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- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
Mark Verdi Jan Swartz Rob Swartz Mark Verdi Jan Swartz Rob Swartz In 2018, long-time friends Mark Verdi and Jan Swartz (both MBA 1996) were part of the first cohort of MBA alumni to attend The Reflective Leader, a program designed for successful business leaders... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, has been studying the health care sector for nearly half a century. In that time, she has seen significant innovation in the field—and she has also seen the powerful sway of the status quo,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
illustration by Taylor Callery illustration by Taylor Callery Artificial intelligence is not a replacement for the human brain. At least not yet. “That is decades away,” says Rudina Seseri (MBA 2005), answering one of the most common questions she hears. As cofounder... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Starting Lineup: Upturning Travel
(ThinkStock) (ThinkStock) As Airbnb has proven, the travel industry is ripe for innovation. What’s next for several alumni- run startups that are reinventing the vacation? The Company The Founder The Pitch The News NewUGo CEO Mei Zhang (MBA 1996) Founded in 2015 An... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money
What is the role of volunteerism and other charitable giving in the United States? About one in four adults volunteer every year. About one in two adults give more than $25 to charity every year. The estimated combined value of their giving is about 3 percent of our... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Your research explores entrepreneurship and the social safety net. What is the connection between those two things? I look at whether stronger social safety net benefits make it more likely for people to start a business. For instance, there’s this large public health... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
“Real estate chatter is the most popular sport in Manhattan,” says Kirk Henckels (MBA 1976), who has made a career buying and selling some of New York City’s most luxurious apartments. In his new book with Annie Walker, Life at the Top, Henckels—vice chairman of New... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Passion Projects
Turning teddy bears into art On a trip to London in the 1980s, John O’Donnell (MBA 1977) and his wife snapped a picture of two teddy bears posed near a Buckingham Palace guard. The normally staid guard bowed to the bears, and the couple realized the power of toys to... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Fıelds of Gold
Growth Market: Afghan saffron has also attracted the attention of MBA classmates Ben Bines, Kimberly Jung, KinYan Chew, and Emily Miller (all HBS 2015), who founded Rumi Spice with a mission similar to Earth2Globe’s. (©Majid Saeedi/Thinkstock) Hay-scented saffron is... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
Sandra Sucher (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva; Getty Images) Sandra Sucher (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva; Getty Images) After studying mass layoffs for a decade, Professor Sandra Sucher has seen the detrimental effects and advises against this now-common tactic for workforce... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
Professor Michael Norton and Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans (image by John Ritter) People aren’t very good at predicting what will make them happy, say Professor Michael Norton and Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans, who both study the intersection of time,... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
Juan Perón served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955, then again from 1973 to 1974. Photo credit: Keystone/Getty Images Rafael Di Tella Photo credit: Neal Hamburg Rafael Di Tella Photo credit: Neal Hamburg Vincent Pons Photo credit: Russ Campbell Vincent Pons... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
Illustration by Dana Smith Debora Spar In preparation for the official launch of HBS’s new Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) in October, the School drew upon the findings of the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer survey to understand how people... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
The HourlyNerd origin story could become an HBS legend: The rapidly growing startup, which connects graduates from top MBA programs with businesses that need project-based consulting, began as a FIELD 3 project—one that fellow HBS classmates doomed to failure. In FIELD... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management and chair of the Business and Environment Initiative Five years ago, as George Serafeim recalls, if he had walked into the classroom on the first day and mentioned ESG (environmental, social,... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
NETWORK SOLUTIONS In 2012, Richard Kane (MBA 1968) and Bruce Bockmann (MBA 1967) sat in the audience at New York’s Lincoln Center as Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin presented findings from the School’s U.S. Competiveness Project. There was one challenge facing... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
illustration by Pablo Amargo illustration by Pablo Amargo There is a doctor shortage in the United States, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, which predicts that the deficit could increase to more than 90,000 doctors by 2025. Meanwhile, the... View Details
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Aether Diamonds makes its precious gems out of thin air—literally. The three-year-old company uses carbon dioxide drawn from the atmosphere to synthesize stones that are chemically identical and shine just... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
“What if I gave the best years of my life to building something with enormous social impact?” —MIKE FEERICK (MBA 1993) “What if I gave the best years of my life to building something with enormous social impact?” —MIKE FEERICK (MBA 1993) One of the most important... View Details
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- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
photo by Brandon Thibodeaux Chris Riley (MBA 2008) didn’t have any experience with renewable power when he cofounded Guzman Energy in 2013. Riley, who had spent most his career as an officer in the US Navy and then as director of investment banking at Guzman & Company,... View Details