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- 01 Jun 2015
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Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
focused on the role of business leaders in this issue. For the HBS faculty team, that meant engaging with HBS alumni in multiple ways. First, the Project launched an unprecedented survey of all alumni “to... View Details
- 03 Nov 2020
- News
One Paramount Priority
us—but that our perceptions of the other side are tearing us apart, she writes in an election-day opinion column in the Boston Globe. An entrepreneur, author, and founder and chair View Details
Keywords: Government
- 25 Apr 2016
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Just Rewards
Michael Darrington (PMD 27, 1974) believes in putting people first. As CEO of Greggs, which he led for 24 years to become the United Kingdom’s baking industry leader and in previous positions where he oversaw strategic turnarounds. He has... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
Prestige brands can expand their reach—and make their core customers proud
“Brand extensions and new users are not by definition a threat to exclusive brands,” Keinan says. “But it is essential to understand and manage the perceptions and reactions of core customers to these new... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
performed was correlated to his balance sheet and the perception of the entire industry. Is there ever a circumstance in which a leader of a company needs to use puffery to... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
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Diversifying HBS's Case Collection
“The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations,” coauthored by Mihir Desai, the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance [see related story]. A PDF of this written case, as well as View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
to challenge the inequities that we see? SR: Well, Dan, HBCUs have been in existence since the 1850s. They were created like almost every Black institution was created as a result of Black people being... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
community because of the persistent inequities they face, but ultimately, this work will be helpful for all underrepresented and marginalized communities. What we’re trying to do is make HBS a place that is... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
with comical tales are perceptive looks at things as different as family Christmas rituals, and the impact of 40 years of communism on society. When Climate Change Hits Home by... View Details
- 28 May 2014
- News
Leveling the Playing Field for all Learners
has been an inequity in terms of preparing for college. By working with us to create not just a free tool—that’s ‘hey, if you can’t afford the fancy stuff, here’s the free one’-- but making the best thing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson
and fund-raising projects. Outside Harvard, he visits with amputees and trauma victims and is working on a national awareness campaign with Easter Seals to educate amputees regarding the availability of aesthetic, upper-limb prostheses.... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry
"Never apologize, mister," John Wayne's character famously said in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. "It's a sign of weakness." And while previous academic research has similarly concluded that apologizing during negotiations hurts View Details
- 15 May 2018
- News
Spreading the Safety Net
a critically ill loved one without this same level of benefits. I had inadvertently created classes of employees — and by doing so, had done my part to contribute to America’s View Details
- 19 May 2015
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Getting Ready for Success
another arranges funding new schools. “Some volunteers get a taste for what is not necessarily monetarily rewarding, but quite rewarding nonetheless, and it changes their perception of life,” she says. After... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Plugged In
have a notion of what an electric car should be, and they are open to new technologies." And even if the youth market isn't ready for high-end wheels, changing the perception View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
World Bank's Wolfensohn Highlights Challenges, Increased Role for Private Sector
twenty-five million kids don't go to school. There are too many people dying due to lack of vaccines, and the world is showing an increasing inequity in terms of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Supporting Women in Leadership
Gisel and Omid Kordestani Attending the W50 Summit at Harvard Business School last spring was an eye-opening experience for Gisel Kordestani, who until then hadn't fully realized that despite the enormous strides women at HBS have made in the past half century, there... View Details
Keywords: W50
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
determine their relevance in the future. Datar and Garvin recently talked about the way forward for business education. In the opening pages of your book, you write that the need for change is “urgent.” Why urgent? Garvin: First, we heard... View Details
- 01 May 2015
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Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
education in the 21st century. The primary objectives of The Harvard Business School Campaign are to: Inspire significantly increased levels of participation and engagement among alumni Inform, identify, and... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
poverty line. “And you don’t really think twice about the amount of inequality there might be just 10 minutes from where you live.” The team made some quick determinations: “Doing food drives once in a while... View Details