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- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
the Chicago public school system, as well as their parents to reinforce the concepts at home, and partnered with other local non-profits and organizations. “While at HBS, I am excited to learn from other social entrepreneurs about new View Details
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2.9 Leaves of Absence | MBA
generally within five calendar days, and may appeal a final decision to the Executive Director, MBA Program. While on Leave of Absence Students who go on leave of absence during the academic year are charged tuition and any applicable... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
the shortlist of America's most admired businesspeople, along with Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates. Brilliant, brave, and willing to defy conventional wisdom, Grove is, according to Harvard Business School professor Richard S. Tedlow, "the best View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
Human beings are critical to the functioning of the vast majority of operating systems, influencing both the way these systems work and how they perform. Yet most formal analytical models of operations assume that the people who... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
letter actually getting to his friend—there were six referrals. This idea has passed into popular culture and urban folklore as the six degrees of separation. That's where it lay until a decade ago when a few researchers out of the Santa Fe Institute formalized the... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
book, Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth, coauthored with HBS professor William Kirby and Regina Abrami of the Wharton School. In addition to teaching in several HBS Executive Education programs, McFarlan has been a... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
brand-name multinationals that contract out the work. “In a sense, global supply chains are serving a regulatory function, with companies imposing an additional layer of rules and investing resources to enforce them,” says Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
David's first challenges, outlined in detail in the Bulletin, was the overcrowded campus. With four Army and Navy training programs at Soldiers Field in addition to the MBA Program, more than thirteen hundred students were living in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
Meanwhile, those who are outside the market generally don't even know what's going on. Q: Are you worried that regulation could stifle innovation in reproductive medicines? A: Actually, I'm more worried about regulation in the stem cell... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
he’s hosting a tour of the space—and assigning McKenna a key card. Ten months in as CEO of the humanitarian aid organization, it’s finally her first day in the office. One by one, a few other senior leaders assemble in the lobby for the 1 p.m. tour, including the new... View Details
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
we might want India to replace coal capacity with renewable generation resources overnight, it is impossible for two reasons. First, most obviously, it is not realistic to build thousands of gigawatts of solar and wind plants quickly.... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
for myself.” Over the next 35 years Weinstein held leadership positions at various arts organizations, including as general director of the Pittsburgh Opera, executive director of the Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center (with a view of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
siblings, get to work every day on time, work toward a degree at night (paying their own tuition), and manage to save enough to slowly build a house. While generally excited by democracy, Liberians are understandably impatient for roads... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
Future. "One of the biggest unknowns right now is what Saddam Hussein will be allowed to do. Most people think that his reserves are very, very large. If he were free to expand the production and export of oil, that would definitely bring down prices." Supply and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
Everything we're building - nine major projects, including the Olympic Stadium, the swimming, tennis, and other venues and public spaces - will be handed over for community use at no cost to the public. ACOG's $1.7 billion investment will in the end View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
or a resource-based problem-- so that all the stakeholders can succeed. I've had an additional career in health care. I've been the CEO of my local hospital, and I took these same principles forward there. And instead of looking for blame... View Details
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
professor Alan MacCormack took on the question of future "form factors" at the 2005 Cyberposium conference at HBS on January 29th. The general consensus: It's more important for users to be able to easily move digital... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
of its HIV/AIDS medicines. In addition, Merck has initiated a unique partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Republic of Botswana-where more than one-third of the population is infected with the virus-to model how the... View Details
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
immigrants might increase labor market competition for native-born workers, lowering their wages and their employment prospects. Cultural. Immigration is associated with the influx of people with different traditions, races, religions, languages, and social norms. This... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
campus over a weekend. Modeled after the January Short Intensive Programs (SIP), Weekend Sprints combine academic sessions with community-building and social events. The program features a variety of classes on specialized topics,... View Details