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- 01 Jun 2008
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You Only Thought You Were Republican
care will they enjoy if you need to downsize and lay some of them off? I know you. You care about these things. It concerns you that the gap between upper-class Americans and everyone else has grown so gapingly wide. I know none of us...
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- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
innovative solutions, especially Black female knowledge workers. We found that 42 percent of Gen Z Black women are “the first to know when something new or cutting-edge is released.” The gap with the other races was almost two-to-one. Jim...
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- 22 Jun 2021
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Looking at Losses in Gender Equity in Post-COVID Canada
Michelle Banik, Heather Stark (MBA 1999), Penny Collenette, and Jen Lee Koss (MBA 2008) When the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Global Gender Gap Report came out at the end of March, the news was grim. The significant economic impact of the...
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- 24 Jul 2020
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Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
reached middle and high school, the gap between the high-achieving students and those who needed academic support grew considerably. A few years later, Stanford University released a study that confirmed her observations. “Chicago had...
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- 16 Sep 2016
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Offshore Learning
careers by practicing science in an inspiring, natural environment. “Our core mission is to help close the achievement gap in Boston schools,” says Pearson. “The city, our donors, and the schools have been tremendous in their support....
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Bringing women to the boardroom table
January 2013 through March 2014, with more appointments expected in the coming year. “I saw how difficult it was for a woman to become a director: there was a gap in the market for this service,” says Stewart, herself a 20-year veteran of...
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- 21 Aug 2017
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The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together
conflict in the US government is causing a stalemate in advancing legislation and setting policy and that income gaps are creating a social divide not seen since the 1930s. Read the complete essay
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- 01 Sep 2003
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Jeanne Jackson
CEO of Banana Republic, with concurrent responsibility for all of parent company Gap Inc.’s Internet businesses, and, most recently, as president and CEO of Walmart.com. A skilled and forward-looking manager, she has been listed among...
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- 01 Dec 2004
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A Life by Design
here’s your process for innovation.” Ross thinks she has the answer — simple in its expression but profound in its implications: “It’s all about reinventing the way we work together.” Back to the Drawing Board Since January, Ross has been spreading her ideas about...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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They Call Him Mr. China
management gap he both anticipated and greatly underestimated. Against all odds, and the advice of many, Perkowski ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to chase his entrepreneurial dreams. A...
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- 01 Jan 2008
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James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
endeavors to nurture businesses in emerging economies and promote sustainable sources of energy, show his continuing determination to bridge the gap between policies and people. In the course of one two-week trip last May, James...
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- 01 Jun 2013
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Education Innovation
CHILDRESS (MBA 2000) Illustration by Peter Hoey Related Links 5 Bright Ideas Charter Revolution Redux Lesson Plans Minding the Gap In an article for Harvard Business Review last year, former HBS lecturer Stacey Childress (MBA 2000)...
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- 09 Jul 2024
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On Balance
in the Parliament of Victoria, has the data to back that up, too. According to the agency’s most recent report card, which looks at pandemic-era employment between April 2020 and March 2021 in private companies with 100 or more employees, the total pay View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Research Brief: May I Ask Your Advice?
as if we develop a curiosity about the person’s potential. “We start thinking about how we can help this person grow into the employee that we believe they can be,” she says. Whillans and her fellow researchers are looking into whether these findings could also help...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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Capitalizing the Corner Shop
more product and move to the next level? There are very few places to turn.’ ” The data backed up Kehinde’s experiences: Last year, the International Finance Corporation estimated the credit gap for small businesses in Nigeria to be at...
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Dan Morrell
- 11 Jan 2016
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Guiding Students to Out-of-School Programs and Resources
Marie Schwartz (MBA 1985) is founder and CEO of TeenLife Media, which produces online and print directories of STEM, gap year, pre-college, overnight summer, and community service programs for students in grades 7 through 12. In this...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Liberal Smarts
talked to Mahindra about higher education, his passion for liberal arts, and his grand plans for an American-style university in India. What gap did you see in education that required this new school? In India, there is an insatiable need...
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- 09 Mar 2021
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A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
GAP See more from the online-only March Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s exploration of how business and school leaders are addressing inequities in education. BRIDGING THE GAP Since the start of the...
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- 01 Jun 2003
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Bottom-Line Discrepancies
Desai, who is studying the gap between book income — what companies report to shareholders — and tax income — what companies report to the IRS. In a paper titled “The Divergence between Book and Tax Income” published in the forthcoming...
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- 20 Jul 2017
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Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics
the i-lab have given us the opportunity to do just that,” says Lee, who explains that the amount of capital required to do complex wet lab science is an order of magnitude more than what a typical software venture needs. “The Life Lab bridges that View Details