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Rawiah Abdallah
At the American University in Cairo (AUC), Rawiah Abdallah intended to study Arabic and comparative literature and develop her skills as a writer. She served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, but when it came time to initiate... View Details
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
Describes the addition of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance indicators to the Bloomberg terminal. The initiative grew out of Bloomberg's broader sustainability View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
important catalyst to accelerate change; however, policy changes are not necessary to initiate migration to value-based competition. The policy debate is complex, political, and often focuses on the wrong subjects. The debate is often... View Details
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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
people are included in the labor market today,” says Rewane. “This is not just a West Africa problem—it’s a global problem. We’re learning from on-the-ground implementation, looking to work in partnership with bigger players like View Details
- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
mandatory waiting-period laws.) This natural experiment provided a second approach for the researchers to explore the causal impact of waiting periods, and it confirmed the initial results, bolstering the team’s confidence in its... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
would, therefore, help to increase economic efficiency simply by improving the flow of economic information. This view, in which government agencies could promote economic stability by providing forecasts, was a far cry from the type of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth; exploring the relationship between business and democracy; and the role entrepreneurs and firms, not governments or markets, have played in driving globalization. "Important subjects... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 01 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program
year in the MBA program at HBS. This fall I will start the third year of the joint degree program, which combines courses at both schools. Prior to coming to Harvard, I worked for McKinsey & Company in Mexico and India, and then with the McKinsey Center for View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) was a government official in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He served as assistant secretary of defense for installations and logistics and, from 1967 to... View Details
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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
would advocate a discontinuation of operations after attempting unsuccessfully to resist meeting government demands for private information. Some suggested more complex strategies. Among those in favor of staying and trying to reach some... View Details
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Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
John A. Quelch, Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for International Development, became the leader of the School's Global Initiative last August. A veteran HBS faculty member who recently spent... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
agenda," she concludes. —Judith A. Ross Who's Minding the Store? The Initiative on Social Enterprise also focuses on a third major area of study: how nonprofits ought to be governed and made accountable to... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 17 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
Environment Initiative to highlight six things prospective and current students should know about sustainability on campus. Interested students can become Sustainability Associates The Student Sustainability Associate (SSA) program... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
Harvard alumni living in Mexico and elsewhere and the other half from corporate donations, mainly from Mexican companies. Harvard provided matching funds to the first $1 million, as part of an initiative to strengthen its international... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
the economy at large absorb adverse economic shocks? Or does the local population decline, stuck in economic decay? The answers to those questions are vital for economists, policymakers, and local governments to decide as new waves of... View Details
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Zad Chin | MBA
Zad Chin Computer Science/Mathematics Adams 2024 Cohort 5 The productization of a technological innovation is dependent on so many factors such as the culture and governance of a society; this unfortunately causes some promising... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
tangible results: The Walmart Foundation cited the research as part of its announcement of a new five-year, $100 million effort to address the skills gap. The initial competitiveness research also inspired the HBS Club of New York to... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
Fifty-three years ago, Judge Harold Medina dismissed charges brought by the Justice Department against seventeen leading investment banks. A case built up over a decade of investigations and almost three years of trial collapsed when the View Details