community development - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

Asked which institutions must be in place in order for African countries to grow, experts on a panel at the Africa Business Conference had no shortage of suggestions. One panelist, representing the International Monetary Fund, voted for a capable judiciary; a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

preservation. And Dallas Smith, head of a regional coalition of First Nations, thanked the other speakers for their efforts to make his community a better place to live. This scene seemed impossible when negotiations began in 1996. At the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

23 Jul 2013
News

Building Great Schools around Great Teachers

boarding school seemed too limiting if he wanted to make a genuine impact. Turning his sights to improving public education, he met with then-HBS Senior Lecturer Stacey Childress (MBA 2000). She presented him with a challenge. Why, she asked, does the US military View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2004
News

Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS

George W. Bush (MBA ’75) that a high-level joint commission be formed to defuse business problems between the two countries. “We should not turn economic or trade issues into political ones,” he declared. Quoting Thomas Jefferson, Wen said that economic View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

02 May 2016
News

Motivating Middle-Schoolers to Get up to Speed with Math

grade-level math proficiency.” As a longtime school volunteer with at-risk students and founder of an innovative high school entrepreneurship curriculum in Rhode Island, Daugherty was struck by how often “smart, resourceful students can’t multiply 3 x 20.” View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

Maine. His work at two of Common Good's partner organizations — Stone Soup Foods and East End Kids Katering, both in Portland, Maine — focused on evaluating new business opportunities and developing marketing plans to maximize each... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

Career Coach

Martha Tassinari

Martha (HBS '94) has been an executive coach and career counselor at HBS since 2007. She has helped thousands of MBA students, Alumni and Executive Education participants (GMP, PLD, OPM, New Path) identify and reach their career and professional View Details

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Session Types | Information Technology

pianist Lisa Qiya Li ‘23 and cellist Maddie Tucker ‘23. Play Video duration: 1:28 The Arts of Communications Candace Bertotti, adjunct lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, used the HBS Live Online Classroom to help MBA... View Details

April 2013
Teaching Note

New Resource Bank: In Pursuit of Green (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz

This case involves the founding and early life of a new bank enterprise in San Francisco with a commitment to the cause of sustainability. It illustrates the opportunities and challenges of banking on values and of specifying and making explicit the practical... View Details

Keywords: Business And Society; Entrepreneurial Management; Growth Strategy; Social Enterprise; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Entrepreneurship; Business and Community Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Banking Industry; San Francisco

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20 Jun 2024
Podcast

Cengage Group’s Michael Hansen on the employment-ready syllabus

The ed-tech executive on shifting the discussion to emphasize the economic benefits of education, harnessing AI, skills-based hiring, employer-educator collaboration, and the public policy landscape. View Details

06 Nov 2024
Podcast

Guest Episode: Joseph Fuller on The Gartner Talent Angle

Managing the Future of Work co-chair Joseph Fuller delves into what’s driving and limiting the practice of skills-based hiring. The discussion ranges from degree inflation and HR automation to workforce demographics, skills-based promotion and employee retention. Also,... View Details

27 Mar 2023
News

A Sporting Chance

development company amid today's roller-coaster economic cycles is a challenge, he says, but challenges are something understands. "You need to say, ‘I'm going to do what's best for the company,' and do what you think is right," he says.... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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Cherian Kurien

communication through the case methodology, has helped to improve my clarity of thought and verbal communication skills. With an excellent curriculum, exceptional faculty and ambitious goals, Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail

01 Feb 1998
News

Stephen Covey's Successful Habits

including their health and relationships. It's then they often become more disposed to change. In recent years, what's been the most positive development in business? The global economy. "Excellence" in local or regional terms is usually... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Ticked Off

The HBS Club of Connecticut Community Partners recently partnered with Time for Lyme (TFL), a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating the devastating effects of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Founded in 1998, TFL has raised... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

15 May 2024
Podcast

Can work-based learning revive college-for-all?

Propel America CEO Chad Rountree on rethinking the high school-to-career transition to meet the needs of low-income students, colleges, and employers. View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Labs Enable Large-scale Research

Illustrations from VectorStock.com The Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) aims to supercharge HBS’s research agenda by applying a lab-based model similar to that used by the scientific community for problem solving,... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa

high-school education for talented, disadvantaged students in and around Johannesburg. Clarke’s own experience as a sponsor and board member for the New York program was the spark that led to the development of SSP-SA. Drawn by the many... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

18 Mar 2019
Blog Post

"It's important to have a compelling story:" Jodi Glickman on being Great on the Job

In our Q&A series, we talk with webinar presenters about their current roles, work-life balance and any helpful tips they may have for alumni. Tell us about yourself and your work. I'm the CEO and founder of Great on the Job, LLC (a leadership View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Martin V. Marshall Remembered

MARSHALL: A key force behind OPM. HBS professor emeritus Martin V. (“Marty”) Marshall (MBA 2/’47, DCS ’53), a driving force in the development of the School’s Owner/President Management Program (OPM) for entrepreneurs, died on February 16... View Details

Keywords: obiturary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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