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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
Henderson MBA ’91, Harvard University; BSEE ‘88, Engineering, Kettering University Jeff is Chairman of the Board at Qualcomm, also serving as Advisory Director at Berkshire Partners. He serves on the boards of Becton Dickinson, Affordable... View Details
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
sewing machine, you have to learn how to use the machine and make sure your customers are going to like the products that you’ll produce with the sewing machine. The grace period afforded people the time to make significant investments... View Details
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Student Research - Doctoral
adversely patient health. Simultaneously, many physicians report a willingness to address affordability concerns with... 2024 Working Paper The Value of Silence: The Effect of UMG’s Licensing Dispute with TikTok on Music Demand By:... View Details
- April 2022
- Teaching Note
Banorte Móvil: Data-Driven Mobile Growth
By: Ayelet Israeli and Carla Larangeira
In mid-2019, Carlos Hank was deliberating over the results for Banorte Móvil—the mobile application for Banorte, Mexico’s most profitable and second-largest financial institution. Hank, who had been appointed as Banorte´s Chairman of the Board in January 2015, had... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
where people can't afford the vaccine, where the last mile challenge is greatest. That's going to be a huge issue for us. So what we're committed to is broad, equitable, affordable access, but that's a... View Details
- 20 Oct 2023
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
leadership; its work on MBA affordability and innovation; and the ongoing digital transformation work, which seeks to create a much larger global footprint for the School. Digital Transformation Update HBS’s Chief Digital Officer Katia... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Track, 2014 Saathi Amrita Saigal Kristin Kagetsu Social Enterprise Track Winner Provides affordable sanitary pads made from waste banana tree fiber to women in rural India Tomato Jos Mira Mehta Nike Lawrence Shane Kiernan Jared Westheim... View Details
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement
Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
are affected by the receipt of a coupon for $10 off their bill. A rational actor model suggests that people without extreme wealth constraints (meaning anyone who can afford to shop for groceries online) should buy the same items they... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
them. For transportation and housing advocates, it could point to the $27 billion in taxes it projected to be paying over the next decade and commit to working with elected officials and interest groups to boost the stock of affordable... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Capital Connection
Beckford notes one of the firm’s proudest accomplishments to date has been helping Houston-based Bodka Creek Capital become the largest African-American, woman-owned multifamily operator in the United States, with a $40 million loan to acquire and revitalize a 460-unit... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- 08 Apr 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It
lucrative but often confusing dynamics of the luxury market. Harvard Business School researchers have studied the trends to answer a number of questions. Does a prestige brand like Longchamp dilute its aura by selling an affordable... View Details
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
Mayo Clinic in 2009, the world-famous medical center was struggling financially. Congress would soon be negotiating the terms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Obama Administration’s signature health care legislation. From the outset,... View Details
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Financial Aid - Alumni
been and continues to be so critical. From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact Nora Rabah (MS/MBA 2022), who grew up in an immigrant family without health care, aspires to make life-saving drugs more accessible and affordable as a biotech... View Details
- 10 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage
often very transferable for the next gig. What are you more aware of about yourself that you may not have known at the start of this journey? For example, you may have thought you were not technical, but after having to build your company’s first app because you... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
There can be long dry spells when nothing seems to go right, and bumpy paths whether unexpected obstacles loom. But advanced leaders get through it and thereby product new models for the world. Richard Fahey wanted to bring affordable... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
downsides, starting with the loss of affordable housing and the tearing apart of established communities. The escalation in housing prices often forces the poorest residents to move out, making way for new occupants who are richer—and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
underserved, and overburdened by pollution while increase access to affordable and accessible clean energy.”[7] In Executive Order 14008, which established the Justice40 program, the same key points arise: investing in the economy to... View Details
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
company provided the culture fit she enjoyed while also affording her the opportunity to learn different areas of the business within a smaller company in her corporate strategy role. Several years later, when Cole Haan was put up for... View Details