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- 06 Dec 2012
- News
New Thinking on Healthcare Reform
consumers," Brown observed. "They have ever-rising expectations about the quality and clarity of their care." For that reason, Brown envisions a movement toward personally kept electronic records, a portable system that can be easily kept... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
MBAs mobilize to assist small business owners
Michael Baker (MBA 2014) and three of his HBS classmates hit the road last summer to create MBAs Across America (MBAxAmerica), a movement of MBAs and entrepreneurs working together to revitalize America. “We believe a new generation of... View Details
- 07 Nov 2016
- News
The Business of Saving Old Buildings
movement in the state. “I graduated from business school in 1961 and the idea of reusing old buildings was pretty novel and unknown. I was interested in old architecture, and I think I became the first graduate of Harvard Business School... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
brings to light the often invisible reality and irreparable damage of childhood poverty in America. Madrick examines the roots of the problem, including the toothless remnants of our social welfare system, entrenched racism, and a... View Details
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
and accuracy and making screening more accessible to poor and under-served groups. Our efforts started a movement that vastly escalated breast cancer research funding, and gave patients and survivors a permanent voice in medical decision... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
developed a new second-year course: Investing—Risk, Return, and Impact. Here, they talk about preparing the next generation of investors for maximum impact. This movement is a decade old. Where does it stand? Shawn Cole: Investing for... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
finally, food is on the agenda like never before.” “The awards are really a dual opportunity. Yes, they help guide people’s choice of restaurants, and it’s a form of peer recognition that is really valued by the community. But in the current environment of the #MeToo... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
entrepreneurial innovation, savvy management, or transformational leadership. For Paths to Power, we dug deeper into the wealth of demographic information in the database to determine how factors such as social class, education, religion,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2011
- News
My First HBS Class
classroom case discussions, the students were models of decorum and probity. I attended two different classes, a second- and a first-year course. I came completely unprepared to a popular second-year Strategy course called Competing with View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
1998 when its symptoms of shaking and uncontrolled movement became visibly apparent. As depicted through Marty McFly, Fox’s desperate desire to get back to normal life seemed to take on new and poignant meaning. A fan of Fox while growing... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
Idea Village, an anchor organization for the emerging entrepreneurial movement in New Orleans, Markowitz (MBA 2003) struggled to find a decent job there. With an HBS degree and a background in corporate finance, she seemed overqualified... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this CEO and crusader for View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
The old-fashioned assumption of the environmental movement was that business and industry were the problem. World Wildlife Fund President and CEO Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) is bullish that they can be part of the solution. A new breed of... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
visits often require bus fare—while the Barared booths can be accessed on weekends and off-hours. And customers feel safe topping up their mobile phones here, says Reyes. They tell her that other companies take their money but fail to deliver the credits. Learn More... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
about building the better mousetrap,” he tells us. “Commercializing the better mousetrap is the key to success.” Take Hugh Hefner. The father of Playboy meets the transformative entrepreneur test by ushering in an era of social freedom... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Research Brief: Lost in Translation
intraday trading volumes and more modest price movements in stocks compared with calls led by more fluent speakers. “Executives typically speak English quite well when they’ve had time to prepare and rehearse,” says Yu. “But when they... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
movement from cash to digital payment so that all people have the ability to improve their lives.” The work of the Better Than Cash Alliance is especially urgent in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. “As we showed five years ago during... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
and expertise as a former marketing executive for Ann Taylor and Nickelodeon, Cycle for Survival to date has directly funded over a dozen clinical trials and studies at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. "Jen was a leader extraordinaire, a View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
practices and sustainable products. They're the ones checking the packaging and labeling to ensure that there is a positive social and environmental impact message as well, specifically on consumer products. And they prefer to work for... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
the foundations of our social safety net—making it easier, for example, for people to apply for food assistance or for probation officers to communicate with their parolees. On today's episode of Skydeck, Ingersoll talks with contributor... View Details