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- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
Brazil,” he explains, “but after a project in Colombia, where we worked in regions that had been affected by guerillas and the drug trade, I started to think more about countries with challenges that require really large-scale... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
As a student at Harvard College, Matthews continued her experimentation, signing up for a class called Affecting Change through Art and Science. “I took the course because people said, ‘You can create cool stuff and they give you money to... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
a $15 billion market cap and a $300 million revenue run rate per year, TIBCO is one of the fastest-growing software companies ever. Like any corporate executive, Ranadivé is concerned with the dollars-and-cents valuation of his company and how that View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
students—and has a major following on social media in India where he is a regular writer and lecturer on business, India, and the meaning of a successful life. Venkatesan's goal, to positively affect people's lives "at scale," comes from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
affected are injured and disabled, not merely “neurodiverse.” They call the refusal to acknowledge this reality Autism Epidemic Denial. The key to stopping the epidemic, they say, is to stop lying about its history and start asking “who... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
technologies are often disruptive to established organizations because they have a different set of attributes that aren't valued in existing markets. Market potential can seldom be measured and profit margins are meager at best. Examples of products and services that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
Q&A session is long and intense, despite the late hour. Shawn Anthony (HBS ’10), currently enrolled in the joint MD/MBA program with Harvard Medical School, asks how adverse selection and the higher costs associated with treating chronic illnesses would View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Books
hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7234.html. Is Your iPhone Turning You into a Wimp? The body posture inherent in operating everyday gadgets affects both your back and your behavior. According to a new study by Associate Professor Amy Cuddy and her... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES What about businesses, such as restaurants and airlines, that were disproportionately affected early in the pandemic—and still are? Here is a big... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
close connections between economies and governments around the world. "It isn't sufficient that I try to maximize the company's bottom line," Smith says. "Other constituencies affect our success in the long run." Starbucks employees... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
afford these patients a better quality of life for a longer period of time. It could be the first new treatment for ALS in nearly 25 years and the first one to potentially affect muscle function and strength as well as hopefully preserve... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
couple of students to help me sort out how new technology is affecting their lives at HBS. Immediately, they mention the Course Platform (see sidebar below). This wondrous-sounding intranet for the HBS community contains not only their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
would affect that relationship? Is it about culture, leadership, perspective? How do organizations such as Deloitte, McKinsey, IKEA, and Bank of America think about gender diversity? Which practices work, and which don't? By the way, I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
and Privatization, by Willis Emmons, explores the impact of deregulation and privatization on company strategy in industries worldwide and shows how these dynamic processes shape the critical evolving relationship, or bargain, between governments and View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
elsewhere and then work with those countries to clean up their act. Most executives probably believe these problems don't affect them or their companies. Are they right? Assisting in the movement of tax-evading money is subtle and can... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
experience that takes full advantage of the richness of this international diversity in the classroom. You made reference to the impact of the events of September 11. How have they affected the School's international outreach? The... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
it. I just left him laying there. I turned it into a horrible person, I guess. My name is Devin. I started doing meth when I was 10 years old. Meth affected my friendship with him pretty bad. He won't talk to me any more. Me and my... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
course, affects investor confidence. Given that fragility, what rules and enforcement are appropriate? The capital markets are so complex and fast-moving that their integrity must in the end rely on self-regulation, rather than on... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
affected Avance as well. Happily, Perez notes, the private equity firm is now thriving as Latinx businesses are recovering. Perez cofounded Avance with his HBS classmate Luis A. Zaldivar (MBA 1996), with whom he had worked at Palladium... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Aug 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
benefits, not all of which can be calculated as a direct ROI. “Even with the best charities, the ‘I-am-helping-you’ element is always somewhere in the transaction,” Gandhi says, who recently joined the HBS faculty on a part-time basis. “You, the borrower, are being... View Details