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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... View Details

12 Jul 2022
News

Expanding the Power to Prosper

Grant, Millicent is designed to make it easier for the world’s 1.7 billion marginalized and unbanked people to access financial services, according to a recent article in Forbes. Dyer moved to the United Kingdom as a refugee from Nigeria.... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

books, is enormous. Later in this chapter, we've modeled the levels of gross margin or same-store sales declines, which, everything else equal, retailers in categories particularly hard hit by eCommerce could incur before their stores are... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

27 Jun 2016
News

Ulf Mark Schneider Has Plans to Make Nestlé Healthy

in 2015, compared with 4.2 percent rate for the group as a whole, while Nestlé is aiming to lift annual sales of health products to as high as 10 billion francs. The health operations also bring stronger profit margins. The group’s overall operating profit View Details

26 Sep 2024

Esperanza Case Discussion

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, please join us for a case discussion with one of the case authors, weighing the pros and cons of pursuing an MBA. Get ready for an interactive and dynamic session designed to unpack and highlight many of the questions and... View Details

John G. Smale

Known for his patient managerial style, Smale worked at Procter & Gamble for 38 years. Under Smale's leadership as CEO, P&G's earnings and stock price doubled while the company expanded abroad and into higher margin products. Two... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

12 Oct 2022

Esperanza Mock Case Session

Get a taste of the HBS classroom experience! Join us for a mock case session featuring the case authors, weighing the pros and cons of pursuing an MBA. Registrants will receive the Esperanza case, Latinos & the MBA Option, in advance and can look forward to an... View Details

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RISE Career Fellowship | MBA

RISE Career Fellowship Additional Harvard Funding A pilot for the Class of 2023, the Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity (RISE) Career Fellow program provides funding for one graduating student to work for a growing business that is creating economic opportunity for... View Details

14 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Making the MBA Degree More Accessible

for financial aid to account not just for individual income and assets but also for socioeconomic background. Create a new complementary fellowship to support students who have demonstrated exemplary commitment to serving Black / African American, Hispanic / Latinx,... View Details

02 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 2

norton ariely.pdf Do Inventory and Gross Margin Data Improve Sales Forecasts for U.S. Public Retailers? Authors:Saravanan Kesavan, Vishal Gaur, and Ananth Raman Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract Firm-level sales... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2002
News

If You're #1, Watch Out

such parts presents only marginal profit opportunity. Staying in the innovative segment of an industry may mean, in fact, manufacturing a key subsystem and even becoming a provider to competitors. The willingness to make such shifts and... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

25 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

negative effect of added competitors on incentives. Thus uncertainty and the nature of the problem should be explicitly considered in the design of innovation tournaments. We explore the implications of our findings for the theory and practice of innovation contests.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2007
Research & Ideas

How Property Ownership Changes Your World View

squatters believe that other people could be trusted? Di Tella and his coauthors found that squatters with land titles believed individual achievement is possible by a margin of 31 percent over those who did not hold title to their land;... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

19 May 2023
News

Quiet Acceleration

Photo credit: Tesla Photo credit: Tesla Four years into his tenure as Tesla’s CFO, Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) continues to draw notice for his quiet, effective ability to implement CEO Elon Musk’s vision to scale Tesla into the world’s largest carmaker. As reported in... View Details

Keywords: financial management; auto manufacturing; supply chairn management; leadership; Tesla; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

24 Apr 2014
News

Leading a battle against corruption, a force that slows economic development

efforts are having a real impact, with fewer allegations of corruption appearing in the media. Companies with low anti-corruption efforts, while enjoying faster sales growth in corrupt markets, have lower profit margins and return on... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision

margin of about one dollar to repay the loan and earn a profit. The LCAE team is in the process of selecting countries in which to operate, examining factors such as market size, regulation, and access to suitable microfinance... View Details

Keywords: eyeglasses

10 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Instagram Takeover - Mae Abdelrahman (MBA 2021)

namesake. This skin care brand is a tribute to her mother’s dedication to raise Black daughters who would challenge norms and improve the lives of others. Nour seeks to empower minority and marginalized groups to create equity where it... View Details

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

dramatically disproportionate effects of the death and devastation it has wrought on the poor, women, and other marginalized members of communities across the world. We hope to host a thoughtful conversation about these themes, the crises... View Details

07 May 2019
News

How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal

Its forecasted revenue growth rate is more than 90 percent, and its pre-tax margins run between 80 and 90 percent of sales. The problem is that John is seriously considering selling McAfee to Symantec.” That didn’t happen, according to... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact

in the reduction of greenhouse gases, customers need to play a more significant role.” — Piersten Gaines (MBA 2018) Vail Ski Resort Data point: “The typical ski resort needs 100–105 days of skiing to secure the average industry profit View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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