Theories Of Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Aug 2018
News

Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?

Project. Your ads from 2009 include things like a print ad that says, "No one thinks they'll try to tear off their own skin. Meth will change that." And it shows an image of a white saint with a razor blade... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Stephen Covey's Successful Habits

conflicts, and interdepartmental rivalries. That's the high cost of low trust. What can be done about this trust problem? Companies have to change their paradigms and recognize the overriding importance... View Details

02 Jan 2018
News

Reconsidering Retirement

ins-and-outs of retirement savings, creating more than 70 videos on the basics of investing, and lobbying for regulatory changes that would benefit consumers. Puritz testified... View Details

Keywords: April White; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2013
News

Double Vision

The rise of the "second screen"—watching TV while also surfing on smartphones or tablets—would seem to be bad for advertisers, stealing precious eyeballs from their pitches. Not so, says Thales Teixeira, an assistant professor in the... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Oct 1997
News

Benaree Wiley

"Early in life," says Bennie Wiley, "I learned an important guiding principle: look for ways to exercise your values." As president and CEO of The Partnership, an organization designed to open doors for minority professionals in the city... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Oct 1998
News

Answering the Call

seem out of place in his previous office. And his church's $135,000 annual budget would be small change to his former colleagues. While the contrasts loom large, it is clear from the passion with which... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2023
News

March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy—and the Way to Renew Our Broken System By Raymond W. Baker (MBA 1960) Berrett-Koehler Publishers Over the last half century, capitalism has created... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Apr 1998
News

Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

grow amid poverty, triggering an empowering ripple effect. We only loan to businesses we believe can grow; we expect every loan to be repaid, and 98 percent are. You've said that microlending can change the world. How? In the developing... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

biology and chemistry to prepare for a career related to helping the environment. An introductory course in economics changed all that. "I realized that economic issues drove many of the decisions companies... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

02 Dec 2019
News

Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna

wait until you reach a higher position to try. Just because you’re a small part of it, doesn’t mean you’re not having an impact,” Iyer observes. “Similarly, you can have an impact on the future of HBS by... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

New Releases

which looks at the roles of three management groups: worldwide business managers, country or regional managers, and worldwide functional managers. A second new chapter, "Managing the Transformation Process," outlines the structural and... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

22 Feb 2022
News

Addressing The Financial Security Gap

Influential Women in US Finance in 2020, 2021, and 2022 and cofounded BlackRock’s Women’s Initiative Network, which encourages the full potential of women at the firm. “Many young people feel like they have to go into not-for-profits to... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Oct 1998
News

A Long and Winding Road

It hardly seems possible, but 25 years have passed since our class left Soldiers Field. At the time we were a bit dazed by the political and social upheaval around us, yet confident that our hard-earned MBA credential would stand us in good stead as we set forth in the... View Details

Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)

13 Feb 2020
News

Not Throwing Away My Shot

theme is sort of a callback to mechanization, which is digitization. So now suddenly we have the tools to completely change our world again from mechanical processes to digital processes. So those are the... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

also includes a section about Germany's similar experience with Internet commercialization, as well as contributions from ten industry participants and observers. “Unless fundamental changes are made,” Mills says, “another bubble is a... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

13 Jan 2021
News

Stress Test

But now we’ve seen the importance of things like dual sourcing and long-lead-time planning so that there isn’t a big backlog for things like tractor trailers. We also need to address the persistent long-haul driver shortage in the United... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

start my career at the level of a clerical worker. HBS had given me confidence, so I found another opportunity and left. Nobody will provide opportunities to women unless they initiate the move. Just sitting and waiting for View Details

17 Nov 2022
News

Blockchain for Good

“Our mission is for everyone to experience the benefits of a truly digital financial ecosystem,” she says. “It’s a lofty—and maybe even audacious—goal, but I truly believe that Millicent has the power to effect View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Apr 1997
News

A Conversation with Dean Clark

CLARK: John has been very supportive of what we've been doing over the past sixteen months, and he's been actively involved in a couple of our ongoing initiatives. We still meet pretty regularly to compare... View Details

23 May 2019
News

Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966

country, and the international arena. His efforts and innovations—in business, government, and philanthropy—have made him a global leader on some of the most pressing issues facing America and the world, from climate View Details