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- 06 Aug 2015
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Making coding cool
Only.” Through Girls Who Code, teenage girls are exposed to the world of computer science and given the education and support they need to pursue careers in the field. The nonprofit has school computer science clubs in more than 20 states and organizes summer... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
how organizations can create moral behavior using unspoken cues. Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway Why do businesses evaluate candidates solely on past job performance, ignoring the job's difficulty? Why do university admissions officers focus on high GPAs,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Doctoral Alumni Take Stage
an opportunity for young scholars to report on their current work and socialize with faculty and current doctoral students. Nine doctoral alumni (pictured above), all assistant professors at their respective universities, took part in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to 25 percent. A number of economists... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
who want to become valued and successful members of their organizations without selling out on their identities and their beliefs. These "tempered radicals" may have differences based on moral values, social perspectives, or racial,... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
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On Balance
the public sector in its data collection and analysis, expanding its reach to 60 percent of workers.) Almost a decade’s worth of data shows progress, says Wooldridge, but not enough. “In Australia, what we see is that we are making improvements, but the View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
You goal, girl
action, and the drama of competition," Love explained to the San Francisco Chronicle (June 18, 1999). Love, who publishes the magazine in San Jose, California, knows that the attrition rate is high for new magazines. But REAL SPORTS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
other players will not be known for that part of their business and so their customers' voices will not be heard as loudly relative to what Gazelle can generate." —Armando Requejo (MBA 2005) "How about differentiating Gazelle by focusing on the green aspect of reusing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Make Plans for Washington GLF
Leadership in Public and Private Organizations. You can view the complete lineup at www.alumni.hbs.edu/glf2006. For evening social events, the local HBS planning committee has lined up after-hours access to the Library of Congress, the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry
the phone, and a second where he prefaced the ask with, "I'm so sorry about the rain!" The first version produced a successful outcome only 9 percent of the time; the "weather apology" version had a success rate more than five times... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
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Thanking Veterans Online
Veterans Affairs benefits, Hall and fellow Army Ranger Matthew Thompson (MBA 2010) sought to create a business that would help veterans receive the benefits they deserve. The result was TroopSwap, an online source for discounts and other... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
A Look at Olook
She just graduated from college a few years ago. She's middle class. She drives a Fiat Uno. She's very socially active. And she loves social networks. And she's into fashion blogs," says Beisert. "We sell to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
Funding Circle, among others. It was a wide circle. These startups are part of a new ecosystem filling the void left by traditional banks that don’t want to lend to small businesses because they are too risky or because interest rates are... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Bounce Back
Illustration by Michael Sloan/The i Spot Illustration by Michael Sloan/The i Spot The rate at which people have been signing on to social media in the last decade had many marketers wondering if it might... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
field.” Metrics have always grounded HCZ’s operations; the organization gathers data across 600 areas to track annual results, from participation rates to academic performance to risky behaviors. In 2017, 97 percent of HCZ seniors went on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- News
Paving the Way to College
our kids were admitted into the top 25 colleges, 98 percent in the top 50 colleges. And 94 percent of our students graduate from college, which is a very high percentage given the graduation rate for inner-city kids. “The students... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Waxing Philosophical
(Johnson showed it at his 50th HBS reunion.) Alcoholism afflicts 5 to 10 percent of the general population, a figure that experts say is probably higher among CEOs. That’s attributable to the greater levels of stress and work-related View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
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Bringing Light to the Fight
that access to these free screenings has reduced the breast cancer mortality rate in the country by 34 percent, says Smyth, who was awarded a Companion of the NZ Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth for services to Women and Governance, in... View Details
- 07 Oct 2021
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Bringing Light to the Fight
Zealand government instituted free breast cancer screenings for women ages 50 to 64, later extended to 45 to 69. The foundation is currently working to extend those screenings to women up to the age of 74. Data shows that access to these free screenings has reduced the... View Details