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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement
for three decades in international development, big tech at Google, government service in the Obama administration, and on the founding team of the healthcare startup Cityblock Health, I watched fertility and pregnancy companies enter the... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?
under study. A Good Place to Start A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity Looking at the evolution of gender in US society over nearly 20 years, a study traces how one prominent professional-service firm internalized the shifting... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
W. Norton & Company, 2014). Martin Ford, Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future (New York: Basic Books, 2015). James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser, Jr., and Leonard A. Schlesinger, What Great Service Leaders... View Details
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
predicted by the theory. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mrhodeskropf/VCRiskReturn59.pdf 2006 Harvard Business Review Health Care's Service Fanatics: How the Cleveland Clinic Leaped to the Top of the Patient-satisfaction... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
Bjerg’s team suffers total defeat when their glowing blue nexus is shattered. “OK, now I’m going to read out some subs and resubs,” he says, without missing a beat. Each of the nonsensical screen names he reads is that of a viewer who has been watching him play. Bjerg... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Nairobi Love: Heading Home
Ah, Nairobi! I love my home city...every time I return home, I am inspired by how much has changed, and motivated by how much opportunity there still remains for change. My family has been involved in public service since Kenya gained... View Details
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
difference. If there’s a way to build collective commitment to continuing to move forward I think we’ll emerge in much better shape than if every firm focuses only on its own concerns. Rebecca Henderson (@RebeccaReCap) is the John and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
Red-zone or “R-zone” for short. Countries fall into the “business R-zone” when: Credit extended to firms rises for three years at a rate that reaches the top 20 percent of past experience. Stock market returns reach the top third of past... View Details
- 10 Jan 2012
- News
The Tender Taxman
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
business environment or used along with any individual case. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308063 Corrections Corp. of America Harvard Business School Case 107-071 This case illustrates a comprehensive valuation of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Kayode Ogunro
a difference that has an enduring impact on the development fortunes of underserved emerging markets. What did you learn during the job search process? My job search process was atypical, as I had a very specific idea of what I wanted and reached out to only a handful... View Details
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
By: Hałaburda, Hanna, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract—The value of many products and services rises or falls with the number of customers using them; the fewer fax machines in use, the less important it is to have one. These network... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
managing strategic, intangible services in the context of Terrapin's more concrete focus historically. A serendipitous discovery leads the founders to consider how the firm could systematize its process... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
Harvard's School of Public Health since 1976 and has spent much of her professional career applying corporate and industrial models to the health-care field. Her research activity at HBS focuses on the current trend of hospital mergers... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
community service, and for actively assisting women in their attainment of professional excellence and leadership skills” over her more than 30-year career in the electric and gas industry in the Midwest. It’s fitting that Plato’s words... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
part of that evolution—as the cofounder of a professional services firm, an investor, a developer, and a corporate board member. “The challenge and the opportunity is to work to ensure all Pittsburghers... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
while you’re on Zoom with your professors. That sounds very compelling to me. JJHK: I see a blended approach as well. Online learning will be embraced for all sorts of reasons, especially in the professional development world, but I think... View Details
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
the heart of the company's competitive position. Transaction service firms link their customers for a wide variety of purposes, such as risk sharing, financial transactions or communication. The composition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
in the power space, where corporates like Heineken or the Garden City Mall in Nairobi will pay the fully loaded cost of electricity to firms like Symbion Power or CrossBoundary Energy. These power producers provide direct View Details
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
Strategies. Course Content and Objectives An increasing share of assets globally are subject to a non-traditional (environmental, social, and governance [“ESG”] and impact screens), including over 30% of all professionally managed assets... View Details