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01 Dec 2010
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Beacon of Liberty

Kashmir Photo courtesy Sharjeel Kashmir It’s a beautiful morning in Jersey City as I stretch after my regular jog in Liberty State Park. I marvel that this is my neighborhood and my view. In front of me, the Hudson River lies at the feet of the iconic New York skyline.... View Details

Keywords: Sharjeel Kashmir; Islam; 9/11

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Leo Markel

U.S. granted us refugee status and we moved from the Soviet Union in 1991. Without this move and my family's toils, my prospects would have been very different. Recognizing that there are billions of people who can scarcely afford to... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

environmental groups. Had Stone taken into account the history of strained relationships between Honduras and the U.S. government and multinationals, as well as the fragile status of the presidency in this fledgling democracy, it could... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

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Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist - Race, Gender & Equity

years, we’ll be able to assess whether this data represents a life stage effect—if so, we would expect the share of tech founders who are Millennials to increase as they age. Working Alumni Alumni Founders Founders’ family status does not... View Details

30 Jun 2019
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Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo

Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration, teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs. According to HBSCB president Bing Sherrill (MBA 1962), about 45 alumni from HBS, Harvard College, and MIT attended the event, in which Shih talked... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Apr 2015
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A Driving Force for a Sustainable World

that having this distinction, people look at me differently, especially as a woman. It forces me to be a role model. It gives me a status I have to respect.” Being a woman in a male-dominated industry has provided Herlaut a unique... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

thoughts on the rising price of onions in India? A: This is very bad news for the incumbent government, since the price of onions is a harbinger of electoral distress. It is a bellwether consumer price in India, given its status as a... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

01 Aug 2001
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

and the creation of small events to inform students of the School's financial status and current initiatives. The committee believes that the future of HBS lies in a strong relationship with its alumni and that this connection must be... View Details

Keywords: John Hoffman

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Breaking "Performance" Through Performance" at the 2017 Gender and Work Symposium. Nadia's mission is to bring light to cultural shadow through storytelling, challenging the status quo through laughter. Nadia Manzoor writer and performer... View Details

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Dumas presents at the 2022 Gender and Work Symposium Tracy Dumas presents "O.J Simpson vs. Deion Sanders: Jostling the Status Order With Corrective Recategorization" at the 2022 Gender and Work Symposium: The Master's Tools: Exposing,... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future

to meet with panelists one-on-one and could also attend a career workshop, hosted by Juergen Bracht of Frankfurt-based GRIP Personal Consulting, on the status of the European job market. Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54), founder and... View Details

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

its own R&D, finance, and marketing functions, and he chose the project leaders for their willingness to challenge the status quo and their ability to operate independently. Given the freedom to shape their own organizations, the new... View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

managing customer relationships in the business-to-business environment into four distinct phases: defining and building a portfolio of customers the firm wants to serve, crafting and implementing relationship-management strategies, monitoring the View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

via paper status report Expanded personal relationships throughout the organizationStrong personal connection at leadership levelEmerging infrastructure, including relationship managers, communication channels/vehicles Expanded... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

01 Dec 2003
News

An Authentic Leader

highly successful CEOs basked in near celebrity status conferred by the media, George dodged the limelight and steadfastly insisted that he didn’t create anything. He just made it possible for others to do so. George also believed in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Apr 2017
News

Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge

runner-up status in the 2013 Social Enterprise Track of the New Venture Competition at HBS. “I didn’t expect to be a social entrepreneur when I came to HBS, but our team viewed the problem as a ticking time bomb,” says Rewane. “We started... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

Fable? Authors:Pierre Azoulay, Toby Stuart, and Yanbo Wang Abstract In a market context, a status effect occurs when actors are accorded differential recognition for their efforts depending on their location in a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

there are two enormous statues of Hamilton and Gallatin that stand on either side of the US Department of the Treasury. It's hard to imagine statues of only foreigners appearing in front of the equivalent... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

04 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

reform. Any initiative to develop emerging economies must acknowledge that the business groups themselves may want to maintain the status quo. Those groups wield considerable economic and political power that can be used not only to block... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu

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