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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
responsibilities do amplify the inequities we’ve found. Outside studies, for example, show evidence of a “motherhood penalty.” That could mean a workplace culture that makes it difficult for anybody who has family View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
executive, I had no reason to change my mind. His respect for people was at the core of his being, as was his belief that executives had a responsibility to bring out the best in people. William Geisler (MBA ’60) San Anselmo, CA Error of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HIV/AIDS and Business
she continues — even a small bicycle shop in China could rent or loan bicycles to deliver medication. “My sense is that people are innately sympathetic. If you provide specific tools, it makes it easier for them to act in a responsible... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
doctoral students, and underwrite entrepreneurship–related publications and conferences. “It’s really an amazing opportunity and responsibility that Arthur Rock has placed in front of us,” comments HBS professor William A. Sahlman, who... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
the roots of GE’s “ecomagination” business initiative can be traced in part to 3,000 pages of reports written on global warming, brought along on vacation a few years ago. “I wanted GE’s response to environmental realities to be something... View Details
- 30 Nov 2021
- News
Cold Calculations
Courtesy Steve Payne The Arctic Ice Project is pursuing a radical solution to climate change: restoring the Arctic ice. “The project’s scientists believe that a thin layer of hollow glass microspheres—spread in strategic, limited locations on the brittle new ice that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2020
- News
Becoming a Better Corporate Citizen
- 15 Jul 2020
- News
Making Corporate Boards More Effective - Virtual
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
Fran Seegull by Jill Radsken Fran Seegull is a woman on a mission, and it started with a paper she wrote at Harvard Business School. A lifelong passion for philanthropy brought Seegull (MBA 1998) to HBS, to see if she could mobilize the business world to adjust its... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Bridging the Gap
Illustration by Chris Gash Long before “COVID-19” became a household word with grave implications, the education sector faced enormous challenges. Opportunity and achievement gaps marginalizing students of color and those from low-income families, funding disparities... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
New MBA Leadership Course
design-team member and course head Lynn S. Paine, one of ten HBS faculty members who taught LCA this year. Paine explains that after a lengthy review of the first-year offerings on managers’ responsibilities that began in 2001, the... View Details
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
from each other. We’re raising our voices and saying it’s not okay for us to be an afterthought, for only 2 percent of venture capital to go toward women. We have a responsibility to speak up and do more.” An inclusive workplace is a... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
countries closed their borders. Diagne’s first task was to work closely with the ministry’s leadership team in crafting an economic response to the pandemic. Worldwide, crisis management involved very similar challenges—layoffs and... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
values. We happened to share the same passion. We happened to share the same mission. It didn’t really matter whether we were women or men,” Murakami clarifies. “But when we started to talk to potential investors, their response was... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
institutional change should be the responsibility of aspiring and accomplished leaders everywhere,” says Kanter. Why do we need advanced leaders now? Problems like climate change, racial and gender disparity, health issues, and... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Gloria Steinem and Diane Paulus Take Center Stage
over 1.5 million Nigerians. Moses Babatope, and Kene Okwuosa, co-founders of Filmhouse and FilmOne, received the HBSAN Leadership Award for Entrepreneurship. Filmhouse is the largest cinema chain in West Africa. FilmOne is the fastest-growing studio-styled organization... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
says. Over the next decade he proved that he was up to the task, so much so that in 1993, when the firm hit hard times, Bain CEO Mitt Romney (MBA 1974/JD 1975) asked Tierney to head the company. “The rational response would have been to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
Angela Serino, manager of corporate responsibility for Natura, a Brazilian cosmetics company, and Maria de Graça Fernandes Branco, principal of Matilde Elementary and High School. The pair are subjects of a case produced by the SEKN that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
feet at all may rank among his greatest achievements. The simple acts of standing and walking represent triumph for Massie, as does the fact that he is even alive today. Fittingly, his life's work is all about “standing up,” as he forcefully advocates for higher... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
Case Study. Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001, MPA 2002) believes that has to change—and it’s the responsibility of her generation to lead the way. Ballou-Aares is creating a path for the next generation of business leaders to engage in... View Details