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Full Circles | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Where You Are Shilla Kim-Parker 2009 As if foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009) wrote her HBS application essay about her desire to serve the social good. “I was drawn to... Riding the WAVE Misan Rewane... View Details
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Advancing Social Enterprise | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Are Shilla Kim-Parker 2009 As if foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009) wrote her HBS application essay about her desire to serve the social good. “I was drawn to... Riding the WAVE Misan Rewane 2013 When... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
the midst of court-ordered desegregation. (Of that time he is often quoted as saying, "Our concern should be the quality of the school at the end of the bus ride, rather than the length of the ride itself.") In 1982, North Carolina... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
merchandise sales, with sales so far topping only $30 million, compared to Vancouver's $51 million. Such lackluster performance spells trouble not only for the Games themselves, but also for all of the brands that hope to ride its bobsled... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
Harley-Davidson, a little gentle coercion on the part of the company’s chairman convinced Snoey to get his motorcycle license; today, he’s still riding. “In the last six years, I’ve put 50,000 miles on my Harleys,” says Snoey, who often View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 11 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 11
shadow banking system-are outweighed by the risks inherent in this new approach to credit delivery. 2006 Harvard Business Review In Search of a Second Act: Riding the Popularity of a Great First Product Is Easy; Finding the Next One Is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Ink
Le sable est chaud à Sablanceaux The sand is hot at Sablanceaux Tout est doux à Rivedoux Everything is calm at Rivedoux C’est l’paradis à Sainte-Marie It’s paradise at Sainte-Marie Elle suce sa roue à La Noue She’s tailgating him at La Noue Il est dans sa botte à La... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
decided they should return to Germany. "In family matters, Mechtild held the reins and I was riding shotgun. She wanted our daughter to have a clear sense of belonging." In 1990, tragedy struck when Mechtild was diagnosed with blood... View Details
- 16 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Delivering Solutions During a Crisis: an Interview with Hans Kristian Furuseth
home for Furuseth and his wife, Lene, as they built lasting relationships both personally and professionally. While their young son, William, wasn’t working on building his network quite yet, he also made good friends at the daycare at HBS and even learned to View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
boxes and were as excited to open them as our young riders. I think gifting them Surprise Rides allowed them to really connect with the joy that our product brings to kids and adults alike. We didn't have to spend any time convincing them... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
small commercial satellites deployed by BlackSky can be built relatively cheaply and quickly. They can hitch rides on rockets operated by companies such as SpaceX and Rocket Lab, much like passengers piling into a shared Uber. And once... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
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Navigating a Career in Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
build things that make a difference. While working... Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are Shilla Kim-Parker 2009 As if foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009) wrote her HBS application essay about her desire to serve the social good.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
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Providing Scholarships for Impact on a Sector | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009) wrote her HBS application essay about her desire to serve the social good. “I was drawn to... Riding the WAVE Misan Rewane 2013 When describing the experience of... View Details
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
and how to more carefully monitor (and when necessary ride herd on) the partners on whom their virtual model depends. And they need to drive this process deep into their supply and production chains. One useful framework for accomplishing... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
company? A: Running a four-drive company is like riding a unicycle-it takes a lot of work to maintain the balance among these four drives. The primary threat to a perfect four-drive company is to avoid letting any one drive become too... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
My Summer as a Venture Capitalist
ride supporting them along the way. To me, the role of a venture capitalist has a few parts. It’s part futurist, being able to see around the corner and have a point of view of what the world will look like. It’s part investor, making a... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
the onion” on financial statements. He would use his chalk on the blackboards, walls, doors, and floors, taking us on a fascinating trip to the last numbers of the case. We had no idea how we got there. But the rides in Professor Shank’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
Much hope and plenty of money are riding on the idea that batterypowered electric cars will help slow global warming by reducing tailpipe emissions. But when it comes to reducing the greenhouse gases produced by heavy... View Details
- 08 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School
down to the peninsula to meet with their selected companies. It was a day filled with many shared rides with fellow attendees and tours through massive, colorful campuses at places like Google, Nvidia, and SurveyMonkey. The day concluded... View Details
Keywords: Technology