Individual - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Feb 2025
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Joy to the World

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010), CEO of East Boston Social Centers, spent time in foster care as a child, living in more homes than he can remember,... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

the landscape. “People often say, ‘Oh, we need more Harvard PhDs,’ and while that might be great, that’s not really the problem. The problem is we need more individuals entering the security profession.” A 2015 report by Cisco estimated... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab

that many never sign up for pay TV at all. “I suspect that what is happening is much more profound, and that revolution will come from individuals and companies creating content at a fraction of the cost per hour of traditional pay-TV... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

driven by hard-charging entrepreneurs wielding private capital, the new one is driven by professional investors working for or on behalf of deep-pocketed institutions, like pension funds and endowments. Even individual investors can buy a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

01 Sep 2024
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Back to School

filmed in 52 countries. Setting a record can be a lot of work. If you are going to go for it, consider an individual record—fewer logistics—and know what your mission is, why you are doing it. I’m not trying to break a personal Guinness... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Apr 1996
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"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs

- virtually an HBS case study itself in logistics management. According to one planner, Foundations core design team member Stever Robbins (MBA '91), coordinating 253 individual schedules and the needs of six sets of faculty members while... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets

same-sex marriages. It's no surprise that Scher has dedicated her life to social causes. A native of Clifton, New Jersey, she grew up in a family that was "liberal and concerned." "My parents taught me that individuals can make an impact... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

24 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)

of this magnitude, and my name doesn't resonate with locals as being powerful like some of the long-standing wealthy families in Chicago. If I sense that an individual does not 'believe,' I will typically just challenge them to try and... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2007
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The Joy of Work

something in the mind of the individual. People perceive a problem or opportunity and have some thoughts on how to approach it. But when individuals come together as a team, ideas can be built on and modified to become something larger.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

15 Jun 2021
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HBS Addresses Racial Equity

business, and we saw the numbers increase during the pivot to a virtual experience because of COVID-19. The REP accelerates these efforts through programs such as a need-based application fee waiver and a new fellowship, RISE (Recognize View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

advantage shrinks as a result. Fortunately, I don’t think that will happen. There’s been an increased emphasis on individual research projects built into the MBA curriculum, and that offers a healthy antidote to just reading printouts. —... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2009
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Read All About It!

industries, such as organic agriculture, grew up to serve these and other demands. And individual business leaders, experimenting with forms of social entrepreneurship, developed product offerings and built firms that were intended to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

29 Apr 2025
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Challenge Accepted

seed capital and piloted MLT’s initial programming. Over the past 20 years, MLT has provided professional coaching and a high-performance playbook to 15,000 individuals and developed over 1,000 senior executive leaders across the private... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots

notion of a single fintech capital—whether it be New York or London, Beijing or the Bay Area—may be misplaced. Instead, the future of fintech may resemble what Gibbins describes as a global network of distributed ecosystems, each with its own View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Sep 2009
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Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut

(borrowing), and managing risk. Second, given the phenomenon we are studying, we wanted our students to understand three levels of analyses: households, businesses, and the broad political economy. We begin with individuals and... View Details

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

01 Sep 2010
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Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

collectively owned and shared by the people who have to deliver on it. I’ve already begun this process by setting up meetings with every faculty member individually to learn from them the priorities that they would set for the School. In... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

30 May 2024
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Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears

Alumnae to Celebrate Official Launch of HBS Women’s Association The Harvard Business School Women’s Association (HBSWA) will host a Virtual Launch Celebration on Wednesday, June 12, to mark its official expansion as a nationwide HBS alumnae Shared Interest Group (SIG).... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

professional development and visibility of executives of color in the not-for-profit sector.” Contributions from individuals and corporations are welcomed. With seed money from its founders and multiyear pledges from companies and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

18 Nov 2020
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Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

some time networking. Webinar Tackles Race and Mass Incarceration Using Case Method Nearly 2.3 million individuals are currently locked up in U.S. prisons, jails, and detention centers. Of these, 60% are Black or Latinx. Why the mass... View Details