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Global Business Course | HBS Online

you think about the world and organize information Who Will Benefit Forward-Thinking Strategists Entrepreneurs Professionals in Heavily Regulated Industries Learn more about the broader macroeconomic View Details

11 Jan 2021
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The Political Effects of Immigration: Culture or Economics?

04 Apr 2023
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Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

significantly lower emissions and higher efficiency for maritime shipping, and how Maersk actively supported these requirements. Maersk felt like many of these regulations were... View Details

06 Jan 2016
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Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

long-term strategy and culture. David Wittenberg led the way in making the argument for an inadequate strategy as a primary cause of the problem. He suggested that bad timing is related to a lack of “strategic frameworks to assess the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Brooks : Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Claremont McKenna College in 2019. Arthur C. Brooks : Received the Florida Atlantic University College of Business Distinguished Alumni Award and Hall of Fame... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

International History from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) for Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World (Oxford University Press, 2023). Mattias E. Fibiger : Recipient of a 2023–2024... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

school academic. Having already completed undergraduate degrees both in economics and in law at the University of Bonn, she went on to receive her doctorate in law there after... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

in affiliates and associates that were started locally and were independent organizations. She wanted to build a culture around quality and accountability, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Apr 2024
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Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing trends and challenges around the theme of “Energy Security and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

space race have been blessed somewhat by the glamour of it all. Investors enthusiastically, maybe too much so, backed a host of startups including those headed by superstar names like Sir Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. Rich... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

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Bridgette Slater

up to safety. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be an astronaut (thank you, Mae Jemison, for that inspiration!), architect, actor, and author. I clearly really liked alliteration as a kid View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

unpacking climate solutions, coming up with your idea, leveraging tools to test the viability of your idea, and connecting with fellow climate entrepreneurs to hear their stories and build your network. For... View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of hurricanes. [19] Power suppliers are also subject to risks and opportunities from regulations that address climate... View Details

28 Mar 2024
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IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

require a combination of innovation on affordable sustainable solutions (such as cleaner cooking technologies) as well as government subsidies and regulations to make these technologies more accessible.... View Details

02 Jun 2021
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A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

George Floyd’s murder last year forced many people to recognize the systemic racism that pervades American institutions, from law enforcement to health care. Even so, identifying those inequities is different than fixing them. “I don’t... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

13 Jun 2011
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Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

In many developing countries it's common for a person to have a mobile phone but not a bank account. In fact, more than 1 billion people fit this description, and the number is only likely to increase. To that end, many companies are... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

04 Jul 2005
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How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

whether business schools in general have lost their relevance by following "the scientific model" of graduate schools of arts and science as opposed to "the professional model" of medical View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

Founding Chairman, Egon Zehnder International, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Zurich, 1949 A.B., Classics University of Zurich, 1953 Ph.D., Law (including one year at the University of... View Details

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By: Vincent Pons

Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.

He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details

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Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | About

prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in employment; and Massachusetts laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. It... View Details

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