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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life
tiny island where the people, despite their poverty, valued generosity over possessions. The hospital was little more than a hut, and patients slept on the floor. It was essential, rudimentary medicine, a stark contrast to my experience... View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
It’s going to be a beautiful summer…
portions of your audience variations. This way you can compare differences in response rate/actions of the variations against the control. Pretty technical! But that’s the beauty of Sephora: the stark contrast and intimate blend of beauty... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
March, the news was grim. The significant economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic stretched the global gap by an entire generation. “Last year, we were a mere 99.5 years from real gender equity,” says Heather View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
School Ties
When Jan Rivkin talks about what the US educational system must deliver, he lays out the challenge in stark terms. "For young Americans to succeed in today's workforce, they must out-innovate and out-produce the world's best," declares... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Selling Digital Privacy
marketing companies to sell it. Consumers, he asserts, have much to gain — be it money, price discounts, better customer service, or products tailored specifically to their needs. In the current system, information that is gathered about individuals View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Maasai Village
Our first introduction to the Maasai came as we drove from Arusha to the Ngorongoro crater and saw members of their tribe off in the distance. Often alone or in pairs, their tall figures were clad in bright red cloth, a stark contrast to... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 19 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
7 Ways MBA Students Use Baker Library
in a bi-weekly newsletter put out by the library. I was able to quickly show him a lot of additional content. We worked together compiling a long list of information and he emailed shortly after to say thanks and how happy he was with all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Education Innovation
CHILDRESS (MBA 2000) Illustration by Peter Hoey Related Links 5 Bright Ideas Charter Revolution Redux Lesson Plans Minding the Gap In an article for Harvard Business Review last year, former HBS lecturer Stacey Childress (MBA 2000)... View Details
- Web
Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Mayo, Professor of Industrial Research, Harvard Business School, 1933 The thousands of images Ayres and Davenport received revealed that behind the product lay a corporate system driven by power, efficiency, and industrial research. These... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
the HBS community.” The enduring attraction of entrepreneurship informed a well-attended Venture Capital and Private Equity Summit that preceded the conference. Organized by Paula Groves (MBA '91) and Francine View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
topic. “I didn’t feel like I had developed that muscle of saying ‘yes’ enough,” he explains by phone from Acumen’s New York office. “One of the things I learned is how expressive and personal philanthropy is, and that no matter how smart... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis
access to basic sanitation.” This stark reality demonstrates an urgent need for action in order to make meaningful progress towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 of reaching universal access to drinking water, sanitation and... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- News
Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
high achievement, while their neighbors in other public schools were struggling. For the first time, he understood the stark contrast in public education between the upper-middle-class world he knew and impoverished neighborhoods. "It's a... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
Sprinkles lives now stands in stark contrast to his early years growing up as a military brat. The son of an Army sergeant, he attended Vanderbilt University on a Naval ROTC scholarship. He graduated as a naval officer, then served on two... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
areas of the higher-education landscape, from innovators such as Donnell Butler, founder of Opportunity College, and Father Steve Katsouros, founder of Arrupe College at Loyola University Chicago, and Mallory Dwinal-Palisch (MBA 2015),... View Details
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HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
challenged efforts to transition to a “greener” economy, and this site provided a stark example of energy transformation in process. The Crossbridge Energy refinery was acquired from Royal Dutch Shell by... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
2004): Hi, my name is Torarie Durden, HBS class of 2004. The worst job I ever had was with a small business credit card company run by an enigmatic CEO who was a gigantic control freak, but also always felt he had to be the smartest... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
program. The second, or transactional, stage begins when the organizations start to regard each other as partners. For City Year and Timberland, this transition occurred when leaders of both groups realized they had similar visions of how to make a positive impact on... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
racial disparities in the US. Racial injustice has historically presented itself in many forms—including practices such as slavery, redlining, white-only or white-preferred employment quotas—and has led to stark economic inequity and... View Details