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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
observing? Then go through these indignities and try to convert some of them to dignities. Start with the ones that are going to make everyone better off. Sometimes the answer might be office chairs: Moms were quitting during the pandemic... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 19 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?
and delivery delays, and explains how dollar stores have been able to defy the downward trends that have devastated brick-and-mortar retail in recent years. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Harvard Gazette: The View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
alum (who later became CFO), so it was a natural transition, he felt, to apply to the school. Within a few months of arriving on campus, however, the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Hilton, nonetheless, found ways to make the HBS experience work... View Details
- 05 Jul 2021
- What Do You Think?
Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?
is opportunity The past few years, companies have complained of a dearth of women and minority applicants. It would be a real silver lining if the pandemic creates the wave of “new” candidates you describe. What will be even better is if... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- February 2021 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Shopify: The Conquest for Chinese E-Commerce
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Avani Patel, Samantha Lin and Ariel Yang
In mid-2020, Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify, faced a critical decision on how to time potential expansion into the China market. Over the prior 15 years, his Canadian software-as-a-service company had grown from a small e-commerce solutions provider to a full service... View Details
Keywords: Timing; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Service Operations; Business Model; Organizational Design; Change Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Health Pandemics; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Digital Platforms; Alliances; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Internet and the Web; E-commerce; United States; Canada; China
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Challenges BIO The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global tragedy that continues to affect tens of millions around the world. Some call it a black swan event. However, through this adversity, we have seen remarkable examples of human... View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
lasting implications. According to the United Negro College Fund, “Only 57 percent of Black students have access to the full range of math and science courses necessary for college readiness, compared to 81 percent of Asian American students and 71 percent of white... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
women involved, the result will be a world with less war. Shivangi Goel Harvard MD/MBA Student, Class of 2022 At the start of the pandemic all medical schools across the country pulled medical students out of the hospitals. I chose to... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
self-confidence. Add in a devastating pandemic that has forced many mothers to scale back professional duties to support children at home, and deeply embedded stereotypes about women as caregivers and men as breadwinners start to... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
More Info – Less Info If there’s one thing that the pandemic and the resulting economic volatility have made clear, it’s that most people need—and want—a dramatically different relationship with work. Whether you are personally... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
Dr. Margaret Chan (PMD 61, 1991) is worried. She believes that a serious human influenza pandemic will almost certainly occur at some time in the near future. Chan is particularly concerned by the avian influenza virus H5N1 that is... View Details
- 09 Jun 2020
- News
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
manage a food distribution company and an agricultural investment fund. “Many global experts have underscored that this pandemic is a 12-18 month battle and that we can expect future pandemics and shocks... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
significant loss of benefits and spending,” says Kluender, who coauthored the recent working paper Early Withdrawal of Pandemic Unemployment Insurance: Effects on Employment and Earnings with HBS research associate Calvin Jahnke; Kyle... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Goes Back To School
2022), which offers guidance for students, staff, and faculty during re-entry—including details on community policies, information on campus access protocols, and a list of FAQs. AUGUST 21 In reaction to the pandemic and the resulting... View Details
- 20 May 2020
- News
Keeping Families Connected
story,” says Tuchman. The platform quickly expanded to other audiences, such as divorced parents, grandparents, and other relatives. The pandemic has created new use cases. “Young children who are stuck at home are using Caribu to have... View Details
- 09 Apr 2020
- News
“Raise the Line”
on six continents, and the company has an ambitious goal of 50 million over the next year and 1 billion by 2025. Gaglani’s experience with Osmosis offers him a unique perspective on the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the medical field. In this interview, he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
In the past few months, HBS has mobilized, adapted, innovated, and collaborated to support MBA students during a very turbulent time. As the economic consequences of the pandemic took hold, students found themselves facing a very... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
Riad Armanious (MBA 2008) regards the pandemic as the greatest professional challenge he has faced as managing director of family-owned Eva Group and CEO of Eva Pharma, a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Egypt. The... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
In the midst of a global pandemic and widespread protests against racial injustice, the fashion industry can seem pretty frivolous. Fashion-industry leader Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), CEO of VPL, a women’s underwear and athleisure company,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
safe and effective vaccine. But the ultimate goal is even more ambitious than bringing an end to the current pandemic as quickly as possible. True success, say those involved, will be building the infrastructure necessary to prevent the... View Details