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- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development As a youngster, I used to create “stores” in my driveway, selling things to other neighborhood kids. It was an entrepreneurial... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
it looks like to be a Chinese person in North America,Having the opportunity to share my culture with others,Being Chinese and Canadian at the same time,and being as proud of one as I am the other. Vi Mai (MBA 2023) I grew up in a predominantly white View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
neighborhoods don't have the potential to succeed or aren't capable. It's much more about decades of underinvestment and a lack of attention to what we say we're all about as a society—namely, that no matter where you come from, you have... View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
research shows health outcomes are poorer in impoverished neighborhoods that border wealthier areas. In terms of the haves, people aware of their higher status tend to be more selfish, entitled, and scornful, creating a psychological... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
in education when people say they don't want computers in the classroom because kids won't learn about the real world. My research made me conclude that in order to make the technology work for us, we need strong communities on the ground. If that small View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
borrowers. Ten years ago, India didn’t have social security numbers, so that is a first-order constraint. We have been going to the neighborhoods where these entrepreneurs live, forming them into groups, and asking people which of their... View Details
- 05 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade
firm to trade with any given country increased by more than 60 percent if the neighborhood surrounding headquarters had a high percentage of immigrants from that country. What's more, "the same effects happen with boards," Cohen says. "If... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
expensive precisely because of the country's prosperity. With the wages and purchasing power of working people largely stagnant over the last two decades, the cost of adequate housing in a decent neighborhood has soared beyond the reach... View Details
- 20 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)
economic opportunity for all in my hometown. This summer, I was grateful for the chance to help get started, and I’m looking forward to the chance to work together with others towards the day when who you are or what neighborhood you grew... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
to 1972, as well as assistant professor of management at Simmons and Bentley Colleges, says he puts his MBA to use every day, both in running his church and serving as a management consultant (on a sliding-scale basis) to neighborhood... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
work remotely during the pandemic, but for a huge swath of the population, working from home was simply not an option. This was especially true for many gig workers and small business owners – it’s tough to work from home when your day-to-day is driving an Uber,... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
Frank Spencer (MBA 1986) helped to build his first Habitat for Humanity house in 1988. It was in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, and, like many Habitat homes, was constructed over approximately 10 weeks, with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
Kashmir Photo courtesy Sharjeel Kashmir It’s a beautiful morning in Jersey City as I stretch after my regular jog in Liberty State Park. I marvel that this is my neighborhood and my view. In front of me, the Hudson River lies at the feet... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
social service organizations through their family foundation. “There comes a responsibility with success, and that is leaving the world better than you found it,” says Klarman. Robert Kraft, MBA 1965 Founder, Chairman and CEO, The Kraft Group Greeting guests at a... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
rebuilding harder-to-serve urban neighborhoods in a broader way than just housing. And I get excited thinking about it. And I wake up at night fearful that we won't succeed because it's so important to get this to happen. Richard Linowes,... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
interest of privacy, I have used pseudonyms for the participants.) Williams, an African-American, was born and raised in a middle-class neighborhood in Washington, DC. After earning his bachelor's degree at one of the nation's leading... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
16 million internet properties pass through the company’s network, which acts like a neighborhood watch for the internet—spotting potential threats but also helping websites run faster and better. It was named one of the world’s most... View Details
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
you." And in fact, the poor tend to live in neighborhoods with the fewest transportation options, yet they're the ones who often have the greatest need for mobility. "They're the ones that can go digital less than anybody,"... View Details
- 07 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience
career in software engineering.Separately, I’ve always been passionate about entrepreneurship. When I was twelve, a friend and I built a neighborhood dog walking business—thanks to Wag, we now understand how much money we left on the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
father was a commercial fisherman before retiring to manage his mother’s neighborhood tavern. “My parents were focused on education,” she recalls, “so the Catholic high school I attended, Bishop Kenny, was the aspiration in Jacksonville.”... View Details