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Jan Petzel

After scaling Mount Everest in 2013, Jan Petzel (MBA 2003) transformed his personal triumph into an opportunity to raise funds for the construction of a permanent shelter and medical facility in the Gokyu Lakes region of Nepal for the porters who assist the climbing... View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services
  • 08 Nov 2024
  • HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

favor. Eisenhower prepared to win, Simons says, but kept a second speech ready to deliver to his men if the gambit failed. The rest is history: Eisenhower went on to become president of the US, using the skills he developed in the... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation
  • January – February 2011
  • Article

Are You a Good Boss-Or a Great One?

By: Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback
Private moments of doubt and fear come even to managers who have spent years on the job. Any number of events can trigger them: an initiative is going poorly; you get a lukewarm performance review; your new assignment is daunting. HBS professor Linda Hill and executive... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Personal Development and Career; Groups and Teams; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • 16 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

"black box." Peering Into The Black Box In a new working paper written with Adam M. Kleinbaum (HBS DBA'08) of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, titled Inside the Black Box of Corporate Staff: Social Networks and the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 2006
  • Book

Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs and Their Businesses: A Global Research Perspective

By: C. G. Brush, N. M. Carter, E. J. Gatewood, P. G. Greene and M. M. Hart
Keywords: Growth and Development; Gender; Entrepreneurship; Research; Perspective
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  • January 2011 (Revised April 2014)
  • Case

Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests

By: Nava Ashraf, Natalie Kindred and Richard Sedlmayr
This case describes barriers to adoption of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Zambia and highlights the importance of understanding end users in promoting product adoption. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are simple, easy-to-use tools that provide a relatively reliable,... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Health Industry; Zambia
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  • 06 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

percentage of senior hires being African nationals; and led a team to ensure that the organization’s talent strategy prioritized the career growth and development of over 10,000 staff through accessible and meaningful training tailored to... View Details
  • September 2011 (Revised September 2015)
  • Case

Hassina Sherjan

By: Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim and Pippa Eccles
Hassina Sherjan was born in Afghanistan but grew up and was educated in the United States. A trip to Afghanistan when she was an adult inspired her to move back to her home country with two missions. The first was to educate young women through a non-profit... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Innovation Leadership; Development Economics; Growth and Development; Problems and Challenges; Retail Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Addressing the housing needs of India’s poor

community engagement, design, and affordability as the key elements of improving housing conditions for the poor. It provides an alternative to traditional models of mass-housing developments that lead to View Details
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

Cardiac Kid

HUENNEKENS: In matters of the heart, developing innovative technologies. Nelvin C. Cepeda/San Diego Union-Tribune/Zuma Press In 2002, when Scott Huennekens (MBA ’91) became president and CEO of San Diego–based Volcano Corp., a... View Details
Keywords: medical devices; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

book, Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, Henderson says that we have failed to reenvision capitalism. It must be not only an engine of prosperity, she offers, but also a system that is in harmony with environmental realities, striving for View Details
  • 12 Sep 2018
  • News

Game-Changing Analytics

the NBA’s Philadelphia ’76ers benefit from the analytic approach and technology platform Gelman helped develop to build the Kraft organization’s enviable connection with New England Patriots’ fans. “We help organizations View Details
  • 06 Jul 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

proved that each generation perceives its actions as rational but to (the) next it may appear irrational. This is the path to growth and development of civilization." Frances Pratt said, "What is normal and rational is framed by... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • Profile

Ann Chao

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? First, I was drawn to the application-based nature of the MBA degree. My college experience was heavy on social theory and deep intellectual debate, which gave me a solid foundation to... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
  • Profile

Ameel Somani

Social Enterprise Initiative as examples of the "resources and infrastructure" that can help him find and follow his development path. Leveraging life and classroom lessons "HBS is a chance to... View Details
  • 13 Aug 2001
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Parents’ Guide to Harvard Business School

experience to students' parents, Narayandas leads a mini-case study of Coca-Cola as it decides whether to deploy a new generation of interactive vending machines. Narayandas also discusses the evolution of the modern enterprise, and the origins of the Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

What’s Next

disseminated. We also are thinking hard about how we might extend the career and professional development group to be more helpful to our graduates (with a special focus on alumnae) through the various transitions that might occur over... View Details
Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 22 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

When Protestors Knock at Your Door

Debora points out, it is certainly important for firms to take the time to understand all of the issues involved. In doing so, it may be useful for firms to develop an ongoing dialogue with the NGO (or NGOs) and take a proactive approach... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • Web

Cameron Cohen | MBA

interested in the intersection of machine learning and economics and how we can develop automation for social good. Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business Last summer, I worked... View Details
  • 25 Apr 2014
  • News

Finding sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises

Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007) believes professionals and their companies are the critical link in solving the world's most serious problems. As the cofounder of Executives Without Borders, Goodwin proved his case in developing countries by... View Details