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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
- 21 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
The Best Little Secret of the Harvard MBA
MBA student well and forged deep bonds with the group of classmates I spent a year with every morning (discussion groups did not carry over into the second year). In the end we reviewed and debated hundreds of issues together, preparing... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
iPhoto For businesses and other organizations seeking to overcome roadblocks to sustainability over the last few decades, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Understanding and... View Details
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From the Director | Baker Library
Collections is the vast holdings of the HBS Archives. Containing the records of HBS from its founding to the present, the Archives are a tremendous resource to learn about milestones in the School’s history, documenting not only pivotal moments and key decisions, but... View Details
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
gender. Describes student outcomes in U.S. public education; it does not explain them. For example, the first half of the note presents data on stagnating achievement levels in the general U.S. population over the last 30 years, but it does not cover in any detail the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
I 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
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Volunteers Crack Case, Consider School's Future
for the next morning's case discussion. Jarred back to anxiety, that night I assumed the classic posture — highlighter in hand, scrutinizing the case as if my life depended upon it. Early Saturday morning, the familiar debate began —... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?
music that consumers encounter? Those questions were debated at the "Digital Music: Recreating the Industry" panel on March 30 the at the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard Business School. "It's interesting to think about the source of... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends
debated at a panel discussion called "Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends," moderated by Harvard Business School professor Lynda Applegate. The "strike zone" for his firm is network infrastructure,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
My Journey to Joining the first MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Cohort
As a senior at Hamilton College, I debated what career path to take. Should I go to Medical School? Maybe get a PhD? Or should I dive straight into the business world? I was a Biology major with four years of lab research under my belt. I... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
"The book is full of debates about cross-sector activity," explains Keohane. "It's meant to give an overview with a lot of interesting models. This is for people who are deeply committed to solving entrenched social problems. I want to... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
The question of whether advertising 'informs' or 'persuades' consumers is the subject of a long and ongoing stream of debate and research.— Alvin Silk Initially there was relatively little use for DTCA but it grew rapidly in the 1990s. In... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
important catalyst to accelerate change; however, policy changes are not necessary to initiate migration to value-based competition. The policy debate is complex, political, and often focuses on the wrong subjects. The View Details
- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
students to debate the company's concept, its strategic decision on how quickly it would like to grow, and some key decisions on its supply chain. At the time of the case (2006), small "mom-and-pop" stores still dominated Indian... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
The most noteworthy message of the Enron trial is that corporate executives can be convicted in a court of law for a pattern of deception that may or may not be illegal. Left unaddressed in the trial were many financial transactions and accounting decisions of View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
5th Annual Africa Business Conference at Harvard Business School on March 8. Much of the debate over AIDS in Africa has surrounded the high cost of the drugs that have turned the deadly disease into one that patients in the West can now... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
state is going to have to do a better job of dealing with diversity, whether it happens to be with its own Kurdish population or with new Arab migrants or with refugees who plan to settle. Since the Syrian crisis you see a lot of debate... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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