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12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

ventures I was advising as the senior advisor for social entrepreneurship at the Harvard Innovation Labs. They said: “Hey, we’d like to learn more about that solution, and we think our colleagues might too.” So they set up a pitch day for... View Details

13 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 13

PublicationsHigher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Authors:Michael Beer, Russel A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Nov 2023
News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

31 Jan 2014
News

Body, Heal Thyself

says, that big seat as bioMérieux CEO at the age of 33. Now just 41, this man, who says he never wants to regret a thing, who was recruited to lead giant companies being traded on NASDAQ and NYSE, and who is willing to admit that he... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

12 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb

consequence of the “scapegoating” that can happen whenever a crisis gets blamed on a particular group. The most troubling aspect of the phenomenon, Luca says, is that the discrimination could have to some extent been avoided if the View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Technology; Travel

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

Nordgren, Maarten W. Bos, and Ap Dijksterhuis Publication:Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 47, no. 2 (2011) Abstract Two studies address the debate over whether conscious or unconscious mental processes best handle complex... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

to the support of companies, investors, and the initiatives of a number of NGOs, widespread regulatory intervention has yet to materialize. Outside of South Africa, adoption remains voluntary, accomplished via social movement abetted, to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

WIZZIT's founders thought there was a noble and viable business model in bringing banking to the poor, via a mobile banking platform that could be used on even the most primitive cell phone. They succeeded in finding an engineer to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

every three to five minutes and applying your knowledge through group exercises and an individual final paper. Description of silent animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

The Internet's Next Frontier

of social and productive value. Blockchain infrastructure layers create the possibility of having individually owned digital goods that can outlast the platforms that create them. Web3 is the enabling system... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

August 2018
Case

Christine Lagarde

By: Julie Battilana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas and Noemie Assenat

For a modular presentation of the same material, please see “Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls” (HBS No. 419-017), “Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant” (HBS No. 419-018), and “Christine Lagarde (C): Managing the IMF” (HBS No. 419-019).... View Details

Keywords: Change; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Leadership; Gender; Leading Change

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15 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

and, more broadly, social insurance. History shows that support for free trade tends to be fragile in the absence of such programs. Emphasize upgrading and productivity growth as the focus of public as well... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

gone. This is an opportunity to learn Slack and Zoom and have a mentor teach you how to use these tools. The second thing is, working remotely is very effective if you can also restructure the organizational processes for how communication happens, how View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

opportunity that's right for you. Entering StartUpLand will guide you as you seek your ideal entry point into this popular, cutting-edge organizational paradigm. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53337 2017 Entrepreneurship, Innovation,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

designed to develop leadership skills, self-awareness, and familiarity with pathways to postsecondary education. High school BALF programs provide students with critical skills and support to successfully prepare for, apply, and transition to a college or View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Building High-Performing Teams Model of Team Effectiveness Inquiry and Advocacy Show Hide Details Modules Taking Charge Leading Your Team Unleashing Potential in Yourself and Others Your Network Featured Exercises Build a foundation of self-awareness through a 360°... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

representing 42 percent of the group’s total annual sales in fiscal 2022. Harvard Business Review provided subscribers with timely articles from its flagship magazine, website (hbr.org) and social media presence. In addition, HBR Press... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Grant on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from Fordham University Gabelli School of Business and PVH Corp. for “The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting” with Umit Gurun and Quoc Nguyen. Lauren H. Cohen :... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

READY TO MAKE AN IMPACT READ MORE STORIES Syrup works by integrating a retailer’s data—historical and real-time transactions and inventory, e-commerce patterns, and marketing and promotion plans, among other things—with weather, search, and View Details

Keywords: April White

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