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23 Mar 2022
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Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

poverty,” Gupta says. What they lack are the awareness, the information, and the tools required to take a more active role in supporting their children’s early cognitive development—all of which are gaps that Rocket Learning aims to fill. “The idea,” Gupta says, “is to... View Details

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Power of Conversational Leadership

"Interactivity isn't just about technology," he says. "It's equally important to build an interactive culture." INCLUSION: In organizational conversation, inclusion means giving employees a chance to help tell a company's story. Ceding a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

replace their plans entirely with upgraded coverage—or even whether to allow supplemental coverage. Some countries, like Canada, block supplemental health insurance on the notion that all people should have equal access to care regardless... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

30 Apr 2020
Book

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

16 Jun 2023
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On the Move: Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016)

proud of) prize money is equal for men and women. Will you be relocating? We will be staying here in NYC! DUMBO to be exact. What’s your morning routine? I start my day around 5:30 or 6 a.m. by walking our Golden Retriever puppy (Khione).... View Details

Keywords: marketing; career changes; mixed martial arts; sports; MENA; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

February 2023
Case

Success Academy Charter Schools

By: Robin Greenwood, Joshua D. Coval, Denise Han, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb

This stand-alone multimedia case follows the story of Eva Moskowitz and Success Academy, a network of high-performing charter schools in New York City. As a New York City councilor between 1999 and 2006, Moskowitz became frustrated over the inertia and dysfunction in... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Performance Effectiveness; Equality and Inequality; Private Sector; Education Industry; New York (city, NY)

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Ramya Sundar

your life that you admire the most today? My dad – He is a strong feminist. He taught me to believe from a very young age that both men and women can be equals even if the society around me did not think so. A lot of what I have been able... View Details

25 Jul 2013
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Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway

explains. Having determined that executives and admissions officers are equally likely to commit these logical fallacies, the researchers turned their attention towards ruling out alternative explanations, and verifying these results... View Details

Keywords: by Anna Secino; Education; Employment

January 2024
Article

A Cost Model for a Low Threshold Clinic Treating Opioid Use Disorder

By: Sarah E. Wakeman, Elizabeth Powell, Syed Shehab, Grace Herman, Laura Kehoe and Robert S. Kaplan

The US fee-for-service payment system under-reimburses clinics offering access to comprehensive treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD). The funding shortfall limits a clinic’s ability to expand and improve access, especially for socially marginalized patients with... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Equality and Inequality; Health Industry

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

and various roads to success. Assessing Your Fit Due to the risk involved in choosing the wrong CEO, companies are placing increased emphasis on assessment as part of the search, and this process is equally important for candidates.... View Details

21 Nov 2019
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Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

give candidates equal access to voters, and monitoring the accuracy of handouts and social media posts that campaigns share. “It’s important to make sure that all campaigns are able to get their message out through these powerful... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 Jun 2009
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GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

pay close attention to what is happening to consumers' lives in the context of the larger environment—not only their stated preferences, but their hopes, dreams, wallets, lifestyles, and values. Second, keep an equally close eye on the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

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Drew Keller

attend HBS to better understand how firms operate, what systems and assumptions underpin their decisions, and how we can rethink those assumptions to create a more equal and sustainable world. Coming to HBS is like... ...taking a break to... View Details

31 Aug 2020
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Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

have an edge in their markets. These firms are “more innovative—stronger at anticipating shifts in consumer needs and consumption patterns that make new products and services possible, potentially generating a competitive edge.” Of equal... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Aug 2021
Book

Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

NeXT. Steve was at last free from that incubus. Apple not only acquired an operating system, it acquired Avie Tevanian, a gifted engineer, as chief of software. On the hardware side, the equally talented Jon Rubinstein, also from NeXT,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

It’s simple: They create the most value, says Harvard Business School Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee. In almost every segment of the economy, the very best companies lead their peers by wide margins. They take share by building on proven ideas and expanding in markets... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

02 Dec 2002
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The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

Furthermore, we found that the resulting products were rated as equal to or higher in quality than competitive offerings. These results often surprise people, given the perceived wisdom that incumbents have difficulty responding to major... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Feb 2006
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When Gender Changes the Negotiation

of Stanford University, and Aldo Rustichini of the University of Minnesota have shown that women and men are equally competent in "piece-rate" situations, in which individuals work to maximize their own payoff without regard for... View Details

Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

30 Jul 2007
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Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

that they're illegal to not so repugnant that they're legal. Gay marriage became possible through the courts, not through the legislature. Judges decided that the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution of Massachusetts was violated.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability

In this case, the most profitable 40 percent of customers generate 130 percent of annual profits; the middle 55 percent of customers break even, and the least profitable 5 percent of customers incur losses equal to 30 percent of annual... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

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