childhood - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 May 2019
Blog Post

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS

narrowly. My childhood was full of stories about my mom’s perilous refugee journey from Vietnam to the United States and navigating the welfare and public education systems as a recent immigrant. I took countless trips to Malaysia to... View Details

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

general topic of space exploration. Do you have any deeper connections to the topic? A: Well, like many little boys, I always wanted to be an astronaut (on the days when I didn't want to be a football player). But I did take my childhood... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

it had pledged to its early childhood education program, Group Up Great, in 2003. The case serves as an update to the "PNC Financial: Grow Up Great (A)" case, which outlined the design and implementation of the program and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Apr 2021
News

Road Work

death made the next big VC deal or M&A transaction seem much less important. Instead, Friedman reoriented his life, focusing more on philanthropy—and also getting back into one of his favorite childhood pursuits: motorcycle riding.... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

injuries, novice mistakes, and the heartbreaking loss of a best friend. When breast cancer threatens her own life, she seeks solace and recovery in the wild. Her quest takes 10 years. Regardless of the need since childhood to feel... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

unique food (famed ham, mushroom varietals, cheese-making, and rare herbs), temperate climate, surrounding rivers and mountains, ethnic diversity (bordering Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar, Dali has been a cultural blotter), and overwhelming hospitality. Zhang returned to... View Details

19 Jan 2016
First Look

January 19, 2016

Mums the Word! Cross-national Relationship between Maternal Employment and Gender Inequalities at Work and at Home By: McGinn, Kathleen L., Mayra Ruiz Castro, and Elizabeth Long Lingo Abstract—Our research considers how childhood exposure... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Oct 2018
News

“A Shout Through Time”

emotions was, we're so thankful to have this experience and there was a little bit of melancholy about it too, because my father, who had passed away the year prior, would've loved to know that, that had happened. For him, his uncle Dickie was really probably his View Details

12 Jan 2015
News

Good Investments

Seattle-based Elevar Equity. Her childhood summers in the Philippines, with its extreme poverty and extreme wealth, inspired an interest in development; a career in private equity and investment banking had taught her how to invest. On... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

to provide early childhood education, post-trauma psychosocial support for children, parents, and women, and preschool learning materials and hygiene kits for families in container villages and other locations in the region via mobile... View Details

28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

Learning Foundation's efforts to promote early childhood education for low-income children, this case series explores the nature of their engagement and source of their sustained commitment. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

different actors (government, for-profit companies and non-profits) involved and then discusses three major health problems—heart disease, HIV/AIDS, and childhood illnesses—to show the different levels of private sector involvement in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

have suddenly become an alternative investment vehicle pursued by high-end investors and hedge funds. Will this phenomenon last? Time to Sell Those Sports Cards follows a personal trip to market as author John Schwarz turns a childhood... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

12 Jan 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.

afraid of what's to come and pleading with God to let him off the hook because he says, "I have no courage, I am weak, and I want to get out of here. I just can't do this." Kenny: You mention his father, what was his childhood... View Details

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

brings to light the often invisible reality and irreparable damage of childhood poverty in America. Madrick examines the roots of the problem, including the toothless remnants of our social welfare system, entrenched racism, and a... View Details

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

region by helping local residents cultivate their own food; and made Pine Mountain a guaranteed buyer of local produce. In addition, he enlisted Sky (who also earned a doctorate from HGSE) to relaunch the school’s early childhood... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

01 Sep 2010
News

Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

program at MIT. I feel very fortunate to have benefited from great educational institutions throughout my life. Perhaps the most important thing to share about my childhood is that my father was an extraordinary inspiration to me. In many... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

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Art Nature Business

have also explored natural disasters in other series, such as in Circleville , from their series, Accidentally Kansas . Nix explains: 'My childhood was spent in a rural part of the United States that is known more for its natural... View Details

January 2018
Case

Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.

By: Boris Groysberg, Matthew G. Preble and Katherine Connolly Baden

In April 2017, Victoria Sopik and Jennifer Nashmi, CEO and CFO (respectively) of Kids & Company, a Canadian childcare provider that they had co-founded in the early 2000s and developed into a nearly 100-unit enterprise, are discussing how the company should proceed... View Details

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26 May 2022
News

Bidding Up

house in York for us to live in. So this started a very happy childhood in York. JH: Growing up, Bob and his brother had an outdoorsy childhood, riding their bikes and playing in the fields and creeks near town. But Wilson was also pretty... View Details

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