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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
now the largest entrepreneurial training center in New England, with offices in Boston, Providence, and Worcester. While Silbert admits she spends more time on raising funds — from individual donors, foundations, and View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
they're going to spend a good part of their lives in the office, they'd like that time to be spiritually as well as materially rewarding." Leading experts on the topic, including Peter B. Vaill (MBA '60, DBA '64), a professor at the... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
impact coming from? Lisa Lewin: First, I think what we have seen from consumers has been incredible. Their increasing commitment to spending money on companies and brands aligned with their values has been an incredible, catalyzing force... View Details
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Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment
Hallgrímskirkja Church, and found great food in the Icelandic capital city, Reykjavik. Tyler & Sydney in front of Hallgrímskirkja Church Our first scheduled stop was an overview with our group’s host, Jesper Jolma, an Investment Manager at Baseload Capital who flew in... View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the Value of an MBA
investments in future payoffs. This is where the call option comes in. In the second-semester Finance course, you’re introduced to the Black-Scholes method of option pricing. I'll leave the specifics to your professor, but the intuition is this: you View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
discourage short-sellers of their stock by launching ad campaigns threatening to them. Not surprisingly, this behavior seems to work. A more benign form of this occurs when firms spend resources to attract a particular kind of investor.... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
firsthand. For the poor to get dignity, it has to start from here.” NLK: The Indian government had seen a change when Prime Minister Modi came in. Four months into his prime minister-ship, on the ramparts of the Red Fort of India on... View Details
- 29 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives
on women’s health in Mexico? In Mexico, 50% of health care spending is out of pocket, and the government system is underfunded and at overcapacity. Only 8% of the population can afford insurance. There are... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
boards to advising the White House Business Council. Which means that he has spent a lot of time speaking with leaders in both business and government about the factors that are driving their organizations’ strategy. Over the last several... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren. "The world of business has been governed by an implicit leadership model," Beer explains. "With the exception of a minority of CEOs, however—those we interviewed and others like them—the purpose of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
immediate goal was to encourage MBA students to leverage their education to confront the most pressing challenges facing society. This spring, we helped teach our case study, West Virginia: Finding the Right Path Forward, in Professor Matt Weinzierl's course, Role of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
was booming: The price of bitcoin had surged to nearly $20,000; governments were beginning to recognize the cryptocurrency as legal tender; and industries from fintech to pharma were launching blockchain-related projects. (Though best... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
What’s the first thing you do in the morning? Write, then I walk the dog and feed the kids. I’m an early riser. How do you relax? I run, do yoga, and spend time with my son and daughter. I appreciate every day with them. My daughter was... View Details
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
itemizes what it spends on cotton, cutting, sewing, dyeing, finishing, and transporting each shirt, consumers become more attracted to the brand and more likely to purchase. “By unpacking the costs, you have the opportunity to explain... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA
the technical process and spend more time conducting research, understanding what would impact costs, and putting the pieces together. Applying newfound business knowledge Adam: Much of the first-year MBA required curriculum proved useful... View Details
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- 21 Mar 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
important to get that first job right and connect them with the services they need to be successful in the job search,” he says. Goldenberg, who lives in Los Angeles and joined the organization as its executive director in 2013, says Deloitte (a pro bono partner in the... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.' " For the past several decades Silk has devoted himself to prying open the black box, understanding the economics underlying the work advertising agencies... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
Not only that, but when our students go on to lead enterprises and governments around the world, they will do so having formed strong bonds here at HBS — bonds that will help to promote understanding between nations in the future. HBS is... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
some of the most prominent law firms. Through Boston Lawyers Group, she identified potential firms and legal internships to get exposure to the sector and pressure test her interests. Yet, as she explored undergraduate courses and majors, it was Economics instead of a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details