Equality Of Opportunity - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
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Finance and the Economic Recovery

Illustration by Michael Austin A pandemic that has caused public health and economic crises also has afforded business leaders the opportunity to better understand and lead through disruptions affecting countless lives, companies, and... View Details

10 Jan 2017
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Paying It Forward

runs a school, a small farm and greenhouse, a pharmacy, and a shrimp farm—all of which are intended to give the children an education, vocational skills, and food. “The opportunity to help people makes me... View Details

01 Apr 2020
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Happy Because He’s Blind

most valuable lesson: Life without obstacles removes opportunities for growth,” he said. “We have to choose to deliberately frame our perception, or we allow the circumstances of life to determine our... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Mary Callahan Erdoes

forty-year low, but they aren't going very high anytime soon and could go even lower. Even with rates so low, there are still plenty of opportunities to make money in the bond markets. While many investors... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2002
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Extra! Extra! Newspapers Miss the Story

Newspapers are missing an opportunity to boost revenues by barely tapping the online market, according to a new study by Assistant Professor Clark Gilbert and Borrell Associates Inc. In “Newspapers Miss Out on $300 Million in Online... View Details

03 Feb 2021
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Power Play

Courtesy Rahul Advani Courtesy Sara Graziano Courtesy Chris Smith Courtesy Rahul Advani Courtesy Sara Graziano Courtesy Chris Smith When Rahul Advani (MBA 2004) began his investment career in 1997, focused on the energy sector, he thought a future View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2017
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The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)

with graduate students. This was one of the best things that HBS offered—the opportunity to be part of the incredible Harvard and MIT community. Can you finish this statement?... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Historic Gift from HBS to New Radcliffe Institute

Radcliffe have long enjoyed will have new opportunities to flourish with the establishment of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study." Because the gift is not restricted to a specific Radcliffe Institute... View Details

12 Sep 2019
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Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse

I live in the Bay area. I love to get out and run, and bike, and hike, and I think that those are kind of the real kind of head-clearing opportunities and yeah I have a lot... View Details

05 Mar 2025
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Uncertain Terms

After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details

02 Sep 2021
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Back to School

incredible opportunity to build a better system with the $120 billion in funds from the American Rescue Plan. States across the country have unprecedented resources to change the way we think about all aspects View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air

MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast When the United States Congress passed the Inflation... View Details

Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge

01 Aug 1998
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Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

enthusiasm, high spirits, and intellectual energy. Traveling to Soldiers Field from all over the world, alumni from the Classes of 1928, 1933, 1938, 1943, 1948, 1978, 1983, 1988, and 1993, along with graduates View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Oct 1996
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At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top

large, complex corporations. According to Porter, "The program has been a tremendous success. The workshop gives all participants a unique opportunity to talk with peers about matters of mutual interest and... View Details

Keywords: Jon Prestage

01 Aug 1998
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South Africa Conference Preview

general will be the focus of the next HBS Global Alumni Conference, "Managing Development: The African Renaissance," to be held in Cape Town March 21-23, 1999. Featuring an expert team of HBS faculty,... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Closing the 'Network Gap'

and Schrier’s successful volunteer effort evolved into a vision for a sustainable for-profit, social-impact company during HBS Startup Bootcamp in the winter of 2021. “We started with an idea for a solution, but we hadn’t had the View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Nov 2018
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Building a New Real Estate Investment Model

renting than any time in the last five decades, and Davis knew there was a market opportunity here. Yet Davis moved in the opposite direction of many real estate investors. He didn’t target big states with... View Details

Keywords: April White; Real Estate

01 Feb 1999
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NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together

Last fall, the HBS Club of Greater New York hosted an innovative conference designed to give would-be entrepreneurs a boost in meeting one of the greatest challenges for any new venture: finding start-up... View Details

02 Nov 2020
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The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

enjoyed getting together with small groups of classmates over dinner. It was such a unique opportunity to meet so many interesting, wonderful people from different backgrounds and geographies. That’s one... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Vision: To Go-Go

in the course Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry. In it, Izquierdo began sketching the outline of a tech-enabled business model that would eliminate everything she disliked about... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; entrepreneurship; foodtech; startup; Latin America

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