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- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Chicago's difficult decision recently to close a number of schools, given that there were too many facilities for too few students. The goal is for the remaining students to thrive with more resources per capita, with a focus on View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
dots of these disparate actors. Architect of Prosperity: Sir John Cowperthwaite and the Making of Hong Kong by Neil Monnery (MBA 1987) London Publishing Partnership In the fifty years from the end of the Second World War to its handover... View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
At HBS, an initiative is a group of people committed to change, fueled by research, and driven by the demand to solve societal issues. These communities are made up of faculty, students, and alumni and are connected with practitioners in the given field to View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
landscape look like for women? Myra Hart: Let's start with, "Who do women entrepreneurs know and who knows them?" In spite of the fact that women are very good at networking, the reality is that they don't know many people in the financial community. My... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
companies. With developments such as the recent Supreme Court decision allowing companies to spend more freely on political campaigns, the importance of corporate governance is likely to grow. Many boards are effective, and even on flawed... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
during all my consulting days before business school." DFA's breakthrough is a postage stamp-sized square that wicks biological fluids, such as blood or saliva, through treated paper to provide instant diagnostic results in parts of the View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
so the happiness gains that they experience, whilst not permanent, can still be relatively long-lasting. Finally we study a cross section of nations in 2005 from the World Gallup Poll and find that the past 45 years of economic growth... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
wicks biological fluids, such as blood or saliva, through treated paper to provide instant diagnostic results in parts of the developing world where lab facilities are nonexistent. In its first application,... View Details
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
Michael Beer and his coauthors at the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership, the executives underscored the importance of higher-ambition goals, including engaging with and developing employee and customer commitment, contributing to the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
case was taught, the general consensus was that the economics of the business were very shaky. Q: How so? A: There were two parts to the economics. You could say there was the part of the business that ran in the digital world and there... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
eight experts and practitioners, all with ties to HBS, to examine the state of boards today, what lies ahead, and what needs to change in the context of an increasingly global world that has seen the complexity of corporations increase to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
considered so basic that, regardless of culture, they are accepted as public responsibilities. However, for the low-income populations in developing countries, which constitute the majority of the world, access to these takes place... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
1967) You might say Walt saved my career. Much in ego-building demand, I accelerated out of the Harvard Economics PhD program, where I had loaded my brain with monetary policy, Keynes versus Friedman, mathematical macro-modeling and lots of other stuff the business... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
government and saved my earnings. Afterward I invested the money to develop a life-saving aviation technology but couldn’t attract resources to commercialize it. I was offered the chance to fly it on the Rutan Voyager (the first aircraft... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
are they trying to accomplish? She’s always been very good at that.” Anyone who works with Bond notices this communication style. Before Xbox vice president of business development Lori Wright met Bond in person, she was impressed by her... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
discussed in a pub in Toronto before he came to Soldiers Field, it was fine-tuned during his second year at HBS. “The contest and our field study afforded us the opportunity to test ideas in a relatively risk-free environment,” remarks Tjan, a founder, director, and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
management practice has evolved since the "benevolent, high-growth environment" following World War II. That era provided fertile ground for the growth of Alfred Sloan's "strategy, structure, systems" model of the divisional corporation... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
last five years, the world has moved faster outside the business than inside,” CEO Easterbrook said in a video address about the turnaround in 2015. And the push permeates the organization. CMO Morgan Flatley offers the example of a Big... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
foreign-born individuals, favoring their entry in the society and developing inclusive corporate culture. When thinking about immigration policy, it is key to adopt a “multi-generational” perspective. Given the long-term contributions of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
obviously, having a personal brand crosses over to our professional lives, whether the goal is finding a job, developing new clients, or attracting investments to your start-up. What is your personal brand? Insightful, resourceful,... View Details