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- 30 May 2024
- Blog Post
PRIDE at HBS
programming, fosters professional development, connects current students with alumni, hosts admission events, and encourages advocacy for LGBTQ+ representation at HBS and in business. We also have affinities within PRIDE that support... View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
approaching them. Somebody might approach a poor subsistence farmer in Uganda to say, "We want to give you some agricultural aid. We want to give you a loan." There again, why is advocacy important? Because even in that case,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement
Patients like my mother have become the pioneers of change for rare diseases, advocating for themselves and educating their physicians in real time. Patient advocacy organizations and disease-focused, nonprofit, research foundations have... View Details
- Profile
Bridgette Slater
breast cancer survivor. She served in the Arkansas State Legislature and her advocacy led to the passage of the state’s Breast Cancer Act in 1997, which later facilitated the creation of BreastCare, a program that provides free... View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
attributed his success to "diversity in counsel, unity in command." Two Approaches to Decision Making Advocacy Inquiry Concept of decision making a contest collaborative problem solving Purpose of discussion persuasion and... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 30 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Finding Pride
community and encourage advocacy for LGBTQ+ individuals at the School and in the world of business. Here, in honor of Pride Month, we hear about the role the student club played in the lives of some of those who belonged over the years.... View Details
- 12 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb
well-documented by law enforcement groups, advocacy organizations, and public surveys in the United States since COVID-19 upended the world in 2020. In March of 2020, then-President Donald Trump dubbed COVID-19 “the Chinese virus” in a... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
providing the public good of health for the general population. That the advocacy system in American jurisprudence or the structure of the healthcare market in the United States (with its convoluted system of both private and public... View Details
- 16 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault
that’s how we will have long term success.” Looking forward, the ARF team plans to continue focusing on their four Pillars of Purpose – Justice System Reform, Education Parity, Health & Wellness Access, and Community Outreach & Social Justice View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
that certain aspects may not work exactly as intended. It behooves organizations to be more thoughtful about how sponsorships are designed. For instance, a protégé’s success may be less about the mere vote of confidence than about the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Emily Schlichting
story with a Washington, D.C. think tank, Emily became the public face of ACA advocacy throughout her college career, speaking at press conferences, testifying to Congressional panels, and even working with the White House. President... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Anthony Gerace In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling themselves the Alternative Executive Lifestyles group. They posted notices around campus, discreetly... View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
are subject to non-compete agreements. Because laws regarding NCCs represent a patchwork among states, a question continually arises about their enforceability across state lines. One solution advanced by unions and public advocacy groups... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
leader needs to master the use of inquiry and reflection as well as advocacy in order to build his or her organization and career." Have You Developed A Clear Vision And Key Priorities For Your Enterprise? "When I see a problem... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Industry Information - Alumni
Sites are affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations, non-governmental organizations, and businesses; they represent a mixture of partisan and non-partisan think tanks. RAND Corporation Rigorous, fact-based... View Details
- 02 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?
people who will be hired into other organizations based on their skills, successes, and advocacy of experimentation. How will their attitudes play in organizations where intuition is still honored and the poets can still speak louder than... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
part of their purpose. And, climate and the science of climate change were not yet developed. Fast forward to today and we are seeing, with the presence of multiple generations in our workplaces, internal advocacy at the employee level... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
advocacy as an employee for benefits or for resources that can help you live more sustainably. Or whether that's on the operational level for you as a manager or a director, the teams that you manage or influence. How can those products... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
where customers live. Enthusiastic employees are an organization’s best representatives, and they may have access to audiences and demographics that you cannot reach otherwise. Such in-house brand ambassadors have smaller followings than celebrities or professional... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Fashionable Fundraising
Thirty-five HBS students and partners took to the runway in mid-April for the Retail & Apparel Club’s 7th annual HBS Fashion Show. The sold-out event packed a Boston restaurant, with the proceeds going to the Harris Center for Education and View Details