Giving and Philanthropy - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

employees to send packages to correct addresses. Instead of a blanket policy prohibiting web use, Piovesan suggests employers give workers periodic breaks for personal communications. "We think it would be a good idea to View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

Guard – America’s smallest military branch and world’s most elite life-saving service – for the opportunity to make a difference and give back to my community View Details

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

the industry run. Each brightly colored bag of Kahawa 1893 features a prominent QR code that allows purchasers to give to the women behind the beans. “People have been very receptive to the idea,” says Nyamumbo. “Customers tip at... View Details

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

business professionals. Learn from and network with peers before, during, and after your course. Ask questions, collaborate, give feedback, and... View Details

10 Jul 2007
What Do You Think?

How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?

theater and control is required to make people feel comfortable when fundamental operating systems change ." Narendar Singh Raj Purohit adds that " when things are getting out of control someone has to take initiative to View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs

and professors who come from extremely different backgrounds has been the best part of my HBS experience. The case method fosters open discussion, so I'm constantly exposed to different opinions and... View Details

01 Jan 2012
News

E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

and venture capital firm based in Boston, Roe Stamps began to think about succession. “When our VPs became new partners, I told them that someday they would run the company,” says Stamps, whose declaration was probably met with... View Details

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

at the Princeton endowment and I remember my boss at the time saying ‘Listen, we’re giving you this opportunity not because you’re an MBA student, but because you’re in a joint degree program.’ He saw having... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

can find free information about the quality of learning in every school, county, and state in Brazil—with the hope that such transparency will help improve education throughout the country. In 2006, the foundation established the Lemann... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

outwardly the situation smells of economic anarchy. Where are the market forces, when thousands of talented programmers—and even many commercial firms—spend inordinate amounts of time writing and sharing computer source code: an activity... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

12 Sep 2018
Blog Post

Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals

– and it's okay if they're complex or thorny." Give yourself permission to not know exactly what you want or where you're going. Instead of a plan, coaching participants are better served by bringing an... View Details

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo. Someone must develop a vision for the future and a plan to get there. During the second stage, there must be a real willingness to take on the resisters—the most dangerous of these, warns... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

massacre and reparations, I’m hopeful that we can all learn more about this dark period and the vexing question of how to address it,” notes Desai. While Oklahoma has acknowledged its moral responsibility,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

based on "industry best-in-class performance measures or direct competitors," Hope and Fraser write; and give teams "an extended period of time to reach... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results

helps bridge the education gap by giving entrepreneurs access to capital regardless of the level of their formal schooling. While her interests are clearly international in scope, Dasgupta has also devoted much of her time to activities... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; development; leadership; social issues; management; technology; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

Companies spend many hundreds of billions of dollars on R&D each year, but the microwave oven was conceived from a melted candy bar, saccharin from an accidental chemical spill, and the Daguerre photo process via a shattered... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The Africa Business Conference at HBS: Reimagining the Road Ahead

to give special focus to building sustainable private and public institutions for inclusive growth following the COVID-19 pandemic. I had the great honor of moderating a keynote session with H.E. Phumzile... View Details

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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910