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Our Team - Social Impact Collaboratory

with an emphasis on agricultural and financial management. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005, where he was an NSF and Javits Fellow, and an A.B. in Economics and German Literature from... View Details

21 Sep 2016
HBS Seminar

Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | About

prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in employment; and Massachusetts laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. It does not preclude application or enforcement of other... View Details

30 Apr 2020
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Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

21 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Harvard Square's Hidden History

served Newtowne (Cambridge’s name at founding). It was the primary center of commerce for the towns surrounding present-day Harvard Square, including much of the agricultural activity that took place on and near what is now HBS’s campus. Harvard’s First Dorms: Goffe... View Details

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

that they're illegal to not so repugnant that they're legal. Gay marriage became possible through the courts, not through the legislature. Judges decided that the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution of Massachusetts was violated.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

December 2022 (Revised January 2025)
Case

Akooda: Charging Toward Operational Intelligence

By: Christopher Stanton and Mel Martin

The Akooda case describes the challenges confronting founder and CEO Yuval Gonczarowski (MBA ‘17) in 2022 as he attempts to boost sales. Launched in November 2020, Akooda was an AI company that mined 20 different sources of digital data, from tools like Slack, Google... View Details

Keywords: Data Mining; Productivity; Monitoring; Data Analysis; AI and Machine Learning; Knowledge Management; Operations; Problems and Challenges; Employee Relationship Management; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Information Industry; Boston; Israel

01 Sep 2007
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Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

any of the following: The Alfred D. Chandler Fund, c/o Kerry Cietanno, Teele Hall, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163; The Memorial Church, Harvard University, One Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138; The Massachusetts Audubon... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

University's finances but gave him a place on Harvard's two governing boards. Dividing his time between McKinsey and Massachusetts Hall, Daniel saw the University's endowment climb from some $4 billion to $22 billion as chairman of the... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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Dynamic Duo

of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Judy, a former Fidelity Investments executive, is leading a science education initiative for early teens at the Museum of Science and serves on the board of Rosie's... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Cotting House | About

Central Railroad, and the Portland Terminal Company. He also served as a board member of Massachusetts General Hospital, a trustee and president of The Boston Home, Inc., and a member of the Corporation of the Museum of Science. The... View Details

December 2003 (Revised August 2006)
Case

Malden Mills (A)

By: Nitin Nohria, Thomas R. Piper and Bridget Gurtler

CEO Aaron Feuerstein of Malden Mills decided to pay idled workers after a massive fire at his mill in 1995. Focuses on the decisions made post-fire and the rebuilding process and eventual bankruptcy of the company. Also outlines creditors' struggle to decide whether to... View Details

Keywords: Wages; Situation or Environment; Ethics; Financing and Loans; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Manufacturing Industry; Massachusetts

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

most influential management thinkers. Kris Johnson Ferreira : Recipient of a 2013 Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Engineering Systems Teaching Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Frances X. Frei : Received multiple HBS... View Details

April 2008 (Revised May 2008)
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Commonwealth Care Alliance: Elderly and Disabled Care

By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron

Individuals enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, known as dual eligibles, are among the highest-cost beneficiaries in the US. Commonwealth Care Alliance, a small nonprofit insurer and care delivery system in Massachusetts, operated under a public demonstration... View Details

Keywords: Programs; Public Sector; Alliances; Policy; Age; Service Delivery; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Welfare; Insurance Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts