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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
workforce flexed and how will it transition back? PS: The adaptability during the past two months has been breathtaking. We have redeployed hundreds of physicians to new roles within the hospital, and they have accepted those roles... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
products’ quality while keeping its workforce small. “We can’t compete with China’s low wages,” Knott says, “but by investing in computer-controlled equipment, tended by in-house-trained workers, we can afford to pay more than the Chinese... View Details
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
involved with the policy response to the crisis in Spain. As hard-hit as the United States was by the Great Recession, Spain was damaged far worse: Years after the recession, growth was at a standstill and a quarter of the workforce... View Details
- 13 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Launching leaders: HBS's new initiative fuels first-generation and low-income student success
student body. For Dewan Sharfaraz Ahmed (MBA 2026), Ascend laid the foundation for maximizing his HBS experience. “I was determined to attend HBS, but like many Ascend Leaders, stepping away from the workforce for two years carries... View Details
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World
person or virtually, but on the same schedule—especially as work-from-home policies increase and the global workforce scatters. “If you’re living in San Francisco, and your colleague is living in Vancouver, and you both speak excellent... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog
and spawning compelling investment opportunities. Course Content Restaurant Economics. We will do a deep dive into the levers of financial management of restaurants – examining both revenue and cost strategies. Compensation and Workforce... View Details
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
science and engineering workforce and nearly 50 percent of those with science and engineering doctorates. And at the Ph.D. level, ethnic researchers make an exceptional contribution to science as measured by Nobel Prizes, election to the... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
but also from kindergarten, so that young people are thinking and dreaming differently about their futures.” The scope is daunting but, for Wooldridge, success will entail changing the conversation. “We can change hearts and minds,” she concludes. “For me, success will... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
Development, acknowledged that government is used to making rules, not partnerships, and that state officials must now learn to "be more collaborators and not order givers." Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of Year Up, focused on how education must respond... View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
destroyed agriculture...it has destroyed the entire fabric of society," Chigwedere said. Treating only one company's workforce is tantamount to finding a high spot on a sinking ship, he added. "The ship is still going to... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women's Student Association (WSA)
leadership, as well as to pursue entrepreneurship after HBS to fill the gap in support for women navigating life transitions (childbearing, re-entry in the workforce and caregiving for loved ones). Prior to HBS, I spent 7+ years in... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
mostly unskilled. They created molds for soles and other components that then could be shipped elsewhere for production. As a result, the local workforce dropped by 15 percent between 2006 and 2012. "What happens in some contexts is that... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
education through the development of case studies. “And that type of vulnerability at the highest level opens the door for the larger workforce to feel comfortable being vulnerable, sharing their own stories, and feeling like they can, to... View Details
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Nneka Ezeigwe
apartment where we came up with the idea!) It’s kind of like an H&M – good quality, stylish women’s wear, but for Africa. We hope to bring jobs to a workforce there that is currently underemployed – especially women. The business... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
new technology-driven economy in which the education and talent of the workforce and networks of collaboration between universities, businesses, and support communities (like venture capital) will determine our nation's competitiveness.... View Details
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
the lives and business of the people in the region had a profound effect on the students. "I realized that the problems such as a decreasing workforce population and stagnant economy which Tohoku area currently has, will become... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making the Most of Government Upheaval
workforce from 50,000 to 5,500 employees and the sale of all of its non-oil-related assets. By the end of this eighteen-month phase, two-thirds of the company was sold. In Stage II, YPF took advantage of expansion opportunities by... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
So if a company’s dominant message is that it revolves solely around its financial performance, that organization may wow stock analysts but lose the talent war. With boomers retiring and Gen Xers aging, millennials are now the largest portion of the View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
co-register for donation than those in other occupations. (An occupation was deemed "female dominated" if women composed more than 55 percent of the workforce in that field, in the United States, during the 1980s, which was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Disrupting India’s Dental Market
brand could be built without sacrificing my ethical standards.” Assembling a workforce was more of a challenge. Indian dental colleges were producing plenty of polished graduates, but there was little training for hygienists or other... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg