Coupling - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jun 2023
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

many aspects of our lives. I am looking forward to hearing how their ClimateCAP projects will progress in the next couple of months and support them in whatever way helpful. As we step into the summer, I am looking forward to dedicating... View Details

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

sociologist at Harvard Business School. His parents were an interracial couple who fell in love in the 1960s, when mixed marriages faced scorn and sometimes worse in many parts of the US. Even so, he said, they always believed in the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

14 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

while aligning with the nation's ambitious goals for achieving net-zero emissions by 2070. Poor communities are usually at the receiving end of the worst impacts of climate change, coupled with unreliable energy, lack of timely... View Details

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

and priorities--they're working 80-hour weeks! In his book, Kaplan discusses techniques for matching available hours with key priorities, so executives can learn to do much more effective work and better manage their time. He recommends that executives track their time... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

exclusion." But there were problems. The racial divide and income disparities in this highly segregated region left many women and people of color with few ways to find resources and support. This was coupled with an outmoded image of... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

01 Jan 2011
News

Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

of Mexico shrimp fisherman who stayed in business with low-interest economic injury loans after the BP oil spill, to a Pennsylvania drill bit manufacturer whose SBA-financed technology was instrumental in rescuing the trapped Chilean miners, to a View Details

24 May 2017
News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

for you not be good for us?” asked Berkson. Today the couple lives in Greenwich Village and has built a life together focused on civil rights activism, friends, and their blended family. Photo by Susan Young View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

15 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

of the family business system, we need to understand what capable leaders in family business systems actually do. I've spent much of my professional life figuring this out. I've gotten to know a number of excellent family business leaders in my long career, along with... View Details

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

He recalls this moment in his new book, Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts. “Up until that point,” he writes, “the only thing I had managed were a couple of donut shops—replacing... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

06 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

what you're actually trying to accomplish. Kenny: What do you think about the strategy of leaking them out? I could imagine that you want to build up suspense, you want to have that “a-ha” moment when the ad comes on [for the first time]. In the last View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

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MBA Program - Alumni

and other planned gifts enable you to make philanthropy a part of your financial or estate planning. The HBS Fund Investors Society recognizes leadership annual donors. Learn More Donor Stories Kent Thiry & Denise O’Leary (both MBA 1983) The View Details

13 May 2019
Blog Post

The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS

of the biggest challenge at HBS broadly: what do you focus your time on? There are so many options – classes, fun, networking, entrepreneurship, job searches, family, etc. – and it’s impossible to be good at more than a couple of those. ... View Details

02 Dec 2019
News

Championing the HBS Fund

together.” This, the couple agrees, bodes well for the future. “The University’s influence will be even bigger over the coming decades,” says Stavropoulos, who is proud to be playing a part in this bright future. View Details

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

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National Markets - The Art of American Advertising

along with the steamship and telegraph, also made possible the national distribution of products through an interconnected network of cities and towns. Singer Sewing Machines manufactured in New Jersey, for example, could now be shipped to California. The growth in... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

within a 10-mile drive of an EVgo fast charger. But large swaths of the population still need to be reached. “One of the biggest changes over the last couple years is just awareness about electric vehicles and education about charging”... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

share with everybody that at the end of the eight-week marathon, I would typically ask a couple of students to tell their story about their company or about themselves. And in my class, I remember your sharing that journey of yours. By... View Details

08 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Long Distance Relationships: What if my partner can’t join me at HBS?

member of Section A 2020! Even though I've only been with my section-mates for a couple of months, I already consider them my family. Trust me: I was skeptical, too. But the Section experience can be one of the best resources to support... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

inclusive cultures. There’s been a huge awakening in the last couple years around diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Is this moment leading to real change, in your view? Frances Frei: I totally agree there’s been an... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

information technology and management, or organizational behavior. That broad range of choices, coupled with the satisfaction of conducting research in the field, generates an extraordinary demand for the handful of available places each... View Details