Progressive - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1998
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

are committed to making progress both in working sessions and between meetings. Here is a status report on each committee. Global Alumni Issues This committee is looking at the results of a survey of international alumni, trying to... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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A Constructive Summer at HBS

contractor William A. Berry & Son for a "superb job," Moffatt has been pleased with progress on the building. "The whole project has been characterized by good fortune," he says. While the outside structure is going up, planning has also... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 2008
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The Real Deal

the homeless that he anticipates the creation of a $20 million housing trust fund.“To progress together, we need to understand the needs of others,” Leppert declared. Described by the News as “a career businessman and self-made... View Details

Keywords: Homeless; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

20 Jul 2020
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Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online

fostering an actively anti-racist culture both in and outside the organization. The move comes as a direct response to Dean Nitin Nohria’s recent pledge that HBS would make more urgent progress toward being actively anti-racist, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Apr 2014
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Investing in Innovation

and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the public that business is a force for good and is fundamental to societal progress by creating jobs,... View Details

Keywords: HBS Fund; Educational Services

06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Ready for Departure

hosted a group of HBS students who were passing through Singapore’s Changi Airport on their way back to campus. A senior VP of business development at Changi Airport Group (CAG) and Changi Airports International, Lim told them about the airport’s View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Chris Gash; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2010
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You Are What You Eat

Writing in the magazine Pig Progress (September 23, 2010), Austria-based John Hodges (AMP 52, 1967),an expert on genetics and ethics in agriculture, food, and the environment, warned that the current system of agribusiness is untenable.... View Details

Keywords: agricultural intensification; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture

30 Sep 2015
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Looking to Rwanda’s Future

investors—who eagerly provided commentary and encouragement as they toured Rwandan factories and farms, visited schools, and met with government officials. “Rwandans are all about learning from what others have done to succeed,” Goldstein notes. “Watching the View Details

01 Mar 2015
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An Exceptional Faculty of Scholars and Teachers

peer-to-peer mentoring, whether through teaching groups, by co-teaching, or from senior colleagues. Even as they progress in their careers, the focus on exceptional teaching remains a priority for faculty members at all levels. To match... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2012
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A Silent Workplace Crisis

progressive companies led the way in finding solutions that enabled parents to work worry-free. Today, we need to make the integration of wellness programs with elder care a strategic priority. The best practices in elder care are well... View Details

Keywords: Janet Simpson Benvenuti; caregiving; aging; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2016
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Advancing the Vision for HBS

other initiatives ensure that the School remains the standard for excellence in management education worldwide. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of thousands of donors and the work of a dedicated corps of alumni volunteers, we are making remarkable View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Back to School

work-around solution — the campaign — to reforming HR into a strategically viable entity,” he observes. Understanding how to re-create that progression could be a valuable lesson for organizations across all sectors that hope to recruit... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2015
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An Unconventional Suggestion

minimize the local environmental impact of extraction, and speed the transition to cleaner, lower-carbon energy. The report’s analysis found “no inherent trade-off between environmental protection and company profitability” and found that unconventional gas and oil... View Details

Keywords: April White; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 2013
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Joining Together for HBS

return to campus you will be inspired by the progress the School has made in advancing its mission for the 21st century. To ensure even greater success, a collective effort by all of us is necessary. Broad alumni participation and annual... View Details

Keywords: alumni giving; innovation; business education

13 Apr 2022
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New School

Waldron says. “We were having a crisis in education before the pandemic, in terms of disparities in kids’ learning gains.” Now, after two years of disrupted learning in many places, those inequities are even more apparent, and progress is... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Accelerating Allston

As Harvard University transforms its Allston campus into an epicenter of research and innovation, Denise Dupré and Mark Nunnelly (MBA 1984) have made a gift that both accelerates that progress and catalyzes the collaboration between HBS... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Sahlman Heads External Relations

why do our graduates gain leadership positions? We can track the way alumni progress throughout their careers and use that information to feed into the School’s curricular development. What can we do to affect a person’s career trajectory... View Details