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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

In 2003, HBS launched an MBA elective course focused on entrepreneurship in education reform and cofounded the Public Education Leadership View Details

23 Apr 2018
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Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

The online bio of EARTH University’s new president Arturo Condo (DBA 2000) describes him as “Ecuadorian by birth, Latin American by heart.” Condo, a distinguished scholar and author, and the former president of INCAE, followed both his heart and a lifelong passion for... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Escapism in radio serials Prohibition repealed Golden age of movies Influence: Medium-Low 40 1940 s 19 Patriotism soars GI Bill Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Social conformity McCarthyism Membership in organized religion soars Brown v. Board of View Details

March 2016
Teaching Note

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Inge Skjelfjord and the Cacao Supply Chain

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Inge Skjelfjord, with a long career in international finance focused on agribusiness projects, had a vision to build a cacao research center that would help smallholder cacao farmers, who benefited the least from the chocolate value chain. He aimed to support the... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness Industry; Farming; Farm; Policy; Change Management; Innovation; Agribusiness; Education; Economic Growth; Research; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Ecuador

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06 Dec 2021
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Leadership in the Digital Age

Administration and faculty chair of the Leadership Initiative. That’s because the challenges that executives face today aren’t issues of technology but a question of “how to create an organization that can actually utilize digital tools... View Details

Keywords: April White

September 2002
Case

Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (C1): Race, Class, and School Choice

Describes the abolition, starting in 1995, of Seattle's mandatory busing and desegregation program in favor of an in-district choice program. Presents the mechanics of Seattle's choice plan, including the controversial formulas that allocate space in the district's... View Details

Keywords: Management; Leadership; Income; Social Entrepreneurship; Race; Education; Education Industry; Seattle

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

"Pilot: New York City" was released in October 2023. The press release can be found here and the full report here . Boston Public Schools Hiring Process Improvement Spring 2022 | Focus : Education Operations... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

first-year LEAD and any HBS Executive Education program where leadership is discussed? The case, first published in 1999, hinges on a decision that wasn’t even present when Hill started her research:... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

soars GI Bill Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Social conformity McCarthyism Membership in organized religion soars Brown v. Board of Education desegregated public schools> Influence: Medium-High 60 1960 s... View Details

05 Jun 2020
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Developing Black Talent for Leadership

source of diverse talent for their leadership pipelines that they are and can be. Excerpt from Thurgood Marshall College Fund History HBCUs were established in the United States early in the 19th century, to provide undergraduate and... View Details

10 Jul 2007
What Do You Think?

How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?

"So is leadership about control, delegation, or theatre? It could be all three, or none of them. The answer lies in the projections of the potential followers." Ken Hedberg said, "You can tell... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

14 Feb 2018
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Meet HBS Leadership Fellows: Verdell Walker, Sesame Workshop

one word, what is the Leadership Fellows Program to you? Mission. The HBS Leadership Fellows Program is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a select group of graduating students to experience high-impact... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

change that seems perfectly benign. I tell the story of Carol Hallquist, a talented corporate executive with an interest in accelerating improvement in public education so that every school is great. She... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Principles Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator "Become a more versatile leader who can mobilize others by immersing yourself in real-world View Details

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Harvard Business Review: Executive Education Access | Baker Library

Help Center Harvard Business Review: Executive Education Access Detailed directions on how Executive Education participants can access Harvard Business Review. HBS Executive View Details

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

money spent on outreach and education campaigns leads to fewer workplace violations. Berkowitz says she experienced firsthand the power that an academic study can have with a 2012 influential research paper co-written by Toffel, UC... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Apr 2001
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Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

Forget millions; think billions. That’s what HBS associate professor Benjamin C. Esty does in Large-Scale Investment, a new MBA elective course he has developed that examines how companies structure, value, and finance large, first-of-a-kind projects. “Most of these... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motorola; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

10 Jan 2005
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Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

in the 2040s. Great Britain has had roughly a similar government-sponsored system, combining public pensions with something called personal pensions, since the late 1980s. It is projected to result in a 26... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

05 Aug 2021
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Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)

second role, Takatsuka is in a project management position overseeing the work of two interns. The company provides an education program for the top 5% of engineers graduating from college in Nigeria to... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Technology; Entrepreneurship

20 Oct 2020
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Exploring Technology and Public Impact Through the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

to ensure that emerging technologies are developed and managed in ways that serve the overall public good. At HBS, I work with the Harvard Project on Workforce, which is based at HKS but partners closely... View Details

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