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- 18 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works
It's the rare child who follows a parent's order to do an unpleasant task the first time she's asked. Upon second request, she might listen, but again ignore the prod. It's often the third time, a more urgent "Brush your teeth,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- Web
Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Alumni New Venture Competition Winner: Elisa Transforming child nutrition in Latin America through fresh and additive-free meals. 2024 Runners-Up Play Sanso: Satchu-Burgstone Runner-Up Prize Winner, Student Business Track, 2024 New... View Details
- 23 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit
cares that provide nutrition, health care, and educational support for mothers and young children—represent a particularly rich target. Rocket is currently working with the Ministry of Women and Child... View Details
- Web
Interviewing - Alumni
ever been divorced? What do you do for child care? Legal : Are you willing to relocate? Are you willing and able to put in the amount of overtime and/or travel the position requires? Response : If you're asking whether anything is going... View Details
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
literature on willpower. Understanding how willpower develops can shed important light on time-inconsistent economic decision making, a topic that has received substantial attention over recent decades. In particular, we argue that measures of willpower for the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Partners - Case Method Project
Phillips Academy Andover, MA Subjects: College Prep/Honors U.S. History MA 2 of 159 Cate Arnold Boston Latin School Boston, MA Subjects: Grade 8 U.S. History I (Colonial to Civil War) MA 3 of 159 Ilana Ascher Chelsea High School (MA) Chelsea, MA MA 4 of 159 Damian... View Details
- Portrait Project
Edo Bedzra
still by how I entered the world. I was born in a village health center, with no physician, to a mother of advanced maternal age. The odds of my survival were low. It would be five years before I saw a television set and a decade and a... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
Backing Harvard’s Work for Children
impressed me about the Center on the Developing Child is its emphasis on rapid testing of possible interventions and strategies, not unlike how a business approaches R&D,” Tichio explains. “Jack Shonkoff, who directs the center, is an... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
criminal justice reform, other issues like that, health care reform, but the nexus between corporate America and what Black America needs and the most, in my opinion, is employment. And so if we can do something about the 5.5 million... View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
Boston, MA Subjects: Grade 8 U.S. History I (Colonial to Civil War) MA Ilana Ascher Chelsea High School (MA) Chelsea, MA MA Damian Aufiero EMK Academy for Health Careers Boston, MA NY Keith Augeri Sachem High School East Farmingville, NY... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
useful perspective later in her career as cofounder of Lighthouse Capital Partners, a venture capital firm with early investments in a number of health care companies. Gwill York: I started earning money when I was in fourth grade, and I... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
benefits including health insurance, performance bonuses, and paid vacation—all relatively rare in the industry. Blueprint For Transformation The QuikTrip (QT) case, taught in the MBA course Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains, offers... View Details
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
problems, such as the adequacy of the public health system, disparities in access to health care, availability of emergency child care, universal broadband and Internet access,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Veteran Financial Aid Outlook
solid black; padding: 5px; } table { width: 90%; } th { font-weight: bold; } 2020-2021 Single Married Married with One Child Married with Two Children Tuition $73,440 $73,440 $73,440 $73,440 HUHS Student View Details
- 30 Jun 2022
- News
Scaling Hope
to the essence of what the problem is and what the solution is, it was just maddening,” he observes. In response, D’Antonio cofounded the podcast series My Child & Addiction to educate and support parents with children who are struggling... View Details
- 12 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals
commit." Midcareer, you have an opportunity to make more informed choices about which communities you'd like to join – and which you'd prefer to avoid. NecessityAs we age, our obligations change over time: some decrease, such as View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
LOVE At HBS
and am eager to share my positive energy with them in any way I can. My mom’s love helped me become who I am. As I grew older, I further realized how important a role love can play in shaping a child after deep interactions with adults.... View Details
- 05 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors
baby aspirin to home computers to the meaning of quality health care. Q: Why are these metaphors important for effective marketing? What happens when marketing does not give attention to them in branding and other efforts? A: Most... View Details
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
the 2018-19 shutdown) organizations. Some firms with seasonal business, such as landscaping companies, use furloughs regularly. Furloughed workers generally keep their benefits, such as health insurance, but are still eligible to file for... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott