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03 Nov 2023
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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

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

housed a negative and a positive sheet on two separate rollers. His drawings, often produced in whimsical renderings, illustrate the mechanisms of the system. 55 The negative moved past the lens box during exposure and made contact with... View Details

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Judges - Alumni

Beekeeper’s Naturals, Hill House Home, Kosas, Olive & June, and Saie. Tina is a thought leader and strategist whose extensive network, hands-on approach, and sharp instincts for commercial opportunities are highly regarded by investors,... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Power Couple

become today’s mass media. Sarnoff, who works closely with Random House chairman and CEO Peter Olson (MBA ’76), is, among other priorities, helping to position the publisher in the digital arena, including wireless-content distribution.... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

29 Feb 2024
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

affordable housing nationwide, high-quality education in predominately underserved communities, and many other initiatives essential to accelerating Black economic mobility, I believe firms can reverse the wealth gap trend dramatically,... View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

require major changes in this vital sector of the economy. 40 % Of total Green House Gas Emissions is from Electricity Generation. 20 % Of the world's population currently lives without access to electricity. 4-5x Quicker growth in wind... View Details

08 Oct 2021
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8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

left for undergrad. There, I quickly joined a fraternity, where I lived for four years. It was also there that I had my first relationship with another man. I remember lying awake night after night, in the fraternity house, both stressed about the relationship and... View Details

21 Jan 2022
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Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

permanent homes to replace mud houses and investing in their daughters’ educations. “They can start planning for the future,” Nyamumbo says. She hopes to expand Kahawa’s approach within the coffee industry, working with coffee farmers in... View Details

21 May 2012
Research & Ideas

OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

economic growth and job creation," groused one congressman during a House subcommittee hearing on OSHA last year, sharing the private frustrations of many employers. The debate over the agency has gone on for years, in part because there... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

instance. In buying a house or a car, a disparity in knowledge can cause purchasers to feel anxious over bargaining for the best price. In the study Can Nervous Nelly Negotiate? How Anxiety Causes Negotiators to Make Low Frst Offers, Exit... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Nov 2018
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Harvard Square's Hidden History

served Newtowne (Cambridge’s name at founding). It was the primary center of commerce for the towns surrounding present-day Harvard Square, including much of the agricultural activity that took place on and near what is now HBS’s campus. Harvard’s First Dorms: Goffe... View Details

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

traffic-snarled commutes. But right now, with offices, schools, and day cares closed, those time-on-your-side benefits have evaporated for many remote workers who no longer have the house to themselves and are struggling with the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Industry Information - Alumni

technology of realtors. Redfin Real Estate News & Analysis Real estate news and analysis from one of the leaders in online real estate brokerage. Includes data on the state of US housing market and advice for home buyers and sellers. + –... View Details

12 Oct 2017
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Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

residents, the Atlanta Housing Authority, and business leaders. “People see that model and want to know how it works,” explains Majors, who consults with groups in Omaha, Rochester, Orlando, and Philadelphia, to help them assemble the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

26 Feb 2019
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Building a New Real Estate Investment Model

short video following Davis at work in Philadelphia Philadelphia—like so many other major cities—has experienced a dramatic increase in housing values. The 19146 ZIP code, about a mile and a half from City Hall, experienced a 404 percent... View Details

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

University of Zurich. Workers with long commutes dislike their jobs more Previous research shows the longer people commute, the lower their job satisfaction and the more likely they are to quit. In one 2006 survey, people said that the morning journey between View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Thomas R. Eisenmann : Won a 2011 European Case Clearing House (ecch) Award in the Strategy and General Management category for his case with Benjamin G. Edelman, "Google Inc." (HBS Case 910-036) and another ecch Award in the... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

funds to support them. As these students search for role models, they would do well to look to their benefactor, who worked his way up from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the business world. Ann M. Fudge (MBA '77) Executive Vice President, Kraft Foods, Inc.... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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A World of Difference

differently about an issue, that is when we learn. So we can start building inclusion by making people realize that their worldview is not necessarily the right one and that they can all learn from one another. Frei: I grew up in a house... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Harvard Business School

office and retail space in downtown Framingham. Two years later he oversaw a joint venture to develop a 56-unit affordable housing development in Dorchester. Richard America Jr. MBA 1965 Richard America has published on economic... View Details

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