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- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
startup funds—and what allowed them to take the risk of launching a company." Curiosity eventually led to his doctoral dissertation: a series of studies showing a definitive link between the social safety net and entrepreneurship. In... View Details
- Profile
Shana Hoffman
problem-solving,” Shana says. “But with my dad’s illnesses, I struggled to work with the system to figure out what care steps to take for my father.” Yet the emotional challenge of care-giving came with an insight into a business... View Details
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Ann Lucena
Consulting Group, a small consulting firm that helps hospitals negotiate with insurance companies. "It was eye-opening," she says. "I got an insider's perspective on how hospitals function, on how many moving parts there... View Details
- 14 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale
and towards more sustainable materials. The two interviews featured below frame the issue from different perspectives as they discuss the point of view of consumers as well as that of business leadership: María Emilia Correa is the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
Illustration by Fabio Consoli Illustration by Fabio Consoli The co-CEOs noticed it right away: Early in the pandemic, staffers at the online children’s clothing company Primary.com were struggling when they logged back into Zoom on Mondays. People were not recharging... View Details
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
Economists: A Market Design Perspective Authors:Peter A. Coles, John Cawley, Phillip B. Levine, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, and John J. Siegfried Publication:Journal of Economic Perspectives... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
company takes in the face of a short-term decline in revenues,” Sucher notes. Business owners who take a different tack—such as Malden Mills CEO Aaron Feuerstein, who chose to continue paying his employees... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
research suggests that planning for CEO succession should be part and parcel of the way a company is managed. Grooming potential leaders is a process that takes years. It’s not an ad hoc event. The key elements in this process are the way... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
first present data suggesting that this belief has become a “hegemonic narrative”—a pervasive, status-quo-preserving story that is uncontested, even in the face of countervailing evidence. We then take a systems psychodynamic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2011
- News
Field Report: Rwanda
company’s offices in downtown Kigali,” Barry says. “So you might think, great, we’ll figure out how to get people to pay by check. But you start to understand the system better once you go to a Rwandan bank and see that it takes three... View Details
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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
range of organizational challenges. While traditional leadership courses contemplate “what” is leadership, LEAP focuses on “how” leaders must take action at critical moments to shape their organizations and their careers. The course helps... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
disease affects women differently than men. In the health care industry, a 155-pound male is considered the average patient, but women are not just smaller men,” says Linda Greub (MBA 1987), cofounder of Avestria Ventures, and a featured panelist for both discussions.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Leadership and Diversity at HBS
be better overall if we pushed each other to become better as individuals. I have found this same perspective to be true at HBS, where people challenge one another in an effort to enrich the learning environment for everyone. Can you tell... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program
understanding. The two schools together offer a unique opportunity to learn from diverse perspectives of other students with different cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds. I believe there is no better academic training ground... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics
exploitative capitalists, the student was amazed by Yang's talk. “When I said it didn't have to be that way, it was a revelation to her,” said Yang. As part of the School's Leadership and Values Initiative, Yang and three other honorees returned to HBS to share their... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
external affairs officer, she became the first person of color to join Noble’s leadership—even though 98 percent of the network’s students come from communities of color. Within the next few years, a perfect storm of challenges began to View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
for universal Pre-K and parental leave, Goldin said, have held women back from taking full advantage of rights gained, but “it is also hard to believe that we would all be in this room today had our rights remained as they were in 1962.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?
paper, "A Replication Study of Alan Blinder's 'How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?'" [PDF]. Wide-Ranging Impact "The offshoring phenomenon has implications for policymakers, business leaders, and members of the workforce," Rivkin says. "These are the three View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 21 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Accelerating Climate Solutions - Short Intensive Program 2023
and take the risks you need to take to save the things that can still be saved,” said Potts. Potts’s lecture capped the first day of Accelerating Climate Solutions, a weeklong intensive elective course at... View Details
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
it's possible that women have the expectation that men are better" at negotiation. Simmons College's Kolb, an authority on gender issues, asserted that people need to take another look at the routine interactions they have in their... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace