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13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

performance Norton says. He cites a recent incident in which several retired high-ranking US military leaders publicly supported a Supreme Court decision in favor of affirmative action in university admissions. "Their point was that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

authority on case method teaching. Christensen joined the Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty in 1946, and although he formally retired in 1990, he continued to write, teach, and offer seminars on Case Method teaching until the last... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Women at HBS - Alumni

alumnae's experiences at and beyond HBS. 800 alumni attended the two-day W50 Summit on campus April 4–5, 2013 to celebrate the anniversary; hear keynote speakers Karen Gordon Mills (MBA 1977), Administrator of the US Small Business Administration; Ann Moore (MBA 1978),... View Details

2020
Working Paper

Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care Benefits and Costs: A Corporate Model Built on Employee Choice

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman

The U.S. employer-based health insurance tax exclusion created a system of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) with limited insurance choices and transparency that may lock employed households into health plans that are costlier or different from those they prefer to... View Details

Keywords: After-tax Income; Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Income Inequality; Tax Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Employees; Income; Taxation; Policy; United States

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

Planned, yet premature retirement Re-examination of commitments, “soul searching” Whether you anticipate a career break, or wish to position yourself favorably in the event of an unplanned job loss, you can take steps now to make re-entry... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

C.D. ("Dick") Spangler, Jr. (MBA '56), the recently retired president of the University of North Carolina, has made a lifelong habit of answering what he terms "life's cold calls of responsibility." To a gathering of graduating HBS... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Roberts recently retired as the MBA Class of 1961 Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. He spent 25 years on the HBS faculty, serving for the last 16 years as the Executive Director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. In... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Retirement System and Norges Bank Investment Management, publicly condemned Exxon’s lawsuit and supported Arjuna and Follow This. While the court ultimately dismissed the lawsuit because Arjuna withdrew its proposal and Follow This was... View Details

15 Nov 2023
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Sound Investment

Steven Rogers outside the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Evanston, Illinois (photo by Gay Riseborough) Steven Rogers outside the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Evanston, Illinois (photo by Gay Riseborough) Retired senior lecturer Steven Rogers (MBA 1985)... View Details

Keywords: diversity; equity; inclusion

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

runs), and scaling (the development of a full-fledged new product or service). "Becoming a corporate explorer is not a route to a safe or easy career." The authors share the stories of influential explorers, such as retired IBM manager... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

15 Jun 2021
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Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

recalls his father asking. That question stayed with Pete Stavros. There had to be a better way. Early in his career as an investor, Stavros was part of a deal with a company that had an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), an employer-funded, stock-based View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Leadership - Health Care

Hamermesh oversaw its inception and development from 2005 to 2015. Professor Hamermesh retired in the spring of 2015, but he remains involved with the Initiative on an advisory basis. Casey Otis Director Casey oversees HCI’s overall... View Details

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Cumnock Hall | About

well-appointed offices and support services for HBS emeriti professors. The Center offers a wide array of amenities to retired emeriti faculty at HBS. These features include office space, equipment use, archival document storage,... View Details

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

Last year, the pioneering Black-owned global asset management firm Brown Capital Management found itself at a crossroads. The secret to its success had been a deliberately diverse hiring strategy, but with the looming retirement of its... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

19 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

to do, like save for retirement—which are both for the good of society and for their own good. Here’s an example. On the first day of a new job, the paperwork is coming at you fast and furious, including a packet of information about how to sign up for the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

industry conferences. Recently retired as CEO of TotalEnergies Ventures, Nadkarni has served as advisor to the World Economic Forum and was on the selection committee for the WEF Technology Pioneers for several years. In 2021, Nadkarni... View Details

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

and later founded their own enterprises. 25 Augustine Heard retired from his role as active head of the company in 1844. He would never return to China. In June 1844, the firm announced its new partners: John Heard, George Basil Dixwell,... View Details

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Hawes Hall | About

educated in Hawes Hall would use their knowledge “to serve their fellow human beings.” Her husband, the retired chairman and CEO of Connecticut-based Life Re Corporation, also emphasized the link between business education and public... View Details

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