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12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

company that does business in more than 200 countries and uses more than 25 crops sourced from over 7 million acres in 60 different countries, PepsiCo has an opportunity and a responsibility to use our size and scale to help build a food View Details

16 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault

that’s how we will have long term success.” Looking forward, the ARF team plans to continue focusing on their four Pillars of Purpose – Justice System Reform, Education Parity, Health & Wellness Access,... View Details

December 2016 (Revised December 2018)
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From Start-Up to Grown-Up Nation: The Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem

By: Elie Ofek and Margot Eiran

In June 2016, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrestled with how to sustain Israel’s strong innovation track record and the country’s reputation as the “startup nation.” Despite the economic miracle the country had wrought since its founding, he... View Details

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24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

soap before meals can dramatically reduce rates of both diarrhea and acute respiratory infections. To that end, major health organizations have poured a lot of money into handwashing education campaigns in the developing world, but to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

fill people’s intrinsic motivational needs as opposed to making it simply contractual.” In the executive education courses DeLong teaches at Harvard, he has conducted a simple exercise—asking participants to write down the initials of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

contributing to her home country. She noticed that many of the families she grew up with eventually found themselves dispersed around the globe after seeking opportunities abroad. While she welcomed international exposure, traveling to Europe and the United States for... View Details

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

climate challenges and can translate complex climate topics into simple terms. They recommend spending time learning about policies, regulations, systems of change, certification schemes, and the impacts that they are having on different... View Details

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

not been well served by the financial sector's boom. First, the shift from deposit-based banking to a market-based "shadow banking" system, without adequate regulatory adjustments, has left the financial system vulnerable to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2002
News

Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

Founding Chairman, Egon Zehnder International, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Zurich, 1949 A.B., Classics University of Zurich, 1953 Ph.D., Law (including one year at the University of... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Eisenmann : Winner of the 2015 Case Centre Award in the Entrepreneurship category for “Dropbox: ‘It Just Works’” with Michael Pao and Lauren Barley (HBS Case 811-065). Scott Duke Kominers : Won a 2015 Case Centre Award in the Knowledge, Information and Communication... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

with the local economy. Another approach to cluster development is to attract multinationals that will become demanding customers of local suppliers. After that, it's essential to create specialized training programs in the local View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

08 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Writing the Case for Public School Reform

working with leadership teams from nine urban school districts over the course of three annual sessions to coordinate research and create coherent, scalable systems for education reform. Two cases written... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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09 Aug 2017
News

Finding a Path Out of Poverty

Helping people improve their lives is of utmost importance to Frank Magwegwe (AMP 185, 2013), and he’s using a nonprofit education center, Inspire Belief, to lift young people in South Africa’s poorest communities out of poverty and set... View Details

11 Aug 2016
Cold Call Podcast

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

Brian Kenny: In September of 2013, President Obama sent shock waves through American higher education by announcing plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

companies, and the gender pay gap persists. While young women are aware of these systemic problems, the more nuanced forms of sexism that persist today often take them by surprise, say Ammerman and co-author Boris Groysberg, the Richard... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

School became the first school to reintegrate students and I personally was the first student on the ground, working in a relief COVID-hospital. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve my community and challenge the status quo to improve health outcomes for patients... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

focus on entrepreneurial actors trying to deliver better health and education outcomes at a lower cost and requiring less time to more people. He also will discuss the role of ventures in addressing climate change. Some of the... View Details

20 Jan 2023
News

Free Spirits

pair reinvented the process. Athletic’s proprietary system prevents the fermentation process from generating ethanol in the first place, an innovation that opened up a new range of NA opportunities. Where, previously, only lagers had been... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

area more competitive in attracting and retaining highly educated employees to this small Midwestern city. The CEC is planning an expansion into Seymour with Cummins' help. Will the CEC be able to improve the school View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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