Growth And Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone

Behavioral ecologist Toni Rapone knows that natural selection is the law of the planet. But for the vibrant and down-to-earth MBA-cum-scientist, that knowledge comes from more than textbooks. Rapone, whose given name, Antoinette, honors... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Dec 2007
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Learning to Lead

Authored by Assistant Professors Boris Groysberg and Chris Marquis, the case is taught in the first-year course Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD). After just a few days on the job, Keller (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management

24 Apr 2014
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Preserving Patagonia

recognized that conserved land has many embedded values: limited development (environmentally friendly real estate), sustainable agriculture, carbon sequestration potential, recreation (eco-tourism), water rights, View Details

25 Apr 2014
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A defining global experience before college can unlock a lifetime of potential

Believing in the importance of a global experience for young people, Abby Falik (MBA 2008) created Global Citizen Year, a nonprofit social enterprise that is forging a new educational pathway for America’s emerging leaders. By immersing a diverse corps of fellows in... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Light Years Ahead

MBA courses on Investment Management and Capital Markets. Later in the decade, he took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of investment and financial policies for the Ford Foundation, returning... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2016
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@Soldiers Field

diverse, outstanding future leaders and who will go on to make a real difference in the world.” Baker Library’s Historical Collections acquired a trove of archival materials from Genzyme, one of the world’s leading biotechnology firms. A... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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Youth Movement: HBS Clubs Make Students a Top Priority

On opposite coasts of the United States, two HBS clubs have developed innovative programs to help MBA students broaden their career options. "I am confident that I will get a job in Seattle when I graduate," says Martin DeBono (HBS '00),... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

26 May 2022
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Bidding Up

working with consulting clients—Wilson was able to move on to his studies with Raiffa and others who were developing a new approach to using economic theory and mathematics to... View Details

29 Sep 2020
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A Righteous Path

When Rich Leimsider (MBA 2003) became the executive director of the Safe Passage Project in 2016, his mandate was to expand the organization. Today, there are 40 staffers working in partnership with 450 pro-bono attorneys to represent 1,001 young refugees who arrived... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2008
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Faculty Research Online

Management Innovation Take Us? Management could change a lot in the coming years, says HBS professor emeritus Jim Heskett. A few reasons: continued development of the Internet and the transparency View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jan 2010
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Susan L. Decker, MBA 1986

Decker has put her analytical skills to work as a director of three major companies — Berkshire Hathaway, Intel, and Costco — and as a trustee of Save the Children. Her interest in entrepreneurship led her... View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act

always worse than you think they are and take longer to fix and cost more. But the goal of what I do is like building community. I've been a real estate developer since the... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis

look at the statistics, real wage growth among working-class Americans has been relatively stagnant,” said Kaplan. Meanwhile, “the cost of everything a middle-class family pays for — food, energy, education, View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson;Martha Lagace; deregulation; moral hazard; the middle class; Finance

01 Jun 2003
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Books

Press) In the past decade, as technological developments raced forward, large corporations with a history of scientific leadership like AT&T, IBM, and Xerox ironically found themselves struggling to keep up.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

11 Dec 2017
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A Pioneer of Affordable Housing

by rehabilitating historic structures in towns and cities in the Midwest. Its work has received numerous state, local, and national awards, including two from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.... View Details

23 Sep 2020
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Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method

to make up relevant stories of their own,” she says. “This is not prescriptive. I’m not a child development expert. I’m deploying the case methodology to help parents engage with their child. The goal is to engage your child so he/she can... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

24 Apr 2014
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Tapping into a sustainable enterprise that provides income for indigenous Mexican families

that allows indigenous Mexican populations to earn vital income by planting seedlings and developing pine-tree forests on their degraded lands. Arias-King, president of T&R Chemicals in Texas, uses natural... View Details

28 Oct 2021
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Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

society. Applegate, an entrepreneurship expert, broke down the steps that Pivotal Ventures has taken to “bend the curve” with gender equity, including developing an ecosystem model, managing risks and... View Details