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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
life as a trained assassin, working directly for the South African government to take down prominent political players when requested to maintain national security and apparent order. Join the Dots by Patrick Moffett (AMP 111) Vanguard... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
was typical for an HBS Leadership Fellow. The program catapults new grads into high-level positions at nonprofit and public-sector organizations, offering access to CEO-level management and decision-making. Meanwhile, organizations... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
later known as the “dean of black businessmen.” Fitzhugh encouraged Lambert to apply to HBS, where she was the first African American woman to attend the School during the early years of women’s acceptance into the two-year MBA Program. At the time, all women in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
greater flexibility in her work as well as in her lifestyle. One of her clients, General Electric, soon hired her as a program manager in the Corporate Environmental Programs department at its Fairfield,... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
potentially hazardous for human health or the environment. In this scenario, it would make sense for such a company to become part of the solution, and engage in programs aimed at solving these issues, thus the interest of the beverage... View Details
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
incursion. In 10th grade chemistry classes, students are studying the nitrogen cycle. 150 biology teachers have been trained and MJ has launched sophomore chemistry programs in 25 high schools in Montgomery... View Details
- Profile
LaToya Marc
graduation, but two events changed her ambitions. First, between her junior and senior years of college, she had participated in the Summer Ventures in Management Program (SVMP) at HBS, which awakened a deep interest in Harvard. Then... View Details
- Profile
Ralph Johnson
in Chicago on a variety of projects. I worked on a youth mentoring program to combat violence. I was part of a team figuring out the best way to incentivize manufacturing companies to come to the city. What tax incentives would we need?... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
India Authors:A. Banerjee, Shawn A. Cole, E. Duflo, and L. Linden Periodical:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming). (August 2007) Abstract This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments conducted in schools in urban India. A remedial education... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
first-time CEO, or other member of the C-suite. I’ve seen investors coach leaders on everything from how to lead their teams and handle challenging employees to how to run a great board meeting. I’ve also seen investors support and sometimes even pay for executive... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
employ and train a cadre of professional directors to serve on corporate boards (see sidebar, page 35). And HBS professors, drawing on their areas of expertise, have attempted to influence the debate through opinion pieces in major... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
mortgages, accumulating twice the holdings of more seasoned managers. Moreover, inexperienced managers who personally experienced severe or recent adverse investment outcomes behaved more like seasoned managers. Training and institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
and not just inside the Beltway. At HBS, a group of MBAs last spring crafted and sent to Washington a bold proposal to create a nonprofit, public-private Corporate Governance College to employ and train a cadre of professional directors... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 29 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS
student as a military veteran, and I was about to become even more so. In the same month as my separation, my husband and I were thrilled to discover that we were about to become first time parents! As I’m sure you know from your own research of business school, MBA... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
is going to be transmitted yet again to the next generation. A year and a half, two years ago now, we ran into Drew. He was in a drug treatment program called Provoking Hope based in McMinnville, Oregon. Just very close to Yamhill. And we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
margins, want reform to be instituted through the familiar public-school structure. For their part, HBS graduates have long been involved in various education initiatives and reform efforts. Alumni have created and funded national View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
retailers empower their workers to improve processes at the store and also give them the tools and training needed to use the empowerment appropriately. Enlightened retailers also realize the importance of not overloading their store... View Details
- Profile
Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
leadership training with G.E. — a high-level program that took her to Istanbul, London, and Paris — Tuce experienced a significant shift in scale when her FIELD 2 assignment took her team to Chennai, India,... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
Sanginga had founded a youth “agripreneurs” program, which would train young university graduates on improved agricultural practices, food processing, and strategies for starting an agribusiness. Since its establishment in 2012, the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman