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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Justifying Executive Pay In response to “Over the Top” in the September issue, it’s not a question of whether executive pay can be justified on legal or economic grounds (I believe it can). It’s a question of what is right and what is... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
The Power of Service
South Africa and the UK. A City Year, Inc. trustee and cochair of its international committee, Reilly says the organization’s current efforts are “laser-focused on helping teachers and public schools address the high-school dropout... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Support for a Common Theme
support its success. We are, after all, One Harvard." Patty and Lincoln Benet (both MBA 1989), members of HBS’s Global Leaders Circle and supporters of the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation and the Harvard University President’s Fund... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Seeding a Better Future for Colombia
countries with the highest potential to increase the world’s agricultural production.” Roughly 4,000 visitors walk through Colombia’s pavilion each day, experiencing high-tech simulations of its five different climate zones. In addition... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Living Social
people look at is “graduating MBAs.” About 5 percent are going directly into the nonprofit and government sectors. But that is a single snapshot. If you looked at our alumni over time, it would be a vastly larger number. Right now, a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Male Consumers as Man-of-Action Heroes
of the authors’ research, marketers may need to re-examine the idea that they should imbue their brands with either respectability or rebellion. Instead, as Holt and Thompson’s study suggests, it is in the tensions between the two where... View Details
- 14 Oct 2010
- News
Jobs Bill Misses Mark
(http://www.nber.org/papers/w16300), Lerner explained that most jobs aren’t really created by small businesses. They are created by new businesses. Those under a decade old “are huge job creators,” said Lerner. So the jobs bill may have a lot of goodies that small... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
whom are women, who average under a dollar a day per capita income. Since cassava spoils within three days of harvesting, it is traditionally used in small-scale family cooking. Roughly 40 percent of the annual harvest is lost due to... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations
will have a newfound freedom to experiment with course design. Moon compared the new approach to a rule change in sports. “A change in the rules may not sound like much, but over time it can have a major impact on how the game is played,”... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Burunda Prince (MBA 1987)
talent to its colleges and universities. An entrepreneur’s dollar goes much further here. Some cities are known for specific verticals, but Atlanta has fintech, health tech, and representation in sports, film, and music. RICE is a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn
if it’s presented during a downturn. Tease out the team’s motivations for launching at that moment. Is it because they can’t find a job and this is their plan B? If it’s not their life’s dream, save your resources for a safer bet. View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Books
also knows its people, suppliers, customers, and future direction. Bower describes the inside outsider’s attributes and reveals how to recruit, nurture, and promote this special type of leader. With a healthy supply of qualified internal... View Details
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
50 Years After King
mind these days. Primarily, Fudge hopes they are spared the challenges and divisiveness she experienced as a teen. Still she remains optimistic that change will come. “It can’t happen unless and until we get to a point where it’s not just black folks talking about... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- News
Living and Learning in a Local Context
birth to five years old. And we provide a free, hearty, nutritious meal that has most of it grown on our farm. “What underpins a lot of our work is Appalachian culture and heritage. We're very true to trying to bring out the strengths of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Trusty Board
its board. "There needs to be a sense of the difference between the fiduciary responsibility of the board and the managerial responsibility of the paid staff," he says. While the role of MBAs as museum managers has expanded in recent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Five-Star Research
When Assistant Professor Michael Luca began studying online consumer reviews in 2008, then four-year-old Yelp.com, cofounded by Jeremy Stoppelman (MBA 2005), had 10 million reviews. Today, it has more than 71 million reviews, and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Research Brief: The Power of Could
Say you’re in a bind, a tough one. You’ve got cancer and your only hope is chemo—the problem is, it’s wildly expensive and you’re flat broke. Do you follow your moral compass, even if it means dying? Or do you leverage your knack for... View Details
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Strengthening America's Public Education System
business in America’s education system. Among its findings: Business is involved in 95 percent of school districts, but largely through “checkbook philanthropy” supporting short-term efforts. Most superintendents would welcome deeper... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
A Case For Fellowships
LEOPOLD At HBS we often say that fellowships are the lifeblood of the School. During my 20-plus years serving on the MBA Admissions Board—and the last 7 as its director—I have witnessed firsthand the truth of that statement. Fellowships,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Clusters and Competition
offer degrees in winemaking — enhances the performance of the cluster in its totality. Porter argued that the existence of this concentration of companies, assets, and skills, “not just climate and certainly not low labor or land costs,”... View Details