Culture Of Democracy - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Mar 2014
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A Life Transformed

It's a long way—a very long way—from the village of Balidhip, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, to Cambridge, Massachusetts. When you grow up without roads, electricity, or running water, when light and... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Finance; Transportation

01 Jun 2018
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Alumni Achievement Awards

Whether you are developing products, managing money, or facing clients, you need to understand a broader population than was required in the past. It is really important to figure out what traditions and what aspects of your company View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Deep Dive

research vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Two years of renovations were required to turn it into the DSSV Pressure Drop, a name Vescovo borrowed from a spaceship in author Iain M. Banks’s View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message

the traditional powerhouses are learning from or buying up these concerns -- be they strategy consultancies, measuring firms, or Web publishers, to name a few -- it is not yet clear how the two cultures will mix. Industry observers agree... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

24 Mar 2022
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Well Said

cultural heritage and you do not want people to hide their immigrant background. How do you balance those things? AL: Great question. So I truly believe that being an immigrant myself, that immigrants have special power, and that having... View Details

03 Sep 2018
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Moving Pictures

important to me as a kid, even if I now consider myself somewhere between an agnostic and a believer. The cultural values of trying to heal and do good in the world have stayed with me.” Singer’s father had... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Christina Gandolfo; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

Your credit card has already been stolen. You just don’t know it yet. Thomas knows it, though. (A 12-year IT security veteran, Thomas requested anonymity to protect the reputation of his employers, which have included Fortune 100... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

26 May 2022
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Bidding Up

family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, then went on to Harvard College. “Going to Harvard was a shock for me, a cultural shock,” he said in a February 2021 interview. “I was unprepared for it. Most of my fellow... View Details

21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap

they’re becoming. When we look around the world, there’s been a long-standing tradition of recognizing that age 18 is the most formative moment in a young person’s life. It’s true developmentally—the neuroscience will tell us that. And... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together

around them. To be in tune with their operating environment, they have to make many key strategic decisions about their mission focus, their product/service portfolio, and their value-creation model across a broad range of stakeholders in... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

01 Mar 2017
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The Middle Way

worked.” “It’s not a quick fix,” adds Holmes. There are deep repairs still necessary, she notes, both cultural and environmental. That work continues. “But it is enormously helpful to have this kind of... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

05 Mar 2020
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Green Light

In a nondescript former root beer plant, tucked behind the Curtain & Bath Outlet off Main Street in Millis, Massachusetts, FreshBox Farms is growing the future of food. The FreshBox facility bears no resemblance to our View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

this culture of psychological safety and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business by Sunil Gupta HBR Press Despite the widespread threat... View Details

30 May 2025
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Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte

HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Apr 2017
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Bringing Markets to Myanmar

most recent work was with the government of Myanmar, which recently emerged from decades of military rule with a planned economy. Bulletin editor Dan Morrell talked to David about his experience in Myanmar,... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

10 May 2022
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2022

in his big leather chair and knew I wanted to be in business someday. Those visits entered my DNA.” Culture shock: “My HBS study group had a good laugh when we went grocery shopping together. I was absolutely overwhelmed by choosing from... View Details

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

making something from nothing had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today's startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

07 Sep 2021
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September 2021 Alumni Books

people fighting the novel coronavirus on the front lines, Slavitt brings you into the room as fateful decisions are made. The story that emerges is one of a country in which—despite the heroics of many—bad... View Details