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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
borrowers. Ten years ago, India didn’t have social security numbers, so that is a first-order constraint. We have been going to the neighborhoods where these entrepreneurs live, forming them into groups, and asking people which of their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
Illustration by Jonathan Bartlett In an era of artisanal coffee bars blossoming in neighborhoods worldwide, how could a producer of award-winning beans be struggling to stay afloat? That was the puzzle confronting Chijioke Dozie (MBA... View Details
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
minutes at minimal cost with no branding or design skills required. As it sets out to raise its Series B, the founders make some critical changes to their business model, moving to a subscription model and adding additional products and services to automate other parts... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Oct 2020
- News
A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions
for the city and the region,” says Hung. “It’s bringing vitality to the neighborhood around it. Mark talked about the historic preservation of the building, the art deco, the tile work and murals. They’re modernizing the staging, the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967) - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 10 Sep 2024 Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967) Ron Kurtz Author Alumni tag All Industries All Locations Alumni Student & Alumni Stories As a youngster, I used to create “stores” in my driveway, selling things to other View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
Founder, Co-CIO, and Chairman, Bridgewater Associates I always had little jobs. I had a paper route. I would shovel driveways. And then I started caddying. This was the 1960s, when everyone was talking about the stock market, and the View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
interest of privacy, I have used pseudonyms for the participants.) Williams, an African-American, was born and raised in a middle-class neighborhood in Washington, DC. After earning his bachelor's degree at one of the nation's leading... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
income remained relatively stable, about 3 to 1. Over the last 20 years, however, the financial markets that financed the housing system in the United States changed remarkably. Local markets once dominated... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
Morales, who now serves as marketing and communications manager at Year Up in the Bay Area, and Michelle Smith-Howard, who worked as director of early learning at DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative and is... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
marketing for the Giants. “My job was to put warm butts into cold seats,” notes Baer, who says he learned a lot about all aspects of the business during the three years he spent promoting fan interest and attendance at the notoriously... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
occur often enough to reach as many mouths as possible. He designed the organization like a startup, built to scale, with chapters of “Robins” around the world who team up with restaurants and other organizations in their local cities and communities. View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
for cosmetics needed to be more customer focused, so in 1999 she launched Bluemercury, a retailer of high-end beauty products. Perhaps the most obvious evidence that Beck’s thoughtful strategy and hard work have disrupted the beauty View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
counterparts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55026 Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies By: Athey, Susan, and Michael Luca Abstract—As technology platforms have created new markets and new... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
term cultural changes (she cited reduced education, greater dependence on drugs, and entitlement programs) are the basis for many of the disparities in employment. Productivity is necessary where not enough skills are available at the level required within a specific... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
lenses, and then my whole career was shaped by this. Kevin Murphy, MBA, 1982. The first job my son had was when he was six years old, and I encouraged him to go around the neighborhood putting numbers up on houses. And as we did that... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
community service projects such as serving as classroom aides in inner-city schools or assisting staff at neighborhood Boys and Girls Clubs. Expansion of the relationship over the ensuing decade found Timberland supplying City Year's... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
expensive precisely because of the country's prosperity. With the wages and purchasing power of working people largely stagnant over the last two decades, the cost of adequate housing in a decent neighborhood has soared beyond the reach... View Details
- 20 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)
business benefits, with 80% of corporate executives I surveyed this summer saying it helps build market share with diverse consumers, and 58% saying it helps recruit and retain diverse employee talent. Corporations can take action by... View Details
- 23 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
A Lifelong Friendship: From Classmates in Cameroon to Roommates at HBS
met Kevin at a nursery school in our neighborhood (PNEU Douala). We were 2 years old then and have been friends since. After PNEU, we attended Sacred Heart College, an all-boys Catholic boarding school five hours away from home. Those... View Details
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
Quarterly Journal of Economics, HBS professor Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani of the University of Washington, St. Louis, and Ernesto Schargrodsky of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella delve into this question by comparing the beliefs of two groups of squatters... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna