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- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
It seems to suggest a real unmet need in educational systems. How integral will coding skills be going forward, and what role should government play in attending to those needs? A: Analytical skills and comfort with technology are... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
and more efficiently?—with in-the-weeds tactical questions—would more people click here if the button were red? Much of the innovative work going on at DoIT was spearheaded by Lauren Lockwood (HBS 2014), and until recently Boston’s Chief... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
that people are more likely to select choices that serve the should self (should-choices) when the choices will be implemented in the distant rather than the near future. This 'future lock-in' is demonstrated in five experiments for should-choices involving donation,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2022
- News
Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
leadership and his life story—which was super powerful, particularly for this group. He’s also a great example of giving back to the community. He went from an academic career to public service, and that’s very inspiring also.” Born and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
HBS Professor Mike Toffel; Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966), cofounder and Chief Investment Strategist of GMO, LLC; Gina McCarthy, Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
P. Pisano: It was clear there that there was a huge set of interesting and important management issues going on that were not being addressed elsewhere, and that we were in a good position to address. Public... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
private and public sectors can tilt the odds back to our favor—and what victory would really look like. Unite the Fight On February 13, 2015, President Obama announced an executive order that encouraged the exchange of cyberattack data... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
with her family to watch Ralph Bellamy in Man Against Crime. After graduating from Radcliffe, it seemed logical that she would go on to law school. First, however, she enrolled in the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration,... View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
record to defeat the heir apparent in his own party and then go on to hold off the much-vaunted Republican machine is a truly remarkable achievement. Much of it has to do with Obama's instinct for marketing. First, Obama's personal... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
Schwarzman Illustration by Roberto Parada Last year the U.S. private-equity business set a number of impressive records: most money raised at $375 billion, most deals closed at 654, and biggest buyout ever at $38.9 billion. Of all the names associated with this surge... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
the Creation of Time Magazine, by Isaiah Wilner Ann Moore took the lowest-paying job she was offered after receiving her MBA-because she loved magazines. She has remained with Time Inc., one of the world's most influential companies, for almost thirty years, holding... View Details
- Profile
Funa Maduka
"where I can drill down into strategy or general management." In the long run, "I'm definitely going into the public sector, either nonprofit or government." View Details
- Profile
Leila Meliani
"It gave me the chance to see how talent is the backbone of the entire organization." Deliberately seeking challenges To expand her reach, Leila decided to pursue an MBA. "I wanted to go to a place where I would be really,... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- Student-Profile
Olivia Zhao
quantitatively and get a detailed look at what’s going on. I guess that kind of parallels my approach to academic life.” As an undergrad at MIT, Olivia was drawn to the social sciences. “I didn’t know the specifics of what they covered,”... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
customers notorious for labyrinthine procurement processes and glacial sales cycles. At the same time, Weiss reasons, if approached in the right way, selling to the public sector can amount to a huge opportunity for the right business.... View Details
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Jeff Nelson
loan quality and “provide a more sustainable process for the entire housing market.” Expanding options, perspectives After two years with Fannie Mae, “the timing was right for the MBA,” says Jeff. “HBS has a top reputation. If I wanted to View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change
low-cost HIV/AIDS drugs to Malawi. “I’m the guy who still can’t believe I got to go to school here.” After traveling around the world this fall, Moret will take a position in McKinsey’s Washington, D.C., office, where he hopes to spend... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
their strategy, and the business media even treat them as celebrities. In many cases, activists have courted both investors and the public with an informative and insightful approach to individual investments. They engage in considerable... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
sector. There was a big boom, a few years ago, in these private space enterprises trying to go public through special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). In a SPAC, somebody would start a company with the... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
initiatives in the arts, education, the environment, government innovation, and public health. He has given away more than $6.4 billion. In 2018, he also committed an additional $1.8 billion to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young