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Europe - Global Activities 2021
Systems Change was straightforward: Write a paper using the concepts explored in the course to analyze a social entrepreneur tackling an important social problem. After students reviewed each other’s papers, one would be selected to be... View Details
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
equilibrium of poverty.” (As a side note, one problem with Galbraith’s argument is that “labor exports” often involve people with the best education and skills, producing a brain drain. The result could well be greater inequality among... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. Kaplan’s research, Executive Education teaching, and consulting focus on linking cost and performance management View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Professor Ramchandran Jaikumar Remembered
pioneer in the study of flexible manufacturing systems. A major component of his work was a comprehensive study of more than half of these systems in use worldwide. The project had a significant impact on improving the management of... View Details
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
(double-glazed, insulated) windows wired into the heating and cooling system that detect when windows are open and adjust the room’s temperature accordingly. “It’s not in-your-face green,” says Terri Evans, communications manager for... View Details
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Jacqueline Beato
As an undergraduate, her business ambitions percolated within what might seem to be a technically oriented degree. "Industrial engineering is the best major there is," Jacqueline says. "Yes, it does include the core skills of engineering. But the real... View Details
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Kaplan’s research, Executive Education teaching, and consulting focus on linking cost and performance management systems to strategy implementation. His current research focuses on two topics: measuring and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit
Service, Success," a five-volume video series in which each video addresses a fundamental element of service management. A related topic, Achieving Breakthrough Service, also the subject of a video, has been developed into a weeklong executive View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
different departments. "NABCO was instrumental in changing the course of breast cancer screening, treatment, and care," she says. "Our physician and corporate partnerships to educate women replaced fear with facts. We helped craft and... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
institutional change should be the responsibility of aspiring and accomplished leaders everywhere,” says Kanter. Why do we need advanced leaders now? Problems like climate change, racial and gender disparity, health issues, and View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
society’s biggest problems, traffic congestion,” he says. Mistele’s network has become extensive, and the connections that began forming when he arrived at HBS continue to grow. He cites Lynda Applegate, the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration and chair... View Details
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
of physical infrastructure and workforce education are the strongest predictors of entry, with labor laws and household banking quality also playing important roles. Looking at the district-industry level, we find extensive evidence of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
create opportunities for advancement in the Black community. The ARF supports causes in four categories that are similar to the NCF’s: health and wellness access, community outreach and social justice advocacy, justice system reform, and... View Details
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
decades have generated rich empirical data on firms and business systems that can confirm or challenge many of today's fashionable theories and assumptions by other disciplines. Business history has broadened its scope in the last two... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
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The General Shoe Company, 1921 | Baker Library
Business Problem Books Used in the Case System of Business Training . New York, Chicago [etc]: A. W. Shaw Company, [1922]. Harvard University. Bureau of Business Research. Depreciation in the Retail Shoe Business, pages 14-15 . Cambridge,... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- News
Voting for Optimism in Baltimore
that the police can do their jobs and everyone can have a safer place to live and work. The most important thing is stimulating an economic renaissance in Baltimore, and that means jobs for the systemically unemployed and opportunities... View Details
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
"Pilot: New York City" was released in October 2023. The press release can be found here and the full report here . Boston Public Schools Hiring Process Improvement Spring 2022 | Focus : Education Operations Team: Jenny Zhou Description:... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
The new academic year brings a sense of heightened expectation to the HBS campus. In the last twelve months we have realized extraordinary progress in a number of areas. As we look to the future, our central mission - to educate leaders -... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective, which analyzes the world's financial institutions, Professor Merton addressed seminar participants - including HBS faculty, research associates, and students - on behalf of the School's Global Financial View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
professor in the Finance Unit: As an academic, my main reaction to the executive order is that this decision is absolutely not grounded in the facts. I spend a lot of energy teaching my students to look at the facts to educate their... View Details
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