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Kate Lewis

When I was little, I loved watching my mother get ready for work each morning. After putting on her skirt suit, Mom applied some makeup – "war paint" in her words – and let me pick out a pair View Details

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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Sage: The network of folks working in social enterprise — from HBS alumni to case protagonists — are the people actually out there making a difference. It's living proof of all... View Details

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Rohan Gopaldas

Rohan Gopaldas' parents and grandparents taught him the meaning of hospitality through simple home-cooked Sunday meals with family and their... View Details

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Lauryn Hale

year. "I am learning how to lead my peers, who are all extremely talented and opinionated," says Lauryn. "You have to set common goals and establish a vision first – that View Details

01 Dec 1997
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A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)

L. John Doerr (MBA '76) is widely recognized as one of the country's preeminent venture capitalists. A partner in the California VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers (KPCB), he is known for backing startups that presaged entire... View Details

26 Sep 2024
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If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

John Stuart Mill, philosophers have wrestled with the age-old questions autonomous vehicles are now raising—in new and urgent ways—for businesses and their leaders. “And by genuine ethical decisions, I View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology

01 Sep 2024
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Turning Point: Make Your Life Count

people. This is why I’m obsessed with financial inclusion, economic equity, and global development. I learned about the potential of community and collective action because... View Details

02 Aug 2018
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Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?

run the ads, and again, these are heavy—it doesn't mean just one ad that a kid happens to see. No, it means heavy, heavy saturation in multiple ways—visually, over the radio,... View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

branch dominates? Does this structure preclude us from ever seeing the kind of reform you advocate? A: We strongly believe in the importance of the checks and balances,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

01 Dec 2002
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“Speed Trap” Can Snare Companies

The worst you might think you'll suffer from a speed trap is a hefty ticket, but research by HBS associate professor Leslie Perlow suggests that another kind of speed trap could run your whole business into the ground. Perlow's View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

13 Sep 2019
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Hollywood Ending

unexplored, Whitman and Katzenberg say. (photo by Getty/Bloomberg) The demo is the work of director Doug Liman, one of several filmmakers Whitman... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

01 Jun 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies

yet today, open up any major newspaper and the first thing you see are mechanical watch ads. The Swiss now own between 55 and 60 percent of the global market value for watches.... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes

Samuel L. Hayes, III (MBA '61, DBA '66), the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Emeritus, is a widely recognized authority on capital markets, Wall Street, and the corporate interface with the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

this question, particularly since if this is a question of coordinating efforts, highlighting the risks and benefits of action may help to create a critical mass View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Kyle Bisutti

Responsibility: overseeing one-hundred employees building the thrust reversers that ensure the uneventful deceleration of aircraft on airport runways. With two summers at General Motors in Detroit, and six... View Details

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Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

in the city.” Investing in communities For Michael, effective development work is “defined as a means of investment in real estate and business,... View Details

22 Nov 2024
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Deep Reading

and it is able to extract quality answers from the data. Like any AI platform, Virtual Havruta is constantly evolving through testing and use. Developers are working to enrich... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist - Race, Gender & Equity

entrepreneurial ecosystem. Alumni founders: Who are they? Entrepreneurship is the path of choice for many Harvard Business School alumni. Currently, about 20% of alumni are View Details

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

market—they must demonstrate to an independent panel from the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) that a new product works better than existing options for an identifiable group View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

26 May 2016
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2016 Alumni Achievement Awards

national parks. There’s nothing like it. We explore nature, sleep in cramped quarters, make a mess, and have an amazing time.” “The work we do at JPMorgan Chase helps people invest for important life events,... View Details

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