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14 Jun 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia

Starting last fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On June 5 and 8, more than 300 alumni in East Asia gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "An Evening with Dean Datar" events... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

center of excellence in Oman, which will be a research and educational facility and be a showcase for visitors and educational institutions. Do you have any advice for students interested in pursuing a... View Details

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

executive education students in his management and strategy execution courses. It dawns on a good third of the business executives in his courses that either their own roles or other positions they have created in their organizations... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2017
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A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

Tunnell recalls that “as a liberal arts undergrad, I wanted an education that drew ideas from a variety of disciplines, people, and perspectives.” Noting “it wasn’t easy to jump between schools” during his time at Harvard, Tunnell says he... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

fan, and historian, his expertise is both varied and deep. He and his wife, Maria, have raised five children, and their blended family brings them great joy. The pair has generously supported various organizations that provide direct services in Rio as well as View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

28 Feb 2023
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Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)

African American Student Union (AASU), First-Gen Club, Latino Student Organization (LASO), and PRIDE. WHAT DOES BEING FIRST-GENERATION, LOW-INCOME (FGLI) MEAN TO YOU? Norquata Allen, Class of 2023 Being a first-generation college and graduate student represents sadness... View Details

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

what has been revealed by #MeToo and also, looking back over my career and the hundreds of acts of harassment and discrimination I endured, I’m discouraged that it appears that nothing has really changed for women in the workplace.” AGE 62, WHITE, View Details

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Information Technology | Harvard Business School

research, and work at HBS. The HBS IT three-year strategic plan, which was developed in close partnership with members of our community, addresses current IT challenges facing higher education while also embracing the unique needs of the... View Details

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Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | About

committed to maintaining a safe and healthy educational and work environment in which no member of the University community is, on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation or gender identity, excluded from participation in, denied... View Details

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

cold call?My first—and only—cold call happened in my second semester during a hybrid class. I am the education representative (ed rep) of my section, which means that I help facilitate communication between the professor and the students.... View Details

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

which I’m not authentically and unapologetically me.” Charlotte Lawson (she/her), Class of 2022 “In my first week of tenth grade, a new sexual education teacher stepped into our suburban Northern Virginia prep school and identified... View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

HBS MBA 1986, Investment Director, The Carbon Trust Alex Edison HBS MBA 2020 “The climate crisis presents challenges to every sector in our economy. My HBS education has helped me to recognize how those challenges can create opportunities... View Details

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Rishon Benjamin

Profit Margin. Asset Turn. Leverage. Three simple ingredients that have become near daily fixtures of my MBA experience. Is this the education that is supposed to help me make a difference in the world? Can it really be so easy? Profit... View Details

18 Apr 2000
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Learning in Action

"The most effective learning strategy depends on the situation," writes David A. Garvin. "There is no stock answer, nor is there a single best approach." In Learning in Action, he illustrated the diversity of learning organization strategies with examples from several... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

17 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

Management Educator at Harvard Business School. Tabatha Robinson (MBA 2020) is a New York-based lawyer who studies the cannabis industry. [Unsplash/Roberto Valdivia] Are you in favor of legalizing cannabis more widely? Why or why not?... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson

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Global Activities 2020

Global Activities 2019–2020 Deepening the global understanding of HBS students, faculty, staff, and alumni has long been a key component of the School’s efforts to fulfill its mission—to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.... View Details

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Join the MOC Affiliate Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Courses Join the MOC Affiliate N... Join the MOC Network The MOC Affiliate Network is a group of educational institutions that teach the... View Details

June 2022 (Revised August 2023)
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Strategic Innovation at the United Nations: A Network of Ecosystems

By: Frank Nagle, Elizabeth J. Altman and Amy Klopfenstein

In 2021, Gina Lucarelli, leader of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Accelerator Labs, prepared for a meeting with UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. The two planned to discuss the future of the Accelerator Labs, a network of social innovation labs located... View Details

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Serving the Public Interest Through Competition: British Railroads - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details

June 2021
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Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards

In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization and digital connectivity, those who lived in far-remote villages or impoverished urban areas could not... View Details