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- 06 Nov 2008
- Op-Ed
Selling Out The American Dream
raising a family in a land that delivers Franklin Roosevelt's (and Norman Rockwell's) four freedoms. Still others dream of their children accessing the highest possible level of education, living healthy lives, being good citizens in... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
- 11 May 2022
- Blog Post
MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS
Post-HBS Industry: Manufacturing / Technology What is it like to be pregnant / a new mom at HBS? Because I had both of my children while getting my MBA, I was pregnant for 75% of my time at HBS. Being pregnant RC (first) year was more... View Details
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
user as the customer to the user as the product. The best defense against any form of totalitarianism is, as Zuboff puts it, “naming and taming.” Her book does the naming. She believes it’s up to each of us, our children, and their View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
from which his and Cathy’s three children graduated. There is, however, a second religion in the family: sports. Brennan, a marathon runner, coached his kids’ teams to the point that some neighborhood parents thought he worked for the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact
Nora Rabah (MS/MBA 2022), who emigrated to the United States as a child, remembers the hardship of growing up without health care and wants to make drugs for children with rare diseases more accessible and affordable. Nora Rabah’s (MS/MBA... View Details
- 12 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster
who joined the Climate Circle one year later, teaches children ages 3-11 about climate in six countries. They were recognized as a UNESCO Green Citizens Initiative for their positive and empowering approach to teaching this complex topic... View Details
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
the hypothesis, the researchers used a variation of the "Marshmallow Task," a classic psychological experiment in which children were shown one marshmallow, and told they would be rewarded with two marshmallows if they could... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
play? We are given to believe that Steve was very much of two minds about his next move. He was not a boy wonder anymore. He was forty-two, with a family and with more than a billion dollars in assets. His marriage was a success. He loved the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures
which opened in late January, stars Brendan Fraser as Crowley, Keri Russell as Aileen, and Harrison Ford as Dr. Robert Stonehill, a composite of the doctors who treated the Crowley children and researched a treatment. Extraordinary... View Details
- Web
K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
invest in a new company-owned and operated techn... Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Theresa Molina, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo January 2024 | Economic Journal Can... View Details
- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?
Most eight-year-olds are familiar with cooties: an imaginary infectious disease spread through proximity to children of the opposite sex. We eventually outgrow the silly idea. But when it comes to the world of consumer products, fear of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
Valley, bringing his wife and two young children along with him. For Mikitani, the 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in northeastern Japan brought back memories of the earlier disaster. This time, however, he was in a position to... View Details
- 04 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
4 Tips for MBA Students with Families
It is an amazing club that brings families together because of their natural thing in common (kids). This club provides a way for partners and their children to interact, provide support, and learn together. The club provides enriching... View Details
- Web
Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Light Probable Futures ProNicaragua Right To Play International Robin Hood Foundation Rocky Mountain Institute Save the Children Sesame Workshop Single Stop Social Finance Special Olympics Teach for America The Boston Foundation The... View Details
- Web
Schwartz Common & Pavilion | About
four children and eleven grandchildren. Heather, a successful entrepreneur, is the founder, chair and CEO of Indigo Books & Music, Canada’s leading book and lifestyle retailer. She is a former Governor of McGill University, her alma... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist
communist Cuba. "It's only now that I have four children of my own that I understand what a painful decision that was," says Saladrigas, who, while still in Miami, has traveled far from those humble beginnings without leaving them behind... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Profile
Philippe Rival
birthplace of Louis XIV. It is also a modern international hub in the suburbs of Paris, as illustrated by the school I attended there: the Lycée International. Located just outside the first-ever NATO command base, it was created to educate the View Details
- Web
A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
“I’m really attracted to its mission to help children grow smarter, stronger, and kinder – especially the kinder part in this current age.” Although she hasn’t discussed specific projects yet, Mizuho will serve as Director of Strategy for... View Details
- Portrait Project
Phil Black
to 5 children within 10 years eat dinner with the whole family four nights a week kneel for prayers with our children each night have a big family brunch every Sunday with banana pancakes and whipped cream... View Details