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14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Credit: Steven Zimmerman/Wikipedia Commons Google software engineer James Damore’s ten-page manifesto excoriating his employer for its diversity initiatives incited a major controversy in August about... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

06 May 2013
Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

Historically, though, such research has neglected to consider how firms are affected by major local events, whether they be planned (the Super Bowl or FIFA World Cup, for instance) or unplanned (an earthquake or hurricane). Marquis and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 Sep 2019
Blog Post

An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

largest charter school systems with 54 schools in six cities serving underprivileged communities. The vast majority of their student bodies are filled with children of color from low-income backgrounds. Given such a high need for quality... View Details

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Morse and Polaroid’s Creative Ethos | Baker Library

undergraduates), that you were an art major at Smith and never took chemistry, physics, or business administration while here.” 2 The Smith award also recognized Morse’s artistic talents. She earned local renown as a performance artist of... View Details

21 Nov 2024
News

Mother Nurture

“Mental health conditions like depression and anxiety are among the most common complications for women, affecting one in five during pregnancy and postpartum,” says Richter. “And yet, the barriers to care, like high cost, long waitlists, and stigma, prevent the vast... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

which makes the policies themselves a whole lot easier to figure out. This is basically what I've tried to do in my book. Q: You point out that American risk management policy has passed through three phases. Can you give the major... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

15 Dec 2024
News

The Golden Thread

very early,” she explains. As an undergraduate, Amabile majored in chemistry because she enjoyed the intellectual challenge of science. It wasn’t until her junior year that she took a psychology course to fulfill an elective... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustration by Nigel Buchanan; retirement; careers; psychology

Ralph E. Ward

Ward was instrumental in transforming Chesebrough-Pond’s from a small cosmetics company into a major consumer products conglomerate. A formidable risk-taker, Ward was a master of acquiring mature, stagnant companies and putting them on an... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

Frank G. Hickey

Hickey embarked on a major restructuring program for General Instruments by investing in new communications technologies and pursuing selective strategic acquisitions. Through his efforts, he was able to increase revenues from $500... View Details

Keywords: Communications

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

assistance, the Treasury should contribute capital by purchasing common shares. As a result, the Treasury is likely to hold a majority ownership of the bank's common shares, while the ownership interests of other shareholders will be... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

venture money? A: The vast majority of venture capital is allocated to technology-driven businesses: software, hardware, Internet-related spaces. There is also significant investment in the life sciences and biotech. There is some portion... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

23 Jun 2020
Book

Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System

which the top five candidates qualify for the general election. Part two is ranked-choice voting (RCV) in the general election, where voters rank the candidates in order of preference. If no candidate wins a majority of first-place votes,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

is that the membership in the European Union has too often been a convenient scapegoat and distracted from the failure of government to mount a credible and actionable economic strategy. Hit hard by the 2008 economic crisis because of London’s View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

and allies during and after the Iranian revolution of 1979. The article assesses the thinking behind the Tudeh’s strategy of unwavering support for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his Islamist allies, even after other major leftist... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD), the survey compiled anonymous input from 1,067 directors in some 58 countries. The researchers were surprised at the extent of similarity in the majority of responses related to economics and politics, not... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

"and it changed the nature of Chile's BATNA in favor of the company." Among other tactics, the company offered to sell a majority of its equity stake to the Chilean government and use the proceeds, along with loans guaranteed by... View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

18 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Recruiting HBS MBA Students in 2017-2018

partners to consider: Transferable skills over previous job titles – The majority of our students are looking to apply their skills in a new industry. I’ve noticed quite a few positions have requirements along the lines of ‘previous... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

10 Feb 2021
Blog Post

HBS Virtual Treks: How Student Clubs are Adapting to the New Normal

expectations that the trek would be a major opportunity in their recruiting process posed a challenge to board members. How would we organize a virtual trek that match the impact and quality of the in-person experience? In addition to... View Details

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Making Markets

Use these resources to analyze broken markets and validate your proposed solutions. Understand the Current Marketplace: Gain a sense of the current landscape, major players, and future trends within an industry or sector in order to... View Details

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Louise Bourgeois Eye Benches II 1996-1997 | About

States at the 45th Venice Biennale. She has been the subject of numerous shows, including the first exhibition of a living American artist at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in 2001. In 2007, another major retrospective of... View Details

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