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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
accepting refugees is probably good for a country. That was part of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s message to Germany: We need these people to plan for future growth. Economic migrants tend to be of the greatest benefit because they come with... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
Data-driven hiring practices have taken off. As early as 2010, Google was using talent analytics to help hire the right people. Research supports this strategy; in studies, algorithms outperformed humans in hiring decisions by at least 25... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure
estate investment and commercial development firm based in Newton, Massachusetts. "We knew they'd be very excited to learn about volcanoes, for instance, when they could be right there, seeing a real one," he notes. But just laying the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Notes from the Trenches
Last week’s post by Roger Thompson featured “Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs”. To build on that, I thought I’d include some of the more quotable moments and insights from a recent panel featuring past participants of the HBS Business Plan... View Details
- 10 Sep 2008
- News
Thanks for the Memories
is a real trip down memory lane, with hundreds of photos divided into two dozen categories and also accessible by year. The Timeline is a truly remarkable feat of interactive programming. Start with 1908, when the School was founded, and browse through key events View Details
- 17 Aug 2020
- News
Democratizing Medicine
right? A primary care clinician, if they see a patient, they have a question, they are trying to figure out what the right diagnosis or care plan is for their patients, they can access our platform. “They... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
world war now, but it does feel like we’re living through a very fraught time, and HBS can again be part of contributing to a better future.” In this conversation, Spar outlines the vision for BiGS. Why is the study of business in society so important View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
are fighting congestion, and are concerned with air quality and noise pollution. Electric plugs right into that.” Indeed, GM plans to introduce an on-demand ridesharing service here in the United States... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
place," he explains. "The team just needed a coach to get them organized to run the right plays." He cites HBS for providing that know-how, and more: "Do we need to be able to build a decision tree and create a net present value on a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Swimming with the Stream
customers. Gandhi, who released her first EP, Voices, in October and heads off on tour this month, has done stints at both Spotify and Interscope Records, which provided her with unique insight as she planned promotion and distribution... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 22 Sep 2020
- News
Balancing Act
In a snapshot of the PresenceLearning leadership taken this spring, CEO Kate Eberle Walker (MBA 2005) stands, smiling, just right of center. She’s flanked by three other women and four men—the gender-balanced executive team she had been... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
MBA 101: HBS Commencements Pass the Century Mark
Malhotra. Pictured at lower right are this year’s Leadership Fellows. Photographs by Russ Campbell Every new day is a good day for Kathy Giusti (MBA ’85) since that morning in 1996 when her oncologist took her hand, looked her in the eye,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit
The baby-boom generation of leaders grew up in the 1960s, when “there was no sense of common sacrifice,” he explained. “I think the group has become too self-indulgent. They became more takers than givers.” Rising to her own defense, Kanter remarked: “I don’t think we... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
McCance First to Serve as Entrepreneur in Residence
Senior Lecturer Mike Roberts, executive director of the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. “We want to be in even closer contact with the outside world and learn about issues being faced right now,” notes Roberts. Students are the obvious... View Details
- 07 Apr 2017
- News
Transforming the “Misery Towns” of Buenos Aires
is sliced in two by a dual carriageway that is the main route into the city centre from the north. “It’s madness, you cannot have a neighbourhood with a motorway running right through,” he says. He whips out his smartphone to use Google... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
associate dean for Planning and University Affairs, teaches financial management. Reprinted from The Washington Post, October 21, 2008. All rights reserved. Edited for space. View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
How to Fix Wall Street
"I'm making this decision on principle, just to see how it feels." ©The New Yorker Collection 2003 Leo Cullum from Cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved. Another bubble is brewing. Only this time it is a regulation bubble. As agencies and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash
BioMine (now BlueOak), which won the 2011 HBS Alumni New Venture Competition. The competition's judges were struck by the company's smart business plan and how it addressed a very great need. According to the EPA, in 2007 an estimated... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
us for years—even before we raised any money—in part because Jana Care is a very mission-driven company. That was an important lesson for us: Money is not the only motivating factor in a small company. If you can build the right dynamics... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Releases
their new positions, while only 38 percent of those promoted from within leave their new posts within the same period. Outsiders don't fare as well as insiders because they don't adequately plan their transition into the new organization,... View Details