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- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
negatively impact job performance. But companies can mitigate these effects by adopting specific human resource policies, says Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. The study of workers’ View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
HBS Grads Make Their Mark in India
health-care information to Indian consumers via text messaging and mobile Web browsing. India has a low Internet penetration but 450 million cell phone users, making mobile handsets the best device for... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
visits often require bus fare—while the Barared booths can be accessed on weekends and off-hours. And customers feel safe topping up their mobile phones here, says Reyes. They tell her that other companies take their money but fail to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
contributes much more sustainable economic growth as well as an increase in the standard of living, social well-being, and desirable jobs. Meanwhile, obsessing over establishing science-tech superiority brings its own ills, including a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Hekmatullah Ebrahimkhil prays next to a network tower on a hill overlooking Qargha Lake, outside Kabul. Ebrahimkhil is helping his father guard and service one of the mobile communication towers on the hill—part of an innovative community... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)
it’s consistent from company to company.” Her new COO role at Code for America, a San Francisco–based nonprofit dedicated to improving civic tech and “strengthening America’s basic social safety net,” has proven this maxim true. “I... View Details
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
cats, or whatever,” says Andy Wu, assistant professor of business administration in the Strategy unit of Harvard Business School. “What’s overlooked is a comprehensive framework for how you mobilize the resources—such as financing,... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
low-income people across Southeast Asia to have access to money-saving ecommerce and other mobile content. Supply Philippine smallholder cocoa farmers with best-in-industry knowledge, planting materials, fertilizers, and loan products,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
provides information and support to moms and sons and promotes positive images of black males. MOBB United for Social Change aims to influence policy at the local, state, and federal levels to impact how black boys and men are treated and... View Details
- Profile
Lindsay Hyde
Many students come to HBS with an interest in social enterprise; many others hope to become entrepreneurs. But Lindsay Hyde arrived on campus with significant accomplishments in both domains. As the founder of Strong Women, Strong Girls,... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
Organization Science Innovation Outcomes in a Distributed Organization: Intra-Firm Mobility and Access to Resources By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj Abstract—Prior research has established a relation between intra-firm View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Career Coach
Marc Herson
Marc (INSEAD '01) has extensive global experience as a venture capitalist, media executive, entrepreneur and lawyer, working in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. His most recent experience is at 2go Interactive, a start-up mobile tech company... View Details
- Profile
John Rogers
unique and impactful field opportunities through the Immersion Experience Program and Social Enterprise Initiative Summer Fellowship. This balanced educational experience, along with the privilege of joining a respected and global alumni... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
first time Hanazawa has wrestled with the ways she could urge her industry to focus on social impact. In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami leveled towns and cities in her home country of Japan, and she struggled with how to help. She... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
Bridgespan Group — Jeff Bradach (PhDOB ’92) and Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) — pioneers in the application of data-driven strategy and consulting services to enhance the effectiveness of nonprofits and foundations. Founded a decade ago, Bridgespan has helped set new standards... View Details
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Student Clubs | MBA
Family Business Club Finance Club FinTech Club First Generation Students Club Food and Agriculture Club Football/Soccer Club Formula One Club French-Speaking Club Future of Mobility Future of Work Club G Gaming and Game Industry Club... View Details
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
from mobile devices. Next, social media, in the form of Facebook and Twitter, became the information workhorse, serving two roles. Initially, social media was used to engage... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
much as one-third of a household’s annual income. If she receives payments in cash, her savings could easily be stolen or perhaps used by a male relative (men have more financial power in many cultures) for another purpose. If, instead, the woman receives digital... View Details
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
lifestyles of China's rural population. However, the cost of connecting remote locations was high and was often not offset by subscriber fees or usage rates of these populations. Would this investment be relegated to a socially... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
group interested us most. They saw the possibility of building businesses using the kinds of innovation and technology that brought millions of rural poor into the market system (as China Mobile did by bringing View Details