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24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

partnering with BIT and applying behavioral insights to solve real world policy and managerial problems. “One way to help people make better decisions is to change the choice environment—or View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 May 2015
News

Washington, DC Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

2015 to celebrate and connect with each other as the School hosted “A Vision for the 21st Century” as part of the world tour of View Details

02 Nov 2021
News

Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize

01 Sep 2016
News

Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

about, are one of the third-rail topics in the world of women and boards. I do not support quotas even though I acknowledge that more women are on boards in many European... View Details

13 Nov 2023
Blog Post

HBS Veteran Spotlight: Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025)

On Veterans Day, we take a moment to honor the courageous individuals who have served in the armed forces. Today, we hear from Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025) who served with dedication and is now pursuing an... View Details

Hubert Joly

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Best Buy
Author of The Heart of Business– Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism

Hubert Joly is a senior lecturer in the General Management unit and... View Details

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

conditions in the world today: the declining capabilities of government, the massive size and increasing sophistication of View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

14 Apr 2022
News

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

02 Oct 2008
What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

us to the question of whether the U.S. automobile industry should qualify for help. Where should we draw the line? Is it now time for ideology to take over? What do you think?... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Web

Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement

the menopause transition with access to evidence-based virtual care, education, and community. Applying a lesson from my MBA days, I knew going digital meant needing data. In our world of information... View Details

16 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

generics like ibuprofen. A middle-aged man needs heart medication to avoid another attack. He’s more likely to take his pills regularly if his plan doesn’t have a copay for the prescription. Yet, even with a copay, he’s arguably much... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

Midwesterner raised on a dairy farm, and Roy Whitcomb Riley, a Black Southerner, settled in Los Angeles shortly before their son’s birth, in 1981, after traveling the world for 18 years. They lived in Mid... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

5:30 PM – 9 PM IST, 05 Jan 2015
Campaign

A Vision for the 21st Century - HBS in Mumbai

Monday, January 5, 2015 Schedule of Events 3:00 - 5:30 PM HBS Club of India Program 6:00 - 7:00 PM HBS Today Experience HBS with an HBS Faculty member and student perspectives. 7:30 - 8:30 PM A Vision for the 21st Century ... View Details

25 Nov 2019
News

When Your Passion Works Against You

02 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Summer Listening - HBS Podcasts to Take to the Beach

business and management. Advice for Entrepreneurs from a Leading Venture CapitalistScott Kupor, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, says there’s a lot about navigating the venture capital world that... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

leaders in society, and the ed-ucational priorities that are behind the most ambitious fundraising effort ever undertaken by HBS. Looking back on the past year, View Details

10 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

learning and to shaping how I thought. And I was always very influenced by C. Wright Mills, who wrote The Sociological Imagination. I still believe it's an important imagination. My belief about changing the... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

Laura Alfaro

Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details

24 Feb 2015
Blog Post

Finding Unity in our Diversity: The Second Annual LGBTQ Conference at Harvard

guest Paula Boggs, former Starbucks General Counsel and Obama Administration appointee, presented the afternoon keynote on Saturday, February 7th, chronicling her journey navigating the corporate View Details

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