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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Introduction to Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB) Our Most Comprehensive Offering 5 pre-set courses + 2 electives + a capstone project. Choose from the New Leader or Experienced Leader learning paths.... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Providing jobs and alleviating poverty by building new businesses

Otso Fristrom (MBA 2008) is investing in businesses with a goal of providing jobs and alleviating poverty. (Published April 2014) View Details

23 Jan 2020
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Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

31 Jan 2025
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New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses

When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

for innovation to fulfill that promise. Charter schools, in other words, might just need a better business plan. School Ties A loosely knit HBS charter network links alumni nationwide. Greg Thompson (MBA 2005) leads the Tennessee Charter... View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2017
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HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business

HBX course participants at ConneXt HBS Online course participants at ConneXt When Harvard Business School Online, formerly called HBX, was first conceptualized, the goal was to create a transformational... View Details

August 2019 (Revised March 2022)
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Family Matters: Governance at the Zamil Group

By: Christina R. Wing, Suraj Srinivasan and Esel Çekin

This case focuses on a large Saudi Arabian industrial conglomerate and family business Zamil Group’s corporate and family governance journey. The 12 sons of the founder led and grew the group successfully after taking over from their father in 1961. The secret to their... View Details

Keywords: Middle East; Family Ownership; Family-owned Business; Saudi Arabia; Family Business; Governance; Organizational Structure; Values and Beliefs; Steel Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia; Bahrain

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Leadership Collaborative | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

goal is for alumni to share their latest thinking and practices on issues of critical relevance to the sector, to come together to examine problems of practice, and to examine the distinctive joys and challenges of a career in social... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia

Associate Professor Meg Rithmire The dynamic relationship between a country’s political system and its business environment is a topic that intrigues Meg Rithmire, the F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor of View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic

prominent African business leaders, including several HBS alumni who shared insights on macroeconomics, strategy, leadership, and execution relevant to Africa. The webinars were targeted to a business... View Details

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

interests of the United States,” and “opposes undue burden on members of our community.” As of this writing, the signatories include some 50 Nobel Laureates and more than 14,800 faculty members at US colleges and universities. Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Staff

22 Dec 2016
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The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth

U.K. government borrowed from the SBA’s contracting efforts, setting an even higher small business contracting goal than ours here in the United States (25 percent versus our 23 percent) and achieving it in... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

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Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society

Global Leadership Roundtables Harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. The goal of the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) Global Leadership... View Details

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Educating Business Administrators - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions A Concrete Symbol The Exhibition Introduction Educating Business Administrators Core... View Details

28 Aug 2014
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Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit

guarantee programs, and state-sponsored venture capital programs. Additionally, in 2011 the SBA leveraged its partnership with larger banks, resulting in 13 of America's top lenders committing to increase their small business lending by... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking

23 Oct 2019
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Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society

and mastery of business. “However, they often don’t get to tackle some of the big issues that intersect business and society and that don’t fit neatly into a single course,” says Robert Huckman the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of... View Details

Keywords: Educational Innovation

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Systems Leadership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

Administration Dutch Leonard Eliot I. Snider and Family Baker Foundation Professor and Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Management Explore Our Work Teaching View Details

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An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for the Collective Academy, a for-profit institution of higher learning expected to enroll its first students in early 2016. Initially based in Mexico City, Bichara hopes to expand operations around Mexico and beyond with a curriculum focused on business, technology,... View Details

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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

percent have been placed in or found jobs in the retail and hospitality sectors, earning at least twice the minimum wage on average. By 2019, its target goal is to train 25,000 unemployed youth annually. “We want to write the playbook for... View Details

29 Jun 2021
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DIVERSIFYING OUR CASE PROTAGONISTS: HOW IS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DOING A YEAR LATER?

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the resurgent Black Lives Matter movement that followed, institutions across the country, including Harvard Business School (HBS), examined themselves with a critical eye. In the subsequent... View Details

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