Public Conversations Project - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Aug 2017
Blog Post

"A Balance Between Autonomy and Resources to Help Me Learn."

different function.” Prior to business school, Jon had fulfilled two roles in clean energy: one at a service provider to commercial energy users in the efficiency and demand response space,” and as an associate at an energy analytics startup. “Now I wanted experience... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

01 Jun 2024
News

Crash Pad

dazzling Lake Michigan views. For anyone who couldn’t snag one of the 176 studios and one-bedrooms (they start at just under $1,400 a month), plenty of other office conversions are in the pipeline. At least 100 commercial-to-residential... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate

03 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Zurich

climate in one intimate conversation and we all learned from each other’s far-ranging experiences. Personally, I felt completely energized by the range of activities these alumni are engaged in around the world, from critical forestation... View Details

Profile

Katie Laidlaw

and career path? HBS introduced me to more industries, jobs, companies, and roles than I thought possible. It helped me understand how private sector frameworks and analysis can be applied successfully in the public and non-profit... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Mar 2019
News

3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)

social ills than government. Trust is the central issue for global institutions. CEOs have to speak out on societal issues, because their employees expect to work for a company with values consistent with their own. Wolverine, the work-boot company, has a program... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

strikingly come to the fore this past year, here in the US and across the world. We have been alternately devastated and heartened by what we’ve seen: civil protests over the repeated, now increasingly publicized police killings of Black... View Details

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The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog The Spiritual Lives of Leaders Course Number 1563 Professor Nien-hê Hsieh Senior Lecturer Derek van Bever Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 12 Sessions Paper/Project Course Overview Spiritual Lives of Leaders engages in a View Details

Expanding Horizons

field. Working with faculty on MBA and doctoral courses offered me a more global understanding of international business history, and I became more proficient in the methods and debates that define the field. In addition, the interdisciplinary View Details

09 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

By "public" we mean that senior managers need to keep everyone three to four levels below them informed about what has been learned, as well as what changes are planned. When people hear "honest," they tend to think "spontaneous." But... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat

25 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation

capital sources including TopCo equity, project equity, grants, debt, and government support. There is no one correct approach on how to fund these projects. The uniting characteristics of projects that do... View Details

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

outcomes for the city groups we worked with and hopefully higher impact for the residents of San Francisco.” Nora Barr (MBA 2016), who recently finished two projects with the SF Public Library, says... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Oct 2012
News

Green Pioneer

from several different Harvard departments, as well as public officials and engineering firms. The criteria are: quality of life, leadership, resources allocation, natural world, and climate and risk. It’s a rare View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

01 Dec 2006
News

Enron’s Legacy

If Enron had been owned and controlled by a small group of private-equity investors, could the monitoring and control practices of a professionally run buyout shop have protected Enron’s shareholders and employees from the problems that destroyed the company and... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Enron; Finance

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Credits - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Credits Website Credits Supported by the de Gaspé de Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School Project manager: Karen Bailey, Historical Collections, Baker Library Production manager: Ben Dubrovsky, Baker Library Information... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Philly Club Hosts Nonprofit Execs

best practices. HBS lecturer Stacey Childress, a cofounder of the Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard, led a case discussion focusing on selecting the right management tools to implement nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: clubs; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Discovery Process

I have participated in all kinds of interdisciplinary seminars, and I have a degree in an interdisciplinary field, but HBS was the most interdisciplinary place I have ever experienced. Never have I had so many conversations with scholars... View Details

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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

following criteria: Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA student Current Center for Public Leadership Graduate Fellow ; or Adrian Cheng Fellow (graduate students only). Full-time Harvard graduate student enrolled in one of the courses during... View Details

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The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF) - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF) Course Number 1315 Professor Aiyesha Dey Associate Professor Jonas Heese Fall; Q1; 1.5 credits Project Educational Objective We are in the golden age of fraud. Learning how to detect and... View Details

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Just Digital Future - Race, Gender & Equity

chart a course toward a digital world that works for everyone. Our 10-episode listening tour brings scholars, practitioners, and activists into conversation about disparities in technology and the tech sector. The articles below share the... View Details

04 Jan 2021
Blog Post

Bringing the Lessons of 2020 into 2021

2020 was a year we won’t soon forget. Individuals and organizations around the globe were faced with unprecedented challenges that pushed their creativity, resolve, and resilience to the limits. We faced a global health pandemic, an economic crisis, and a View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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