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- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
question actually 'Why'?" What is the public's role in a meltdown? What do you think? Original Article Over the past several years, we have witnessed a variety of "meltdowns," ranging from financial to nuclear. Although we can View Details
- Portrait Project
Danna Wei
just accept what I learned as truth – it is what it is. I never questioned her process of making dumplings, because it consistently turned out the tastiest dumplings I could find. Yet years later, a simple question between my friends imploded into a furious View Details
- Web
Providing Scholarships for Impact on a Sector | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Providing Scholarships for Impact on a Sector In debating how to approach its support of nonprofit leaders to attend HBS executive education programs, the Harvard Club of Australia–Victoria decided the best strategy was to make an impact... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Arnon Mishkin (MBA 1989)
Edited by Julia Hanna; photo by Chris Sorensen I remember watching the Kennedy-Nixon debate when I was five years old. In 1964, I distributed leaflets in my neighborhood, Brooklyn Heights, for the presidential campaign. I was nine and... View Details
Platform for Dialogue
co-teaching with several faculty. With Geoffrey Jones, I participated in the provocative and lively MBA course Entrepreneurship & Global Capitalism. This course explored the making of the modern world through rich histories of entrepreneurship. As I witnessed... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
existence of passive leadership constitutes a substantial barrier to candid dialogue and debate within organizations. Leaders can and should take concrete steps to build conflict into their decision-making processes. For instance, they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Harvard Arab Weekend (HAW) 2015
and insights on the most pressing issues in the Arab world. In 2011, HAW was commended by the White House as “the premier Arab world conference” in North America. This year, we strive to uphold our venerable tradition of engaging in constructive, innovative, and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
the debate and the facts underlying the debate and the political choices and compromises that we can make," said Porter. While many people say the country needs to be more competitive, "we don't... View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
describe risk, encouraging a unified organizational view. “The risk management function was getting incorporated into more and more firm-wide debates that were really important for management.” The chief risk director also implemented new... View Details
- Portrait Project
Makyha-Tiana Bowles
The edge is where fear ends and faith begins. With these words replaying in my mind as a rhythmic chant, I went skydiving. At the same time in my life, I found myself at an impasse, debating whether to leave the only job I had ever known.... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- Blog Post
VCPE Club prepares for their annual conference…20 years and running!
equity investing and fundraising to geography specific investment opportunities,” said Alex Kleiner, Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2014 and Co-President of the Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference. “We hope to initiate a broad range of View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Action Plan: Rapids Growth
Holley paddling through Sparks Lake, near Bend, Oregon (courtesy of Eddyline/Sheer Madness Productions) When he was debating whether to acquire a venerable, high-end kayak maker, Scott Holley (MBA 2009) worried that he might be doing so... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 05 May 2020
- News
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
that business has played in accelerating it. The revelation shook her world view. After debating whether to quit her job at MIT, Henderson started seeking out like-minded leaders who shared her concerns. Her experiences and the research... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Outtakes with Russ Wilcox
digital content. We hope that a by-product of the e-reader is that young people will do more long-form reading and raise the level of debate on some of the world’s more complicated problems.” Related Links E Ink's wild ride View Details
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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Woldridge SPNM 2010 In debating how to approach its support of nonprofit leaders to attend... On Course Ivy So For Ivy So (MBA 2015), the decision to attend business school was a to... Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Poverty... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
of the national brand? Do affiliates receive an appropriate level of national services from the fees they pay? Traditionally these strains have fueled centralization versus the decentralization debate in the nonprofit community, Grossman... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
wanted to get out of my comfort zone and see the bigger picture.” Tuce has not been disappointed. “The case method makes everything interesting,” she says. “You’re not going to remember all the case outcomes. That’s not the point. It’s about shaping you. The open View Details
- 14 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
Looking to the Next Decade of Change: A Recap of the 10th Annual Retail & Luxury Goods Conference
with the speakers in depth. Overheard were several sound bites of attendees asking for career advice or debating about the future direction of the retail industry. As the day concluded, the conference ended in celebration of the club’s... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
draws for new business, including location, lifestyle, a loyal and dedicated work force, and a sophisticated fiber-optic telecommunications system. It also lays out the problems that new businesses face, such as high taxes and a lack of capital and properly skilled... View Details
Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
Japanese business during the 1970s and 1980s — such as lifetime employment, cross-shareholding, and keiretsu (Japanese corporate groupings) — are going through fundamental changes. There is ongoing debate as to where Japanese companies... View Details