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- 25 Feb 2020
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Turning Point: Network Effects
exhausting days of my life. Suicide is incomprehensible on some level, especially when the individual concerned has all the external indicators of success and accomplishment. What we do understand is that one in four Americans has a... View Details
Keywords: Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
economy. “For a long time, we’ve looked to the government to address almost all of the issues,” Elumelu says of the economic and social concerns in Nigeria and Africa. “The government cannot do everything... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
One Student’s HBS Journey
acceptance letter, her excitement was tempered by the realization that she might not be able to afford to attend. “Imagine my surprise when I discovered that HBS was not only the best school but also offered the best financial aid,” said... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
percent of the CEOs we studied had undergraduate degrees, and from the 1970s on, the MBA became a necessary credential to pursue the inside track to power. Does that mean that social class has become less important in paving the way to... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
social side, that talks about your relationships with employees, suppliers, and clients, and the communities in which you operate. So labor standards, employee relations, local community impact will be... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Strike Up the Broad(band)
Mercer Management Consulting, shed some light on the allure and promise of broadband technology in an October 1999 article in Scientific American. In "The Light at the End of the Pipe," Bane and Bradley talk about broadband's potential to... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
Donny, thought they might have to return to Los Angeles. Through the Idea Village, Markowitz met Ti Martin, one of New Orleans’ leading restaurateurs. The two met for a lunch and talked about her options and the city’s needs. That meeting... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Moir Donelson
city as on his ability to navigate the inner circles of Chicago's business elite. Donelson hopes eventually to develop businesses that will create positive social changes in the part of Chicago where he grew up. "I realize this is a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
Article 26 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is a driving force behind the founding of ALISON.com, the online education company Mike Feerick launched in 2007. Based in Ireland, ALISON (Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online) is a for-profit... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
A Shot at Success
of role model.” Trey Athletes was recently accepted into the United Way Social Innovation Accelerator, which, along with philanthropic investment and corporate partnerships, will help the fledgling View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
debate each month, about which customers may voice their concern to key decision-makers through free calls and easy-to-send letters. "Thanks to the HBS course Managing in a Competitive Environment, I knew... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
that in a good way and creating opportunities. But as we know, revolutions may be good on average, but they’re not good for everybody. As it is, we are rightly concerned about inequality, and those View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
differently in the boardroom.” One of the things they were most concerned about is their lack of understanding of their company’s business. They cited two reasons. First, there are too many independent... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
(Illustration by Edmon de Haro) (Illustration by Edmon de Haro) When Michael Faye (PhDBE 2009) and his cofounders—including Harvard grad students Paul Niehaus and Rohit Wanchoo—first proposed the model for GiveDirectly in 2008, it was radical: The nonprofit would View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
nature of the investors, the structure of the investments, and the performance of the firms. Their findings suggest that there are risks in combining banking and private equity investing. The results are consistent with many of the View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
say two things about that: First, in most countries, it’s the government that addresses the social determinants of health. The social spending in this country pales in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Head Games
The football season is about to begin, a familiar signal that summer is over. The game is a huge money-maker on one level and a powerful societal binding agent at another — think Friday Night Lights. But increasing revelations View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
the decision,” she says. “There were those who were quite concerned about the environmental impact and others with experience on the ground in rural India who spoke of the need for electricity in reducing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
right-wing cant: Liberals are humorless drones. Truth be told, Navasky is more mensch than menace, an old-school crusader for social and economic justice who can’t bring himself to say anything mean about... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
their critics directly, accept accountability for performance, stop worrying about who is higher or lower, and value the mission more than their own status are likely to be effective, well-regarded, and... View Details