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- 15 Jun 2021
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Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Pete Stavros (MBA 2002) got his first lessons in labor relations as a kid at the dinner table, when his father, who operated a road grader at construction sites, told the family about his day. The elder... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
soundtrack of Dominican life. The young musicians are all a part of the nonprofit iASO Bachata Academy, established by Ben de Menil (MBA 2006) in 2013 to preserve the country’s musical tradition and educate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
(both MBA 2015) heard from Keith Alaniz, a fellow officer stationed in Afghanistan, about a farmer there who was concerned about having too few markets for the saffron he was growing. The trio, inspired by the man’s determination to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
Vocational and academic education programs in US correctional institutions have been around for more than a century. They have also achieved some success. In fact, a 2013 study by the Rand Corporation found... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
Spar, adding dryly, "Ayn Rand is alive and well and living in Silicon Valley." These prognosticators, from Spar's perspective, ignore the fact that there are precedents — technological breakthroughs in the course of history that were, for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
limited by the small number of HBS graduates in Taiwan. We don't yet have meetings on a regular basis," he said, "but we do have meaningful meetings." Past events have featured speakers from Taiwan's hotel, venture capital, and technology... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
SVMP a High-Energy Success
SVMP chair Ben Esty, flanked by two participants. Classroom discussions, with an overall theme of international business, were exercises in engagement and learning for Jabulani Barber and Victoria Beatty.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
What's Trending at HBS?
slate begins September 25 with Bill Sahlman addressing "Entrepreneurial Solutions to the World's Problems." He will be followed by Professors John Deighton, Ben Edelman, and Mikolaj Piskorski looking at... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
Newman's Own, Inc., lunched with Dean Kim B. Clark, and fielded students' questions at an informal hour-long gathering sponsored by the Social Enterprise Club. The case, written by Initiative on Social... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Books
From Resource Allocation to Strategy by Joseph L. Bower and Clark G. Gilbert (Oxford University Press) Drawing on thirty years of research on resource allocation, Professor Bower and Assistant Professor Gilbert discuss the structural... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
make decisions in challenging situations. Health care reform was making national headlines—and not in a good way—about the time the conference was held. Did you find that it quelled optimism or that people simply viewed it as another challenge to be addressed? Both... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
which recruits at-risk youth to work in Ben & Jerry's shops). It monitors employee progress and tries to quantify the costs each represents to society. It then tracks how that cost structure changes due to the nonprofit's intervention.... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
in Sales Management. Earl and Ben may not have been impressed by my originality, but at least they'd have to give me credit for choosing good role models: Gary is now chairman and CEO of Polaroid, and Walt... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
Rogers In a self-indulgent moment in his late 20s, Gary Rogers (MBA ’68) bought a Porsche, a flashy status symbol befitting his standing at the time as a well-paid McKinsey consultant. It turned out to be the single most important purchase of his life. Five years... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
Philadelphia Club Hosts Shapiro Photo courtesy HBS Club of Philadelphia HBS professor emeritus Ben Shapiro addressed the HBS Club of Philadelphia at a gala benefit on March 27. The event, held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, raised... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
the scope of the economic emergency. For a related research paper he was coauthoring with Ben Iverson of Brigham Young University and David Thesmar of MIT, Greenwood marshaled a unique array of data—including airline ticket sales and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
him to build an iconic global brand and business. —Adrien Boyer (MBA 2005) Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption, by Ben Mezrich I highly recommend this for anyone interested... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
Book Review: Mix Master by Sean Silverthorne In contemporary culture, a remix is the bringing together of assets in new ways—a song that combines recording samples from Otis Redding or Brenda Lee, say, placed in a new Kanye West wrapper.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise
the past decade, social enterprise has become an integral part of HBS and central to its mission of developing leaders who make a difference in the world,” he said. “This award reinforces that centrality by recognizing the vital... View Details