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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HIV/AIDS and Business
costs of the epidemic to business, including lower productivity, increased expenditures, and declining profits and investment. “When 30 to 40 percent of your workforce is affected by HIV/AIDS, it forces corporations to confront the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"
best antidote to poverty. Without growth, India will remain a poor rich nation.” Chidambaram said that India is still affected by the legacy of the “monstrous and rapacious structure” of previous Socialist governments, even though prime... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
currently available brands and use locally sourced materials. The female workers ultimately will become owners of the business through microfinance loans. “Lack of access to pads affects not only the prospects of girls and women, it also... View Details
- 05 Feb 2016
- News
The Wheel of the World
contains close to 20,000 items). “I realized that I was more interested in the ideas expressed in the mechanisms than in owning the physical objects,” he says. “Time is a central element of the human experience, which, understandably, most people seldom think about.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 Apr 2012
- News
Just Compensation
Sam Hayes and David Mullins were engaging and fun. Jim Ware taught us organizational behavior and given how important this subject is and how it affects what I do today, I should have taken more of those types of classes. Fifteen years... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Career Services Shifts into High Gear
distress and its ripple effects on job seekers. In late September, MBA Career Services staff also traveled to New York to meet with members of the class who were immediately affected by the meltdown on Wall Street. “We put together a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
When You Speak, This Group Listens
level of programs and services for alumni worldwide. At our meetings three times each year, we are also kept informed of major issues and opportunities facing HBS, and we provide feedback on those that affect alumni. The 44 hard-working... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
year. These efforts directly affect you as a graduate. The Communications Committee, chaired by Paul Stewart (MBA '87), has already made enormous progress this year. Over the last few months, committee members have been working with the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
In Memoriam
the Finance Unit (from 1969 to 1973) and taught in both the MBA and the Executive Education programs. He also played an influential role as the Business School’s representative to a number of University committees that affected faculty... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
bathroom tissue manufacturer offers you a discount on its product. How much should you buy? If you stock up now, will the manufacturer have any incentive to give you a good deal later? Will your decision affect the competition between... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
On Eve of Transition, Alumni Conference Set for Hong Kong
the conference's HBS faculty liaison. "It's an opportune time to consider how the change will affect business prospects in the region. By April we should have a clearer sense of what the future will hold." With regard to the conference's... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
investments in architectural design can facilitate a more flexible innovation process. They observed successful firms creating a modular system that could accommodate the addition of new components without affecting the core... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Ideas: Faculty Research Online
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior? Surprise! Managers are not always rational decision-makers. In this interview, Assistant Professor Noel Watson and Rogelio Oliva discuss how human behavior affects supply chain coordination. Health Care... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
are active, I’m also looking for, as Katie mentioned, a situation that is really meaningful to somebody’s life. I know that employees talk quite a bit about their managers and how that manager affects their career progress, for example,... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Alumni Startup Enters the Shark Tank
future generations. The key is articulating why your background, skills, and insights make you uniquely equipped to address a real problem that affects real people in a way nobody else can. Before you have extensive data to demonstrate... View Details
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
management challenges that affect the lives of billions of people.” Dean Srikant Datar remembered him this way: “Ratan Tata’s impact will be felt for decades to come. There is no better example of business in service of society than the... View Details
- 25 Feb 2021
- News
Building Hope
more affordable and accessible. The opportunity for impact is massive, notes Zapolin. Depression affects more than 264 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, which considers depression to be a leading cause... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Morrell
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
percent of the class would have known what he was talking about. “Today, it’s more than 50 percent. Students understand that those are important considerations that are going to affect their organizations and their careers,” observes... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
professor Ernest R. Berndt), HBS professor Alvin J. Silk looks at both internal and external forces affecting the industry, with particular attention to the impact of the Internet. According to Silk and his colleagues, changes in the... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
midnight. “A few students posted newspaper articles or shared experiences of family and friends who were affected by AIDS,” Deshpandé continues. “This was an issue that took the discussion beyond the realm of typical products and services... View Details