Public Conversations Project - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Mar 2022

Using the Harvard MBA to Make a Difference in Politics & Policy

in all levels of government (from local to federal). HBS MBA Admissions invites you to a conversation with Professor Mitch Weiss (MBA 2004), Margaret Woolley Busse (MBA 2001), and Mina Hsiang (MBA 2010). Professor Mitch Weiss, in his book... View Details

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Kash Rangan Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

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Kwame Owusu-Kesse

discipline. I was (and still am) at the nascent stages of my leadership development and in order to capitalize on my full potential, I knew I had to receive formal training that challenged my perceptions of what the combination of business and View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

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Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton

new project. Grant took some casual conversations about whether we could get people to “trade in their trash” into a full-blown research project that will turn into an interesting paper —... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact

this past fall with an open challenge: choose an organization whose operating model will be significantly affected by climate change, and tell us what it should be doing to address it. Students posted responses to the prompt on HBS’s Open Knowledge—a View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

11 Jan 2019
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The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

Conversations as Coffee Chats at other MBA schools. These 1:1 or small group meetings are a great way to connect with companies and get to know them on a personal level. Company Conversations can be... View Details

Arjun Chopra

computing company, where he launched and led their cloud strategy, products and services. He was a member of the board and executive team that raised multiple rounds of financing and spun out smartShift Inc. He led 350+ people, on-boarded hundreds of View Details

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How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value - Recruiting

emails are much more effective than LinkedIn or alumni platforms.” Her message landed with the Head of Strategic Finance, who welcomed the conversation and scheduled a call to explore potential projects and... View Details

09 Apr 2024
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IFC India: JSW Steel

public spaces that will absorb carbon and provide cooler ground temperatures for local populations to electrifying two- and three-wheel transportation to mitigate air pollution in major cities, there are so many incredible View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Insights: Public Education Leadership Project Andres Alonso John J-H Kim 16 May 2019 The Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard... View Details

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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity

Just Digital Future Design: At, Into, & Beyond Digital Initative Dan Mall on defining "good" design. Dan Mall on defining "good" design. Digital Initative Intention Our Just Digital Future interview series has put us in conversation with... View Details

01 Dec 2005
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Baker’s back

itself had become outdated. Two aspects of Baker that needed immediate attention were its lack of climate controls (uncomfortable for patrons, devastating for collections) and the inaccessibility of its stacks. Conversations took off from... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Research Links - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

Photograph Collection brings together some of the finest examples of 1930s documentary, public relations, and advertising photography from prominent photographers such as Margaret Bourke-White, Russell Aikins, Alfred Cheney Johnston,... View Details

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April Chen | MBA

areas of interest: AI/ML, civic tech, education tech, algorithmic fairness and justice Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: In Spring 2022, I designed and taught CS 96, Machine Learning for Social Good, a new course for students to work... View Details

25 Mar 2025
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ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested in the intersection of business... View Details

08 Mar 2017
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Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

there). However, there’s a lively and robust education sector community within Harvard Business School and you can learn a valuable set of skills and perspectives to take into the education field. For example, what do Boston Public... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Lewis and Primo Receive Recognition for Achievements

received the groups’ Professional Achievement Award, built Essence magazine into the leading lifestyle publication for African-American women. Primo’s real-estate investment and development firm has over $4 billion under management and... View Details

Keywords: awards; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

21 Oct 2020
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Cold Calculations

seasons in memory for the region. “It used to be hard to convince people climate change was going to be a problem in our lifetime,” Payne observes. “Now it is a serious problem in our decade.” The Arctic Ice Project is in pursuit of what... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2018
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After the Fall

noting that these leaders were acting on what they believed to be true, rather than taking irresponsible risks, not seeing they were in any real danger until it was too late. Public pension funds, on the other hand, were the victims of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

William Levitt

Levitt was a pioneer of fast, affordable housing construction. In many ways, he created the modern suburban landscape. Among other projects, his company built two Levittowns (Long Island and Bucks County) – mass-produced building projects... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

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