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28 May 2019
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Broken Link

President Obama launched the ConnectED initiative to bring high-speed broadband to 99 percent of public schools across America within five years. Next they lobbied the FCC to modernize its long-standing... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

providers are beginning to offer unique services, creating the facilities and organizations to effectively deliver them, and gathering the data to show superior performance and to continue to improve. Public... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

19 Jan 2016
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Electric Avenues

on a Tuesday at 2 p.m., who’s going to show up?” Agora, the online platform Sze launched last year, offers a place for citizens to interact with their elected representatives using everything from message boards to streaming video chats.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

liquidity events such as initial public offerings and mergers. For example, when speech-recognition supplier ScanSoft acquired Nuance in October 2005, twelve of Nuance's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Sep 2015
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The Power of Service

South Africa and the UK. A City Year, Inc. trustee and cochair of its international committee, Reilly says the organization’s current efforts are “laser-focused on helping teachers and public schools address the high-school dropout... View Details

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-099.pdf Mobilizing Culture for Public Action: Community Participation and Child Rights in Rural Uttar Pradesh By: Mangla, Akshay Abstract—Community-based View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Supporting Careers | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

public sectors which often have compensation levels below the MBA average. 2133 Students have participated in the Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship program since 1982 305 Leadership Fellows with 104 organizations since 2001 View Details

07 Nov 2017
Blog Post

Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program

the obvious answer. But I am consistently impressed by the example she sets, and not just for women -- for anyone in the workforce, for anyone in the public eye, for anyone balancing work and family.” 5. You’ll find women View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

twenty years ago the company was unprepared for changes in the marketplace as competitors emerged that offered clients individual pieces of the technology package, such as a database program or storage device. This brought about increased... View Details

08 Mar 2016
First Look

March 8, 2016

investors and the public that expansion into China was one of his company's major priorities for 2016. Uber had already demonstrated remarkable capacity for rapid, global scaling and for operating despite its unclear legal status in many... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2000
News

HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues

HBS, along with ten other business schools, has been recognized for its "cutting-edge programs incorporating societal-business issues" in a report issued by the World Resources Institute and the Initiative for Social Innovation through... View Details

John C. Bogle

Bogle is considered the pioneer of the Index Fund. Created in 1974, Bogle’s Vanguard Index 500 fund has become one of the best performers in the mutual fund marketplace. Though he was initially ridiculed for promoting indexing, Bogle’s... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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Judy L. Allen Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

IV, Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Judy Ley Allen was also appointed to the Cultural Arts Council of Houston by former Mayor Kathy Whitmire and has served on the boards of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the Museum... View Details

20 Nov 2015
News

Room to Grow

environmentalist. He and I spent a lot of time together discussing the larger environmental challenges of our time. He was a big thinker. He was very encouraging and supportive of my desire to shift my career more in the direction of View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

28 Jul 2016
Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

85 percent of consumers make a purchase after reading such online reviews. But in the world of doctors, nothing compares in assisting consumers to make decisions that are arguably more involved emotionally and with higher financial risk. Beyond checking View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

07 Sep 2021
News

Embracing Activism for Social Change

much of her first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Apr 2025
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami

business and the environment. Email bei@hbs.edu to learn more about upcoming events. On January 23rd, 2025, the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) and HBS Alumni Relations cohosted a gathering of alumni interested in learning more... View Details

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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

following criteria: Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA student Current Center for Public Leadership Graduate Fellow ; or Adrian Cheng Fellow (graduate students only). Full-time Harvard graduate student enrolled in one of the courses during... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

Ward - once synonymous with out-of-control crime rates, gang warfare, antiquated public housing, crumbling schools, and degrading poverty - have begun to show indications that there may be a way out of the hopeless downward spiral. In... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

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