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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Necessity became the mother of invention for staffing-firm founder
O’Kelly, who formerly held high-profile positions as a CPA at KPMG and Toys “R” Us. “It’s important to know that you can be an entrepreneur, or continue to work, and still have a family,” she says. Pairing the hundreds of thousands of View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
success of the United States, Britain, Germany, and Japan? What can be learned from the long-term championship performances of leading business firms in each country? How important were specific innovations by individual entrepreneurs? In... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
performance rather than individual or unit performance. Beer and Katz thus suggest that instead of putting energy into designing complicated incentive plans intended to motivate executives, top managers should focus on developing an... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
individual rowers, lose regularly in practice to the supposedly less talented Army JV boat. The two big questions facing Coach P are: Why is this happening? What can be done about it? And that’s what the students must grapple with as... View Details
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
Joyner to Receive Harvard’s DuBois Medal
Center Honors. The award will be presented by Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research on October 11 at Sanders Theatre. The DuBois Medal is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to African... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Elevator Pitch: Spread the Wealth
a dual purpose. First, to help companies build loyalty with employees and customers and to introduce individuals to share ownership. In addition to receiving share rewards, Upstreet users can buy shares on the Australian and New York... View Details
- 02 Nov 2021
- News
The Road to Racial Equity
CEO of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national nonprofit that fights racial and economic inequities by empowering the next generation of leaders. Since 2002, MLT has been working with high-achieving Black, Latinx, and Native American View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Research Available on World Wide Web
practice. To see for yourself, access the HBS Division of Research Homepage www.hbs.edu/research to find listings of research conducted at HBS over the last five years, arranged according to individual professor and by subject matter. View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Wisdom and a special cause
($48,000 last year) go to the Rhode Island Special Olympics, of which Adrain is a longtime officer and former president. Adrain contacts successful individuals and asks them to share the important beliefs that shape their lives. Thus,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Across HBS Generations
1979), plus the 1908 Society (comprising all MBA classes that are sixty years or more past their graduation date). In recalling their days at the School and their lives since then, these individuals tell stories that will not only... View Details
- 13 Mar 2011
- News
Sympathy and Concern for HBS Alumni in Japan
loved ones are safe. We have received numerous inquiries from individuals concerned about fellow HBS alumni in the region. Please let us know how you are. You can connect with us and your fellow alumni in several ways: In the comment box... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
For Education Reform, PELP Is on the Way
“Leading and managing in the complex and dynamic environment of an urban K–12 school system is an incredibly difficult challenge,” observes HBS Dean Kim B. Clark. “One of the toughest problems is that although there are many excellent View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jackie Adams
news. Now interested in “moving from success to significance,” Adams says, “I’m working in the nonprofit sector as a consultant to create wealth for minority communities as well as bring together companies and individuals to turn the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
motion, bringing Greeks back home to further strengthen the labor market and create new economic opportunities. “After 12 years of training in Greece, these talented individuals immigrate primarily to the United States or Europe, where... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Dressing by Number
individual client and the “client in aggregate” becomes. And better data means better-dressed shoppers, says Lake, noting that 70 percent of Stitch Fix’s clients return for a second “fix” within 90 days. Next: Karen Moon (MBA 2008) —... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
MBAs by the Numbers
A snapshot of the MBA Program’s newest students reveals that this year’s incoming class — chosen from a pool of 6,552 applicants — represents a select, diverse group of individuals hailing from 68 countries around the world. “We’re... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Sound Bites: Joy to the World
certain measures, it’s been declining in recent years. So, despite continued investment of billions of dollars in self-improvement at an individual level, collectively, we’ve been moving backward. Pasquariello’s focus on joy is central to... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
Blockchain for Good
what little money she could spare, but the system made it nearly impossible, with terrible fees and long delays.” Fast-forward to 2020 and the pandemic, when Dyer again saw a system badly in need of updating, with existing payment networks extracting big fees from... View Details
- 08 Sep 2022
- News
Learning Curve
1997, as an experiment, with just four students. Katie and three others would benefit from both individualized attention and interaction with other children. Jerome Rosner, an optometrist and University of Houston professor (who passed... View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity
individuals who apply,” Rivkin told The Wall Street Journal. “Reducing financial barriers is key. It increases financial aid to families that have historically been unable to accumulate wealth over generations and therefore struggled to... View Details