Specifically - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2000
News

Tales Out of School

Baltimore-based company that provides before- and after-school programs at eighty schools in nine states. Half the programs are in poorer school districts and are supported by federal funds. With a student-teacher ratio of 10:1 and a View Details

Profile

Evgeny Koudryavtsev

first year, I feel I've learned a lot about companies from different industries and countries. Despite the fact that all of the companies had specific business issues, the case method pushes you to observe historical patterns and develop... View Details

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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

successful efforts to use GIS technology to identify and solve the problem of lack of access to healthy, fresh nutritious food. Competitors & Industry Profiles Information on specific competitors or an... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade

Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

level of coordination can nonetheless be achieved.” A fascinating set of cases that clearly reflects the properties of diffuse pragmatic interest representation involves specific disease populations. Individuals that either are suffering... View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

04 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector

of social entrepreneurship require not only the creative combination and adaptation of social and commercial approaches, but also the development of new conceptual frameworks and strategies tailored specifically to social value creation.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2025
News

New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses

When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID pandemic with guidance from a small group of volunteer alumni advisors. Now, nearly five years on,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

appealing to Straughn-Turner because he had seen development of the South over his lifetime and wanted to be a part of it. “As a young professional, I want to help continue to define this region, with a specific focus on underserved... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

Web

How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting

groups, specifically Black, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, women, and LGBTQ. Depending on the nature of the organization, there may be other groups as well such as a group for those with international experience,” Eliason recommended.... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

Corey Thomas (MBA 2002) Corey Thomas (MBA 2002) Greg Shell (MBA 2001) and Corey Thomas (MBA 2002) launched the NCF in June 2020, along with 17 other executives of color from leading Massachusetts corporations. Pursuing an innovative, state-focused approach, the fund... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

23 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 23

responsibility, HBS has long tried to promote better business standards. Anteby's rich account reveals the surprising role of silence in HBS's process of codifying morals and values. As he describes, specifics are often left unspoken; for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jun 2019
News

Reframing Modern Art

told us who Laure was, had described her as une très belle négresse, a very beautiful black woman. And he had painted her in a way that picked up on a lot of the painting style that ultimately became Impressionism of a very specific... View Details

28 Nov 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?

inherently wrong with pay for performance, only in the way that specific plans have been designed and implemented." Mathews Daniel Kapito helped frame the challenge. As he put it, "People are different pay linked to performance... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Forecasts: economic, industry, and country

Intelligence Unit Select Data--Data Tool from the top menu. In Step 1, select All Market Indicators. Choose countries or region in Step 2 and add your selection(s). In Step 3, expand specific series to find... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Help in the Vicinity

Emerick Woods (MBA '81) is CEO of Vicinity Corp., a provider of Internet-based marketing infrastructure services, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Vicinity's "clicks-and-mortar" solutions enable its clients to direct consumers searching for a View Details

02 Sep 2014
News

Visionary leadership won’t get you to innovation

own, willingness is not enough; leaders also must foster specific capabilities—the ability to generate a marketplace of ideas through discourse and debate, to test and refine ideas through quick experiments, and to make decisions that... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Creation of parks connects people to nature and each other

are some of our most important clients," says Rogers. "The Trust for Public Land has a people-focused mission, to protect the places or create the parks where people can connect to nature and each other," he explains. While most land conservation groups are focused on... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Fall Reunions

several topics related to corporate responsibility to specific sessions on branding, philanthropy, and emerging markets. The Class of 1977 set a record for attendance at a 25th Reunion with more than five hundred members of the class and... View Details

Career Coach

Liuna Fekravar

approaches toward targeting specific investing roles, assisting with interview prep, and conducting resume/cover letter reviews. To book an appointment, please send Liuna an email. Employment Experience: Lindsay Goldberg (Summer... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Historic Gift from HBS to New Radcliffe Institute

Radcliffe have long enjoyed will have new opportunities to flourish with the establishment of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study." Because the gift is not restricted to a specific Radcliffe Institute program, it will qualify for a... View Details

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