Crisis Response Plans - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2021
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The Path Ahead

challenges and opportunities that the School faces—and the priorities that will guide his leadership. Inequality and racism are among the most serious problems in today's societies. How does Dean Datar plan to address these issues by... View Details

26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising

assets—which Greece has had a wealth of in recent years. Indeed the last decade has been rough on the country, to vastly understate the impact of a sovereign debt crisis that nearly kneecapped the entire eurozone. A succession of three... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Oct 1996
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The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions

leads client teams in the effective delivery of solid, useful information and analysis. We also look for a record of leadership or, in the absence of concrete experience, leadership potential as indicated by certain personal qualities. These include a willingness to... View Details

03 Jun 2020
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Keeping a Community Connected

problems? JP: Our early education staff are reaching out to families to check in and help address the challenges that they're facing. They’ve also provided weekly lesson plans and asked kids to share their work online through our Facebook... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 1998
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Going For The Summit

iVillage soon created sites such as About Work (www.aboutwork.com), Better Health (www.betterhealth.com), and Armchair Millionaire (www.armchairmillionaire.com), a financial planning site. Although Carpenter and her cofounders originally... View Details

Keywords: Caroline Chauncey

01 Apr 1997
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A Conversation with Dean Clark

planning for new technology that would allow us to do powerful things at the heart of the kind of high-quality education we were committed to providing. Our progress to date is remarkable. You mentioned the use of video in cases. The... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Disrupting India’s Dental Market

doorbell at his clinics, instead of dedicated front-desk staff. “You will get a dentist who will begin a relationship with you when you walk in,” says Singh. From that point, the dentist becomes personally responsible for every patient... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Sep 2008
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When You Speak, This Group Listens

cross-section of MBA, Executive Education, and Doctoral alumni. Before joining the board for three-year terms, each of us had volunteered in a variety of capacities, including serving in key roles in HBS clubs and associations, mentoring current students, View Details

Keywords: Saquib Shirazi; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Dec 2015
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Lovepop Woos The Sharks

our whole team was going to be focused on making sure the website was up and fielding customer service calls. We were all hands on deck—we even had a whole bunch of extra people come on to help us out. We just set up a whole response... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

comprehensive, regional planning and as only one element in a complex mix of interrelated socioeconomic factors. "A lot of businesses that are concerned about the problem have concluded that the best way they can help is by supporting the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

04 Nov 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

international markets, they’re developing ambitious plans for their producers.” Lack of infrastructure makes follow-through on those plans challenging in Haiti, the third-poorest country in the world and the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

explains aspects of the scientific method, including experimental design, verification, uncertainty, and statistics and also includes sections on planning research, presenting one’s findings in writing, ethics, and the View Details

01 Jun 2014
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FIELD 2 in Accra

and tech-savvy efficiency" in a country where energy and optimism coexist with persistent poverty and corruption. He says the team came away with a more realistic view of the challenges, opportunities, and responsibilities that await a... View Details

Keywords: FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Information

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder

Sanchez perfected this approach during his two SEAL platoon commands, working with each platoon to develop and execute plans for strategic reconnaissance and training missions in Africa and elsewhere. He is especially proud of his service... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

19 Jun 2017
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Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

well portrayed in the news necessarily. And I also think-- I think, unfortunately, the media likes to take a clickbaity spin on a subject. Oh, AI, like the evil overlord robots are coming to steal your job, right? We were at TED last week, and we actually gave an... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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How Business Schools Lost Their Way

by Roger Thompson A spate of business scandals — from Enron’s spectacular collapse to stock option backdating — have put business schools on the spot to explain what, if any, responsibility they might have for what’s gone wrong in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

medium of photography since the author first took up a camera. Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do about It by Charles Ellis (MBA 1963), Alicia H. Munell, and Andrew D. Eschtruth (Oxford University Press) A concise... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

of business, and it taught me how to think as a businessperson,” says Fisher. “The case-study method is fantastic at making you assess all the factors you have to deal with. It says, Here’s the situation; what’s the action plan? And what’s your contingency View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Mar 2019
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Case Study: Off to a Fine Art

is filling a market need, and the first-year revenue response is confirmatory. Since many events like weddings are planned far in advance, I suspect that Clay can still deploy a consignment model until it... View Details