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16 Sep 2020
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Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault

with my brother towards our goal of making sure this isn’t just a moment for racial justice, it’s a movement,” said Kevin. The Future of ARF In addition to the support of a strong network, Kenneth and Kevin are also taking lessons from... View Details

21 Nov 2018
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Harvard Square's Hidden History

And I saw something else: I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.” The review became the cornerstone of Springsteen’s marketing campaign for his album Born to Run and catalyzed Springsteen’s rise to national renown. View Details

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

featured a return to normal, such as Guinness’s well-received mid-March ad, which promised its consumers a better future where “We’ll March Again” after the cancellation of many St. Patrick’s Day parades. The risks are large for marketers... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

25 Jan 2024
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Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

and managing cow manure (a material source of emissions!).” Hilton continues to support climate founders as an independent sponsor. He’s carefully working “to define the niche that fits my skillsets and interests best.” He remains optimistic about the View Details

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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

the future without learning from the past.” About the Name Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien II (MBA 1954) and his wife, Nan-b, are longtime HBS supporters. A member of one of the oldest merchant families in Quebec, Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien,... View Details

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

naturally proactive, according to Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino. What Is the Future of MBA Education? Why get an MBA degree? Transformations in business and society make this question increasingly urgent for executives,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2018
News

Innovation Outside the Boundaries

introduced as part of the field method, which complements the School’s case method pedagogy. “As future leaders in a global business environment,” Thiry says, “MBAs need skills and insights informed by real-world, hands-on problem solving... View Details

27 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

industries – whether contributors to or mitigators of climate change, to learn more about what we can do to make a difference. How do plan to use your career and experience at HBS to help create a more sustainable world? I’m excited about what the View Details

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

potential investors. To the extent that founders tend to be very confident in their startup's prospects, they may even be more inclined to take money from friends and family, happily imagining those close to them sharing in the startup's View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

15 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

operations. This is, in some sense, what Wal-Mart's global strategy is primarily about. Q: How do you see business shaping the future of globalization? In which ways are companies playing a big role, and in which ways could or should they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About

Such conflicts—real or perceived—are most apparent when a faculty member is grading a student’s work, but they can also exist when there is the potential to grade future work, to vote on degrees, or to vote on disciplinary matters.... View Details

02 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

whole day of events for people who interview on campus. You get to see the case method in action and meet some of your future classmates. Definitely interview on campus if you can. Bhargav: Arriving at the other side of those months of... View Details

31 May 2017
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Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

categories, including those served by Walmart. Amazon’s success raises questions about the future of retailing. Is an “Amazon 2.0” even now in the early stages of design and introduction? Is the wheel of retailing any longer a valid or... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

significant role in your success as an adult. In fact, parents’ incomes strongly correlate with their children’s future earnings in the US. The higher the correlation, the lower the degree of intergenerational wealth transfer—or, to use a... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

resources, and incentives to bring multiple perspectives and multiple minds together to carefully analyze what went wrong and how to prevent the occurrence of similar failures in the future are lacking in most organizations. Conducting an... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

02 May 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Profits and Economic Development

Keywords: by Dan Schwab & Eric Werker

2022
Report

The First Four Healthy Building Strategies Every Building Should Pursue to Reduce Risk from COVID-19

By: Joseph G. Allen, Emily Jones, Marissa V. Rainbolt, Linsey C. Marr, David Michaels, Leslie R. Cadet, Shelly L. Miller, Meira Levinson, Lidia Morawska, Richard L. Corsi, Nira R. Pollock, Yuguo Li, Alasdair P.S. Munro, Kelly Grier, Qingyan Chen, John D. Macomber and Xiaodong Cao

Understanding of the most probable transmission routes and identifying the risk environments for disease spread should always be among the first critical steps in the response to future disease threats. This is one of the most vital public health lessons of the... View Details

Keywords: Health Pandemics; Buildings and Facilities; Risk and Uncertainty; Health Industry; Education Industry; Real Estate Industry

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26 Mar 2014
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23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

the cost of being affiliated with end users exceeds the benefit. With more clarity brought to what makes MSPs special, Hagiu and Wright expect future research to further refine the modeling of strategy decisions around the MSP versus... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

disciplines to drive sustained, high-impact social chage. Managing the Future of Work The nature of work is changing. As companies grapple with forces. Global Leadership Roundtables Harnessing business to address society's greatest... View Details

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