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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
reopen a Lawson store in Soma. Kato had seen devastation as well. The tsunami had claimed two of her four Lawson stores and had destroyed her house, forcing her to a refugee shelter. Her mother-in-law and pet cat were still missing. But... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?
Summing Up Among responses to this month's column, there was little disagreement with the premise that attitude trumps skills in the selection of new employees. C. J. Cullinane commented: "Attitude is all! I have worked with a group of Cuban View Details
Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
was established in Elmsford in 1983 by refugees from IBM’s superconducting electronics division, and which was chaired until 2012 by veteran venture capitalist Pitch Johnson (MBA 1952). Hypres’s scientists and engineers, many of whom... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
School Professor William R. Kerr. “Nationalistic policies have gained strength all around the world,” Kerr says, pointing to Brexit in the UK and strains caused by the refugee crisis in Europe as indicators of anti-immigrant sentiment... View Details
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- Portrait Project
Cali Tran
later, I was born in a refugee camp in California. As a Vietnamese-American, I grew up in relative luxury. There was no fear of tanks or bullets, no concern of transient uncertainty. I am the only American-born member in my family of... View Details
- Web
Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
2019 Hikma Health Jordan Lebovic, HBS 2020 Senan Ebrahim, HMS Erik Grueter Zara Allkhateeb Social Enterprise Track Winner Creates customized data management systems for healthcare providers caring for refugee patients. Gramhal Vikas... View Details
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
of backlash fostered by a long period of neglect of globalization’s effect on labor markets worldwide. Globalization takes many forms: common markets; free flows of workers including refugees and migrants; and multinational organizations... View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
perpetrators of the genocide now stationed in refugee camps and planning to return and continue the violence. This had a negative impact on the NGO community, and some NGOs chose to withdraw. Another potential setback is that while a... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 04 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club
includes our 1001 Nights Party which raised $7000 for Syrian refugees and had 450 people in attendance. We also hold small group discussions about a pertinent current events topic in the Middle East. Additionally, we host Harvard Arab... View Details
- Web
Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment
February 1, 2018. “ Let’s Talk About Climate Migrants, Not Climate Refugees ,” United Nations (UN), June 6, 2019. “ Climate change and health ,” World Health Organization (WHO), February 1, 2018. “ Summary for policymakers of the global... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee
refugee resettlement, I knew that there was no more valuable way for me to spend my time than supporting those who are most vulnerable, which is why I immediately started searching for roles at the IRC. Luckily my search didn’t take... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
INK: Out of Exile
through the purgatory of refugee status, they found asylum in Oklahoma. Nayeri went on to earn a BA at Princeton, an MBA and MEd at Harvard, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The author of two previous novels (Refuge and A... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- Portrait Project
Lee Koffler
Today, roughly thirteen million refugees struggle to fulfill their basic needs each day. In one version of my life, I will help bring shelter and water to refugees in Kosovo and Tanzania. Each morning I will... View Details
- Web
Europe - Global Activities 2021
Europe Europe Job-Matching Platforms Address the Refugee Crisis Pictured: The European refugee crisis continues to escalate—between 2011 and 2019 alone, more than 6 million people applied for asylum in the... View Details
- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
implants and procedures. Refugee Camp Economies Author:Eric D. Werker Periodical:Journal of Refugee Studies (forthcoming) Abstract This paper describes the economy of a refugee... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Oct 2020
- Video
Shamlu Dudeja
Shamlu Dudeja, founder of Malika’s Kantha Collection and Chair of SHE Foundation based in Kolkata, recounts her childhood during Partition in great detail, starting with the day of the Partition where she witnessed the Pakistani flag go up in Karachi, the subsequent... View Details
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Ghassan E. Nuqul
Ghassan E. Nuqul, Chairman of the Nuqul Group, argues that business should and can play a role in helping the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza. View Details