Children - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

group were women who were just about to step off [the career track] or who were at home with young children thinking, "I am going to come back but not for three years, so I want a strategy to bridge the gap, keep my skills current,... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

06 May 2021
Blog Post

The Extraordinary Things We Do on Ordinary Days: A Mother’s Day Tribute

There is not just one “thing” that makes us moms wonderful. It’s the everyday things we often do without thought. The extraordinary things we do on ordinary days that register with our children and register with others. I want to share... View Details

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

adults, but not this painting. It’s beautiful. I’m the living result of what simple exposure can do,” she says. “Art should be accessible, because you don’t know what children will take away. It has a transformational and transportational... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2002
News

Straddling Two Worlds

one-year stint ended, Tierney joined the corporate finance division of White, Weld & Co. in New York and settled with his wife and three children in Connecticut. At White Weld, he developed a department that focused on transportation... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2012
News

From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’

provided assistance to more than 450 students over the years and continue to support students today.) After establishing and growing CPS Technologies into a thriving business, at the age of 40 with five children at home, Christensen... View Details

Keywords: awards

24 Apr 2014
News

Working to improve California's public education system

time working on repairing California’s broken public education system. That’s where I’ve finally found my passion,” Welch says. “I’ve always been interested in education at some level—as a volunteer and then as a parent. It was when I put my View Details

04 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

How will my children learn via Zoom? We interviewed 10 CEOs in July about how they are managing the unprecedented stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then checked in with them again at the end of 2020. The interviewees hail from... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

05 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research

Fellow Marco Piovesan, whose research on how temptation influences work productivity included field experiments with children tempted by soda and candy at an Italian summer camp. "Understanding where these preferences and their behavior... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

John Irving’s Lessons for Business

as well as how to nurture creativity, both in individuals and in organizations. Amabile interviewed John Irving in 1986, when he agreed to share memories of his childhood as part of a research project Amabile was conducting on children... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

children at home―several times over two years. The interviews revealed sources of gratitude and resentment within households and helped us identify expectations underlying such emotions. Gratitude and resentment offer important clues... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

is comprised of an extensive collection of Harvard Business School cases devoted to information technology. Learning (Not) to Talk About Race: When Older Children Underperform in Social Categorization Authors:Evan P. Apfelbaum, Kristin... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

Children in the United States today are at risk to live shorter lives than their parents. This sobering assessment is one reason big box retailer Target is investing $40 million this year to improve the health of communities around the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

11 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

cities between 1910 and 1930. Instrumenting immigrants’ location decision by interacting national changes in migration flows across ethnic groups with pre-existing immigrants’ enclaves across U.S. cities, we find that immigration raised marriage rates and the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 21

low-income parents than existing U.S. tax policy. The optimal policy increases the probability that low-income children move up the economic ladder, generating a present-value welfare gain of 1.28% of consumption in our baseline case.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

not currently in the full-time workforce. Many of the women who chose to leave their professional careers had approached Clark during his recent visits with alumni groups. They told him they felt disconnected from business and from HBS after leaving full-time work to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Gates Foundation. While in college, Weintraub co-founded Jumpstart, a national organization working toward the day every child enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. Since 1993, Jumpstart has served more that 25,000 college students serving over 50,000 preschool... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

More Than a Business

of four young children, Graves hopes some of them will also eventually join the company. "Black Enterprise makes a positive contribution to the African-American community," he says proudly. "My father taught us that this magazine is more than just a business, and I'd... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar

07 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 7

the form of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Initially, Nate ran the business and after a few years changed roles with Julia to stay at home with their young children for three years. The two were in charge as co-CEOs before Julia... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

says Leahy. “I want to take all that I've learned and try to build a better world for them.” Making Her Mark with Mission-Driven Work This desire to build a better world for her children and future generations set in motion Leahy’s next... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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