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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
father of two daughters educated in North Carolina public schools, Spangler has long been interested and involved in the state's educational system. He first took an active role in View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A Call to Innovation
decline: an eroding educational system relative to other top nations, a talent drain, the drop-off of spending for basic R&D, and a lackluster telecommunications infrastructure. Meanwhile, Finland — with the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
social, and financial performance. Those societal pressures are absolutely critical. Look at the level of inequality and the impacts of climate change—the system is not sustainable, it has to change. Maybe decades ago people thought of... View Details
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Shana Hoffman
The very thing that attracted Shana Hoffman to engineering (she completed a BSE in electrical systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania) frustrated her when she and her family were doing their best to help her father weather a... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
When it comes to climate change, companies must prepare now
investments are to pay off. Companies can also cooperate in voluntary carbon-trading systems and in lobbying for sensible government constraints. (Published October 2014) View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
& Co., kicked off the first plenary session with a quick overview of factors contributing to the U.S. pharmaceutical industry's success in competing in the global market. Among other ad- vantages, Gilmartin cited the U.S. government's investment in biological research,... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- News
New Thinking for China
China’s educational system is undergoing a radical transformation—from an emphasis on rote memorization to teaching styles that emphasize critical and creative-thinking skills. And Chen Weiming is at the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Systems Fieldbook coedited by Gerald D. Klein (MBA ’67) (Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer) Aimed at helping leaders building organizations characterized by extensive collaboration, this book guides readers in making the most of the intellectual... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
was aligned with the interests of shareholders. If the company’s stock did well, executive pay would rise in concert. Thus was born the idea that CEOs should serve to maximize shareholder value, the mantra that has defined the business landscape and management View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
A Market-Based Prescription
curb cost increases while ensuring quality treatment. Those goals have not been reached, largely because patient and physician resistance to stringent gatekeeping has led to more relaxed controls and freedom to use out-of-network services, at ever-increasing costs. A... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
clinician.” But if a business career was Fisher’s new goal, and if she was going to become a leader, she soon realized that she needed a more formal education than that she had received in visiting the startups financed by her father. In... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
several MIT professors, I cofounded Ceramics Process Systems Corporation, a technology company where I served as chairman and president until I earned my DBA and joined the HBS faculty in 1992. It was really my time with that company that... View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
School, and the Harvard University Center on the Environment, making important contributions. In April, after four years of research, the Program released “Envision,” a rating system for major government infrastructure projects that helps... View Details
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
They collected application data using the US Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System database, and when data for a particular college wasn’t available, they contacted the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
also cofounded a health-care systems education site (www.improvehealthcare.org) at HMS and a discussion group composed of students at the Medical School. “We need to focus on wellness and not on unreasonably... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
Education reunion attendees and found that while only subtle changes were needed to improve the MBA reunion experience, the Executive Education model should be addressed more closely. The committee’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Noted & Quoted
“To use economic terms, there are diminishing marginal returns to data-dumping in your answers.” — HBS professor emeritus John Kotter, author of Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down, on avoiding overuse of facts and figures. (Harvard Business Review... View Details
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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social... View Details
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Tools & Services | Information Technology
Tools & Services Discover what you can do when we are behind you. Faculty Staff MBA Students Doctoral Students Executive Education Participants Alumni Harvard Business School (HBS) IT crafts, delivers, and supports technology solutions... View Details
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Eligibility | New Venture Competition
Eligibility Social Enterprise Track Course Listing Business at the Base of the Pyramid (HBS) Data for Impact (HBS) Education Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Comparative Perspective (HGSE) Entrepreneurial Solutions (HBS)... View Details