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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
HBS, HMS, and Harvard’s School of Public Health. Two case protagonists were in attendance: Dr. Paul Farmer, an HMS professor and the subject of the best-seller Mountains Beyond Mountains, and Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, executive secretary of the Rwandan National View Details
- Web
The JD/MBA Seminar: The Perfect Practice Ground - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
it this way, privacy has been losing ground rapidly with the ascendancy of big data and the Internet of things. The retreat of privacy has been aided by personal use of networking apps like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, search devices... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
organize into effective teams and have the chance to work on a problem for several days, as opposed to the length of an Aldrich class period. They also have to think about how to communicate their recommendations in a sensitive way and in... View Details
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The Arts of Communication - Course Catalog
key competencies, including: Finding your voice and generating ideas Communicating complex information effectively (includes using visual aids and programs such as PowerPoint effectively) Understanding and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Lessons from the Tsunami Disaster
CURRAN: "The most important thing I learned is that central planning in such situations doesn't work." Courtesy Dan Curran International relief agencies that raced to aid Indonesia’s tsunami-ravaged Aceh province have a lot to learn from... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
looking to transform lives by moving primarily smallholder farmers out of hunger and poverty, toward resilience.” These farmers, in more than 30 countries worldwide, says Ferrari, have the potential to effectively feed about 100 million... View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
bone up on interviewing, etiquette, and, for those seeking positions in finance, analytical skills. Ultimately, about half of graduating MBAs will receive a job offer through an organized interview process, with the other half leveraging their personal networks—greatly... View Details
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
forecasting, despite a number of characteristics that make it a challenge to fit to a dynamic supply chain environment, to be effective in that context. We further show that the forecasting process, together with the supporting mechanisms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
What Fellowships Make Possible
The foundation of Harvard Business School’s MBA Program is need-blind admissions: a commitment to ensuring that every student, regardless of their background or financial means, is able to attend the School through a generous combination of outright View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
loans to fight poverty around the globe since the end of World War II, nearly half the world's six billion people still live on less than $2 a day; a fifth get by on less than $1. At times, foreign aid has even worsened the plight of the... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories
and pitches that rely on data and numbers can be more effective in some circumstances, notes the research, which Graeber conducted with Christopher Roth, a professor at the University of Cologne, and Florian Zimmermann, a professor at the... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
of spending on traditional aid programs in areas such as health care and food access in developing countries, GiveDirectly transfers cash directly to the poor. As experiments have shown this approach to be an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2013
- News
Selling Crafts with a Story
craft by employing the powerful effect of storytelling. It's proven powerful enough to put an end to those "pre-work" work meetings. In late 2012, Koss and Paranjape were able to walk away from their day jobs and pursue Brika full time.... View Details
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Alice Yang
projects ranging from an analysis of PIH’s clinical outcomes in rural Haiti, editing and publishing a bilingual manual on AIDS treatment in resource-poor settings, overseeing potable water projects for at-risk families in Haiti, and... View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
School of Business, to craft the survey and analyze responses. “Firms today are very lean and cash-strapped.” The survey captured a snapshot of the pandemic’s impact on small businesses, including business owners’ perceptions about their prospects for survival and how... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
pressures. Aid in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Humanizing Victims Predicts Intergroup Helping Authors:Amy J. C. Cuddy, Mindi Rock, and Michael I. Norton Publication:Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (in press) Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
features of today's MBA experience. We all know that the effective use of technology is a priority at the School. How is this influencing the MBA Program? Technology is a huge part of the MBA experience. It is something today's students... View Details
- 15 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review
able to effectively deliver transformative therapies to patients in need. As a member of the first cohort of Harvard’s MS/MBA joint degree, I wanted to share four things you should know about this new program.” Read More How Financial... View Details
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Marie Kyle
Clinton Health Access Initiative, "sparked a passion for the development sector," says Marie. But she wasn't satisfied with the standard aid packages she saw in emerging markets. "I wanted to look at ideas outside the... View Details