global public health - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

serving as a representative on the Cherokee National Council. During a meeting of its Environmental Resources Group, Senior Director Pat Gwin showed the group a photo of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault—a meticulously cataloged collection... View Details

13 Jul 2017
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Making Friends with Mother Nature

Donald K. Clifford Jr. wrote the book on how high-performance, midsize companies beat their competition, but growth in the world of nature has always been closest to his heart. “The natural world was always my great interest,” says Clifford (MBA 1956), a former... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Sep 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

highlight how large companies in traditional industries—from finance to manufacturing to pharmaceuticals—are using digital to gain strategic advantage. They illuminate the principles and practices that lead to successful digital transformation. Their results are based... View Details

Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research

01 Sep 2016
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The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

is as competitive, as global Uber and region-wide Grab compete with local startups. In China, Uber was up against Alibaba-backed Didi Chuxing until that company purchased Uber China in late July. In India the home turf favorite is Ola,... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Apr 2000
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Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

as one of the top women dealmakers in the financial-services arena. Two sessions of morning panels addressed issues related to specific industries. During the first session, attendees could choose among panels that examined the fields of consulting, finance, View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

07 Sep 2021
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Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

this second part of our Skydeck conversation with Immelt, we talk about the trials of the financial crisis, the loneliness of life at the top, and what his post-GE career in education and venture capital have taught him about the future of View Details

10 Aug 2022
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Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age

science and health services from Harvard’s School of Public Health, even she couldn’t successfully navigate the health care system for her mom. It set her on a path of... View Details

15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

many of the same philosophies when planning how the public would experience the site and learn from its unique history. Fort Sheridan is one of a few places in Lake County that offer free public access to... View Details

17 Jan 2019
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

(TMT) investor at TPG, a global private equity firm. While I work across the TMT sector, I primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and growth equity investments, which are made out of TPG Growth and The Rise Fund, a double–bottom... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away

delivery business in a number of countries, including the UK, France, Italy, Brazil, and Canada. It went public in 2014, became a FTSE-100 company in 2017, and is currently worth $5 billion. That’s the price of an incorrect answer to... View Details

22 Jul 2019
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A Way Forward for Women

student of organizational culture and inclusion, Benko says there’s no magic formula. “The market for public and private board seats is seemingly the most inefficient market I have witnessed. For so long it was driven by who you know and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over

history courses today. The first HBS course designed specifically to teach entrepreneurial management - The Management of New Enterprises - was introduced in 1947, one of several HBS initiatives undertaken to address the unique circumstances presented by the cessation... View Details

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

discovered a company that I thought was amazing. Sodexo is a French company, Global French Company. I just fell in love with their mission and their values and their lens of the world, and their role in it as a corporate citizen. So, I... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

of immediate usefulness. Global Risk Agility and Decision Making: Organizational Resilience in the Era of Manmade Risk by Daniel Wagner and Dante Disparte (PLDA 6) (Palgrave Macmillan) The authors call for a greater sense of urgency from... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Up Against The Firewall

though many kinds of cyber intrusions are not required to be reported or made public, known U.S. assaults are up nearly 300 percent since 2001, when over 52,000 cyber incidents were recorded. In that year, by some estimates, hacking accounted for $15 billion in damage... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Robert Austin; Corporate Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

21 May 2018
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Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

outcomes for the city groups we worked with and hopefully higher impact for the residents of San Francisco.” Nora Barr (MBA 2016), who recently finished two projects with the SF Public Library, says Community Partners not only allowed her... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

to move to Havana. The decision came in January 2017, when Gordon was working in a sales position at Castlight, a Bay Area B2B health care technology company. The couple had met while Gordon was working for the Clinton Foundation in... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

global community, one that represents and respects the best of our collective backgrounds and traditions and that is a living example of how people from all over the world can come together around a set of common values, and though not... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

30 May 2025
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Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte

HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details