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24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Energy; Utilities

Fast Answer

Investing in Life Sciences - SIP Resources

healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotech industries including policy and science developments, and overview of different technologies. Factiva - Covers news from national and local newspapers, magazines, trade publications and transcripts... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

Paulson Advocates Regulatory Reform

will look not at the trees, but at the whole forest.” He also called for new government power to impose an orderly liquidation of any failing financial institution. Lacking that authority, Paulson said he had to use “duct tape and baling... View Details

Keywords: federal bailouts; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

Melody Koh

Melody is a Partner at NextView Ventures, based in its New York office. She has spent her entire career working with technology and Internet startups as an entrepreneur, operator, and investor. Prior to... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

01 Dec 2003
News

Center Court

States and selects the teams for the Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Olympic, and Paralympic Games. Schwartz’s goals include upgrading the USTA National Tennis Center in New York (the Open’s home); expanding programs in... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

so doing, introduce a set of new research questions to examine. We believe that these alternative questions offer great promise for understanding and, ultimately, guiding possible corporate social initiatives. We conclude the discussion... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

23 Oct 2019
News

Designing a More Artful Future for the Middle East

press coverage in the Economist, the Guardian, and the New York Times. That motto is also what propelled the 26-year-old creative force to journey 6,400 miles to Boston to earn an MBA at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Inclusion

19 Sep 2019
News

Predicting Human Behaviors

gets—at CES and elsewhere—is “‘When will this be real?’ I tell them, ‘It’s real today.’” There are autonomous vehicles on the road, he notes. They aren’t driving through traffic in New York or Boston yet,... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Jan 2017
Blog Post

From Product Development to Business School

forward to my time at SpaceX where we found an incredible new technology for—of all things—capturing urine in a zero-gravity environment. A tiny lab was working on the technology that was going to save us mass, space, and complexity in... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Manufacturing; Consumer Products / Retail

17 Nov 2016
News

Rent the Runway Sets Up Shop at Neiman Marcus

110-year-old department store, which will see new Rent the Runway shops open inside of existing Neiman Marcus locations. (Rent the Runway opened its first physical store in New View Details

11 Jul 2017
News

The Right Thing to Do

Ronnie and Larry Ackman (MBA 1963) and produced by New York public broadcaster WNET. The three episodes in the series premiered on WNET and are now being offered to some 400 business schools in the United... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

01 Oct 1996
News

"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

The following article is the sixth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. Why was Southwest Airlines the only U.S. airline to realize a profit in 1992? What has made crime in New View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Feb 1999
News

Classmates Rally to Help Family Stricken with Rare Disease

children who have the infantile/juvenile form of Pompe's will be able to establish a separate enzyme replacement clinical study at North Shore University Hospital in New York during the first quarter of... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Roads to Recovery

and increased fuel costs, according to a 2011 Texas Transportation Institute study. And that's not just rush-hour mobs. A 2006 study of New York City and Los Angeles estimated that up to one-third of the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

Career Coach

Guy Kamguia

Guy (HBS’ 15, Villanova’ 11, UMBC’ 08) is a Director of Strategy at TOMRA, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of advanced sorting equipment. He previously worked in private equity, driving value creation in portfolio companies, in emerging markets. Guy is... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Search Fund; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing

01 Sep 2010
News

Fair Trade

accelerated flow of creative talent into the United States, primarily New York, reinforcing that city’s status as a hub of talent, fashion, and retailing to match Paris. Helena Rubinstein took advantage of the American citizenship of her... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

09 Jan 2020
News

Advancing Change

It’s not enough to be a good leader, says HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Today’s societal challenges require advanced leaders—ones with the skills of an experienced CEO, the big dreams of a new entrepreneur, and the rare ability to... View Details

Web

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

student population. With the support of New York banker George F. Baker and the guidance of HBS Dean Wallace B. Donham, construction of the neo-Georgian campus, designed by McKim, Mead & White and located on... View Details

Career Coach

Cheryl Rousseau

New York City and Boston. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and has consistently been involved in community leadership roles.Work Experience: IBM, Credit... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Retail

21 Sep 2015
News

A Sustainable Success Story

Crown Maple has won a following among trendsetting New York chefs and shelf space at retailers such as Whole Foods, Kroger, and Trader Joe’s. In addition to creating 30 much-needed jobs for area residents,... View Details

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