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- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
schools are public schools of choice that operate outside the governance and policies of their local school districts. In nearly all states, charter schools must be open to all students, just like traditional public schools. Families... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
Sherwood came to HBS with the aim of being a securities analyst on Wall Street, but she graduated without a job offer. "I guess I picked the stodgiest firms to interview with, and Wall Street wasn't very open to women at the time," she says. A View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
processing, storage, and communication costs have long been an important constraint on innovation and a reason for innovative activities to take place inside the boundaries of an organization. However, exponential technological progress... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
the love of his life, and eventually three children. He shares his experiences doing business in the Common Market, communist countries, the Middle East and Africa from 1961 to 1980. This book is based on lengthy Christmas letters widely shared with View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
in deep discussion—is no different in this sprawling city of 20 million than it is in Silicon Valley or any other entrepreneurial hot spot. Yet, 10 or 11 years ago, incubators and accelerators were only emerging concepts in Egypt. An... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
words to share how outraged and disappointed I am by the continued extrajudicial killing of Black men and women. I feel a deep tension as I am inspired by the energy and passion of those that have gathered to stand together across the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
experience never left Chertavian, who wrote his HBS application essay about starting a school to close what he saw as an “opportunity divide.” After HBS, Chertavian set that goal aside to cofound a successful software firm in England. By 2000, he’d sold it, moved his... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
achieved global acclaim by launching successful missions to the moon and Mars at a fraction of the cost of prior Western missions. It is now faced with an important strategic dilemma—whether to continue exploring deep space in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
live on campus. For the last few days, as I have been traveling from home to office and back again, I ’ ve seen many of you—usually in 1s, 2,s, or 3s, and oftentimes with family members—trying out your regalia, and getting that perfect... View Details
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
institution. I sought out introductions. I was very fortunate that I was able to pull together a small group of very senior curators who had deep experience in this particular field, who were willing to make these introductions. And then... View Details
- Web
From Concept to Product | Baker Library
impossible.” (5) Polaroid camera models and films, Polaroid Corporation Annual Report, 1958. Polaroid Corporation Administrative Records, b. I.464, f. 22. Morse operated shifts around the clock so that the deep thinking and chain of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
often, those who have experienced vast success in the public realm look back and regret not spending more time with family and friends. They wish they’d actually gone on that cruise of the Greek islands, or taken more vacations in... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
clear sense of right and wrong. But losing my mom so young, and being without a traditional family support framework, also helped me realize how fleeting and precious life is. It can end way earlier than you ever imagine; so I determined... View Details
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
plan, and a mission to create deep economic and social change, NBA Africa is shooting for a continental shift in basketball Singing to the Corn Taylor Keen’s Sacred Seed project shows how a Native American approach to agriculture can... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
industrial location, talking and asking about the question with the nervous energy for which his team had always known him. By his own words, LaMagna was "a risk addict and a compulsive capitalist," and deep down knew that he... View Details
- Profile
Casey Gerald
yes. Second, are we providing deep and lasting impacts on entrepreneurs? The answer is yes. And third, are we telling stories that can pierce the culture? And the answer is yes.” Going into its third cohort, the program has already... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
shared the challenges of starting a family while starting a company. “Having a baby and doing your startup at the same time is really much harder for women,” says Garg, who had a baby after IVF treatment, all while building Riya... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
performance of both the on-site and offshore managers. This strategy (as opposed to ones based on things like low cost and innovation used by Cognizant's competitors) is intended to build deep and strong client relationships that will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
more time with my daughter than I ever could have hoped for. Attending daily Zoom classes together since she arrived on the first day of my final year at HBS was not something that I ever could have imagined, especially given the way that my relationship with Bridget... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
Edwards and Hicks Illustration by Dan Vasconcellos Deep in the heart of Texas, smack in the middle of President Bush’s staunchly Republican home district, an eight-term Democratic congressman battled a Republican newcomer for reelection.... View Details