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01 Oct 1997
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Brice Cutrer Jones

still on their stems. Inside the state-of-the-art winery, where the cellar temperature is a constant 48 degrees, the juice is aged and fermented inside barrels coopered from air-seasoned oak staves made in France, from trees Jones View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

engulfed by the din of surrounding students, she describes the personal nature of the work and the effort to bring more of a sustainability lens to investments in AUC’s endowment. “Education changed the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Systemic Change Analyze key stakeholders' roles—including investors and the government—understand why "systems thinking" is necessary, and develop a personal plan for how you can drive change. Highlights NG Continued Changing the... View Details

07 Oct 2021
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Planning Ahead

As founder and chief information officer of Sound Point Capital Management, Steve Ketchum is someone who thinks about long-term investments for a living. But like so many people, when it came to his personal... View Details

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

was part of the radical gay liberation movement. He had nothing to do with it, except to coordinate with me to publish it. He took a lot of heat for me back then. Thanks, David! In my second year, when I was looking for a job as a commercial and View Details

13 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 13

ignores the implications of past successes when valuing future innovation. We show that two firms that invest the exact same in research and development (R&D) can have quite divergent, but predictably divergent, future paths. Our... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

its own initiative—responsibilities that were formerly not performed by any person or unit in the organization. So, early on the BSC team fills a gap in the management of the organization. While many of our examples are from Balanced... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

quickly move to Europe?" or "Who is this key person in Europe we can transfer to Japan to drive this initiative?" So they've got to be the pollinators, the cross-fertilizers, very much in touch with their expertise and with... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

as a platform to not only improve the health and wellness of one of the world’s youngest and fastest growing populations but also to create a whole new industry around the business of sports,” says Tatum. Creating an industry from scratch, though, required both capital... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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John H. McArthur | About

Springs Industries, Inc., Telsat Canada, Bell Canada, and Teradyne Inc. He was a founding board member of the Canada Development Investment Corporation and a member of the Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision

of 2023. It was our first time gathering in person since the pandemic. Everyone was masked, but the energy in the room—the nerves, the excitement, the happiness—was palpable. That is a moment that I know every one of those students will... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

July 2024
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Roja Garimella: Developing a Founder's Judgment

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti

Roja Garimella’s path to becoming a founder was anything but straight. Setting her sights on a career in medicine since childhood, she committed to medical school with her acceptance to college. And yet, throughout her studies, she continually explored alternative... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Judgments; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry

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17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

personal caregiving obligations is an approach employers almost entirely overlook as a mechanism for maximizing employee productivity and minimizing turnover,” the authors write in the study, which was released Wednesday. With almost... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

shareholders. This is our approach at the Drawdown Fund. We have designed and implemented the first impact-driven carried-interest structure aligned to CO2 equivalent sequestered or emissions reduced, and we fully underwrite our View Details

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

each other. From the morning “Te amo” to the texts throughout the day to the constant and mutual support during our coming out process to our traditional Latino families. For us, finding the sweet spot between trying to be present and respecting each other’s View Details

22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order

Personal vehicle owners are a large share of EVs on the road, but growth for EVgo will also come from delivery vehicles and other fleet vehicles—another area for Middaugh to foster. “A variety of large fleets have made public... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

substantial costs to faculty and institutions alike in fostering any changes as basic as these. Costs include large investments of time and money as well as risk of personal and institutional reputation (at... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2023
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Toward a Life Well Lived

algorithms—much like a dating app—to match students with interested alumni for thoughtful discussions about roughly 200 topics related to one’s personal life, family, or work. Ultimately, the goal is to connect alumni to one another and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Rafaella Sadun | About

and across countries, and how this affects productivity at the micro and macro level. Sadun currently co-leads the Digital Reskilling Lab at HBS, where she studies the effectiveness of large-scale digital training investments made in... View Details

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