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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
have been calling for a prepared workforce,” says Sarah Morgan, president of the Benwood Foundation, a nonprofit partnering with area organizations to create shared prosperity in the region. “But that’s new for Chattanooga. As far as public education goes, the View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
done at Godrej. (Earlier consultants, she notes, often operated as yes-men for her father.) They didn't disappoint: Vivek Gambhir (MBA 1997), the Bain partner who headed the project, notably challenged the status quo, and Nisa went on to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
medical technology and health-insurance sectors, when it comes to health services, the 800-pound gorilla of our system, entrepreneurs are nowhere to be found. And their absence has enabled the status quo providers to get fat and sloppy.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
HBS Chapel Earns Gold Certification
In a first for Harvard University, the HBS Class of 1959 Chapel has achieved LEED gold certification for significant reductions in energy and water usage. In fact, the chapel is the first university building in the world to achieve gold View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Forget Me Not
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Charlie Greene (MBA 2021) Cofounder and CEO, Remento Concept: Remento helps families collect and preserve the stories of loved ones. An annual subscription allows users to upload photos and select prompts for the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Ideas
Poor’s—controlled 97 percent of the credit ratings market. The status quo was disrupted, however, by the 2008 global economic recession, an event that the Big Three contributed to by giving overly optimistic ratings to highly complex and... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
In Pursuit of Academia
being high status together in one room, what evolves is a new pecking order, a pyramid structure,” she explains. “For the vast majority of MBA students, they went from being high status to lower status, with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
What Makes Israel Tick?
1951). The group also traveled to the Palestinian West Bank to assess the status of financial and social institutions required for successful statehood. Poorvu Family Professor of Management Practice Arthur Segel chaired the Israel... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’ CEOs of global companies increasingly mandate that their employees learn English. The problem: these workers can experience a loss of status and believe they aren’t as effective in... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Wagr
a fun, social, and inclusive experience for all sports fans, not just gamblers. Frustrated by the lack of intuitive, non-predatory options for betting, Malave and Eskinazi began working on Wagr in the EC course Product Management. Status... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Redefining Work Life
wanted to define herself by more than her professional status and financial rewards,” reported Business Week (March 29, 2004) in its cover story on Fudge’s departure from — and return to — the workforce. After two years during which Fudge... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Good Vibrations
won’t take those medications due to side effects. There’s a real gap for a simple treatment you can use earlier in the disease trajectory.” Status Update: The grand prize winner in the Alumni New Venture Competition, Bone Health... View Details
- 21 Nov 2008
- News
No More Squawking about the Campus Turkey
Turk definitely staked a claim to the HBS campus. But a little aggression wasn’t enough to run afoul of state law that protects wild creatures from relocation just to soothe jangled human nerves. Alas, perhaps the celebrity status Turk... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
compare your name to existing and pending trademarks, based on a variety of characteristics, including phonetic similarity, similarity of goods, and status of existing trademark applications and registrations: “We’re capturing the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?
that states with the largest pension deficits and those with heavy unionization were most likely to want to keep the status quo—even when the public and financial experts pushed for the opposite. It makes sense: “The most likely scenario... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
It’s a puzzle that some people still seek high status for its own sake. Leadership, wealth, and well-being have increasingly little to do with hierarchy, and the perks of power aren’t what they used to be. Hierarchy hasn’t disappeared,... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- News
A View of the Valley
Trust, peeks behind the curtains of Silicon Valley’s tech culture and the fight to the top of the food chain—a story told through lens of a Taiwanese-American family, the Huangs. It’s an unblinking look at some of the Valley’s foibles, from fixations on socioeconomic... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Ruling the Waves
cryptology, satellite television, and computers and describes how, before they became a routine part of everyday life, they seemingly threatened to overturn the status quo. "During the innovation and commercialization phases, the very... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia
face to face with a statue carved in gray stone—a woman, slim, narrow-waisted, wearing just a simple pleated skirt that almost floated down to the floor. The elegance and simplicity captivated me. It could have been a contemporary piece,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
For most of the 20th century, three bond ratings agencies—Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s—controlled 97 percent of the credit ratings market. The status quo was disrupted, however, by the 2008 global economic recession, an event... View Details