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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
despite the fact that they are often composed of diverse units; and the role families play in these organizations. “It is important to recognize that emerging economies, unlike those of developed nations, typically lack many of the essential supporting institutions we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Estonia, Incorporated
Illustration by Peter and Maria Hoey In June, Aman Kumar (MBA 2014) was appointed the first-ever special advisor to the CIO of the Republic of Estonia. Kumar has a day job, too, working in the New York office of enterprise software giant... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
domestic worker who had completed fourth and eighth grades, respectively. "They were not uneducated; they were self-educated," he says today. Influenced by the father of a friend and by teachers in school,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie R. Crutchfield (MBA ’01) and Heather McLeod Grant (Jossey-Bass) What makes nonprofits great? The authors studied twelve nonprofits that... View Details
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Rowan Clarke
Rowan Clarke (he/him) began his academic career at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, where he earned both a bachelor’s and master’s in economics. While working on the latter degree, he started to win research grants and... View Details
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Research Resources | Baker Library
Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Division of Research], 1952. Full text available. This report is based on a 1952 study by the Harvard Business School Division of Research surveying the demand for women... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
possibility, but between her junior and senior undergraduate years, a summer internship with UNICEF in the West African country of Benin and a visit with relatives in Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria put that plan on hold. “It was, by far, my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
illustration by Taylor Callery illustration by Taylor Callery Artificial intelligence is not a replacement for the human brain. At least not yet. “That is decades away,” says Rudina Seseri (MBA 2005),... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. Waste as... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
through grants and advocacy. The organization seeks to end the school-to-prison pipeline through disciplinary reform and ensure that schools with high needs receive the necessary resources and funding to achieve their goals. “There is... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 19 Dec 2008
- News
WHBS, 820 on Your Dial
case discussions by faculty, “Job Market,” “Mystery Melody” (an audience call-in program), and such services as weather forecasts and the morning menus at Kresge. Students had their own disk-jockey programs of pop, folk, and classical... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
family median income and wealth parity, the proper public policy goal. “Those revenues would be used for grants for down payments on primary residences; for high-quality, targeted public education; and for capital View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
people, including thousands of women entrepreneurs in southern New England, are better off because of it. As founder and CEO of the Center for Women & Enterprise, the energetic Silbert has followed her parents’ example of helping others, not through medicine but View Details
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Mallika Ahluwalia
welfare grant policy," Mallika says. "It gave me exposure to many different stakeholders." But the job also revealed weaknesses in the program's approach. "On the one hand, the monthly food rations were essential –... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
Mark Twain in front of his childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri (photos courtesy of American Writers Museum) Before he arrived at HBS, Jay Hammer (MBA 1979) was pursuing a PhD in literature at Johns Hopkins. Daunted by the increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
photo by Chad Kirkland Randy Shumway (MBA 2000) and his family were regular supporters of clothing and blanket drives for shelters in their Salt Lake City community. But, like many well-intentioned people who are moved View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
tremendous value. He cites a number of innovators, executives, artists, academics, teachers, and role models who embody his vision of goodness. Jumping Ship: From the Heart of Corporate Australia to the World of Social Investment by... View Details
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Tough Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
challenges that are distinct from those faced by more mainstream startups. This course has been built from the ground up to dig deeply into these challenges and to provide impactful and actionable frameworks which build on all the tools... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
generates returns for investors through timber harvesting, recreational leasing, and in some cases, by subdividing the properties for development or non-timber uses. Lyme Timber, however, is unique among TIMOs View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
regulatory bodies that are taken for granted in the West but are not available in emerging markets. "Companies can create value by developing these systems for themselves," notes Palepu. For example, large... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross