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- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
have seen this, but Holly Fetter (MBA ’20) had a post illustrating examples of ways MBAs can individually make a difference. IV. Final Thoughts So, like Aaron, I am angry. My heart sinks because I know that as more Black people, young... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
transferred to the Ministry of Education by HMÖV were turned into accommodation and food distribution centers serving nearly 7,000 individuals per day. A total of 870 tents, 260 portable WCs, 40 showering units, and 14 large trucks full... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
perhaps the largest thing any individual person can do to impact global warming is to change what they’re eating at their next meal. So whatever you’re going to have for lunch today, that’s probably your largest action in this space.... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
and increasing societal inequality are. The invisible hand is, by definition, invisible. Also, tragically, in a capitalist society (but really in any system), individual or corporate greed can run amuck. Simply put, some will choose to... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
barriers that might have caused individuals to say, “Gee, I’d love to go to Harvard, but I can’t afford it.” APRIL 1968: Turbulent Times DARDEN: Dr. King’s assassination really had a major impact on me, so much so that I contemplated... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
economy of an individual state, it can also threaten the stability of the global economy. “Over the last fifty years in the West,” declares Baker, “we’ve created a global shadow financial system of secrecy jurisdictions, entities, and... View Details
- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
highlighted in Chapter 1. In this case, newly competitive technology of open platforms not only shaped individual organizations but changed the structure of the entire industry. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
informed individuals is likely to lead to improvements in dealing with the problem of economic benchmarking. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2517496 Scale and Innovation During Two U.S. Breakthrough Eras By: Nicholas, Tom... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
efforts. But despite dozens of individuals in some of the world's largest companies taking on these duties, the role has been little studied. Just what are chief sustainability officers (CSO), where do they come from, and how much... View Details
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
marketing professor Ted Levitt once said that in business, "If you're not segmenting, you're not thinking." That's true. But I would also point out that, in the history of buying and selling since ancient times, a market has never bought a thing. Only accounts, View Details
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers. Even within the Ph.D. ranks, foreign-born individuals have a disproportionate number of Nobel Prizes, elections to the National Academy of Sciences, patent citations, and so forth. They are a very... View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
in individual information processing steps of the S&OP process, a tradeoff which to our knowledge has not been highlighted in the supply chain management literature. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-001.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
the individual but eventually brought ruin to all. The culture of Silicon Valley turns that system on its head. The bank of expertise in Silicon Valley represents a triumph of the commons: resources are extracted and replenished in a... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
Reset instructors give lessons in academics, career development, and developing healthy life and social skills. Their educational goals are individually tailored––some are working on skills such as reading, writing, and math; some work... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
predicted he wouldn’t graduate grade school, yet he graduated college with honors because my family focused on what he was capable of and believed in him. “With ArtLifting, our mission is to empower disadvantaged individuals through the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
Modern World by Geoffrey Jones (Edward Elgar Publishing) Individual firms have rarely been identified as significant independent actors in the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty. Professor Jones explores... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
got a US government that lacks the latitude to move that it had in the 1980s: large government debts and obligations facing the US now threaten to crowd out the investments in infrastructure, innovation, and individuals that we need to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
faculty across a wide spectrum of disciplines including business history, entrepreneurship, finance, and organizational behavior have made creativity and innovation primary subjects of focus. What is surprising is just how teachable they have found innovation to be. On... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
the International Space Station! We have learned that almost any technical challenge can benefit from having an open innovation approach. The key is to develop a problem statement that can be accessible and comprehensible to individuals... View Details