Business or Company Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Dec 2014
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Hacking Health Care

vision is Hacking Heath, a Montreal-based social collaborative that hosts weekend brainstorming sessions, or “hackathons,” to spur innovation in the industry and, ultimately, save lives. “The end game is to transform health care with more... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2022
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What We’re Reading

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Fabio Consoli Whatever your summer plans might look like this year—whether you’re traveling to a faraway beach or enjoying downtime much closer to home—nothing has the power to transport us... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

04 Sep 2019
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Deep Dive

just after a successful dive in the South Sandwich Trench. He had the experience. Since 2002, he has been a managing partner at Insight Equity, a private equity firm he cofounded, and currently serves as chairman of four companies. This... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Jun 1997
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MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96

In its role as a leader in business education, the School has brought dynamic change and innovation to the MBA Program this past year, most notably in admissions, the cohort structure, the Foundations portion of the curriculum, and... View Details

27 Oct 2016
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Paying It Forward

inventory losses by alerting retailers when items are given free-of-charge to friends and family by purposely not being scanned by a clerk (called “sweethearting”), when barcodes are covered, when items are left in a shopping cart, or... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2006
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A Capital Asset

had founded “about an hour or two after Prohibition ended, so I’m told,” Cohen says with a smile. After graduating from Smith College in 1964, she spent a year at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education before enrolling at HBS, much to her... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Sep 2018
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New Ways to Stay Connected

their homes or at local restaurants around the world, MBA students working in the region during the summer between their first and second years have the opportunity to meet with alumni, forging connections around their shared HBS... View Details

08 Aug 2018
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Getting Life Back in Balance

Photos by Louise Agnew The day he returned home to Australia from three months in Harvard Business School’s General Management Program, Benjamin Gower (GMP 19, 2015) quit his job as senior vice president of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Aug 2002
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Class Day & Commencement

prevailing conditions. “In good times and bad,” he counseled, “it's wise to remember to lean against the wind.” Whitehead concluded by noting the trend among companies toward greater social involvement and responsibility. “I believe your... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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Ink: Framing the Full Picture

Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2003
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Rural Renewal

she herself is an organic farmer, Reade is not here to sell the blueberries, asparagus, beef, or lamb she raises at Neptune Farm. She’s here to support the other farmers, and they are here, in large part, because of her. Reade organized... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Crop Production; Agriculture

04 Oct 2018
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“A Shout Through Time”

in, again, human kindness and human nature; and that we don't always know all the forces that are at work in our lives. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited by Craig McDonald. It... View Details

20 Dec 2019
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The 19 Musts of 2019

total) and presents them in audio form, narrated by one of several professional readers. For any busy person who loves great journalism from a range of sources it is a godsend: I often listen to articles while traveling, commuting,... View Details

Keywords: podcast; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2018
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Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

that kind of one-sided knowledge. The Farmers Business Network (FBN), cofounded by Baron, agriculture investor and entrepreneur Amol Deshpande, and several farmers, has emerged in a period of particular crisis for the American farmer.... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

28 Apr 2022
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Finding Her Place

global franchises and innovation at ConvaTec, helping to prepare the $1.8 billion, London-based company to go public. After its successful IPO, in 2018, Hudson took some time off to travel with her husband but fully expected to return to... View Details

19 May 2021
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Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online

local communities. “Our collective reach is much greater than our individual club reach,” says David Harris (MBA 1984), President-elect of the HBS Association of Boston, and co-lead in organizing the conference. He also served as a panelist, sharing his expertise as... View Details