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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
the armed forces came at this time. On the policy side, Nixon's Labor Department enforced new requirements for contractors to hire and promote women; conducted compliance reviews of universities; and gave the Equal Opportunity Commission... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
she and Zuckerberg have implemented longer bereavement plans and more flex time for coping with life tragedies, policies which, if they spread to other companies, would offer a tangible payoff for all this job-mandated vulnerability. “I... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals
attend sessions on topics such as "Launching Your Career," a discussion between HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter and McKinsey's Thomas-Graham. Afternoon sessions delved into industry-specific interests, from finance to public policy to... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)
in terms of its capacity for consumer impact, social change, and policy influence." Langer's unflagging dedication to her work and those whom she serves would be remarkable under any circumstances. But incredibly, five years ago, her... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
from post-secondary education and training to career. We’ll look at the effectiveness of state systems and consider the policy options at both the state and federal levels. We’ll also discuss underemployment among college graduates and... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
home energy use, residential buildings tend to be more efficient with energy use. So some of those changes might result in longer term reductions and certainly will buy us some time to implement better policies potentially as part of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
than address specific policy proposals, HBS professor Rakesh Khurana, who has written extensively on leadership, sees a problem with the larger system within which boards and executives function. Writing in the Washington Post, he and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
part, Chinese reformers who negotiated the terms of the WTO agreement made a calculated gamble that it would provide the necessary leverage to force policy changes necessary for homegrown businesses — including SOEs and TVEs — to adapt... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
practices along the way. High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences edited by Gordon H. Hanson, William R. Kerr, and Sarah Turner University of Chicago Press Immigration policy is one of the most contentious... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
secure vaccines for the UK as soon as possible. The second was to ensure equitable and fair distribution internationally, and the third was to put plans in place to make sure the UK was better set up for next time. In seven months, we’ve met our goals.” Mango was... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
and Chief Investment Strategist of GMO, LLC, who has pledged $1 billion of his own wealth to fighting climate change through the Grantham Foundation. “Time is not on our side. We should act as if we are desperate,” he said. “We are desperate—but we act blasé.” At the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
in business and public policy thanks to the many generous fellowships she received, Kyarisiima has returned to East Africa, where instead of focusing on infrastructure she is helping to build businesses in the region. “I’m passionate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
skeptics who figured he would sidestep company policy that requires retirement by age 60. “I’m not really retiring,” Cohen pointedly explains in an interview at Apax’s Portland Place headquarters, a stately townhouse on a tree-lined... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
about the future of lighting. That’s not their business. But that’s a challenge, and that’s the complexity of this. It also suggests a role for public policy in terms of making sure the country is maintaining a broader set of... View Details
- 31 May 2013
- News
Seeing the Light
Business Policy course particularly inspiring. But his paintings show that the beauty of the campus itself was also an inspiration, with the School's exceptional physical and natural environment complementing and even augmenting the... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
challenge—the business world. “I knew that if I were to pivot in my career that it had to begin at HBS.” Her decision to apply was influenced by the School’s need-blind admission policy and generous fellowship program, which has also... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management
Does a new general manager who delegates decisions run the risk of appearing indecisive? Is an "open-door" policy a good way for a general manager to get information, or a terrible waste of time? What happens when a manager asks employees... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
startup evolve into Banco Pactual, which today is a full-service investment bank with a net worth of $700 million. Jakurski has found contrarian skepticism useful for analyzing emerging-market turbulence. "The government will enact a View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Faculty Retirements
1960. He has taught many courses in the MBA Program, including Management of International Business; Business, Government, and the International Economy; and Industry and Competitive Analysis. He also taught and served as course head of Business View Details