Reaching For Yield - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2013
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Faculty Books

habits of quantitative thinking, and deal effectively with an organization's "quants." What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential by Robert Steven Kaplan (Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

28 Jun 2024
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Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories

(2003-2007). Romney has earned a reputation for reaching across the aisle to advance major priorities that benefit Utah and people across the country, and as a leading voice on U.S. foreign policy and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2007
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Got Global?

We didn’t set out to give this issue a global slant, but in our quest for compelling alumni stories, it ended up that way. (One of the fun aspects of this job is the journey of discovery each issue represents View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

06 Mar 2019
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Making Sabbaticals Mainstream

imagine a homelessness prevention program in Chicago actually studying those from a rigorous, academic perspective to see what's working and what's not. The sabbatical led me to that choice of employment for a year, a limited-term interim... View Details

02 Sep 2021
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Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs

In this video, Startup Factory Ethiopia cofounder Thomas Ferede (MBA 2009) explains the mission of his organization—and how the HBS network has helped further its goals. “So Startup Factory Ethiopia is a venture builder. We wanted to create inspirational companies... View Details

05 May 2020
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“Walking a Tightrope”

Kristof, most of which have focused on poverty in developing countries. But in the Pulitzer Prize-winning duo’s latest book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, they turn their lens on working class... View Details

12 Jan 2015
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Good Investments

Market day also means it’s a busy day for Gregoria Alvarez Reyes, whose store sits on an adjacent corner, right in the path of foot traffic. For the past 11 years, Reyes has owned and operated Farmacia... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters

DOWNTIME: Varma and Agarwala take a break. Photographs By Tom Pietrasik Imagine that you’ve quit your high-paying job with a big, prestigious firm to launch a financial advisory service tailored for India’s rapidly growing middle class,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Oct 1999
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A Constructive Summer at HBS

parking lot. As many as one hundred workers have been laboring on the site each day, pouring the concrete foundation and positioning the structural steel beams and columns. While the summer's extreme heat occasionally halted work early - temperatures in the pit View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Dec 2004
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GLF Showcases London

for kids ages 11 to 18. Get details and register online at www.alumni.hbs.edu/glf/. But don’t wait until the last minute. Based on the huge success of the Shanghai forum last June, the London event will quickly View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2004
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Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers

written to someone asking for a meeting, do not leave messages for the person to call you back. Instead, keep calling. If you’re still unsuccessful in reaching your contact,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2002
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Porter Course Goes Abroad

Professor Porter leads an interactive session on the HBS campus with students in McCollum Hall and at INCAE in Costa Rica. Photo Courtesy HBS Multimedia When it was first taught in early 2002, the classroom for the course led by... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies

online digital world, consumers are searching for ways to reclaim these values in many of the industries I’ve studied. What advice would you offer to an endangered industry? If you foresee your core technology is View Details

Keywords: April White; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Printing and Related Support Activities; Manufacturing

11 Oct 2012
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Answering the Doctor's Call

says he never forgot one speech given by then-Dean John McArthur. “He encouraged us to embrace our community in a significant way,” Downing recalls. “He said we had been uniquely blessed and that we needed to reach out where we live. That... View Details

Keywords: resumed education; nontraditional students; Health, Social Assistance

02 Aug 2018
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Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?

of fried eggs, was paid for by Congress, and there was quite a bit of criticism of it. Some people even made fun of it, said things like can have a side of hash browns with that, sort of thing. But you fast forward 30 years ahead and you... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Case Study: The Doctor Deficit

that today’s nurse shortage could reach 1.2 million vacancies in the same time frame. Alexi Nazem (MBA 2011) has seen the impact of these shortages firsthand. “Health care is a very broken system,” says the doctor and cofounder of Nomad... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Scott C. Bolick

Student Association president, Bolick has put his personal imprimatur on the Army's notion of motivating people and achieving results. Above all, he remembers the encouragement of that Army instructor who reinforced his belief that people should be continuously... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Sep 2014
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Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds

HourlyNerd online marketplace, which recently received an upgrade, 6,000 MBAs and 3,500 businesses interact, with projects ranging from the creation of a marketing plan for Jenny the Juggler to strategic consultation View Details