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Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

culture. Your network can help you find someone who can educate you on these topics. Your first interview may be with a recruiter. Prepare to articulate why you are interested in the role and adapt your pitch to explain how you will add value to this particular... View Details

28 Mar 2023
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The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Food and Drug Administration faced the task of convincing a skeptical public of the safety of new vaccines when the agency began authorizing them for emergency use less than a year after the pandemic... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical

John C. Mulliken

Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor. Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.

John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details

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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education

Opened in 2016, the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center serves as a vibrant hub of campus life for those attending HBS Executive Education programs, complementing our classroom buildings and residences. Here, executives can be welcomed to campus, grab a coffee or a meal,... View Details

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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment

students may be eligible for project-related expenses during their second year of study. HBS Leadership Fellows (login required): Second-year students entering the nonprofit or public sectors may apply to the Leadership Fellows as a... View Details

10 Oct 2023
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Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

and Climate Justice Block Grants ($3 billion) fund community-led projects in DACs, aiming to address the “disproportionate environmental and public health harms related to pollution and climate change.”[37]... View Details

19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

Spending By: Dafny, Leemore S. Abstract— There is limited empirical evidence about the impact of for-profit health insurers on various outcomes. I study the effects of conversions to for-profit status by Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

explore how corruption uniquely affects business in emerging markets, and why it should be addressed by the public and private sectors in their case, “Corruption and Business in Emerging Markets,” and companion video interviews with more... View Details

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

shape organizational processes to your advantage Influence the context and environment in which decisions get made Implement strategies, plans, and projects on time, on budget, and at the highest quality Spearhead learning initiatives... View Details

21 Aug 2020
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Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

show! I am very fond of my peers, and in the EC and upper-level law school classes, we often form teams for group projects and papers. Another event that brings us together is the JD/MBA End-of-the-Year Celebration, which sends off... View Details

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

solutions possible 6-8 hrs Module 2 Project Week – Clarify Practice researching the innovation context and empathizing with users through structured tools. Highlights Project Week Assignment Show Hide... View Details

19 Jan 2024
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The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

the height of this health crisis. You know, It's this big hospital system and this powerful-but-frustrated employee group, and these are conversations that are, like, prone to paralysis. One thing that kept coming up were these broken... View Details

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Hamilton Hall | About

included in the original McKim, Mead & White campus plan. In 2005, a major project to renovate the 49,297-square-foot building was launched under the direction of Boston architects Finegold Alexander & Associates, with the goal of... View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

or you are a founder of a new venture. A full-time job is defined as working 35 hours or more per week with a projected tenure of 12 months or longer. A note for joiners: the Review Committee's preference is to fund applicants joining... View Details

10 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 10

and news following insider trades, I also find a negative association between returns around filings of insider sales and SOX. Overall, the evidence suggests that the prompt public disclosures about insider transactions mandated by the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

project coordinator role just weeks after finishing the course, so I've had the chance to apply many of the topics covered. Aranzazú Martínez Galeana Senior Project Coordinator, Social Performance Division... View Details

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

majority, arrived in Texas classrooms last fall, a new round of fiery rhetoric erupted. And while the Texas curriculum fight may have been the loudest, similar battles have played out in California, Colorado, and Oklahoma, as each state debated guidelines to define... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

resulting endogenous scarcity of informed investors exacerbates primary market collapses in bad times. Inefficiency arises because informed investors are a public good from the perspective of originators. All originators benefit from the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

projects Examine how capital markets work and how they affect your business Develop a financial intuition that will give you the confidence to make effective decisions in your career and life Who Will Benefit Early and Mid-Career... View Details

10 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values

several decades—and it's hard to argue that a mild increase in a low minimum wage would cause a lot of unemployment. Nevertheless, a minimum wage increase is controversial. Why is that? Because the conversation is really about much more... View Details

Keywords: by April White; Retail; Manufacturing

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