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- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
Related Links 5 Bright Ideas Charter Revolution Redux Lesson Plans Minding the Gap Learning Curve Building Great Schools around Great Teachers So when Leschly returned to HBS to teach entrepreneurship, he also successfully pitched the... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
also engines of economic competitiveness in their regions. See more from the online-only March Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s exploration of how business and school leaders are addressing inequities in education. BRIDGING THE GAP See... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
“Long-term, it’s a way to change the income gaps that exist in our country,” said Burke. “For kids to succeed, they must have a vision of what they want to be and a motivation to succeed. Sometimes I think we put all the emphasis on other... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
United States,” notes Khanna. “Court systems, contract law, stock markets, accounting standards, and other elements that facilitate entrepreneurship and growth are often weak, archaic, or entirely missing in these economies.” Business groups, Khanna explains, can help... View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
challenges of organ transplantation: "There's a massive gap between how many people get to benefit from a lifesaving organ transplant and how many truly need one," explains Giwa, who was a Baker Scholar at HBS. He's spent the decade since... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
venture capitalists and the amount invested in founders has its origins in the same historical forces that shaped most industries: When the VC model emerged in the 1940s, white men dominated the workforce. The persistence of the gender View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
opportunity you both saw. Who is the audience you’re going after, and what was the gap you saw in the market? MA: This is going to sound crazy but our target is the 200 million people who read the news online in the United States. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
might be important to think about when we’re interpreting SAT scores. Since then, I’ve been able to go back to the field, with that knowledge from the lab, and look at how policies that reduced skipping among test-takers—removing penalties for wrong answers—helped to... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
provided food—delivering food, distributing grocery cards, and setting up sites where people can pick up food. We’ve helped bridge the gap between paychecks. Partnering with the ICA Watershed, we are using their facility in East Boston... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
alumni.hbs.edu/makingadifference. Helping to Fill the Global Education Gap Before he came to HBS, Salman Khan (MBA 2003) didn’t think he had the stomach for entrepreneurship. Fast-forward 15 years, and Khan is founder and CEO of Khan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. (MBA 1988)
can address the wealth gap that exists in this country. It doesn’t require a PhD, but it does require a sense of moral obligation. I believe if I can give you positive energy, you’ll return it. That’s the approach I bring to management... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Jul 2024
- News
Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success
date, about 150 HBS alumni mentors have helped more than 1,500 mentees develop skills like networking, entrepreneurial thinking and defining personal success. For six months of their penultimate college year, cohorts of six students meet regularly with two mentors for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
expectation in just about every consumer category—until we get to banking. Charley Cummings (MBA 2011) sees a major gap here. “Banking is a space that lacks compelling brands, just generally speaking; but more specifically, it lacks... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
employee costs. Eventually we won’t have a separate discussion about whether we should factor in ESG. There’s also a massive amount of learning that can be done among asset owners. There’s a lot of intent, but people don’t know how to execute, implement, and measure... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
economy, wanted to see how the algorithm performed. What she found surprised her: Although Airbnb had designed the pricing tool to be race-blind, the algorithm nonetheless widened the revenue gap between white and Black hosts. The reasons... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
other and the world writ large.” FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path Addressing The Financial Security Gap A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
foundation which starts way earlier than college scholarships can solve alone. It starts with improved public school systems that close the literacy gap between communities of color and their white counterparts,” she explains. “So, unless... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
Donaldson’s move to Yale in 1975 to help his alma mater launch a management school that would bridge the gap between the public and private sectors. “I had seen tremendous conflict between corporate America and Washington,” he observes.... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Perspective: The Morning After 9/11
people.” Twenty years ago, Frances Frei was not the globally revered management guru she has become. This was before she helped transform the culture at HBS to close the performance gap between female and male students, resulting in... View Details