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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
send employees and supporters over to the big chain store to buy it, bring it back, and sell it for a penny less.” THE MARKET TESTING “I told this Freezy Frosty story to my kids for years. And they would tell their friends, who would come... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
lessons about choices and tradeoffs are about more than money—and even more powerful. "An economist in my network in Memphis was asking kids what they had learned, and one said, 'I learned not to join a gang.'" Her passion needed a... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
to educate leaders. After all, actual Chinese leaders send their kids to American universities, and in increasing numbers. But it is worth recalling that in the 1920s and 1930s, China's paramount leader, Chiang Kai-shek, sent his sons to... View Details
- 16 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Is MySpace.com Your Space?
the profile page of a MySpace member, turning the winner into the most popular kid on the block. Unilever, Pepsi, and many of the national advertisers that Google aspires to serve are playing with it. Q: What do you think of MySpace as an... View Details
- 08 May 2022
- Blog Post
The Territory of Motherhood: A Reflection in Honor of Mother’s Day
bliss and joy, and while they still were, they were also clouded with heavy emotions and loud thoughts: worrying about a sick child, comparing two kids and their abilities to meet milestones, having unrealistic expectations, juggling... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
coach’s school of experience didn’t offer open enrollment in a course on “How to deal with pressure.” It was closed for everyone except his five starting players. And the team paid the price. Sending Your Kids to the Right School Thinking... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
for 23 years. We're having a great life together with our three sons. The family takes two interesting vacations together every year. I'm also involved in some nonprofit activities, including the Fish House Foundation, which raises money to help View Details
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
buy for our kids are safe. But the company does not require manufacturers of toys, carriers, high chairs or other children's products to demonstrate the products are safe before they wind up on a Wal-Mart shelf. The retailer does,... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
own load on your journey and cover more ground more quickly or with less effort. I built connections with other kids on my football team based on what they needed in order to be on board—some of them I knew I had to be tough with, while... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS
this scrawny kid from our neighborhood could go to a place like Yale and it meant so much to them. I went really because I thought I couldn’t afford not to go. Once there, Yale really opened my eyes in so many ways. One, to the potential... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
administrator on his team. After her father, Sergeant Jerome Lemon, was killed in Iraq in 2004, the nonprofit stepped in to help fund Jervon’s college education. Today, she speaks to the kids who are just like her. “So she’s on the phone... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
community. That's been my passion point. When you go into work in those environments there are remarkably good people there. But the question in my mind is always, how can we get better? A culture of continuous improvement to help the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
clear benchmark for other states looking to protect kids’ health.” And, the American Lung Association applauded the announcement, saying: “Close to 25 million kids ride to school every day on diesel-powered school buses that emit millions... View Details
- Web
Africa - Global Activities 2020
works with, among them Burger King and Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt, as well as Africa-based businesses. “It’s very powerful and transformative to take kids who are really smart but just need some training and exposure and get them to that... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
- Web
Commencement 2013 Address | About
provided—some gently, and some not so gently. All kidding aside, this is an important point: Although HBS exhibited audacity in trying to do something as groundbreaking as FIELD, audacious behavior should be undertaken with a sense of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
developments. The Case Method Miracle by Anne Jones (MBA 1997) Crimson Square Press “Socrates created it. Harvard Business School perfected it. We parent with it; anyone, anywhere, anytime. Kids get grit and wise judgment.” Parent Anne... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
people with young kids all have very different expectations. Q: So what started as an aggregation of consumer reviews is now blossoming into much more of a full-service type environment. Is there the potential there for some kind of bias... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
that I was embarrassed—I did real well in the course—but that I let down a really great guy, it was something he was trying to showcase. And it’s always stuck with me ever since. That’s something that I always got to tell my kids and... View Details
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
likely to rely on public welfare—they tend to be poorer and have more kids than native-born individuals—the opposite happens over a time horizon of 15 to 20 years. In aging societies, by paying taxes and preventing the decline of the size... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini