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- 01 Dec 1999
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manufacturing practices documented in their book, the authors are optimistic about the future of U.S. apparel and textile firms. "This important sector of our economy is more advanced and productive than ever," concludes Hammond. "As Mark... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
consumer finance? The household sector in America is huge, representing approximately $61 trillion of assets. And consumer finance businesses are the touch points between the financial system and millions of consumers. Despite its size... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Faculty News
Nancy F. Koehn, a member of the Entrepreneurial and Service Management unit and an authority on business history, has been named a full professor. Honored in 1998 by the HBS Student Association for her classroom excellence, Koehn... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
The state of public education in the United States is a perennial hot-button topic, with rhetoric often outpacing any real sense of progress. The Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a 2003 joint... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
to bring new art to public museums by way of private funding—was an idea that Evans found intriguing. "Clearly, this has struck a chord," she says. "Quite simply, we are activating a new sector for... View Details
- 02 May 2016
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Motivating Middle-Schoolers to Get up to Speed with Math
Veteran entrepreneur and public education innovator Bill Daugherty (MBA 1991) is on a mission to get kids excited about math. In addition to his profit-sector job as executive chairman of ANC Sports Enterprises, Daugherty has been the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
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Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success
companies prevalent in German-speaking countries—has long captured the attention of global business practitioners and scholars. Why are these firms so competitive globally, particularly in emerging markets, and how have they managed to... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Connecting Communities to Improve Post-Disaster Recovery
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: No Reservations
around the world. Blue Apron Cofounder and CEO Matt Salzberg (MBA 2010) Founded 2012 This meal-kit company delivers all the ingredients you need to make a home-cooked dinner. Reports say that the company is on track to surpass $1 billion in revenue in 2017, in a View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the public or private sector and has made lasting contributions to the Atlanta community. The recipient need not be an HBS graduate. The Leadership Dinner also... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
enhances business performance as well. "Community involvement can contribute to the definition and development of a company's organizational culture, which is an important determinant of corporate performance," he observes. "Volunteering in the View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
or public sector positions, giving those organizations the opportunity to use the managerial and analytical skills of a MBA to build capacity. Since the program’s launch in 2002, the City of Boston Mayor’s... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
Another crucial step would be to ensure that public accounting firms once again become bona fide watchdogs. Too often, lucrative consulting contracts have caused accounting firms to relax their auditing standards to placate management.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?
can’t access capital as easily as public ones, though that business reality accounted for only one-quarter of the difference in cash holdings. The remainder of the difference was due to attempts to time the stock market: Public-firm View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
children, especially from low-income communities; also a founder of Ashoka University The pandemic has been a disaster for education overall and has exacerbated inequity as well. Unlike in the United States and Europe, all public and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2015
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life, business, success through embracing personal truth, and “unleashing your unquenchable warrior spirit” is an inspiration. —Paul Kewene-Hite via alumni.hbs.edu Success Stories Re: Breaking the Digital Ceiling Thank you for this article, as it raises important... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
impact in the country dramatically. She was instrumental in the NYSE listing of Wipro; in facilitating nationwide cellular phone service through a deal involving the Tata and Birla families and AT&T; and in a number of privatizations. Last November, she became vice... View Details
- 28 May 2019
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INK: Maker’s Manual
goals. It also tells some of the stories of the nonprofit leaders who are laboring in virtual anonymity, doing work that requires tremendous leadership and management skills. These are not the people we tend to read about, but they’re in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America
for more companies to practice “values-based capitalism.” Could you cite any examples? There is a growing number of well-run, profitable companies that have values at the center of their management strategy. One outstanding example is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
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December 2015 Deconstructing Draper Re: Golden State of Mind I admire Tim Draper (MBA 1984) for his sustained interest in rebooting public education in California. Too few HBS alums are engaged with public... View Details