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16 Mar 2015
News

Cooking Up New Opportunities in New Orleans

says she is bringing to bear all the skills she honed at HBS. She is building a team, leading the fund-raising effort, and overseeing the design plans to open the institute in two years. Any questions about coming to New Orleans have now been dispelled. “I’m doing... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

SVMP a High-Energy Success

management-training session for talented minority college students, completed its sixteenth season in June. This year's class consisted of 77 participants from 53 colleges, with many of the students drawn from smaller state and community... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Success for the Underserved

communities and individuals—such as women, military veterans, and people of color—to help them find jobs and career information. With a membership fee of only $25 a month, it's a business-opportunities networking site that also helps... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation

Patients are not actually the customers in the United States health care system, a fact largely to blame for the dearth of communication and data sharing between providers, according to experts at a recent Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani; Health

18 Nov 2013
Op-Ed

Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?

communicate and made abbreviations like RT (retweet) and ICYMI (in case you missed it) part of the lingo of Twitter users everywhere. What to make of all this? Senior Lecturer Chet Huber, who joined the School's General Management unit... View Details

Keywords: by Chet Huber; Technology

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Mina Kazanlieva

community she saw at HBS. "People here are passionate about diverse ideas and causes. You come here to get involved in new interests, new ideas, new things that are important." Professor Robert Kaplan's Authentic Leadership... View Details

03 Jul 2017
Blog Post

4 Ways HBS Alumni Utilize Baker Library

When we talk with prospective students about the MBA program we often emphasize that you’re connected to the HBS community for life. Certainly you’ll always be part of your section – but did you know alumni also have access to career... View Details

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Class Notes - Alumni

news, reflections, commentary, and photographs through the work of volunteer Class and Section Secretaries as a way to foster community and strengthen connections among alumni. Class Notes are password protected for your security. If you... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Research Is the Foundation

span more languages, geographies, and cultures than ever, requiring workers to communicate effectively to deliver results. I wanted to understand how a radical language change can bridge differences and facilitate cross-border... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Disaster Master

unexpected? What kind of internal communication exists for perfect coordination? —Karan Gupta (GMP 18, 2015) BEER: Companies can be prepared by having a crisis management team and established communication... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

10 Feb 2014
News

King of His Castle

especially proud of the numbers inside the fairgrounds. About 71,000 guests attended the 17-day festival last year. "We are wholeheartedly involved, the community feels that, and the enthusiasm is contagious," he says. Appling's path to... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Arts, Entertainment

19 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 4/5

Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the... View Details

25 Jun 2019
News

After the Storm

after the initial cleanup operations are finished. Once they’re on the ground, the mission includes repairing homes, rebuilding schools, health clinics, community centers, and whatever else is needed. It’s a job that taps into his entire... View Details

Keywords: Paul Flannery

14 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

stakeholder interest. For instance, which companies and industries attract more attention from stakeholders? Which communities are particularly interested in the environmental performance and activities of local companies? Taking Action... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Chemical

01 Mar 2023
News

The Exchange: Micro Management

Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

30 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

properties help us understand how the intensity of communication among group-members and some select structural characteristics of the group affect recognition outcomes in novel and structurally ambiguous worlds. In particular, we... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

communities without perpetuating gentrification?” With this in mind, Straughn-Turner set about exploring his interest in real estate alongside a dedicated cohort of classmates with similar goals. He joined the Real Estate Club and took an... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

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How One Coffee Shop Is Brewing Change for Business and Society | Working Knowledge

the cost of providing reasonable accommodations or because they fear they’ll face lawsuits if they terminate an employee. “Employment of the special needs community really doesn’t get attention. It’s a massive disconnect, and we wanted to... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)

it led us to keeping the team small and being extremely customer-centric, since we don't have investors as stakeholders. What's been the most enjoyable part of building the company, and what's been the most challenging? The most enjoyable part of building Bubble has... View Details

21 Jan 2010
News

Dubai: Unlike Anywhere Else

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