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01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

drew on the support of fellow YALPers to launch a successful bid to prevent the city’s professional soccer team from moving to Austin, Texas. In Salt Lake City, YALP participants enlisted area companies to commit to Parity.org’s pledge to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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Career Resources | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

The Social Enterprise Initiative has compiled the information below as a guide to those embarking upon a social enterprise job search. Initiative staff members are also available for individual meetings with current HBS students View Details

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

communicate them.” The reason might be as simple as employees not knowing about the incentive programs. Leslie John, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, and a team of researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

26 Jul 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Accountability of Independent Directors-Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation

Keywords: by Francois Brochet & Suraj Srinivasan

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

says Katie Coffman, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School and co-author of the study. “What we are saying is that certain aspects of sponsorship don’t work exactly how we’d want them to work, at least in the lab.” The findings... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2023
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

1,300 MBA students traveled abroad to 20 countries this year for hands-on, immersive learning experiences. The centers’ primary focus has been on case writing and facilitating faculty research, explains Executive Director Victoria... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

skills such as creating television ads and public-service announcements by joining teams formed to serve new accounts. 3. Focus on relationships. For many employees, loyalty is born or cemented through... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

of current and future teachers, calls for values-motivated screening or divestment always posed an inherently complex challenge. Having spearheaded the development of Principles for a Responsible Civilian Firearm Industry released on... View Details

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

ground.” Between March 2015 and June 2016, the project team collected and analyzed data on 6,894 patient visits to the five clinics. The data revealed huge variations in the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

Publications 2006 pub Leviathan Evolving: New Varieties of State Capitalism in Brazil and Beyond By: Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—In this book we describe the transformation of state... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

06 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program

progressed with managing my individual part in the larger group dynamic. With the program coming to a close, I committed to applying the Case Method’s principles as a framework for any and all situations of... View Details

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Working Groups Update | About

broadening learning, and leadership and policies. The team will host focus groups and one-on-one conversations to hear observations, concerns,... View Details

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

Women are more likely to invent medical treatments for endometriosis, cervical cancer, and other female conditions, but the dearth of women scientists limits the potential for such life-saving innovations. Female research View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Clubs & Consulting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

bono activities, alumni consulting teams in several cities offer nonprofit organizations business management expertise. Student Clubs The Social Impact Club , the Social Enterprise Conference , and a number... View Details

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Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

women, ensure that meetings are held in the morning Organizations don’t want to change—they want the individuals to ‘adjust.’ And then they call it diversity and inclusion!”... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

A simple view of negotiation presents a cold transaction between what one person has and what the other person is willing to pay for it. If the price is right, the deal gets done. As anyone who has recently bought a car or sold a house... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

ventures I was advising as the senior advisor for social entrepreneurship at the Harvard Innovation Labs. They said: “Hey, we’d like to learn more about that solution, and we think our colleagues might too.” So they set up a pitch day for... View Details

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

entrepreneurship immediately, or acquire more business experience first? When you feel ready to be a founder, you'll need: An idea for a problem to be solved And/or a team of partners who have a marketable idea, or have skills/experiences... View Details

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

daily basis. A hacker-to-hacker market exists for information today, with values placed on various types of information about us. The question remains how a market for such information could be created between individuals View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

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