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- 21 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish
insufficient. Fulfillment of community needs such as clean air and human rights is every bit as important. This concept offers multinationals a mechanism to do well with minimum risk and maximum efficiency. It also provides them with a means to improve View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson
- 20 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
India Conference 2015
India at the time of the event. This year, the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School hosted over 75 speakers and 600 attendees over two days in early March. The event was kicked off on the 7th of March with an exciting debate focused on New View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
make up for lost years, he was surprised to find himself at Harvard at age 23. Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest Performing Cultures through the Science of Total Motivation by Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor (MBA 2013)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Massport, Back on Course
and employs 1,149 people. Political fallout from 9/11 has profoundly changed the operations of the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the independent public agency that operates Boston’s Logan International Airport. After hijackers... View Details
- Fast Answer
FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Kenya
recent economic and political developments, risk and regulation, and the broad business environment.See EIU's Kenya dashboard. Also helpful: Go to Data Tool to download specific indicators of interest, including indicators relating to... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
[see sidebar] further reflects the wide range of issues covered by our faculty. What can we learn from this region? The Asia Pacific, where 2,000 languages are spoken, is home to 60 percent of the world's population. The region's diverse economic, cultural, legal, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
(Sudbury Press) Poems about fathers and sons, Martha’s Vineyard, politics and society, and youth, age, and relationships. Leaders Made Here: Building a Leadership Culture by Mark Miller (AMP 170, 2006)... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
ethnicity, socioeconomic, and political beliefs. No matter where I go, the world I see today is barely recognizable from the one I grew up in. Only this time, armed with an HBS education, I refuse to turn off the lights in my house. I... View Details
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
Elkins and her students spent considerable time, before and during their immersion in Cape Town, unpacking cultural and contextual knowledge specific to South Africa, including its apartheid legacies. “Making students aware of this... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
neighborhoods, right as they’re experiencing the problem? Do it! Pre-HBS, I worked for 5 years at a company called Blue State Digital, a communications agency born out of the Howard Dean and Barack Obama presidential campaigns. Blue State advances progressive causes... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- Profile
Michael R. Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg is not your typical entrepreneur. His resume is an astounding mixture of business, political and philanthropic achievement in a career that has crisscrossed so many boundaries that it defies categorization. Having built... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
desire of countries and companies to shift to a low-carbon growth path." Diverse Set Of Challenges One of the challenges facing investors and companies interested in getting into the game in Asia is the diverse set of cultural and... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
RMU to Pittsburgh’s business and cultural leaders. Needless to say, he got the job. Howard’s walls in the RMU president’s office are filled with photos of him with everyday people—students, alumni, his wife, his two sons—as well as with... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
practices, such as the use of outsider-only boards. Acknowledging the difficulty of teaching ethics in a culture that increasingly views morality as private and relativistic, Mills still advocates a role for business schools in raising... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
high consideration. Spiritual and ethical factors are often viewed as separate “silos,” but these core values pervasively shape, bind, and energize the economic culture. Long-term policy and growth must emanate from—and reflect—the aspirations, character, spirit, and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind." To me, this take on the shepherd image embodies the kind of leader we increasingly need: someone who understands how to... View Details
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
Tax strategies used by top executives on their own taxes can also show up in the companies they run. Source: Melpomenem New research shows that top executives who prefer to reduce personal taxes appear to also influence the strategies of their companies, resulting in... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
“We need to be educating students to work in complex environments with people of different races, genders, ethnicities, religions, and political views to make the most of these differences.” —JAN HAMMOND SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN “We need to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
Mahesh, as a member of the fourth generation and recipient of an engineering degree from Stanford, cites the importance of remaining true to the family culture while bringing something new to the table. “I’ve been living in the United... View Details
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
how does the founder of a social venture decide to create a hybrid rather than a traditional charity? New research suggests the decision has a lot to do with the founder’s gender. "in communities where female leadership of conventional businesses is more of a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel