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2.3.2 Hazing | MBA

physical activity which is likely to affect adversely the physical health or safety or any such student or other person, or which subjects such student or other person to extreme mental stress, including extended deprivation of sleep or... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?

approach is to hold the stock and try to change behavior. One of our students actually convened people from CalSTRS and 10 other investors on campus last May, and together they came up with a set of principles for a responsible firearms industry, with a focus on... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Sep 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

Ickis (MBA 1971, DBA 1978) REISNER: One of the hottest areas of investment growth is in cross-border shipping, but there are two core problems: In an age of terrorism, customs are commercial constraints and also valuable public safety... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

22 Aug 2024
Blog Post

LM Wind Power Test and Validation Center

student essays that highlight their reflections. When we visited LM Wind Power’s Test and Validation Center in Lunderskov, Denmark, we saw how they work to optimize the efficiency and safety of their blades through a variety of testing... View Details

21 Oct 2020
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Cold Calculations

take $50 million over the next five years to demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of their solution. “That gives us time to still make a difference,” Payne notes. “If this takes 15 years, we’ve passed the tipping point—passed the... View Details

Keywords: April White

26 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 26

percentage increase in nurses' perceptions of safety improvement were no better than that of 48 control hospitals. Thus, we investigated drivers of successful program implementation within the set of treatment hospitals. We found that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Anthony Tan

of safety issues when taking a taxi. Why don’t you do something about it?’” Tan said in a 2014 interview with the Financial Times. The tease turned into a catalyst for Tan and another HBS classmate Tan Hooi Ling, and GrabTaxi,... View Details

19 Jan 2021
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)

In the end, my supervisors bought in and I was allowed to implement my suggestions. I definitely would not have had the courage to take these risks without the 2+2 safety net! Where are you currently working? Can you describe your role? I... View Details

30 Jan 2018
Blog Post

HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa

speaks to the importance that HBS places on ensuring that MBA students have the best possible career opportunities after graduation. For students who find a compelling career opportunity in the continent, or who may not have previously considered Africa as part of... View Details

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Video Management Policy | About

Video Management Policy General Principles At Harvard Business School, the video management systems infrastructure is implemented to enhance the safety and security of the community, reduce institutional risk, strengthen customer service... View Details

13 Jul 2022
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Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

long. She could not help but think the American Dream, or even just the chance to live a dignified life, was out of reach no matter how early she left for work or how late she stayed. Because she had been in charge of workers’ safety at a... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

26 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?

Shih: It has a lot of potential for misuse and could cause safety problems. It’s going to mine a load of data. The question is: do people really want to share that much information? The bargain on the modern internet is: “You’ll give me... View Details

Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih; Video Game; Entertainment & Recreation

13 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India

minimize creation of coal dust. The plant is heavily automated, improving personal safety and enhancing plant efficiency to 39%, making it almost 20% more efficient than the average coal plant in the United States.1 Finally, the plant... View Details

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Disability Pride Month | Baker Library

diversity as a business asset rather than solely a matter of accomodation. View Catalog Record The Pyramid of Neuroinclusion outlines key building blocks for creating truly inclusive work environments for neurodiverse individuals. It starts with foundational elements... View Details

08 Apr 2021
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Real Talk

executive leadership diversity training, in her courses to discuss his work in South Africa. But tensions and emotions were especially high that day. “So, in addition to sharing our own personal narratives, we created a sense of social View Details

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

is yes. The safety of the financial system depends on financial institutions' risk exposure, their ability to absorb losses, their reliance on short-term wholesale funding, transparency, and understanding the interconnectedness between... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

06 Aug 2015
Blog Post

What I Was Not Expecting: Rerouting Towards My Passion at HBS

supposed to not have a day job? Should I actively avoid having a stable income and the safety of working for a large company? Coming from Perú, where the music industry is still in a very incipient stage, I grew up under the influence of... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

11 Mar 2020
News

Making It Rain

customer request, instead of what the rest of the industry is doing, which is just looking at the outputs of the governmental models,” says Elkabetz. For airlines, access to more accurate weather forecasts—both short and long term—enables decisions that improve View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

10 Nov 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones

meet internal production benchmarks associated with salient calendar periods...,” according to the researchers. Salespeople who scramble to meet end-of-term quotas are familiar with the phenomenon. Read the paper: Internal Deadlines, Drug Approvals, and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2008
Op-Ed

A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?

country, they yearned for shelter, a sanctuary in a new land. That shelter could be a tenement, a farmstead, a ramshackle cottage. For families, home had a connotation of safety and stability. Banks did not lend with 30-year amortizing... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Banking; Construction; Real Estate

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