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Paris Wallace

THe NCL is revolutionizing cycling in the United States and building the professional sports league of the future – one that embraces technology, diverse ownership, gender equity, sustainability, and community investment. Paris is also... View Details

Keywords: Biotech & Life Sciences;#19;#Digital Health;#43;#Healthcare;#56;#Personal Health & Wellness;#64;#Software/App

Portrait Project

Tathagata (TAT) Sarkar

cyclist who could cycle without holding the handlebars, and my parents who left everything for love. I want to remain a lifelong disciple of my idols and learn from them. And, before I leave this world, I want to become the role model for... View Details

Portrait Project

Elizabeth Bruyere

to a health-care project at work. Initially, I was indifferent – healthcare seemed messy, dull, obstinate. Yet as I immersed myself in the health-care ecosystem, memories emerged that I had locked away: my mother's countless, emotional phone calls with the insurance... View Details

18 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

"We're waiting for the cycle to return." Is it possible VCs didn't learn anything from the dot-com bubble and subsequent crash? Marc Fogassa, a principal at Axiom Venture Partners, said, "The industry has a herd effect—if... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

28 Jun 2010
HBS Case

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

in-house education program on improvement science that emphasizes rapid cycles of small-scale change. Their finding that an accumulation of small changes can add up to significant gains is leading the way for health-care reform that is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

09 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Addressing Inequities in Education: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Amal Tariq (MBA 2025)

the summer influenced your thinking on future involvement in social enterprise? My work this summer has reinforced my belief in the foundational power of education to break the cycle of poverty. Working with diverse stakeholders has... View Details

23 Aug 2017
News

Developing Leaders Behind Bars

them. If we don’t help them, they will likely not break the cycle of recidivism. And the cost will be much more than dollars – it will be the lives of them and their families. What were the most challenging parts of the visit? How did you... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

25 Aug 2015
News

Sunset in the East?

population doubled from 500 million to 1 billion. There was and is—in terms of quality of property—still some catch-up to do. It’s said that China is in a better position than the developed world to elongate the business cycle using... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Real Estate; Health, Social Assistance

Portrait Project

Kelly O’Neil

the compost I so detested. When I look at wastes now, I see their potential. Most of the world's markets are defined by broken lifecycles – we extract, manufacture, use, and then abandon. By finding ways to extract the stored energy from the refuse of our privileged... View Details

11 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

Question: What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more economically interconnected... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?

Chair of the Finance unit, has spent the past four years investigating ways to help low-income families break out of this cycle and thus gain some of the benefits of being connected to the world of financial services. Programs providing... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

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2+2 Application Process | MBA

position in the public, private, or nonprofit sector before enrolling at HBS. 2+2 Brochure (PDF) 2+2 Application Guide (PDF) Eligibility If you are in your final year of study, you are eligible to apply in the current application cycle... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Research Brief: Field Research

investing. Whereas most randomized control trials have long learning cycles of years or more, PAD’s interventions are delivered digitally, “so we know immediately who listens to what messages, and we can conduct surveys by phone in near... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Crop Production; Agriculture

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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Woldridge SPNM 2010 In debating how to approach its support of nonprofit leaders to attend... On Course Ivy So For Ivy So (MBA 2015), the decision to attend business school was a to... Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Poverty... View Details

21 Sep 2015
News

Rockin’ for a Cause

and want to invest in the district overall.” Since the Wildcats’ first appearance on PiE’s behalf—a two-hour fundraiser where they cycled through their nine-song repertoire multiple times—the band has contributed more than $300,000 to the... View Details

September 2010 (Revised August 2013)
Case

Liza Davis and the Bargain Hunting Customer

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez and Lisa Brem

Liza Davis, an upscale women's fashion retailer, is reeling from worldwide recession and lower demand. Should the company target the fast-growing bargain hunter segment or hold the line on price discounts to preserve their brand image? Customer profitability... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Price; Product Positioning; Customer Value and Value Chain; Business Cycles; Financial Crisis; Profit; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry

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Educators

Purchase

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and robbery, as opposed to other kinds of crime like arson, assault, homicide, and rape. Temporal patterns in crime are observed in jurisdictions in which disbursements are focused at the beginning of monthly welfare payment View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

concealable. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/nashraf/AshrafFieldLee_Sept2013.pdf August 2013 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries By: Comin, Diego A., Norman Loayza,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 7

at most 3-way cycles, i.e., by using cycles among no more than 3 patient-donor pairs. However, as kidney exchange has grown in practice, cycles among n>3 pairs have proved useful, and long chains... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities

not central to the big problem we're facing now," he said. Instead, he placed much of the blame on global investment cycles created by the Federal Reserve Board's stimulus policies in the wake of the global financial crisis.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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