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Training Course in Personnel Administration - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
opportunity for women and this seemed like a good opening for them," she asserted. 5 The program began in the waning years of the Depression, and Stedman understood the value of professional training for women as "an economic necessity of... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
focus instead on improving the performance of existing products - what I call sustaining technologies. For this reason, good companies have little difficulty succeeding in sustaining innovation - even radical innovation. If their... View Details
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Max Wibaux
joining a consumer-products-focused private equity firm in a role in which he can "bring together all the elements HBS teaches us: operations, strategy, the inner workings of financing, and how to avoid investment pitfalls and traps. I want to add View Details
Keywords: CPG
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Inessa Lurye
studies, "have continued to be critical"—especially because Inessa has been immersed, since graduation, in startups. "I've seen lots up ups and downs; I've seen how the challenges change at different stages of the life cycle. It's cemented for me the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence
from throughout their first year to on-site, customer-related projects with companies around the world. Before their trip, Franklin’s six-person team tested their research methodology in interviews with Boston-area teens and parents.... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
systemic problem. That’s something we haven’t seen before now.” The recent rash of high-profile complaints in the news is undoubtedly sending shivers down the spines of business executives nationwide, as many come to grips with the realization that their own View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
and creating companies that could nurture ambition and talents in Africa and other nascent markets,” she shared. “I feel like I’m living my dream.” Nneka’s advice for students and alumni For students and alumni seeking to make an impact... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
product line within Xerox. He had the support of Xerox's chief executive officer, David Kearns, for establishing the new internal structure. This structure would work much like an internal venture capital firm. Xerox would exploit Adams's skills in obtaining View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
have to be a game changer—someone who is delivering value for tomorrow. Consequently, we need managers who build teams that are “collaborative-ready” and who can cultivate healthy relationships across the organization. In today’s world,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
slang to describe the company’s approach: tachles. (It sounds a bit like the word “tactless,” and it means “give it to me straight.”) “We tend to be really explicit with the companies we work with. There is going to be some discomfort,”... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that place the School at the cutting edge of addressing the challenges facing business and society today.... View Details
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Once in a Lifetime Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
technology, however, Acumen has found “an efficient way to listen to low-income customers at scale. Their feedback creates a virtuous circle that helps Acumen’s portfolio companies improve their products services, while helping Acumen to... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
established Heritage Link Brands and, almost before they knew it, were in the wine-distribution business. "Founding the company wasn't about wine; it was about hoping that we could transform the way the world perceived Africa and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
donated by club members and sponsors. “This is the second year that the gala has supported Dallas Reads,” said Marla McDonald (MBA ’91), acting liaison between the club and the charity. “We selected Dallas Reads because individually we all know the View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
companies – and ultimately contribute to private sector development. Moving forward and making a big impact Through these two internships and my joint degree education, I have decided that the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
School Case 806-073 Follows the growth of an entrepreneur from his early startup activities. As the company evolves from 1998 to 2005, looks at key decisions and turning points as AtHoc's strategy adapts in response to changing market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
New Exhibit Highlights Turning Point for American Business
a long workweek it was and how extraordinarily controlling companies were in the early days before the labor movement." In subtle contrast, a striking 1933 portrait of a woman cotton warper at the Shelton Looms in Shelton, Connecticut, by... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
obtain the full value from these projects. Our work led us to propose several frameworks for how firms should think about their collaboration efforts (reported in a separate working paper) as well as to codify a set of organizational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
hospital stays and doctors' visits showed her the health care system up close. "I realized that I really wanted to make a difference," she recalls. At Harvard, this self-described "contrarian" recalls having to push her idea of promoting social and environmental View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
real business opportunity to invest in companies with high-growth potential and at least one woman in a leadership role that were being overlooked by the traditional VC community. Sometimes, in order to see an opportunity, you have to be... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman