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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
the target household’s average savings capacity was $1 per month, that local annual inflation was nearly 20 percent, and that home repairs usually cost about $300.” While that environment was not conducive to the savings program, the team... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
John Jong-Hyun Kim (MBA 1993) saw the School pivot its entire MBA and doctoral curriculum to an online model in just ten days—a move informed by years of experience developing HBS Online, the Harvard Business Analytics Program, and other... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
A Shot at Success
environment to the work environment. Trey introduces these athletes to others in similar situations through Trey Academy, an interactive curriculum that focuses on the particular challenges that high school and college stars face, from... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
all of the commingling and diversification it gives you, also gives you a lack of transparency. So if you have an environment like the one we have now, the assets that have been securitized actually make you worse off than if they were... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
underserved communities. “The resources provided through NCCP help level the playing field and help ensure more children have equal access to opportunities. There are too many children learning in underfunded environments to not share... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
and others who used to lead public opinion on these issues?” Seconding the idea that opportunities exist but prompt action is required, former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin noted that the United States has strengths that play well in today’s global View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
bulb wasn't invented by candlelight. It turns out we're going to need carbon to build green energy plants, right? And so we have to have a just transition that is rational and not emotional and where everyone has a role to play. So I think collaboration, not... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
As HBS alumni who made the trip to San Francisco also learned, it is not just business itself that is being revolutionized by today's information technology. As IT increasingly informs the basic View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Into the Light
is in energy efficiency. She was an early employee of OPower, a software company that provides utilities, and their customers, better information about energy usage. After the company’s IPO, in 2014, Poindexter took a step back to... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
environments that are quite equal. They expect that to be true in the business world, too. We do a real disservice to them when we don’t talk about the continuing obstacles in the workplace because, without that information, they can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
New HBS, KSG Joint Degree
HBS and the Kennedy School of Government have announced the creation of an integrated joint-degree program, the first of its kind. Its mission is to develop outstanding leaders who are skilled in both managing complex organizations and shaping innovative public policy.... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
Craig McDonald. It is available at iTunes or wherever you get your favorite podcasts. For more information or to find archived episodes, visit alumni.hbs.edu/skydeck. View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
of Skydeck was edited by Craig McDonald, with additional production by PRX Productions. It is available at iTunes and wherever you get your favorite podcasts. For more information or to find archived episodes, visit... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
Kyarisiima did a summer internship in a research lab where, she discovered, this sometimes solitary environment didn’t fit her personality. “I wanted more interaction with people, which is often lacking in purely science fields,” she... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
You’re writing fresh material for a paperback edition of The Partnership that’s coming out in the fall. What’s new that you’re focusing on? First and most important, the larger business environment in 2008–2009 has been completely... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) , in partnership with the HBS Association of Southern California (HBSASC), the HBS Association of Orange County (HBSAOC), and the HBS Club of San Diego (HBSCSD), the event was the sixth... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
me is the discovery and learning of the people, because I believe any destination is different. It's because of the human creation of what people living there have done with the natural environment they are given. And so I always want to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
crystallize action around a program that made sense." By listening and learning from all of these constituencies, Charron outlined principles and clarified a vision to help guide newly empowered associates' decision-making. Perhaps most important, he says, these... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
change the story in his head. He decided to pretend that he was flying a Cessna, which makes no sense, and he stopped reacting to all these emergencies in his environment and started pro-acting. But what's interesting, how this gets back... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
The Birds and Bees in China
The fact that they are one billion in number confirms that the Chinese have at least a passing familiarity with the means of reproduction. Yet Leslie Kenny (MBA 1997) has built a thriving online business based on a Chinese desire for more View Details