Filter Results:
(752)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,801)
- People (5)
- News (752)
- Research (1,432)
- Events (11)
- Multimedia (9)
- Faculty Publications (544)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,801)
- People (5)
- News (752)
- Research (1,432)
- Events (11)
- Multimedia (9)
- Faculty Publications (544)
Sort by
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
since the economic environments of emerging markets such as Indonesia, Chile, India, or Mexico vary so greatly. Because business groups are fundamental to many economies, understanding how these networked organizations function also... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
Transparency, accountability, and local buy-in and commitment are key ingredients. “The MCC’s mission is to reduce poverty through economic growth, and it’s been very effective,” says Bloom, who has been with the MCC since 2004.... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
Looking to Rwanda’s Future
sustainable economy.” To date, Goldstein has made eight trips to Rwanda with his wife, Kaia Miller Goldstein, an economic development consultant who serves on Kagame’s Presidential Advisory Council with HBS Professor Michael Porter, a... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
economy. “For a long time, we’ve looked to the government to address almost all of the issues,” Elumelu says of the economic and social concerns in Nigeria and Africa. “The government cannot do everything alone. The private sector is in a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
economic development, and corporate governance in a rigorous, bottom-up approach employing analysts who integrate sustainability research into fundamental equity analysis. But what happens when an appealing investment opportunity also... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
The Far-Reaching Impact of Fellowships
half of these voices might never have the chance to be heard at HBS. Some 600 fellowships established by donors—in addition to gifts of all sizes made to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation—enable the School to attract students from around the View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)
Orchestra in January, Cerny’s experience included stints with the opera companies of Calgary, Dallas, and San Francisco. In Dallas, Cerny helped create the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors. He also commissioned three View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
An American Story
trait. Although he didn’t arrive in the United States until age 10, Ted Levitt didn’t look back, rarely discussing what must have been a difficult childhood for a Jewish boy during Hitler’s ascendancy. After serving in World War II, where... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
the intersecting worlds of social entrepreneurship. Using examples from nonprofits, foundations, private industry, and government, Keohane presents a history of social entrepreneurship, explores its impacts, and chronicles both the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over
For marketers, how big is the World Cup? Its power can't be overstated. Some 3 billion people will watch the tournament, and marketers will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to engage their attention. FIFA, the governing body of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 30 Jul 2010
- News
Notes from a Hammock
free pass from the media relative to the scrutiny applied to the worlds of politics, law, public policy, and the arts, for example? Would a sharper and stronger media spotlight have helped us avoid some recent disasters? Enron’s voodoo... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
nation like Nigeria provide affordable renewable energy in a depressed economy so dependent on fossil fuels? —Tonye Cole (AMP 186, 2014) KORTENHORST and KORMI: The world of fossil fuels is a volatile one, and exporters of fossil fuels... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
strengthened his belief that those who prosper in business are obligated to serve the greater good. His decadelong presidency of the World Bank provided the ultimate opportunity to pursue that mission on a global scale. Wolfensohn’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Laura Alfaro to Costa Rican Post
country’s new president, Laura Chinchilla. An expert on international economics, including foreign direct investment, financial markets, and sovereign debt, Alfaro, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA, was honored as a Young Global... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
Lawrence E. Fouraker, Dean of the Harvard Business School from 1970 to 1980 and an early advocate of a global perspective in management education, died of viral pneumonia on December 20 in Brookline, Mass. He was 74. Fouraker joined the Business School faculty in 1961... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Tickling the Ivories
producer (sex, lies, and videotape), and is a prolific author. Founder and chairman of the San Francisco–based Institute for Large Scale Innovation, he advises corporations and governments on innovation, organizational transformation, and emerging technologies. At a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
long careers, these legendary faculty members not only helped shape the School and personify it to generations of students and alumni, they were also eyewitnesses to its evolution. When they began their careers, after World War II and at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
College of New York, where he received his BA cum laude in 1933. He earned a Ph.D. in economics in 1941 from Columbia University. He then spent 24 years at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of State working on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
turning point in my life has put me on an unexpected path. I came to HBS as a student after serving in Korea as a missionary for the Mormon Church. That experience had left me eager for a career that would have an impact on global View Details