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01 Feb 2002
News

Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan

In an effort to expand the reach of its Asia-Pacific Research Center, HBS has opened a satellite office in Japan. Masako Egawa (MBA '86) has been named executive director of the Japan Research Office in Tokyo. Formerly an executive director in charge of the transport... View Details

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

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

and unambiguous research, he makes clear the devastating consequences of growing up poor: living in poverty, even temporarily, is detrimental to cognitive abilities, emotional control, and the overall health of children. The cost to View Details

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

2001 to 9 million today), especially girls. But the bad news is they have no jobs to look forward to. Although stability and security facilitate investing for the long term, they are not enough. Afghans must have credible information... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

19 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 19

innovator develop his idea before selling it? In the context of selling original movie ideas, I present a model that features the writer's private information on the idea's value, different protection levels associated with different... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Publishing) With Murder You Get Sushi: A Miss Information Technology Mystery by Diane Davidson (MBA 1980) and Mary Ann Davidson, collaborating as Maddi Davidson (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Destiny’s Child: Memoirs of a... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)

genetic research revolution is changing our global economy and society more dramatically than any other single event in the history of humankind," Goldberg observes. "On the other hand, we have a worldwide agricultural economic depression... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; John H. Davis; Agriculture; Scientific Research and Development Services

15 Jun 2021
News

Diversifying HBS's Case Collection

diversity of the HBS classroom and society as a whole. This is the first step in broadening the range of cases featuring protagonists from the full array of underrepresented and marginalized populations. The goal is to use these cases for... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Feb 2001
News

Changing Student Life

"I'm actually an abstract artist," Jaja Jackson (MBA '99) told the Boston Globe (November 27, 2000), "but you know what? I was forced to go to school." That education — Harvard College, followed by a job at McKinsey, and then HBS — has paid off. Jackson is cofounder... View Details

Keywords: Information; Information; Information; Information

01 Mar 2008
News

Faculty Books

How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy by John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz (HBS Press) Professor Quelch and Research Associate Jocz demonstrate marketing's critical role in the growth and governance of societies and how good... View Details

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

June 2018 (Revised November 2018)
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Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn: The Power of Writing to Launch and Sustain a Movement

By: Julie Battilana, Lakshmi Ramarajan and Michael Norris

In 2018, New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof and his wife, former Times writer Sheryl WuDunn (HBS ’86) who worked in finance, were planning for their next book. The couple’s earlier books had given rise to social movements around gender equity and poverty issues.... View Details

Keywords: Social Movement; Gender Equality; Writing; Social Issues; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Poverty; Books; Change; Leadership

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Between Global and Local: The Invention of Data Privacy in the United States and France

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull

Keywords: Social Issues; Knowledge Management; Information Management; Rights; United States; France

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01 Jun 2002
News

Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

“helps businesses provide this increasingly important information in a more rationalized way.” Massie's energy and output is even more remarkable given the fact that some twenty years ago, he acquired HIV in the course of his many... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

19 Dec 2014
News

Atlanta Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

Lysinger (MBA 2013). Two inspiring new films – My HBS and The Case for the Future – highlighted the impact of the School and its faculty and alumni on the major challenges facing business and society today. “When you look at what Harvard... View Details

15 Nov 2016
News

Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders

two reasons for management failures to heed shareholder proposals for greater action on ESG issues: processes within the organization may not be sufficiently developed, and performance incentives may be misaligned. “I went back to the data and found both hypotheses to... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Power Trip

Singleton (MBA ’88). The trio look at what can be learned by stepping back and taking a longer term view of how some of the greatest business leaders of the last century built successful careers. The book draws on information from the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2017
News

Promoting a Deeper Understanding

experience if graduates were going to meet the leadership needs of society in the next generation and those to follow,” says Bullard. “We wanted to be sure that, going forward, Dean Nitin Nohria had the ability to put resources where they... View Details

27 Oct 2017
News

Unlocking Potential

Even as a preteen, Jennifer Porter Anderson (MBA 2013) was convinced there could be a better, more compassionate alternative for criminal justice than locking people up in large, violent prisons. What began as a family dinner-table conversation about the concept of... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice

senior associate dean for research. “That’s the promise of HBS. The world’s problems are becoming increasingly complex and don’t lend themselves to one type of research. Our faculty employ constantly evolving methodologies to address topics of critical importance.” The... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities

we want this society to be like? This year we’ve seen debates about the minimum wage at the city and state level. Why? States and cities are always competing—for business, for talent, and so on. These regions and cities are trying to... View Details

Keywords: April White; faculty research; writing

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

help a lot through modifying and extending key policies, particularly in the area of results information and removing restrictive and unnecessary impediments to competition. The corporate practice of medicine law is a perfect example. The... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

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