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- 01 Mar 2007
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The Plight of the Global Poor
day or less. The number of people living in poverty at the bottom of the wealth pyramid, versus the relative handful at the pyramid’s peak, represents what is potentially the most explosive socioeconomic challenge facing the world. Now, with markets in the View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Transforming Baker Library
up-to-date technology, and a second main entrance that will face south, toward the School’s Allston neighborhood. According to Angela Crispi (MBA 1990), associate dean for administration, the new Baker Library/Academic Center will be a place that strengthens the... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
Photography by Brandon Patoc You think the traffic is bad where you live? Be glad you don’t live in London, where the average driver wastes 101 hours a year—the most of any city in Europe—stuck in traffic, according to the Traffic Scorecard from INRIX, a global... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
example, input from our alumni community—in particular, members of the African American Alumni Association—was critical in helping us develop the Racial Equity Plan and will continue to be essential as we implement it. Additionally,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Reawakening rural America
Jack Schultz (MBA 1976) founded Agracel, an industrial development firm, to boost the economies of rural America in places such as Teutopolis, Illinois, the small farming hamlet where he grew up. The Effingham, Illinois-based company has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
("Ted") Fischer (71st PMD), will work to connect young alumni (those within five years of graduation) with the School and the community of other alumni. Specifically, committee members will focus on View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Books
The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning by Joseph L. Bower (HBS Press) Professor Bower explains how companies can develop internal candidates for the CEO role by grooming “inside outsiders” — leaders with... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
how to work with a diverse group of people in a situation where you are not the boss. You have to lead with your ability, passion, and conviction," says Austin. His findings also indicate that corporate involvement in the community not... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 23 Sep 2021
- News
Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
developed the series in recognition of the fact that sustainability is “everyone’s issue” to act upon. HBS Club of Japan president Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003) “We wanted to raise awareness by inviting prominent speakers and experts on... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
development of community standards and a system of accountability for students, faculty, and staff. We also have launched a distinguished speaker series and have plans under way for additional workshops and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
exciting innovations that grew out of recommendations made by the Board last year. Recognizing that technology and the Internet are, for many of you, the primary vehicles for communicating with each other and learning about View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Crowdfunding capital for small business
James ("Brad") McGee (MBA 1987) cofounded iCrowd to bring entrepreneurs together in online communities to network and to help provide the financial and commercial resources businesses need to thrive. He launched the crowdfunding website... View Details
- 29 Apr 2019
- News
A Global Mission
International University in Klaipėda, which he helped to establish in 1991. He’s also working in Mexico, developing an idea for an overland shipping route in southern Mexico to rival the Panama Canal that will bring business opportunities... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
provide an environment in which the private sector can do what it does best. That's why many donors focus on strengthening governance and developing the public sector's capabilities. How is the development... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
on their smartphone within the last month. That trend is fostering a next generation of entrepreneurs developing new revenue models that aren’t built around the traditional program formats, a shift that writers and producers are taking... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
Business Become More Sustainable The notion of “doing well by doing good” is gaining momentum as business leaders and investors realize that social responsibility can improve the bottom line. That’s why HBS Online introduced a course on Sustainable Business Strategy,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
administrative support. And we need to be sure the Institute doesn’t get frozen in time by constantly asking: How do we keep ourselves current? How do we make sure we are addressing the right problems and communicating our findings back... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
developed in what we can talk. But it was really the... the really important moment of our connection. Perzyk: I corrected him and said, "Actually, I have a great-uncle. My grandmother's brother died in a plane crash 70 years ago at the... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
University of Houston professor, and Shara Bumgarner, a Houston elementary school teacher. Melcher located some classroom space and then watched as her daughter began to acquire social and communication skills in the new environment.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
employers and employees. "The growth of staffing agencies suggests that we may be witnessing a slow recasting of the economy's institutional matrix where people are emerging as bundles of skills, organizations as constellations of projects, and agencies as brokers,... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross