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  • 29 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

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
  • 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
  • 02 Mar 2021
  • HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

became the thriving business district known as "Black Wall Street." At the heart of Desai’s case is Regina Goodwin, a current Democratic member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, whose ancestors lost more than $75,000 in the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

developed into a giant industry, from 60 companies in 1860 to 700 companies in 1890. 8 The newly specialized field of advertising also grew exponentially as it became progressively complex. After the Civil War, for example, copy writing was done in View Details
  • 04 Apr 2022
  • What Do You Think?

As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?

“Disney divider: CEO fueds and staff walkouts are rocking the House of Mouse,” Fortune. Alex Sherman, “’Extremely awkward’: Bob Chapek and Bob Iger had a falling out, they rarely talk—and the rift looms over Disney’s future,” CNBC. Your... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 21 Nov 2018
  • Blog Post

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
  • 18 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

did you choose to take this job?" She thought for a few seconds, and then said that she truly loved helping people in need-the firm's clientele. She was enormously motivated by developing (and then executing) senior housing concepts... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

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
  • 01 Jan 2013
  • News

Thai Lee, MBA 1985

Purchases Software House 1993 Appointed Board of Trustees, Amherst College; first female president, Society of the Alumni 2011 SHI International opens new headquarters and cloud computing data center 2012 SHI International ranks 104 in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 04 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

rarely used it. Building the house was the motivating factor—not having the house. "You have to be sure that your family are engaging in work that is really causing them to feel like they are achieving important things," Christensen says.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Jan 2013
  • News

André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

1974 Named Executive Director, Unibanco 1983 Launches Banco Pactual S.A. 1998 Launches JGP Asset Management 2001 Joins HBS Board of Dean's Advisors 2002 Jakurski House opens, British School 2002 Named Chair, HBS Latin America Advisory... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 03 Nov 2023
  • News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

an entrepreneur, investor and inventor who has been working with sustainable housing and renewable energy since 2007. She is the immediate past CEO of BrainHeart Energy, the largest geothermal group in Sweden. She’s also an inventor who... 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
  • 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
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

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
  • 08 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

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
  • 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
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

“Complicated Firms” ( Journal of Financial Economics , May 2012). Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for for work on Relationships in Finance, 2009–2014. Thomas R. Eisenmann : Won a 2011 European... View Details