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- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
bonds are relatively highly taxed, and shifting high-tax assets into the pension plan maximizes the value of the tax subsidy from the government and increases the value of the firm. In principle, the impact of the DB pension plan asset... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- Web
4.2 Student/Faculty Ventures | MBA
an HBS MBA, doctoral (DBA or Ph.D.), post-doctoral, or joint-degree program (e.g., JD/MBA or MD/MBA). For the purposes of this policy, a student on summer break or who has withdrawn from an HBS program... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Sister Soldier
becomes an unlikely entrepreneur, supporting her siblings when her father and brother are forced to flee the Taliban. Ashley’s War (2015) centers on the US military’s Cultural Support Teams, a pilot program that inserted women alongside... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
yet been published. “We hope this is just the beginning,” McGinn said. “NGOs are already using the curriculum to train their teachers, the government of Zambia is looking at adopting it, and it’s available through Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
addiction treatment alone, but administering a program that tracks an individual’s healthy behaviors, and provides incremental rewards along the way, was difficult in traditional treatment settings. From those conversations came... View Details
- Profile
Alexandra Stanek
McKinsey. I found the problem-solving aspect of consulting very interesting, and tried to get assignments, unsuccessfully, in Africa. After McKinsey, I joined TechnoServe, a nonprofit that uses business as a tool to affect poverty. In the course of three years in... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
for reliable, affordable water service. Nearly two of every three gallons of water pumped through the dilapidated distribution system were lost or stolen. Desperate for a remedy, the Philippine government invited the private sector to... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
aftermath of World War II, government funding for scientific research increased and large corporations followed suit, with firms such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Ford establishing dedicated centralized science labs that put few... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Education Sector Opportunities at HBS
Peers are often confused when they meet MBA students who want to pursue careers in the education sector. “Why didn’t you go to the Graduate School of Education or the Kennedy School?” they often ask. Those are phenomenal programs (and... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
time we were preparing for a program with a group of CEOs, about 60, that came here in June. I wanted to prepare a case to help kick off that one-day session. This seemed like one that was something that everyone should be interested in,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
development organizations, involved in both research and program design and delivery. This case explores CCL's approach to leadership and management education for executives and presents some of the challenges the CCL faces as many... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
of those who do take part in the nonprofit sphere in some capacity, frequently as a member of an organization's governing body. "Students who participate in the program become better board members and... View Details
- 21 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 1: HBS/HKS Faculty Reflections
exceptionally important endeavor. It has been immensely fulfilling to lead and participate in this process, which makes it fully appropriate that we should pause to reflect on the trajectory that has brought us to this milestone. The inception of the MBA/MPP and... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
Enforcement agency (ICE) over questions about how ICE conducts its business in handling immigrant families. Many assumed a legalistic stance, reminding us that ICE, as a duly created agency of the government was only carrying out the... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
foundations in the hacker culture appears to be a contradiction in terms? O'Mahony: The hacker culture prizes autonomy and self-determination. Eric Raymond defines hackers as those who love programming for the sake of doing it, for the... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 04 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
that outside expertise is often needed. Sony, a legendary marketer, outsourced its program to market products through its online "Sony Style" store, recognizing that they needed expertise in areas such as customer database... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Weinzierl, published in November 2021 "We worked with the state's Small Business Administration to help small-businesses access to Paycheck Protection Program loans in 2020." What drew you to this work? Reggie: "We grew up on opposite... View Details
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Shaun Miller
joining school clubs, doing personal research, and most importantly learning from friends with previous experience. However, for me personally, HBS's Immersion Experience Program (IXP) during January term made the largest impact on my... View Details