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- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
no closer to addressing the underlying causes of systemic racism. Two months ago, a mob of supporters of former President Donald J. Trump stormed the US Capitol, which had a far smaller law enforcement presence than it did during protests led by the Black Lives Matter... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
historically been left behind.”[32] There is also $60 million for the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act,[33] rebates which aim to reduce emissions around goods movement facilities and to address the health effects of those emissions on DACs.... View Details
- 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
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Openings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
instructor should consider presence and delivery in the opening: Voice Speak slowly and project Modulate tone and speed Movement Standing in a fixed spot (e.g. in front of the doc cam) can help focus student attention Using dynamic body... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
result of a "third industrial revolution" whose origins in the United States, he says, can be traced to the leaner and meaner approach to corporate operations that was spurred by the tenfold increase in energy prices during the 1970s. From that period on, a succession... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
gets punctured in a spectacular bust. Instead, market averages will not move very much, while value is consumed in the hedge funds as they speculate up and down, long and short, on the movement of prices in the markets. During the bubble,... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- Web
Charts & Statistics - Leadership
work safety movement Influence: Low 10 1910 s 19 Sedition Act Prohibition begins Red Scare Race riots Influence: Medium-High 20 1920 s 19 Social divisions arise between rural and urban areas Women's suffrage Harlem Renaissance Rampant... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Web
Life & Leadership After HBS - Race, Gender & Equity
Sexual Harassment In 2018, as the #MeToo movement brought new attention to the prevalence of sexual harassment at work, we asked Harvard Business School alumni* about harassment and misconduct in their current workplaces and their... View Details
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?
new but growing movement among employers to hire returning citizens. One good example is the Second Chance Business Coalition. This momentum has been bolstered by firms like JPMorgan Chase that are starting to take a leadership role.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 18 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing
marketers are feeling pressure to show ROI.” Still, since those first Facebook ads were posted in 2004, social media has proven itself a valuable tool for helping companies create consumer perceptions about particular brands (Old Spice) and has even sparked social... View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Mechanisms of Technology Re-Emergence and Identity Change in a Mature Field: Swiss Watchmaking, 1970-2008
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the African-American Student Union
Harvard Business School Bulletin noted on AASU's 25th anniversary, "when the civil rights movement forced America's mainstream institutions to acknowledge the shortcomings of their policies, practices, and attitudes regarding racial... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
choose an all-white group. Decades of diversity initiatives have failed to drastically alter the American executive suite, especially for Black people, who hold only 3.2 percent of senior executive roles. While the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
Audubon movement specifically. "The Audubon movement is interesting in that it is actually a range of different types of organizations who share the mission of protecting birds and the environment... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Harvard Square's Hidden History
Cambridge, but most of us aren’t thinking about the footsteps we’re following as we go: Anderson is the most recent incarnation of the Great Bridge, the first bridge to connect Boston and Cambridge in 1662. Colonial revolutionaries dismantled the Great Bridge in... View Details
- 11 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise
income, alma maters, and employers can give someone up to a 12x advantage over others in accessing opportunity. I adopted this mission during the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement when I realized that my habit of helping people in my... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Fostering Diversity
training the next generation of leaders.” They appreciate how the Black Lives Matter movement has shined a light on both the overt and hidden racism in society. Victoria says, “It is upon all of us to do the work required to be... View Details