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- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
among graduates aiming for both success in business and beneficial impact on the world around them. They have come to believe that one can either succeed in business or enhance society—by expanding economic opportunity or by improving View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
Motivates values-based capitalism and drives companies to contribute to solving social and environmental problems while also providing employees stimulating and satisfying work. Restores trust by committing to government as an instrument of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Managing Global Operations
> Editor's choice to begin a search. The CEIC's current country economy snapshot is also a good starting point. Also includes company, and industry information from sources for emerging markets in Africa, Asia,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
need to live in a huge house and have two of everything,” he states with a poignant smile. “I turned back to Christianity and started to look for ways to put my energy back into society.” Following an interest in public policy, Watson... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Jeff Cruikshank
amazingly stimulating peer group. Almost without exception, they were well traveled, well read, visually literate, and extremely demanding. They were also opportunistic and flexible. Two good illustrations: (1) Despite bike and backpack,... View Details
Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank
- Profile
Mallika Ahluwalia
At Princeton, Mallika Ahluwalia realized she wanted a career in international development. "Having an impact on communities and the world motivates me to go to work every day," she says. After a one-year stint at Catalyst Chicago, creating a grant-funded... View Details
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
that made me wonder if we’re in the early stages of a cultural shift to downsizing, minimalism, and generally questioning if personal wealth, public success, and material goods lead to lasting happiness. In... View Details
- 18–20 May 2018
- Reunions
MBA 2017 ONE-YEAR REUNION
superpowers-Alibaba, Amazon, Facebook, Google, WeChat, and others-have become hub firms. Will hub firms lead responsibly for the good of all, and do more to sustain other players in the ecosystem? Women at Work LIVE HBR Interview with... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
internal sources of revenue that can then finance their public goods and services – which means a strong local private sector that creates jobs and generates tax revenue. This interest in private sector... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
that has redefined commerce. Since stepping down from eBay last spring, Whitman’s focus now lies in the public and social sectors. When Meg Whitman joined eBay in 1998, the two-year-old private company had thirty employees and $4.7... View Details
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which has gaping loopholes. Some of the arrangements behind the Indonesian projects seem not to have violated the law, but they didn't smell good in the light of View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)
positions in the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, including director of the Peace Corps, president and CEO of United Way of America, and her present post, U.S. Secretary of Labor. I remember driving to Boston with my parents to... View Details
- Fast Answer
Making Markets
more. Blogs Search medium.com for related blog content. Podcasts Listen Notes offers a pretty good search of podcast-only content. Media Cloud Chart coverage in the media of a topic, keyword, or company Analyze competitors... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Books
coeditor, and academic and public service experts dissect the state of consumer and mortgage credit in the United States and point the way out of the current impasse. Managing Your Boss by John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter (Harvard... View Details
- Profile
Casey Gerald
design-based approach to innovation in the public sector,” and the latter through Neiman Marcus, where he worked on the president’s five-year strategic plan. Now in his first year at HBS itself, Casey eagerly describes three key... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
Corporations could do a good job of running corrupt Third World governments. Corruption rules in too many of the world’s democratically elected governments. From Achocalla, Bolivia, to Mayuge, Uganda, voters pick their leaders through the... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
broken. It is really about people and ethics." B. V. Krishnamurthy concurred, saying "... the Act ... is unlikely to result in any radical transformation of the system. Such a transformation has to be an internal process with managers understanding their role... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Feb 2012
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Online Marketing
Groupon Effective? Is Groupon Good for Retailers? For retailers offering deals through the wildly popular online start-up Groupon, does the one-day publicity compensate for the deep hit to profit margins? A... View Details
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Caroline Fay 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
- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
School who sat on one outside public board during his tenure at Arrow and has since served on four other public boards and five private boards. "There has been a tremendous shift to the better over the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel