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Commencement 2019 Address | About
to drive improvements in education, to invest in reskilling the workforce, to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, and to develop innovative ways to combat climate change. We are relying on you to restore society’s trust in... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
way to solve it. Morrell: With this goal and the investments from Omidyar and others, Ruma pivoted and soon rebranded as Mapan, a word that implies something is “financially self-sufficient.” Haryopratomo: What Mapan does is it solves a... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
"we have a worldwide mission: to become leading corporate citizens." In several cases, this mandate was the result of traumatic experiences or scandals that required huge efforts on the part of companies to repair damaged... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
the formation of funds to the investment of the funds in operating companies to the liquidation of those investments. A wide range of topics is considered, including the structure of venture partnerships, how venture capitalists oversee... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
financial advisors to make saving and investment decisions. Low literacy and lack of information affect the ability to save and to secure a comfortable retirement; ignorance about basic financial concepts can be linked to lack of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni
projected tenure of 12 months or longer. The Review Committee's preference is to fund graduates who are joining operating companies over those joining investment funds/vehicles. Your job is based full-time in a country or territory in... View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
different countries. Klump's experience is a reminder of just how complicated, on a personal level, globalization and managing across cultures can be. On the one hand, the world seems small and interconnected, thanks to high-speed... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
in competitiveness because it must set the rules, regulations, and incentives that govern the nature of competition. Government also must invest in public assets on which all business depends: physical infrastructure, public education,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
experiences. Klump’s experience is a reminder of just how complicated, on a personal level, globalization and managing across cultures can be. On the one hand, the world seems small and interconnected, thanks to high-speed technology,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
health-care supplies in an atmosphere that is accessible, friendly, and even fun. "We like to see ourselves as the Home Depot of health care; like Home Depot, we pride ourselves on service," explains Greenberg, a former investment banker... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
we show that individuals who spend money on time-saving services report greater life satisfaction. A field experiment provides causal evidence that working adults report greater happiness after spending money on a time-saving purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
sync with the larger interests of the nation. Paul Healy: We may have been through these experiences before, but it's shocking where we have ended up, given all the advances in technology and improvements in governance. In spite of all... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
were sparked by the killing of George Floyd. Tell me about your own reaction to that news. Lisa Lewin: Oh, April, that is such a heavy, complicated question. So as an African-American woman of a certain age, I have over four-and-a-half decades of View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
the Bulletin about her experiences as an executive, a woman, a mother, and a New Yorker. In doing so, she shed light on some major social and business developments that have shaped — and been enriched by — the lives and careers of her... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
growth of a company. Not surprisingly, firms spend billions of dollars on marketing. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate these resources and demonstrate that these investments... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
Another similarity between all of them was their focus and passion for their careers, devoting in some cases more than four decades to develop the same company in the same industry. This focus allowed these pioneers to develop unique and deep knowledge and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
experience working with a Ukrainian supplier named Rolin Kostya, who continues to make his products under great duress. “The week I spoke to them, there had been a half dozen air raid warnings—and indeed one interrupted the Zoom call—and... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
that the only way to create this new market was to build a huge library of content that was made specifically for mobile devices, and then pursue whatever marketing investments are necessary for people to sign on for a monthly plan of... View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
Confronting Challenges for Innovation with a Modern Curriculum." The conference brought together 114 global faculty from schools of medicine, health care administration, public health, and business; leaders of the US professional societies; and HBS alums active in... View Details
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
However, since 2005, S Group has held the leadership position; in 2007, it had captured 41 percent market while Kesko's was 33.9 percent. Kesko Plc is publicly traded and pursues a model whereby retailer entrepreneurs use their personal funds to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne