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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
pro-environmental policies are money savers and the key to her company’s continued success, Yang says. More Retail Revolutions Recycling the Consignment Shop Bigger than the local consignment shop and easier than eBay, thredUP, cofounded... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Not a Regular Joe
positions. Her job really comes out of his policy statements. She is trying to re-create the Joe Wilson spirit within Xerox: Let’s create profits for ourselves because we solve problems for other people. What can businesspeople learn from... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
the armed forces came at this time. On the policy side, Nixon's Labor Department enforced new requirements for contractors to hire and promote women; conducted compliance reviews of universities; and gave the Equal Opportunity Commission... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
accommodation to a host of conflicting interests, an arrangement that damaged society’s economic well-being. The agency theorists had a broad impact on corporate policy and, in particular, on a fundamental redefinition of the purpose of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
the minority response argues. As a result, Washington, not Wall Street, is the villain in the bursting of the subprime mortgage bubble. The minority response also faults the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy under former chairman Alan... View Details
- 31 May 2013
- News
Seeing the Light
Business Policy course particularly inspiring. But his paintings show that the beauty of the campus itself was also an inspiration, with the School's exceptional physical and natural environment complementing and even augmenting the... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
skeptics who figured he would sidestep company policy that requires retirement by age 60. “I’m not really retiring,” Cohen pointedly explains in an interview at Apax’s Portland Place headquarters, a stately townhouse on a tree-lined... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
about the future of lighting. That’s not their business. But that’s a challenge, and that’s the complexity of this. It also suggests a role for public policy in terms of making sure the country is maintaining a broader set of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Willoughby G. Walling II: A Learning Experience
business. His job titles have included urban youth worker, teacher, White House policy advisor, and fundraiser. He remembers an exercise in John Kotter's class at HBS that required each student to come up with a career plan. "I listed... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
Schenk, director of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative, asked some of our alumni how they view this moment and how they are looking to capitalize on it. Julia Trotman Brady (MBA 1997) Partner, Valo Ventures This is the most consequential View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
high-impact process that helps people improve results and advance their careers. People who receive coaching are more loyal to their organizations, develop stronger relationships, improve teamwork, and increase productivity. Energy Economics: Markets, History and View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
partner, Accomplice At Ovia Health, we made the shift to remote work before the pandemic. We invested in communication software and hardware, company-wide remote training, remote-friendly company policies (i.e., video, phone, email,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
wide array of projects, but their work wasn’t at all connected. What I saw as the institution’s greatest strength was its combination of field-based conservation work and policy work, but it was dispersed across 100 countries. We decided... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
him thousands of dollars. “Good health insurance gives me peace of mind,” he says. Rick Bern/Courtesy Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority Policy experts seem guardedly optimistic as well. Valerie Fleishman (MBA ’97) is the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"
and poor on the other. He noted, for example, that “India is rich because of its native entrepreneurial talent. It is poor because many policy and procedural hurdles stand in the way of its entrepreneurs.” But he remained optimistic about... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Releases
economic policies needed to enhance competitiveness. Part Three, "Competitive Solutions to Societal Problems," explores how the principles of competition can help provide realistic solutions for social problems in areas such as the... View Details
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Notes from the Trenches
just participating,” he said. All agreed that starting a company is a significant risk and that an HBS degree is a solid insurance policy in case things don’t work out — but you can’t expect success by hedging your bets from the get-go.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Professor Ramchandran Jaikumar Remembered
high-level policy issues with senior executives or technical nuances of research with fellow academics. His influence on the academic field of operations management and on industrial practice has been profound." Jaikumar was highly... View Details