anything, we should raise our sights. New work by HBS professor Michael Beer and colleagues shows that there is still a place for what they term...
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by Martha Lagace
- 23 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Shares Their Favorite Books for HR Leaders
forward in your careers? The examples and exercises in Getting Unstuck will help leaders and their employees better understand themselves and the type of work that will make them most fulfilled. Investing that kind of time and energy in your employees View Details
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- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
1969 (After active duty, rose to rank of Lt. Colonel in Reserves) "No matter what business you're in, there is nothing more important than integrity and the reputation of your company. The post-bubble economy notwithstanding, there is...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2019
million, or 9 percent, to $262 million, from $240 million a year earlier, exceeding the School’s cautious forecast for zero growth. International sales rose 14 percent, comprising 36 percent of Publishing’s total annual revenues. Harvard...
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- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data on operations, targets, and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management...
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Carmen Nobel