Individuals - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2011
News

Downtime

how individuals are impacted by the world that surrounds them. The Fiery Trial, by Eric Foner, is a biography of Abraham Lincoln, who has been a hero of mine since I was a kid. Network Nation, by Richard John, describes the link between... View Details

Keywords: fiction; Christianity

01 Dec 2022
News

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

Unit at HBS Vinluan’s research examines the relationship between the cognitive processes underlying racial categorization and stereotyping, as well as experiences of encountering stereotypes and discrimination. She examines these processes among View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

25 Feb 2020
News

Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller

those macro trends and present information in a way that can help business leaders make their best choices. The HBS faculty have always focused on managing technological change, demographics, and work skills adjustments, but it’s been mostly View Details

05 Oct 2016
News

Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab

The Life Lab will house approximately 20 ventures at a time with high-potential ventures founded and led by Harvard faculty, alumni, students and postdoctoral scholars. Ventures typically would comprise two to five individuals who... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

these curious combinations may have seemed financially attractive at their inception, they were now so functionally ill-conceived that the individual parts were worth more than the agglomerated whole. The M&A; restructuring of those 1960s... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

Hofmeyr (43rd PMD), and Peter G. Wrighton (64th AMP) - were key members of the Consultative Business Movement, formed by the business community in the 1980s to facilitate the transition process. "Those individuals were instrumental in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2003
News

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

custom-cut for individual jobs. That fact and the time and expense that would be incurred by shipping heavy steel siding from abroad mean the company’s competition is local rather than global. In addition to pressure created by a swiftly... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2020
News

Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match

unique training.” That same philosophy, Gardner offers, informs how he runs the company. “We work hard to create an inclusive culture that embraces everyone’s individual contribution. We then try to help them develop their skills.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 1998
News

New Releases

teachings of Muhammad prohibit Muslims from accepting or charging interest. As oil prices and the individual incomes of many Muslims in the Middle East skyrocketed in the 1970s, so too did the need for financial instruments that allowed... View Details

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

Scott Royster (MBA 1992) believes higher education has the power to transform Africa if only its students have access to it. “Statistics from around the world show that individuals who are able to obtain a university degree earn higher... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Apr 1996
News

"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
News

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
News

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
News

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
News

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
News

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
News

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

07 Sep 2021
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Embracing Activism for Social Change

part was creating a crisis intervention team to partner with police patrols in neighborhoods where substance abuse, mental health issues, and homelessness are chronic problems. “The goal is to help first responders better assess situations and connect at-risk View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

22 Jul 2019
News

A Way Forward for Women

year, covering topics ranging from politics and financial crises to individual board member responsibilities over five intensive days on campus. HBS Professor Boris Groysberg, who co-chairs the Executive Education program with Professor... View Details