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March 2000
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June 2013 (Revised February 2014)
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FanMode: Launching a Global Sports Venture

By: Shikhar Ghosh, William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell

Neven Murugan is developing FanMode, an app that allows sports fans all over the world to broadcast their reactions in real time into stadiums where their team is playing. It also provides social networking across sports fans. The company is growing, and its founders... View Details

Keywords: App Development; Location Choices; Structure Of The Firm; Global; Entrepreneurship; Social Media; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United Kingdom; South Africa

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spring 2000
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Recent Debates in the Field of Business History: What They Mean for China Historians

By: Elisabeth Koll

Keywords: Business History; Communication; China

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Eryn Schultz

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? I’m really experiencing the strength of the HBS network. In college, I wrote a business plan for a healthy school-lunch program and have been interested in food-access issues for a long time. Through the... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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Cristiana Torres

Cristiana Torres' great-grandfather built a textile mill in Barcelos, Portugal, a family business that her father ran, her brother worked for, and Cristiana was expected to join. Midway through her undergraduate years, however, the business succumbed to intense... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

2013
Difference

Ella Bell Speaks at the 2013 Gender & Work Symposium

08 Sep 2020
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Quantify Your Company’s Impact on People

01 Sep 2007
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Global Outreach Program Planned for HBS Centennial

come together to plan an event or activity that will recognize and continue their ongoing commitment to social enterprise — a history that includes efforts as diverse as volunteer consulting, fundraising, community events and programs,... View Details

Keywords: clubs; Centennial; global outreach; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Sep 2015
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Giving Kids a Better Chance

entrepreneurial, to drive change. We went into South LA and East LA and Inglewood, into communities that had great kids, but frankly the kids had been failed for a really long time by the public school system. “We just started an... View Details

10 Aug 2017
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Into the Light

of Energicity. “Modern life as we know it is impossible.” Poindexter has seen the struggles firsthand in rural Ghana, where her startup is working to bring solar power to communities where highly flammable kerosene and expensive... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

October 14, 2019
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The Truth About Open Offices: There Are Reasons Why They Don't Produce the Desired Interactions

By: Ethan Bernstein and Ben Waber

It’s never been easier for workers to collaborate—or so it seems. Open, flexible, activity-based spaces are displacing cubicles, making people more visible. Messaging is displacing phone calls, making people more accessible. Enterprise social media such as Slack and... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Technology; Design; Human Resources; Performance Productivity; Organizational Design

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08 Sep 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

Transparency, the concept if not the reality, is all the rage in business circles. If you knew why a company charged a certain price for a product, would you be more willing to pay it? If your boss confessed her managerial screw-ups, would you feel more comfortable... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

July 2023
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The Old Boys' Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap

By: Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia

Offices are social places. Employees and managers take breaks together and talk about family and hobbies. In this study, we show that employees’ social interactions with their managers can be advantageous for their careers, and that this phenomenon contributes to the... View Details

Keywords: Career; Promotions; Social Interactions; Networking; Interpersonal Communication; Familiarity; Equality and Inequality; Gender

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August 2011
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Denise Frazer and Paolo Canto: A Case Vignette on Feedback - Denise Frazer's Perspective

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Anthony J. Mayo

Denise Frazer and Paolo Canto, two HBS students, have decided to give each other feedback on their class participation. While Denise believes that she has provided concrete, actionable feedback to Paolo, she does not feel that Paolo is reciprocating. His feedback is... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Perspective; Outcome or Result; Performance Evaluation

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01 Jul 2003
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Managing Regulatory and Societal Processes

Keywords: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton

01 Jun 2001
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On the Inside

an us and them with this administration. They is us. We is them.” Of the conservative movement, Norquist observed, “Part of what we’re doing is bringing the business community in. They should be an integral part of the center-right... View Details

Keywords: Government

18 Nov 2020
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Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

what happened to George Floyd,” says Jack. “But in the Black community there are many stories like his that don’t get attention. It’s not new and it’s still happening. We need to bring these critical stories to the attention of people who... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2020
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In the Zone

11,000 community members. Owusu-Kesse had already spent a year at Canada’s side, thanks to an externship sponsored by his employer, Morgan Stanley. Now Canada wanted him back. “I had no idea how much money I would make. I had no idea what... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; nonprofit management; urban development; leadership; public education; Educational Services

01 Apr 2002
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"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues

"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues It was no doubt the first time in HBS history that those who gathered for a community event at Burden Auditorium were provided with lifesaving medical supplies. As they filed... View Details

Keywords: War on Terror; Ronald Levy; Health, Social Assistance