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- Portrait Project
Stephanie Parker
considerable power and influence? Apparently not, or at least not me. Mine will be a life of service. You won't find me padding around on the soft carpet, sipping coffee in an ivory tower, engaging with others in ways which are long on... View Details
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Tony He
look forward to engaging with issues in development and creating positive change. As emerging markets continue to grow, firms and governments are looking to understand how to operate more effectively in these environments and to create... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
from the perspective of smart people looking in. When it comes to understanding the state of American competitiveness, I often find that the sharpest insights come from the individuals I meet when I travel abroad. On a recent trip to... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
average in the period 1953-2005, it was particularly high in the early 1980s and negative in the early 2000s. This paper specifies and estimates a model in which the nominal term structure of interest rates is driven by five state... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
retailers struggle to match supply with demand. Many e-retailers are urging consumers to “buy early” this holiday season, citing concerns about postal services and shipping. Given capacity constraints placed upon retail stores by many View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
knowledge, the United States is the only country that has seen the development of legal entrepreneurial ventures supplying cadavers for medical education and research. The ventures are small operations (as opposed to individual brokers)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
first stated mission was to educate leaders who “make a decent profit—decently.” By the early 1990s, the mission was articulated as “educating leaders who make a difference in the world.” What it means to educate leaders has evolved over... View Details
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe
of three offerings developed for HBX, a unique digital education initiative that enables HBS to extend its signature, case-based learning method to new audiences. The full suite of HBX programs includes specialized courses and HBX Live, a digital learning environment... View Details
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
million. “We knew we would grow,” Woolley-Wilson says of her 2020 outlook. “We knew we would grow fast. But you never think you will triple your website traffic.” For the education technology sector, the restrictions to traditional in-person schooling imposed by View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
neighborhoods across Baltimore, with competitive admissions) is annually ranked among the best public schools in the United States. This year, 96 percent of the school's graduates are college bound, many to elite institutions in the United View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
patient numbers in both NGO data and government registers by 20% and underreporting of treatment interruptions by 25%. We find no effect on worker or patient satisfaction. This suggests biometric technology is both an effective and sustainable way to improve the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
poverty instilled in Mbanusi both an understanding of the difficulty of doing so and a desire to help others do the same. While getting his undergraduate degree in policy analysis, Mbanusi spent a summer working for the Department of Education and a year in the New... View Details
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
did not. "Given the fact that the United States relies on a voluntary system to obtain cadavers, it's important to understand the impact of these organizations on the overall supply," Anteby says. While it could be assumed that... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
neighborhoods, right as they’re experiencing the problem? Do it! Pre-HBS, I worked for 5 years at a company called Blue State Digital, a communications agency born out of the Howard Dean and Barack Obama presidential campaigns. Blue View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
and spillover effects. In the domain of private politics, shareholder resolutions filed against it and others in its industry increase a firm's propensity to engage in practices consistent with the aims of the related social movement.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Portrait Project
Marissa Kaplan
partner), a portmanteau he hated but a role he was proud to fill. Shy, I struggled to raise my hand in class; he repeatedly told me to push myself, to just walk down the stairs. Someday he’d get me one of those unconventional engagement... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
to engage with,” Weinzierl says. “It helps that we’re at a remarkable point in history where we have people like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk with the vision and the capital to even make such a discussion possible.” “If a private company can... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
searching, reasoning, and learning. In health care, AI assists doctors in diagnosing diseases, prescribing optimal treatment plans, and enhancing patient engagement with personalized approaches. Additionally, AI can handle administrative... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
instant-message chat volumes (-8.7 percent).” Companies may want to consider locating their knowledge-worker team members strategically. “Our results suggest that employees engaged in knowledge co-production place a strong premium on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne