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- 18 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Why Leaders Need Great Books
adversaries," Badaracco said. "You see them trying to figure out who they are and what they really care about over the course of these books." Many students who first enroll in The Moral Leader think that ethics and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
succeeded in business. “I've really had two careers,” he observes, “one as a for-profit financial entrepreneur and one as a crusader for economic development.” As a managing partner in his own investment firm, Tierney has the freedom to View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective
Emerson Collective is an organization that works toward the equitable development of sectors like education, the environment, immigration, and health care through impact investing, philanthropy, advocacy,... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 13 Apr 2022
- News
New School
market. “People don’t want to work just anywhere. I believe purpose-driven companies are going to outperform because they are powered by people who care deeply,” he says. For Curriculum Associates employees, the importance of their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Odds by Peter D. Johnston (MBA ’90) (Negotiation Press) How do you negotiate with Wal-Mart or with an intimidating boss about an ethical issue? How do you negotiate a capital infusion for a struggling start-up or better health View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217007-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-066 Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital In January 2011, Mohamed Azab, founder and CEO of health care investment firm Seha... View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology By: Norton, Michael I., Derek D. Rucker, and Cait Lamberton, eds. Abstract—Why do consumers make the purchases they do, and which ones make them truly happy? Why are consumers willing to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated workforce shifts that had been gaining momentum before the public health crisis, thrusting employers and workers into a new era within months. Joseph Fuller, a professor at Harvard Business School and... View Details
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
assessing the startup health care company's 2014 marketing plan. On December 31, 2013, Vaxess had obtained an exclusive license to a series of patents for a silk protein technology that, when added to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Black Investment Club
companies, a sale of a health care portfolio company, and several debt refinancings to facilitate portfolio company growth. This summer, Akapelwa expanded on his financial services experience at Kohlberg... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
dependent on their star talent and its motivation and productivity. As our economy shifts more toward “knowledge workers,” we believe that professional service firms will be a model for many other types of businesses — from technology to View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
of those things that was put on BuzzFeed and then copied over to another...But we make many decisions every day and most of them don't actually hold us up too much. But it is incredible to me how many times a day I spend valuable waking... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
provided a good return for a pension fund holder at some point, but that investor and society pay more in the end through increased health care costs. Hayes said that Domini's picture of a system run amok,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
and beyond, that focus on what the team calls “tech-enabled sustainable living.” That could mean ESG in its traditional forms, such as climate change, health care technology, or environmental tech. But... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
cares that provide nutrition, health care, and educational support for mothers and young children—represent a particularly rich target. Rocket is currently working with the Ministry of Women and Child... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
similarly strong margin across both groups saw two other dominant issues at century's end - health care and education - as getting better. Teaching tomorrow's leaders As for the role of business in the... View Details
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
forced to stay too focused on the details, without thorough preparation, without clear goals, without a larger vision, without a sense of purpose, then they are left to be dependent on the daily moods or whims of a boss. Bosses who spend... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
company’s investment in the online social entertainment world. The researchers started playing Fortnite during the pandemic “to break the monotony of constant Zoom meetings,” Wu says. But soon, they found themselves spending real money on... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
sacrificing his health or family life. In this article he presents six of them. Know your comparative advantage. Focus not on what you do best but on what your organization most needs from you-and don't View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
facing both nonprofits and other social-purpose enterprises. Another concerns the ways in which businesses can influence a community's health and create meaningful partnerships with government and nonprofit organizations. A third has to... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry