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Career Coach

Sarah Bua

positioning, design/execution of search strategies, resume/cover letter editing, interview prep, career/life planning and leadership development. Sarah has served as a coach/facilitator in HBS' Program for Leadership Development (PLD),... View Details

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Thomas Grenier

yourself." The program has also opened up cultural perspectives. Thomas says, "In classes, we talk a great deal about the European emphasis on government regulation and the American belief in free... View Details

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched startup labs. Companies including... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

19 Jan 2016
News

Electric Avenues

and 20 international public partners, says program manager Paige Fitzgerald (MBA/MPP 2014): In Los Angeles, it’s working with city government to push out Amber Alerts; in Rio, garbage truck drivers are using... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

20 Nov 2019
News

Lifting Fallen Families

public assumes that the government assists them. And it does, to an extent. “There are two government programs that are designed to aid them,” says Kim, “but that aid doesn’t... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA

educational programs and from around the world. In any given year, about 5 percent of HBS MBA students are military—active duty, reservist, or veteran. The relationship between the military and Harvard University is often viewed by the... View Details

Keywords: Government; Government; Government; Government

01 Dec 2016
News

Bloomberg’s Gift to Boost Cities

Harvard University President Drew Faust as part of the announcement of Bloomberg’s $32 million gift to the Harvard Kennedy School to form a City Leadership Initiative in collaboration with HBS. As many as 300 mayors and 400 top mayoral aides will participate in the... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

An increasing number of inner city residents own computers and have online access, but government agencies and private companies need to do more to bridge the digital divide that still exists among income groups, according to business and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience - Blog - Business & Environment

Environmental & Energy Law Program (EELP), hosted a panel and networking reception during San Francisco Climate Week at the University Club of San Francisco focused on how communities, businesses, and View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

than a million microentrepreneurs - more than half of them women - and creating or strengthening some one million jobs in low-income communities. What kind of impact has that made? A good example is Banco Solidario, or BancoSol, in Bolivia. Six years after we helped... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

Cochairs Herman Bulls (MBA '85) and Ken Bacon (MBA '82) worked closely with Honorary Chair Dennis Hightower (MBA '74) and a program committee led by Jacqueline Adams (MBA '78) and Dayna Wilkinson (MBA '81) to present sessions on domestic... View Details

25 Aug 2016
News

Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

Vikram Gandhi (MBA 1989) started Asha Impact to bring together successful business leaders and entrepreneurs to help India’s poor with affordable housing, financial inclusion, and access to energy. “India has 400 million people within the poverty line,” says Gandhi.... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

Dan Fenn

adjunct lecturer in executive programs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Dan Fenn teaches in a variety of programs for government officials around the country. ) View Details

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12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

advertisers' signup with competing paid search providers—thereby hindering competition in search engine advertising. Google has long offered an application programming interface ("API") by which advertisers can submit... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)

services, non-profits, or a business, so I took advantage of the HBS Leadership Fellows Program. The program offered me the unique opportunity to work in government through the MBTA at a time when they were... View Details

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Research Resources | Baker Library

School Division of Research committee reviewing the Radcliffe Management Training Program and focuses on the level of demand for women in administrative positions. Batchelder, Mary B. and Frances M. Fuller. A Report on Job Opportunities... View Details

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

becoming more competitive and moving up. "We can't expect government to be on the front line," he stated. "We have to step up and demonstrate the power of the market system." Businesspeople should be thinking about the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

15 state or local governments had passed programs to pay for about $8 billion in medical relief. Five more are considering moves that would bring the total to almost $13 billion. Many work with a nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

30 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

accountable to shareholders, the CEO market is not operating in a way that can be expected to produce efficient outcomes. Without real reform, compensation programs in the world of business and the world of sports aren't even in the same... View Details

Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana

01 Dec 2001
News

Faculty News

books, Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumer's Trust from Wedgwood to Dell and The Power of Commerce: Economy and Governance in the First British Empire. A member of the HBS faculty since 1991, Koehn is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of... View Details

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