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24 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

is considerable variation across industries. Remote work is much more common in industries with better educated and better paid workers. Respondents in better View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Team - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

by Professor Michael E. Porter and is based in the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. Faculty and staff engaged in research and education... View Details

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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity

efforts to increase opportunities for Black students and participants in all of our educational programs. In our MBA Program , the Admissions & Financial Aid team is... View Details

Portrait Project

Karen Sein

tragedies of difference often stemmed from the absence of opportunity. My education showed me new juxtapositions wherein abject poverty coexisted with opulent wealth. But the saddest image I saw was the disparities View Details

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Naguib Sawiris

Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, details the establishment of the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development in 2001 which aims to combat poverty in Egypt through education, job creation and training in fields such as nursing. View Details

16 Aug 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

If you were looking for the perfect candidate to run a nonprofit that fights poverty through entrepreneurship, Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is just the person you’d want. That was the opinion of Cindy Ko (MBA 2005) in 2013 when she was... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

November 2009 (Revised June 2012)
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Jody Leleck at Broad Acres (A)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Andrew Goldin

Jody Leleck has been appointed the principal of Broad Acres Middle School in Montgomery County, Maryland. The school is underperforming all other schools in the district, and she has been asked to improve the performance. View Details

Keywords: Education; Middle School Education; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Education Industry; Maryland

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27 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

Leslie K. John is keenly aware of the pressure researchers feel to get results. When her graduate studies in behavioral decision research didn't produce significant findings that led to publication in a... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

non-payment of a tax bill, the property would have been sold in a foreclosure auction had her uncle back in Africa not paid the debt. A few months later, Dlodlo moved to... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

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Sebastian Velasco

Namibia. "A section mate from Namibia organized it for us. She expected ten to twelve people—she got seventy! For several months, she worked hard to pull it together. When we got there, we had a conference with Namibia's first lady and business leaders who talked... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

soap before meals can dramatically reduce rates of both diarrhea and acute respiratory infections. To that end, major health organizations have poured a lot of money into handwashing education campaigns in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Melek El Nimer

Keywords: NGO, Education

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Drug & Alcohol Policy | About

Drug & Alcohol Policy Overview of HBS Substance Abuse Policies and Procedures Harvard Business School’s policy on drugs and alcohol—adapted from and in accordance with other similar policies at Harvard University—reflects our concern for... View Details

17 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

Management Educator at Harvard Business School. Tabatha Robinson (MBA 2020) is a New York-based lawyer who studies the cannabis industry. [Unsplash/Roberto Valdivia] Are you in favor of legalizing cannabis... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Topics Topics Accounting Analytics Business Essentials Business in Society Career Development Communication Community ConneXt Decision-Making Digital Transformation Earning Your MBA Entrepreneurship &... View Details

14 Jan 2022
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Nohria’s Next Move

continue to play the role of teacher and mentor that is so meaningful to me.” (See the company’s announcement.) Nohria will remain engaged at Harvard University as the chair of the board of the Harvard Allston Land Company and teaching in... View Details

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Frist Faculty Commons | About

Corporation, and today it is the leading provider of health-care services in the United States. HCA was the subject of a 2012 HBS case study. Thomas F. Frist Jr. is director of the Patricia C. and Thomas F. Frist Jr. Foundation, which... View Details

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Join the MOC Affiliate Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

impact in their home regions. Prospective MOC affiliate institutions are evaluated based on the following criteria: Institutional Requirements Accreditation status of the university by either international accreditation standards or... View Details

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

Harvard Business School offers to incoming students. I majored in engineering and minored in economics as an undergraduate, but the content of Business Analytics and Economics for Managers showed me new ways... View Details

02 Aug 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

change.” In the opinion of davidfinaz, employees walk through the door of their new employer with hidden skepticism based on previous work experience. “Organizations have a huge hurdle of mistrust to overcome.” Christopher Hunsicker... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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