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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
THE BOTTOM LINE: TOTO’s ad campaign turned heads. Did it win U.S. customers? Photo courtesy Toto Usa Inc. It’s installed in 63 percent of all Japanese homes but rarely found in the United States: a combination bidet-toilet with an... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
children, especially from low-income communities; also a founder of Ashoka University The pandemic has been a disaster for education overall and has exacerbated inequity as well. Unlike in the United States... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
Summer has always been a time to take a breath and slow down. Now that the United States is entering a post-pandemic phase, we have yet another reason to take things a bit slower and stop obsessing about... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Setting the Legislative Agenda
shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive risk taking. Reform the credit rating system. Make... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
the 1960s, he felt himself drawn toward nonprofit activities. Upon graduating from HBS, Lazarus took the advice of a classmate and joined the Peace Corps in Panama, where he worked to develop a business training and education program at a Catholic university. His... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- Web
Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
the transcontinental railroad in the United States and in promoting the development of the Pacific Northwest. In the 1860s, Villard acted as the liaison between German investors and American railroad... View Details
- Web
Field Course: Business of the Arts - Course Catalog
institutions both in the United States and abroad (e.g. the Louvre, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, the Los Angeles Philharmonic). Guest Talks: Students will hear firsthand from a number of case protagonists who will... View Details
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
The social sector is big business. In the United States alone some 1.5 million nonprofits and other social ventures have combined revenues of $700 billion and control assets valued at $2 trillion—a seemingly... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
The high-profile deaths last year of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and George Floyd were not the first tragic outcomes of racial injustice in the United States to send shock waves across the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
technologies on the health-care industry. A highly rated teacher, she is also an acclaimed public speaker, board member, and policy adviser whose expertise on health-care management has influenced private- and public-sector decision-makers in the View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Leading Quietly
eight chapters - whose titles include "Craft a Compromise," "Don't Kid Yourself," "Buy a Little Time," and "Bend the Rules" - is gleaned from the quiet leaders Badaracco studied. The book is full of practical advice, but Badaracco cautions that "although the guidelines... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
Beijing—simply by dropping a pin onto a map. Because the company’s satellites fly over the same sites multiple times a day, customers can monitor evolving situations over time, such as tracking tug boats as they haul barges laden with cargo down a river in the View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
years later, the spirit of American revolution still reverberates for many of us, and the successes of initiatives in states such as Maine and California reinvigorate the democratic renegade in our marrow. But skepticism is bound to creep... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Viktor Puzakov
in the United Nation’s Istanbul office, Viktor was able to apply his industry experience and knowledge acquired during RC year to something new: a spring-break volunteer assignment with the U.N. Development Project, “to help U.N.... View Details
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John Schupbach
anticipated. Yet we have been lackadaisical in the development of services that cater to the people with the greatest needs." Combining disciplines to improve life at a large scale When John returned to the United States, he applied... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Adding Value
Mary Callahan Erdoes Her first experience managing money was as a six-year-old helping her grandparents balance their checkbook. Today, Mary Callahan Erdoes (MBA 1993) is CEO of JPM Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase's $2.2 trillion money management operation, the sixth... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 31 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water
Food used to be just sustenance, but now it's news. The president of the United States falls for McDonald's and KFC. In Portland, resentment is growing over white street vendors who sell ethnic foods. Ikea... View Details
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Humbulani Dombo
half years at Anglo American, Humbulani believed she was "starting to think in one particular way, through a mining paradigm." Seeking a wider range of experience and eager to address the gaps in her business skills, she applied to HBS. "I wanted to go... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- Web
Sharing a Strategic Perspective | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
than 143 million children in the United States and abroad with programs focused on improving nutrition, health, and education. That chance to gain a broader perspective did come, however, through a week... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
failed in the face of an economic downturn in the United States and an onslaught of competitors. After a period of consolidation, the company is now looking for more opportunities abroad and has recently... View Details