Public Education - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 2018 (Revised December 2018)
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CalSTRS Takes on Gun Violence

By: Vikram S Gandhi and Caitlin Reimers

In Spring of 2018, Chris Ailman, CIO of the $200 billion pension plan for California public school teachers (CalSTRS) was mandated by his board to “prioritize engagement with makers and retailers of firearms in California” following a series of gun-related tragedies in... View Details

Keywords: Pension Funds; Pension Plan; Asset Allocation; Screening; ESG; Gun Violence; Business and Government Relations; Values and Beliefs; Education Industry; California; United States

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09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

educators to deliver a high-impact transformative leadership course creating leaders ready to meet the global demands of the 21st century. Workshop participants included 41 scholars and administrators from North America and Europe from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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HBS - The year in Review

cities such as Tulsa, OK and Columbus, OH. Smaller group sizes allowed for faster implementation of change and gave students transferrable concepts and skills to leverage throughout their careers. FIELD Immersion Press Release Synergies Across Executive View Details

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Spangler Center | About

became NationsBank (now known as Bank of America). From 1986 to 1997, he served as president of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, making significant contributions to the growth and development of public View Details

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Europe - Global

significant transformation. The ERC has contributed to much of the European-focused faculty publications and research projects across the School. Research topics have ranged from the challenges of European economic and financial... View Details

2010
Working Paper

Preference Intensities and Risk Aversion in School Choice: A Laboratory Experiment

By: Flip Klijn, Joana Pais and Marc Vorsatz

We experimentally investigate in the laboratory two prominent mechanisms that are employed in school choice programs to assign students to public schools. We study how individual behavior is influenced by preference intensities and risk aversion. Our main results show... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Education; Marketplace Matching; Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior; Personal Characteristics

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Research Services - Faculty & Research

directly with faculty to summarize and promote new research on its site. The Faculty & Research website allows public access to many publications of the faculty, including working papers and academic... View Details

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

contribution? As Ante writes, "ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational organizations, and investment... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Conditions ; Leading Change ; Operations ; Going Public ; Strategy ; Growth and Development Strategy ; Business or Company Management ; Food and Beverage Industry ; Technology Industry ; United States ; Canada Citation View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

(93) Budgets and Budgeting (4) Buildings and Facilities (4) Business Conglomerates (1) Business Cycles (6) Business Divisions (7) Business Earnings (5) Business Education (24) Business Exit or Shutdown (1) Business Growth and Maturation... View Details

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For Alumni - Doctoral

For Alumni For Alumni HBS is recognized as a leader in educating faculty—renowned researchers and educators who are firmly grounded in both theory and practice—for business schools and universities across... View Details

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Ways to Give Today - Alumni

a nonprofit association that supports the European research, case writing, and course development activities of Harvard Business School faculty. It makes available to the public at large in France and in Europe the intellectual output it... View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

American chemical industries until the 1970s, when the two German firms diverged from their American counterparts in using public relations strategies not only to contain fallout from criticism, but also as opportunities for changes in... View Details

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About - Race, Gender & Equity

event coordination, content development for publications and social media, web maintenance, and data management. Ethi also has experience supporting the MBA curriculum, coordinating faculty projects, and managing research events. Prior to... View Details

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Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

crimsonparents@gmail.com Education Club Co-Presidents Brie Martin bmartin@mba2026.hbs.edu Kang Huh khuh@mba2026.hbs.edu Isaac Goldstein igoldstein@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email education@studentclubs.hbs.edu Energy & Environment Club... View Details

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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Public Education Leadership Project (PELP) in collaboration with the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This multiyear research project focuses on the management levers needed to create and sustain... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

in 1963, brought swift economic growth to the country—but by the 1970s he was also a de facto dictator, torturing and killing citizens who dared to protest for a more democratic government. Education was another driver for the family’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Technological Innovation ; Education Industry ; Technology Industry ; India ; South Korea Citation Educators Purchase Related Troncoso, Isamar, Frank V. Cespedes, and Stacy Straaberg. "TagHive: Edtech... View Details

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About - Global

School’s efforts to build a deep understanding of and expertise in global business practice and innovation. Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing represent nearly 50 additional staff members sitting outside the United... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

license or death certificate. “It’s a sense of euphoria,” he says. The internet era of the genealogy industry began in 1996, when Ancestry.com was launched by two graduates of Brigham Young University who had previously produced Church of Latter-day Saints View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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