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The Hunger Relief System | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
about my best role in the community and my career path going forward. Impact One of the most interesting trends in philanthropy, and in social enterprise right now is the engagement and partnership with for-profits. Our work at Second... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
have missed a cracked button in inspection, we didn’t fold the collar up as requested by the customer, etc.” “No second grader says, ‘I want to work in dry cleaning when I grow up.’” “No second grader says,... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Matt…
among cities.I co-ran our inaugural Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire American cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life. (We launched a second competition in Europe this fall.) I also... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
open mind. He had a great personality and was honest and honorable and in every sense a “good guy.” I am sure that he continued to have all of these characteristics as a faculty member. K. Martin Worthy (MBA 5/’43) St. Simons Island, GA... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
which help to provide explanations behind the divergent performances of the two countries, especially the higher levels of productivity seen in the Dutch economy since the Second World War. The Netherlands... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
whose demographic characteristics, and in turn needs, diverge more starkly from those of their bank’s average customers report significantly lower levels of satisfaction on a broad range of operating dimensions. Consistently, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
Gaining Career Traction
me on the phone. The second year students here at HBS have also proven crucial to my search. They’ve been so generous with their own connections, and are also a great resource when I simply need to chat... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
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Stock Exchanges - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
1666. The second Royal Exchange opened in 1669 and was again destroyed by fire in 1838. The foundation of the third Royal Exchange was laid in 1842, and the building was opened on Jan. 1, 1845. 69 Vue de la Bourse et du Magazin des... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste
round of this second annual competition. Besides BioMine, the other semifinalists were PhytoTEK (New York/Washington, D.C.), a staph infection–fighting system, and Card- Swap (Toronto), which cashes in unwanted gift cards. The finals of... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- News
Taking Frontier Markets to the Next Level
why people might go into frontier markets. The first is that there is a perception arbitrage opportunity. In other words, the perception of the country is that it's quite bad, but the reality on the ground is different, and there actually are good investment... View Details
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
organizational processes that help explain pioneers’ divergent trajectories. For these category commoners, scattershot rhetorical attacks generate unanticipated costs while benefitting competitors; embracing imposed labels constrains... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
case study, as relevant today as it was then, of society breaking down under the brutalizing effects of war. For many subjects, from history to philosophy, from ethics to aesthetics, our intellectual inheritance from the ancient Greeks is so vital that those of us who... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
Policy Christensen is most widely remembered for his contributions to case-method teaching, but that focus was actually the second of what he called “the two great adventures” of his career. Born in 1919 in... View Details
- 25 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS
industry-focused club Consider taking an active role in a student-run club at HBS. I joined the Retail & Luxury Goods Club as a Director of Panels for the annual retail conference. This not only introduced me to countless new classmates interested in the same... View Details
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Capitalism and the State (CATS) - Course Catalog
critiques of our market system, the course dives deep into some of the foundational theories of capitalism (John Locke’s Second Treatise; Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, and Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto) and the capitalist state (F.A.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
When the coronavirus pandemic led many brick-and-mortar retailers to close their doors, consumers turned to online shopping in record numbers—US ecommerce sales rose by 31.8 percent between the first and second quarter of 2020 to $211.5... View Details
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Constanza Oliveira e Sousa
issues I didn’t know anything about—that’s when I first thought about getting an MBA. Why the MBA? My country, Portugal, is in big trouble—in Europe, it’s second from the bottom from Greece. The best thing I can do for Portugal is create... View Details
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Patrick Chun
by another two with Francisco Partners, a private-equity firm focused exclusively on technology. "It was four years of rigorous advisory and deal work, without a second to spare," says Patrick, "I realized at the end of it... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
people—owning it together and figuring out how to improve it,” he says. “Working with a team to grow a great brand has always been a joy for me.” “So many people have a passion for and a ritual around coffee.” “So many people have a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
interned for him between my first and second years. He was an early mentor who offered me my first job. MB: What led you to start Roadside Attractions? ED: When I worked at Fox Family Films, my boss at the time was producing a documentary... View Details