Learning To Learn - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2003
News

HIV/AIDS and Business

“It’s making corporations question the boundaries of who and what they are accountable for in their communities.” Barrett presented guidelines for cross-sector partnerships to fight the epidemic at “HIV/AIDS and Business in Africa and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 1999
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Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building

strong belief in the individual," said Hawes, who explained that much of what he has learned in the insurance business has come from talking to those who don't ordinarily get a voice in a company. "Some of... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care

PORTER WITH RWANDA’S PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME: Beyond best practices, understanding principles of global health-care delivery. It’s no surprise to find HBS professor Michael Porter meeting with powerful people who seek his ear and prize his... View Details

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2014
News

3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)

the other hand I was 25 or 26 years old and negotiating $100,000 contracts, big money in those days. I had a really good mentor who let me do these things but would also make sure I was learning from the experience and wasn't going View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Seattle Times Company; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Information

07 Sep 2021
News

Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

Social Enterprise Summer Fellows program, which debuted in 1982, funds student forays into nonprofit and for-profit organizations focused on the public good. In addition, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative offers fellowship recipients opportunities View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Feb 2020
News

Not Throwing Away My Shot

want to launch a business today in blockchain and you're a historian like me and you understand there's an opportunity. I can spend three years learning blockchain, maybe View Details

12 Dec 2018
News

Lesson Plan

government officials are transparent. “Public officials have got to be accountable to taxpayers when it comes to budget decisions, contracts,” Cognetti continued. “Officials... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

16 Nov 2021
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Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest

themes and areas of focus (increased representation, data collection, shared language, communication, learning development, accountability, and measures) and see several opportunities to collaborate, as the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 1997
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Manager's Notebook

"Many of our MBAs plan to run their own business after graduation," says Higgins. "Having a good partner is extremely important." And learning how language transforms perfect strangers into perfect partners... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

01 Sep 2017
News

Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

Review and Deloitte provide insight on how industries and companies could use blockchain tech to their best advantage. To learn more about the forecasted growth of blockchain,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

26 May 2016
News

Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980

remarkable success punctuated by steep learning curves and grounded in solid values. Tierney arrived at HBS—his first trip to Boston—wearing work boots and a flannel shirt and feeling out of place. “Everyone... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

26 Oct 2017
News

Can Farming Save the Planet?

if I actually knew what I was doing; you guys should let me in.’ “Having never had a math or a business course before, the first year was interesting, but I clearly had a lot to learn and HBS delivered,” he... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

04 Feb 2020
News

In Harmony

Itzhak Perlman. And they eat alongside 500 other students, all of whom are interested in Beethoven and Mozart and how to make a reed for an oboe. These are things that none of their friends back at home, or very few of them, really care... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

16 Jul 2013
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Embracing Chaos

lousy infrastructure. Guess what? That's India. "If you want to succeed in emerging markets, if you want growth—and most companies have no choice—you have to go to these... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 1996
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Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire

at the tip of America's sword." A Yale College alumnus (Class of '86), Baldwin found the Navy the perfect place to learn not only about the importance of trust and teamwork but about the essential... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

resources to have a serious impact anywhere. I was no longer thinking only about how what I learned could be applied in Spain.” Over his last decade as the head of Competitiveness.com, Duch found himself... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Feb 2000
News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

deference to authority." "Failure here is treated as a learning experience whereas in other countries it can bring shame on one's family or loss of one's job," she said. "So people elsewhere tend View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

captivated by the sport and met a number of wonderful people who are dedicated to it. When I learned that the AKC was looking for a president/CEO, I applied. I am the first CEO who is not a “dog person.” For... View Details