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- 01 Mar 2017
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The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
lot of money—we’ll bring this in at under $10 million, and that includes some reserve for the first several years of operation.” Funding came from private and public sources, including a grant from the National Endowment for the...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
McArthur Hall Dedication
as Dean. He expressed his personal appreciation for McArthur's friendship, which began when Menino was a city councilor, and applauded McArthur's influence on the stewardship of the city's hospitals and in establishing a relationship between the HBS community and the...
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- 25 Aug 2022
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The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
losses in June. Will crypto overcome the challenges on the road to mainstream adoption? What’s standing in its way? HBS faculty members Charles C.Y. Wang, who has written about public firms’ investments in, and accounting for,...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Screen Saver
would be stadium seating, but that's about it. It's remarkable. And not in a good way." Lopez, it seems, is just getting warmed up. "Can you imagine driving the same car in 2010 that you drove in 1977, with the same features? There's...
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- 20 Jul 2017
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Pushing the Next Generation Forward
nutrition, and wellness offerings that target endemic problems such as asthma and obesity. All programs are offered at no cost to families in HCZ’s service zone. Funding comes from a combination of public and private sources: one-third in...
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Deborah Blagg
- 28 Sep 2015
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Rockin’ for a Cause
public schools, which the Scheels’ four children have all attended. Scheel’s wife, Susan, was an early leader of Palo Alto Partners in Education (PiE), a foundation that provides supplemental funds to support worthwhile programs—such as...
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- 29 Apr 2022
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Clean Slate
2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office, and in a stroke of good fortune, he made accessibility to toilets a top priority in one of his earliest public addresses. “People may criticize me for talking...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs
government, and civil society all focus on the poor as producers. The main emphasis must be, he says, on creating employment opportunities for the poor and increasing their productive capacities by ensuring basic public services. What the...
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- 23 Oct 2019
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Training Principals to Build Great Schools
HGSE’s strength in school and instructional leadership. Research shows a high need for this type of training. “There are about 200,000 principals and assistant principals in the United States, and half of them have little or no access to View Details
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- 13 Nov 2020
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A Passion for Education
teaching her four-year-old how to read, Ryan’s mother visited his public kindergarten and realized he wouldn’t receive the level of learning he deserved, so she enrolled him in a local parochial school. “I couldn’t have had better...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Addressing The Financial Security Gap
can’t solve this problem, she says, adding that some public policy initiatives need to be implemented, along with paid childcare and more flexible workplaces. Ackerley is passionate about closing the gender pension gap and furthering...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2018
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An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
“At Mobius, we get to play a part in the emergence of a stronger manufacturing base.” As Mobius scales up, the team envisions producing a no-frills platform that can be tailored for cargo delivery, public transportation, or emergency...
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Amy Yee
- 19 Nov 2014
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The Power of Yes
money to good use: Dichter would simply open his wallet. At the time, Dichter was director of business development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2012
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Corruption 101
"Against the Grain" ends as a cliff-hanger: What should Jim do? The array of ethical choices forms the basis of class discussion in the required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. "Corruption can be defined as paying for a View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
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The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success
marketing found among the most successful Asian firms in the study appears to hold true across the board - in consumer goods organizations, industrial firms, product companies, and service providers alike, without regard to the size of...
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Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 1998
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A Community Investment
happen and that people like us must help lead such change. What does your company do regarding social enterprise, philanthropy, public service, and community involvement? Davey Scoon: At Colonial, we have an Outstanding Volunteer Program,...
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- 20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow
environmentalist. He and I spent a lot of time together discussing the larger environmental challenges of our time. He was a big thinker. He was very encouraging and supportive of my desire to shift my career more in the direction of View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
The commercial real estate business was in a shambles fifteen years ago, but just look at it now. After a complete rehab, the industry has become the darling of investors eager for alternatives to lackluster stocks and bonds. But will the View Details
- 28 May 2019
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INK: Maker’s Manual
“Why didn’t I think of that?” I’ve learned to trust that there’s an endless well of good ideas. And when you put opportunities in the hands of wild-eyed optimists—instead of established companies that are in defense mode—people create...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2009
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Letters to the Editor
rationale as to why this union-backed legislation is needed and why it is good for employees. Alas, he didn’t. In my 20s and 30s, I directly supervised a total of several thousand hourly workers in at least a dozen departments in both New...
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