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- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
the right to access a clean sanitary toilet at home and in public places.” JH: The coalition has been involved in many local projects looking to improve sanitary conditions in their communities. One example is the city of Warangal, which... View Details
- 24 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends
of the ascending chairman and his constituents. That is, a change in chairmanship can only occur if the incumbent retires or is voted out--both of which are entirely independent of what is currently happening in the ascending chairman's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor of Business Administration. An enterprising MBA student independently working to further existing research, she says, is “one of the interactions that you won’t find at other schools.” This kind of... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Blog Post
5 Lessons from Business School
time management, feedback and coaching, and creating a community among diverse people. Second year, working on an independent project requires you to learn in a different, self-motivated way. While... View Details
- Web
2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
who focuses on democracy innovation, public health and health equity, justice reform, education, and political economy. She also directs the Democratic Knowledge Project , a K-16 civic education provider. Her books include Our... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
who was working as a senior project manager at Amazon, had become obsessed with understanding why the paper-heavy US immigration process remained so difficult and expensive. “Immigration is one of those overlooked areas where technology... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
2008, Evans returned to the work force as an independent real estate developer. She hung up a shingle at a second-floor, walk-up office on Newbury Street—a far cry from the suburban mega-office-building craze of the mid-1980s to early... View Details
- Profile
Ruth Cenat
independent project on Haiti’s economic development, and meet the philanthropist who sponsored my HBS fellowship. How are you pushing yourself? As the first person in my family to attend college and, better... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
6 Discoveries I Made About HBS
pull together financial and political support to open a new kind of charter high school in California, and HBS was very generous. From grants to covering plane tickets, to Independent Project (IP) credit for... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
early venture capital funds and leading intermediaries in the industry—such as law firms and data providers—began as organizations oriented to the SBIC funds, and then gradually shifted their focus to independent venture capitalists.... View Details
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
cardinal preferences than the Boston mechanism independently of whether individuals can submit a complete or only a restricted ranking of the schools, and 2) subjects with a higher degree of risk aversion are more likely to play... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
favorite food. I like dark roast, black, in my Yeti mug, which keeps it extra hot.” First job: Working in the Cuyahoga County [Ohio] Commissioner’s office. “It started with my senior project in high school and continued through college. I... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
4 Things You Should Know about Entrepreneurship at HBS
and mentorship while I was at HBS, and since ZipBooks’ founding, has acted formally as an advisory board member. I was also amazed at how willing professors were to give their time and act as mentors. During my final semester at HBS, I decided to explore my startup... View Details
- 10 May 2015
- Blog Post
Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur
job functions at HBS? If a role or career interests you, pursue it via HBS clubs, independent projects or internships. I saw several people get a leg up on a new career path by taking a leadership role in a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
Hubert, SVP at Viacom and head of Scratch, the company’s “creative SWAT team.” That means change on a global scale: Millennials, currently one-third of the global population and more than 85 million strong in the United States, are View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
Mac Bartels (Photo courtesy of Mac Bartels) Just back from the Toronto Film Festival, Eric d'Arbeloff (MBA 1993), copresident of independent film producer and distributor Roadside Attractions, talks to Mac Bartels (HBS 2016) about how he... View Details
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Departments | Employment
agility, and working towards strategic objectives. Managers work together to set strategy, priorities, and policies, determine resource allocation, manage performance and coach individual staff on their career goals, and measure results. View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
it), the development cycle is significantly shorter. Proponents of OSS claim that if this demand-side learning (as we call it) is sufficiently strong, OSS will oust traditional software. In addition, software engineers claim that the better architecture of most OSS... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
approach is also known as “climate positive.” While it appears to be the most aggressive type of target, the researchers write that, “a lack of guidelines or independent oversight” raise questions of accountability and transparency, which... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 19 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The Road to Impact
private equity, eventually left Lehman to join Oakhill Partners in 1990, and then cofounded an independent investment banking advisory firm, Evercore Partners, in 1995. And while Offensend was building his career in finance, he also... View Details