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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
have to rely on diesel generators. That is a lot of the same kind of stuff you do in an emerging economy. It’s the same thing you do in a new city in India or China.” Macomber teaches the MBA elective Building Cities: Infrastructure and...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
Equity Finance class, an advanced elective course offered in the Harvard Business School MBA elective curriculum. The structure of the book follows the timeline of a typical investment. Starting with deal...
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- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
derail us." What's the business leaders' mood? It varies by region. In Europe, the feeling is that there will be continued economic progress, that markets will work well, but that there is an unwillingness or inability of democratically View Details
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by Garry Emmons
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
generous GO: Africa Fellowship that encourages MBAs to work on the continent post-graduation, the new Doing Business in Africa elective course, or the “Africa Rising” short intensive program that was offered in January 2018 in which 30...
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Nonprofit / Government
- 16 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Business School
so. My sectionmate and friend Ellen Chisa wrote a fantastic piece on implications of the RC courses for people in our industry. You should read it. The EC Year In the Elective Curriculum, you can specialize in the challenges you'll...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
Elliott Management, and Jonathan Rose Companies. The issues they tackled ranged from crowdsourcing and e-commerce, to renewable energy generation and development of buildings for use by charter schools. IFCs are topic-oriented and designed to give MBA students in the...
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- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
2013 elections in Kenya, the Electoral Commission sent 11 million nonpartisan text messages to registered voters in an effort to boost electoral participation. The messages had a positive effect on turnout but also decreased trust in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
to get inside the system.” Nielsen decided to run for the Seattle school board and was elected in 1993. For the next eight years, he and other reformers on the board pushed through some remarkable changes, making Seattle one of the most...
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Annual Report 2016 - Annual Report 2016
and a presentation by the Dean, the programs in each location highlighted the impact of the School and its graduates, and facilitated engagement among alumni and between alumni and HBS. Elective Curriculum Field Courses Nearly a dozen...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
staggered boards at all companies (boards traditionally elect one-third of their members each year); requires that all directors receive a majority of votes cast to be elected; mandates the creation of a board risk committee; and forces...
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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
getting swept up in trends. "I think an entrepreneur should beware of so-called hot fields," says Bhide, who coteaches the MBA elective Entrepreneurial Management. "The Internet feeding frenzy, for example, resembles the California gold...
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- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
had died while she was interned. And as it happens I can see the masts of Hanslope Park from where I sit here in calm rural Buckinghamshire on our election day. It's great that Ms. Elkins is teaching at HBS, to be reminded that the School...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5
Break, Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative addressed the Class of 2021 in Klarman Hall and spoke, in vivid language, about the importance of proximity. For those of you who elected not to attend the talk, who sat on your...
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- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
Victorian architecture, a grand marble staircase, and glittering chandeliers. “It was the evening of our country’s General Election so we were very lucky to have full attendance,” says the club’s VP or Programming & Events, Julie Mulcahy...
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Margie Kelley
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
elected Wilmington mayor and a $16 million gift from a Salesianum alumnus (the third-largest gift to a U.S. Catholic high school) put construction of a new, city-owned sports facility on track for completion in 2020. Kennealey calls the...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
expect we haven’t seen the last of it. When it comes to corruption here, the bad guys don’t even have to be clever. But, to her credit, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is Africa’s first elected female head of state and a graduate of Harvard’s...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
terms of not only financial performance but management practices and reputation in the community. The result of her efforts is the MBA elective course Globalization, Culture, and Management. According to Paine, as students examine the...
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by Judith A. Ross
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
people with health insurance often are saddled with medical debt. Policymakers have taken notice, and in an election year amid an uncertain economy, health care, debt, and economic mobility are all hot issues. A comedy show discovery...
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- 29 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS
after I was elected President of Section A. As the weeks pass and the section dynamics fall into place, you’ll soon realize that this pressure is merely self-inflicted and better let go, as the sooner you do, the more quickly you can...
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- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
shortly before Nelson Mandela was elected president and she stood out because there weren’t many African-Americans there at the time. As a result, people kept asking who she was and what she did and then telling her the country needed...
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Constantine von Hoffman