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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
utilizes the one asset that exists in abundance in even the poorest and most fragile social sectors - people's self-initiative. It increases the productivity of the person engaged in economic activity, thereby creating new wealth, rather... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
It hardly seems possible, but 25 years have passed since our class left Soldiers Field. At the time we were a bit dazed by the political and social upheaval around us, yet confident that our hard-earned MBA credential would stand us in... View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
ownership over time); and family owners (shareholders who are descendants of the firm's founders). "The study suggests that these three owner types have sufficient formal authority, social influence, and expertise to enhance firm... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
Competing through Social Networks with Misiek Piskorski. They were all charismatic professors and some of the cases I remember most came from their classes (chicken contact lenses, anyone?).” What advice—career or personal—do you have for... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
who want to become valued and successful members of their organizations without selling out on their identities and their beliefs. These "tempered radicals" may have differences based on moral values, social perspectives, or racial,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Corruption 101
could affect many people. The case, "Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania," was written by the student (using a pseudonym) under the supervision of HBS associate professor Karthik Ramanna. In a nutshell, the case goes like this: "Jim" accepts a summer internship... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
that make your job more complex than if you were a CEO in a less “hot-button” industry? Absolutely. Increasingly, we need two licenses to operate: one from our host government and the other a social license from affected communities. To... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
All these competing forces lead some experts to believe that water will replace petroleum as the 21st century’s core commodity, with nations rich in water enjoying enormous social and economic advantages over those that are not. In an age... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
facilitate this revolutionary industry can be discussed and formulated. And, importantly, it offers a venue for social and ethical aspects of this revolution to be pondered. Observes West, “The life sciences revolution has so many... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Spray Canon
prominence began as a social process of “cultural consecration” within the artist’s own community and on the city’s streets, then progressed to high-profile shows and museum exhibits. “That part is certainly about View Details
- 29 Jan 2014
- News
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
were unveiled: the smaller “junior,” the regular size, and the larger “grand.” “There was an insight that a lot of the social media chatter around the junior Big Mac was actually being driven by women. So we pivoted and developed some of... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
In 1989, Sergeant William Delaney Gibbs was killed in combat in Panama as he participated in Operation Just Cause, which was set to remove Manuel Noriega from power. Gibbs was 22 years old and just months away from becoming a dad to a baby girl due that March. “That... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
From Beats to Tweets
MC Hammer, the 1990s rapper known to his mother as Stanley K. Burrell, visited HBSin February in his latest incarnation: expert on social-media sites, music, and business. According to the Harvard Crimson, Burrell noted that social media,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
with a few of my friends," Doerr told an audience of nearly one thousand HBS students who had gathered for his presentation, offered as part of the Social Enterprise Speaker Series. Since joining Kleiner Perkins in 1980, Doerr has played... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
University of Houston professor, and Shara Bumgarner, a Houston elementary school teacher. Melcher located some classroom space and then watched as her daughter began to acquire social and communication skills in the new environment.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
New Releases
success of their own companies in the coming years. Finally, Bartlett and Ghoshal consider the social role of corporations, arguing that their new paradigm is the best model for helping such organizations contribute to society. View Details
Keywords: Robert Binstock
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
and expertise as a former marketing executive for Ann Taylor and Nickelodeon, Cycle for Survival to date has directly funded over a dozen clinical trials and studies at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. "Jen was a leader extraordinaire, a View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Webinars Offer Career Advice
Looking for sound advice on how to use social media for career advancement, or how to get on a corporate board? These are two of nine topics covered by the fall lineup of a yearlong Webinar series presented by Alumni Career and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
changes in its workforce and shifts in the broader social narrative," she observes. "This type of study adds to our understanding of how organizational and societal practices work together." McGinn notes that over the past few decades... View Details