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- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
to invest in social service provision. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212055-PDF-ENG China Life: Micro Insurance for the Poor Shawn Cole and Lilei XuHarvard Business School Case 212-030 China Life must decide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Francesca Gino Abstract—Although religion is a central aspect of life for many people across the globe, there is scant research on how religion affects people’s non-religious routines. In the present research, we identify a frequent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
authority and stature inside the company, who's putting together a real plan with real goals that are going to be held accountable based on compensation, just like you would be doing anything else in business. And then would be... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
and what kind of deals they made. When we talked with female partners, the anecdotal evidence was mixed. They said, "We don't think we see any more business plans from women entrepreneurs than our male colleagues. But, we as a firm... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
recent book of non-fiction that I believe will be historically important. Both my choices top 700 pages, hence my hesitancy. The first book is Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate. It inevitably appears on the list of greatest war novels of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
it wasn't until this fall, when we began a somewhat systematic review of the magazine's past, that we came to realize the extent to which the Bulletin has served as a chronicle of the School's life and times. Our research for this special... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
without having to create individualized lesson plans for each of the 1,000 students enrolled at Intrinsic. The data can tell the staff, for example, to group the students one way if they’re teaching statistics, but another way if they’re... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology
alumni. "The plan is for each graduate to be assigned an e-mail 'address' based on name, HBS degree or program affiliation, and class year," explains Susan Rogers, the School's chief technology officer. "The 'address' is really a pointer... View Details
- 16 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Delivering Solutions During a Crisis with Hans Kristian Furuseth (MBA 2019)
at Zalando would both come into play in a major way for Furuseth later in this career. The HBS Advantage As Furuseth made plans to continue building his career, HBS was the right choice for many reasons including his desire to focus on... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
climate change. Sanchali Pal (MBA 2018) READ MORE Jen Flint: I'm assuming this pandemic was not a part of your business plan, so what has it meant for you, how have you had to adapt? Sanchali Pal: Definitely not. Our initial plan was... View Details
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
substantial breakthroughs in life sciences technologies and continued breakthroughs in information technology. While there is no entirely new technology cluster evident on the horizon, new segments will be added to existing clusters such... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
stabilize prices, develop a plan to rationalize capacity, and so on. The mentality was that all companies should share equally in the pain; then no one will get hurt too badly. Of course, this approach leads to a perpetually uncompetitive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Clark Bids Farewell to HBS
people’s lives, not only job performance but family matters, health issues, disappointments. The most difficult issues often involve life outside the School. What accomplishments are you proudest of? When we started out ten years ago,... View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
social-psychological studies of individual creative behavior. Little is known, however, about the everyday psychological experience and associated creative behavior in the life and work of ordinary individuals. Yet evidence is mounting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
undertaking traditional value creation activities—from sourcing to engaging the poor in production to distribution and sales—in low-income markets. To the degree that these ventures empower the poor—either by improving their quality of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
health, safety, and environmental policies under Phase III, all designed to make life less risky for the average citizen. What explains these changes? My sense is that as Americans grew ever more affluent (particularly in the twentieth... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
balance in work and family life was well made. McGovern, named one of Fortune magazine's fifty most powerful women in corporate America in 2001, smiled and nodded knowingly. "Treat the appointment with a friend or family member as you... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
on for years. Life in a growing frontier town that starts with six people and no buildings either demands frontier justice or unfolds its apparent willingness to assist the murderer's effort to avoid his fate. Indian troubles, vigilantes’... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
and cancer. Antibiotics helped lift the average life expectancy at birth from 54 years in 1920 to 78.6 today. But almost as soon as the treatments were made available, physicians had to cope with the specter of antibiotic resistance, a... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
they exercise, and then monitor it for visual cues indicating when, what, and how much to drink. Hydration can dramatically affect athletes, says Nix founder and CEO Meridith Unger (MBA 2010), a former college basketball player and frequent marathoner. Unger, a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell