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2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

approach to diversity and inclusion for organizations Susan Sturm Susan Sturm speaks at 2015 Gender and Work Symposium: Research to Change the World Susan Sturm speaks at 2015 Gender and Work Symposium:... View Details

16 Apr 2013
News

A Walkabout to the Ocean

understand how the world works, I'd better get a crash education in management and finance." HBS professor Jonathan Tiemann's class in finance changed everything. "I was a total idiot, with absolutely no experience in finance," says... View Details

Keywords: Ocean; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

01 Jun 2009
News

The New “In” Crowd

was packed for the keynote address at 8:30 a.m. — well before the usual Sunday start time for most students. I was lured to the event in part by the buildup it had gotten in the press. Weeks beforehand, Forbes named it one of the top business gatherings for 2009,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

16 Nov 2017
News

The Business of Social Justice

A born adventurer with a passion for social justice, Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) uses her business savvy to effect social change. Since 2014 Brooks has served as chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, a nonprofit View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

09 Aug 2016

HBS, HKS, and HSPH Information Session in Dakar

Organized by the HBS Africa Business Club, this event is designed for prospective students to learn about Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard School of Public Health from a student... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

urbanization, and business disruption represent both a major opportunity and a threat in the global economy. Although individuals and organizations are aware that the world is changing exponentially, most... View Details

22 Mar 2017
Blog Post

3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow

possible early in my career. However, I think business school offers a great opportunity to think about one's career in a different way, because (a) we now have a greater ability to add value to a variety of organizations so this... View Details

02 Nov 2020
News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

hunger-relief organization in New England and among the largest food banks in the country. I had an opportunity to speak with Catherine D’Amato, GBFB’s CEO, and I was incredibly impressed with the organization’s vision for the future. It... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

today. Inside Out by Patrick Moffett (AMP 111) Vanguard Press After the protagonist’s wife is murdered, he begins a series of vigilante killings and, as a result, is invited to join an organized covert operations unit, rather than face... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Expanding Horizons

his country, India, and more broadly, the world at large. “HBS changed my career direction and broadened my horizons,” he says. “I was going into the health care sector, but a summer in equity capital... View Details

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Michael Farias

When Michael Farias initially arrived at Harvard Medical School, he did not think about the business side of medicine. "I thought medicine was just about treating disease," he says. "But my first year in med school opened my eyes to the economics of... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

Woodstock in 1969. “Let all our actions, and all our arts, express Yoga,” he told the crowd of some 400,000 people, before leading them in a resounding “om,” a resonant sound considered sacred in yoga texts. In later decades, as the flower children faded, yoga became... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

01 Jun 2023
News

Turning Point: Sum of the Parts

easy. This norm is kaizen, and it basically states that whatever you do today is “not good enough.” It is one of the reasons Toyota, Honda, and Sony piled up such quick successes as Japan was still lifting itself out of the rubble of View Details

Keywords: happiness; purpose; meaning; work-life balance; social pressures

01 Mar 2010
News

Spin Cycle

Linn (MBA ’00), later organized the annual Cycle for Survival (www.CycleForSurvival.org), an indoor team cycling fundraising competition. A January event in New York City featured more than 2,000 participants, received donations from... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)

looking at other approaches that could make it more accessible to a broader range of the public. We also aim to get the balance right in terms of diversity by including some of the known luminaries of the food world as well as its rising... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Black Investment Club

companies, a sale of a health care portfolio company, and several debt refinancings to facilitate portfolio company growth. This summer, Akapelwa expanded on his financial services experience at Kohlberg & Company serving as a Private... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

Fast Answer

Water: reserves and usage

Where can I find data on water reserves and usage by country? World Water Development Report United Nations): provides a comprehensive review of the world’s freshwater resources. From 2003 till 2012, the WWDR was produced... View Details

06 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

Staffing, risks, benefits, and regulatory compliance are all increasingly externalized, most often to parts of the world where need routinely trumps prudence. Rather than manage their own corporate assets, CEOs and other top executives of... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

13 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 13

to improving important parts of the world food supply. But his biggest challenge was in scaling up his organization to address the multitude of opportunities he wanted to address. Along with its massive... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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