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2.3.5 Research Misconduct | MBA

effective manner. All such allegations will be addressed in accordance with the School’s Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct . Please note: MBA students are not expected to conduct research as defined in the research integrity... View Details

28 Mar 2016
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The Alum Building a Brand New City in Panama

Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski (MBA 1980) is the man behind what Forbes calls “the most audacious real estate project in the world”: the redevelopment of Howard Air Force Base along the Panama Canal. After the United States left in... View Details

14 Oct 2014
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Banking on social impact by brokering public-private partnerships

Maureen Harrington (MBA 2001), director of the International Development Group of Standard Bank, describes the role of a traditional bank in providing funding to social impact projects in developing countries, including supporting... View Details

13 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

projects conducted by clinical managers at the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. My findings suggest that social position is an important enabling condition for divergent organizational change, and is a determinant as well of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2012
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Putting Ghosts to Rest

requires you to push harder to understand the context and keep an open mind. Though difficult, you must think through the project from the point of view of “the other side,” looking at all the players’ motivations and incentives, or else... View Details

Keywords: Chris Maloney; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2013
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Making the Case

Professor Michael Porter addresses the HBS Club of Washington, DC, as part of "The Case for American Competitiveness" event co-sponsored by the club and the American Security Project think tank in July. DC Club president Dante Disparte... View Details

Keywords: clubs; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Feb 2017
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Funding Solar’s Future

and former Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, who now advises the company. Altogether, Double Time has financed 36 solar energy projects, which collectively produce roughly 10% of North Carolina’s solar power and power around 30,000 homes in the state. Double Time’s approach... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting

practical skills, statistics fundamentals, and real-life data science project experience. This full-time, intensive eight-week remote learning program was designed for students with basic technical background, and culminated with a... View Details

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

accountability at the project and policy levels since the early 1990s, particularly through the establishment and enforcement of social and environmental safeguards and complaint and response mechanisms. But there remain major shortfalls.... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)

When did you realize that you wanted to make a career change? (Diogo left a career in management consulting in October 2014 to become founder/executive producer of Adaptation Now, a documentary film project that will tell the stories of... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

Archie A. Alexander

Alexander was one of the first and most successful black engineers to enter the large-scale industrial construction business. Through his leadership, his firm built over 300 major construction projects in the United States including... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

03 Jun 2021
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HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund

the same time, students get a valuable learning experience which prepares them for careers in impact investing. Conception Originally conceived in Spring 2020, the objective of the impact fund project was to explore options for setting up... View Details

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Sparsh Bhargava

they learned that they had been overestimating emissions by thirty to forty percent. As a result, they realized they had room for future expansion within regulatory guidelines." After Cornell, Sparsh assumed various roles at Procter & Gamble, developing a... View Details

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Mengjie "Magie" Cheng

available to faculty and doctoral students, the Frist Faculty Commons. “It’s a very great place for doctoral students to meet with each other and meet with faculty.” Research Magie is working actively with her advisors on several interesting View Details

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Career Advancement | Research Associates

STATA, Python, MATLAB or R, or other methodologies such as lab experience or experimental design. Former RAs have told us that the skills they develop in researching, writing, interviewing, analysis, and project management create a... View Details

14 Jul 2023
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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations

mission to help children grow smarter, stronger, and kinder – especially the kinder part in this current age.” Although she hasn’t discussed specific projects yet, Mizuho will serve as Director of Strategy for International Media and... View Details

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

Case Project Featured Exercises Categorize different innovation types and conceptualize innovation streams for your organization Diagnose why most organizations fail in response to external disruption Identify an opportunity or... View Details

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Carbon emissions: basic information, prices

How can I get prices and basic information on carbon emissions trading? Bloomberg has data on prices. Use one of the following commands: EMIT EMIS EMMK NI ecredits (for news) Carbon Disclosure Project has data from companies and... View Details

Samuel J. Lefrak

Lefrak was the first private company participating in city-financed housing projects in the United States. His company completed several housing projects, such as King’s Bay in Brooklyn, Parc Vendome in Queens, and Lefrak City, a 40-acre,... View Details