Social Issues - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2010
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Slum for Sale

area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new model in mind: slums as lucrative and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

(Rupa Publications) Thirty women in power answer questions that confront all working women, from how best to balance the personal and the professional to how to dismantle gender biases. The essayists consider seminal issues that concern... View Details

04 Aug 2020
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How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

member, ed tech veteran, and current cofounder and managing partner of Ethical Ventures, a management consultancy dedicated to social enterprises. In its first month, the Business for Racial Equity Pledge was signed by more than 1,000... View Details

30 Jul 2024
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Reddit’s Rise

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

exchange of ideas. And next year we’ll hold a follow-up conference on whether leadership can be taught. Are leadership qualities the same as they’ve always been? The world is crying out for a different type of leader. The challenges we face to address big View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America

complex, society-wide issues behind the problems in our education system, and it will require strong leadership and a smart investment of resources — not just setting standards — to turn them around. You write extensively about the way we... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 2001
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Making a World of Difference

issues like gender, race, and religion, we are really talking about how we get along with others and how we create a world that is safe for difference." Slifka is working hard to create such a world. The theme of coexistence emerges as a... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2022
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Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

for tomorrow. The BEI aims to leverage HBS’s unique platform to help move the needle on climate change and accelerate climate solutions. Critical issues such as these are also among the focal points for HBS’s new Institute for the Study... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2006
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One-on-One with Jeff Hicks

research of on-staff social anthropologists to guide its campaigns? This business has been founded on consumer research, trend analysis, and focus groups, so that advertisers can find a way to piggyback on a trend. Unfortunately, you... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2009
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Damon Silvers

defined-benefit pension plans have withered in part because they were expensive for employers to fund, and in part because they weren’t portable. Can traditional pension plans make a comeback? Of course, the answer is yes. What is Social... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

01 Oct 1999
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The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change

Chuck Belle (MBA '73) promised to attempt to install a pass-fail system and said that "free nights are few . . . but we have a social committee that shall pleasure the time." Dean Fouraker's welcome included the promise, "You will... View Details

Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer

01 Jun 2003
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South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs

Partners Program in Northern California, as an essential source of expertise to get their groups up and running. Ana Maria Camargo (MBA ’93) of Boston’s Community Action Partners, Judy Benardete (MBA ’95) of the HBS Social Enterprise... View Details

Keywords: Alumni groups; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

Happens: Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don’t by Leslie R. Crutchfield (MBA 2001) Wiley Why do some changes occur, and others don’t? What are the factors that drive successful social and... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

At HBS, I actively engaged in building the Africa Business Club and ramping up the Social Enterprise Initiative. This period really shaped my career focus and propelled my desire to return to Nigeria. Over the past 20 years, I have worked... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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Leading the Way

University, as well as a leader in the worlds of business and social responsibility. John Hess: My experience at HBS was transformational. HBS faculty pushed me to think differently about leadership and how to solve problems, and I was... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Jun 2014
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What’s Next

to show women in a wide variety of leadership roles facing and solving problems that center not just on their own lives and careers but on the full range of business, organizational, and societal issues as well. With more than 9 million... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2000
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Latin America's Decade

a report on the HBS Latin America Research Center), Latin America is an evolving, untapped market of vast potential, formidable challenges, and many fascinations. MORE A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens In the 1980s, democracy-oriented governments... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

02 Aug 2011
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A Fearless Force for Change

and expertise as a former marketing executive for Ann Taylor and Nickelodeon, Cycle for Survival to date has directly funded over a dozen clinical trials and studies at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. "Jen was a leader extraordinaire, a View Details

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

flows, how to analyze cash statements, and how to quantify progress was very helpful to me.” Ajanoh also found supportive communities at the Harvard i-lab and the Social Innovation and Change Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 2000
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A Message from Dean Clark

have just expanded our reach with the opening in August of the Latin America Research Center in Buenos Aires. The center will support our faculty's research on important business issues in South America, Central America, and Mexico. As... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

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