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15 Oct 2019
News

Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

visitors. “We are focusing on initiatives targeted to improve the economic prosperity of the people.” The message resonated with the HBS group, who visited 20 companies in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya; and Lagos, Nigeria, ranging from a... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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From the Classroom to Casablanca

To put what they have learned in the classroom to the test in the field, more than 900 HBS first-year students embarked in May on the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI), a cornerstone of the MBA Program since 2012. This experiential learning opportunity dispatches students... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

literature. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-058.pdf Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout? Authors:Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Joel Waldfogel Abstract Since the dawn of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

political, as they faced widespread host government hostility and expropriation. In the contemporary global economy, political risk partially declined with the spread of liberalization, although the management of relations with host governments remained a challenge,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

cities. The HBS Club of Dallas created a logo for its 75th celebrations The HBS Club of Dallas created a logo for its 75th celebrations Since then, Schmitt says the club has worked hard to produce and present a range of programming,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Meet the Team | Information Technology

Chobani. Before joining HBS, she ran a successful video production and media management company for many years, serving a range of corporate, nonprofit, and educational clients. Ruth also has a background in journalism, having served as a... View Details

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

15 Nov 2020
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. HBS’s global outposts—15 research centers and offices spanning five continents—play a critical role in the School’s efforts to build deep expertise in business... View Details

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

existing strengths and capitalize on those,” advises Duch, who is currently applying that strategy to the challenge of helping rural farmers in Haiti sell their produce directly on world markets. Since joining the World Bank in 2013, Duch has taken bimonthly trips to... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Dec 2024
News

Crucible: Give It Up

week after I resigned, my wife called from her car and asked me to come out to the driveway. She said, “You’re not going to eff-ing believe this, but I was just diagnosed with breast cancer.” It was a surreal moment. We had three kids View Details

Keywords: Mark Adams; Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson

16 Jul 2018
Blog Post

3 Key Take-a-Ways From My Summer at Zalando

Plan. As we discussed in a wide range of cases during my first year at HBS, diversity is a key challenge for companies worldwide, especially those which are more tech-oriented. Although Zalando is in a good position compared to other tech... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Connections & Relationships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

which I did. But the Social Enterprise Club, where I served as co-president, is so much more than a group of people with experience in the nonprofit sector—there are more than 350 members with an incredible range of experiences and... View Details

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems - Course Catalog

years, the course has enjoyed very high ratings from PE firms and students and is an excellent relationship-building opportunity. Projects range from sector vertical analysis, portfolio operations, re-underwriting failed deals, deal... View Details

22 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

billings of the largest 500 firms or so. By contrast, Silk and King analyzed data from the US Census Bureau that includes revenue from some 10,000 agencies of all sizes, over half of which are small and serve local rather than national... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and officials across the... View Details

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

norm, female-led social ventures are likelier to engage in commercial activity. These are among the key findings in the paper Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Profile

Alice Yang

projects ranging from an analysis of PIH’s clinical outcomes in rural Haiti, editing and publishing a bilingual manual on AIDS treatment in resource-poor settings, overseeing potable water projects for at-risk families in Haiti, and... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

who use lifelong e-mail forwarding addresses and to explore new ways of delivering relevant services and information using the dynamic vehicle of technology. The committee is currently exploring ways to provide computer training for alumni through the View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

New Releases

Michael E. Porter has published a new book that for the first time collects in a single volume the full range of his seminal articles on competition and strategy. Titled On Competition, it includes ten of Porter's articles from the... View Details

20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20

and later New York. The result was a homogenization of beauty ideals throughout the world. Today globalization is changing the beauty industry again; its impact can be seen in a range of competing strategies. Global brands have swept into... View Details