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Brighton Mudzingwa
reduced foreign investment. The unemployment rate rose to 70 percent; we had record levels of inflation, major shortages of petrol, long lines and empty shelves. Zimbabwe had become a basket case." Brighton left Zimbabwe for greater... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- Student-Profile
Filippo Mezzanotti
incredibly challenging and the level of intellectual interactions with the other students both inside and outside the classroom is by far the most rewarding aspect. In addition, all the members of the faculty do their best to make you... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Making a Case for Women
Marjorie Alfus, a retired Kmart executive who now concentrates on the real-estate and stock markets; the Committee of 200 (C200), a national organization of women business executives; and the School. "Women, no matter what their level of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
to work on making a difference. Energized by the event's success, Lane-Merrill is planning future meetings to discuss common business goals at the state level and to stimulate networking among HBS alumni. In the spring, the club will host... View Details
Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker
- 20 Jan 2011
- News
A Precursor from the 1930s
In his State of the School address at last fall’s reunion, Dean Nohria laid out his vision for HBS organized in what we can call the Five I’s: curriculum innovation, intellectual ambition, internationalization, inclusion (making the HBS experience more of a View Details
- 16 May 2014
- Blog Post
Leveraging Big Data to Improve Recruiting
purposes. Below is a high level breakdown of the various data that can be leveraged to review and improve your organization’s recruiting strategy Employ internal data: Think about the hires that did well within your organization. What... View Details
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Employers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
currently part of the employer’s health plan Support insurance reform that levels the playing field among employers Health benefits must ultimately be a senior management responsibility, with staff responsible for results View Details
- Web
Prompt-a-thon Invites HBS IT Staff to Sharpen GenAI Skills | Information Technology
Prompts: Learn about the tool’s strengths and weaknesses through trial and errors Join the Fun! If you wished you could have participated, you’ll have another chance soon! All HBS staff are invited to join the HBS Community Prompt-a-thon on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Prompters... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Action Plan: The Power of Story
journeys, they gain new insight about themselves and develop stories that inspire people to higher levels of performance. The next step is to listen to what others have to say.” View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership
demands a high level of leadership expertise," says W. Earl Sasser, Jr., HBS senior associate dean for Executive Education. "The need for strong management has never been more crucial if this region is to fulfill its economic potential."... View Details
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
and understanding. To begin with, the structure of the task forces—how they operate and who is on them—immerses executive sponsors in the specific challenges faced by the employee constituency groups. The groups are a formal mechanism for learning, endorsed at the... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
concept quickly becomes unwieldy when you think of a videoconference format with a thousand participants. "Synchronous learning doesn't scale very well," says Narayanan. "The advantage of an asynchronized model is it allows for some View Details
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions Authors:Lisa L. Shu and Max Bazerman Publication:In Oxford Handbook of Business and the Environment. Oxford University Press, in press Abstract We explore interventions at the individual View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
States. Design: We examined the correlation between the coincident index (a proxy for overall economic conditions) and IVF use at the national level from 2000 to 2011. We then analyzed the relationship at the state View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
[Harpo Productions] has a sense of that.—Nancy Koehn "For example, no one starts a meeting at Harpo without stating, 'Here is my intention.' It operates this way at high levels in the company as well as on day-to-day tactical... View Details
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
the United States, for example, millions of women left the labor force during the first two months of the pandemic. According to a study by McKinsey and Leanin.org, female workforce participation dropped to its lowest level in 32 years.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
efficiency, and being close to the technology is efficient." Further, William Halveson pointed out that "CRADA agreements can limit how fast the high level discoveries escape." Abbey Mutumba, on the other hand, said that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
consumers were that deregulation: (1) unleashes the power of a self-correcting free market (Jeff Struck), giving customers services at prices they are willing to pay and quality levels that they are willing to pay for (at least in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Phil Strazzulla
that inspires me. When I meet up with friends from HBS, I always feel a new level of motivation and inspiration that gets my creative juices flowing. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Where will the next chapter take you? I love... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- Student-Profile
A Jay Holmgren
has always been HBS, he has also been able to pursue interdisciplinary work in collaboration with faculty at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, as well as at HBS. “No other institution but HBS could have given me the same View Details