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09 Aug 2016

HBS, HKS, and HSPH Information Session in Dakar

Organized by the HBS Africa Business Club, this event is designed for prospective students to learn about Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard School of View Details

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform

governance. According to Grace Hinchman, senior vice president for public affairs at Financial Executives International, chief financial officers need to become more responsive to a smarter audit committee, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design

By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill

Activism seeking to improve labor conditions in global supply chains has led transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor suppliers for compliance, but it is unclear whether these formal organizational structures raise labor standards. Drawing on... View Details

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08 Feb 2016
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The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

led cities to digitize more of their own information, putting everything from tax records and public health inspection scores online. “They take a dataset that used to be in an obscure database or on paper,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

06 Mar 2018
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A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale

“you have to engage on a global scale with organizations of all types—governments, private corporations, philanthropic bodies, and small and... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

time in class discussing how to structure deals and leverage resources you don't actually have - both key issues when we started Stylus," he says. "My goal," Bhide explains, "is to help students make smarter choices about the businesses... View Details

24 Sep 2014
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Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

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Investment Management and Capital Markets - Course Catalog

evaluation of specific investment decisions and opportunities across a wide array of public and private markets. Students learn how to evaluate... View Details

24 Aug 2016
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Can Obamacare Be Saved?

merger between Aetna and Humana, two of the largest health insurers in the United States. The 838,000 consumers who were insured by Aetna exchange plans in 2016 will be forced to select other public exchange... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health

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By: Dutch Leonard

Professor Leonard teaches about leadership and strategy for both private sector and social organizations. Topics covered in his courses include leadership and the design of strategy for social-mission organizations (including the corporate social responsibility efforts... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Strategy; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Risk Management; Crisis Management; Innovation and Management; Decision Making

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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Competitiveness at Harvard. At CLACDS, the Central American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development, he has led a team of professors and researchers working with View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

are actively collaborating with members of the Entrepreneurial Management unit. Michael Wheeler, a lawyer and specialist in real-estate development, investigates the conflicts and negotiations that often... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

session starts July 16th Enroll Now Lead your organization through successful transformation by learning how to execute for today and innovate for tomorrow. 6 weeks 5-7 hours per week 6 modules Self-Paced... View Details

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Financial databases: certification and training | Baker Library

organized educational series that delivers a clear framework of the foundations of the Capital Markets. Registration is free and open to the public . It is best experienced for... View Details

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Charitable Investing

He is working on the subject of why and how private foundations and public charities could buy securities in a private commercial venture if it furthered their charitable mission. For example, a MS foundation would buy stock in a start-up biotech venture... View Details

2010
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The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal

By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu

On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened for business, thus changing the face of both world trade and military power and playing a pivotal role in the rise of the United States on the world stage. Today we view the creation of the Panama Canal as a... View Details

Keywords: Political History; For-Profit Firms; Development Economics; Infrastructure; State Ownership; Ship Transportation; Panama; United States

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10 Feb 2016
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Hong Luo of Harvard Business School and Julie Mortimer of Boston College, Department of Economics

29 Jan 2019
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Gloria Steinem and Diane Paulus Take Center Stage

just absolutely wonderful,” says Janet Stark (MBA 1982), Board Chair for the HBSWANY, and organizer of the event. “After the play, we all just circled around Gloria and had... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

05 Nov 2020
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Don’t Get Blindsided by Your Blind Spots

24 Apr 2014
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Teaching kids lessons in making choices and tradeoffs

Nan Morrison (MBA 1987) is CEO of the Council for Economic Education, based in New York City. In this video, conducted prior to the W50 celebration of women in the full-time MBA Program at HBS in 2013, she explains how her organization... View Details

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