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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 25 Jul 2013
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An Engine of Education Innovation
Related Links 5 Bright Ideas Charter Revolution Redux Lesson Plans Minding the Gap Learning Curve Building Great Schools around Great Teachers So when Leschly returned to HBS to teach entrepreneurship, he also successfully pitched the... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
knowledge transfer. Experts can mentor novices, despite a very large gap in knowledge, if the experts are willing to coach and the novices can bear having their knowledge gap exposed. Some experts find the... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
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Hummy Song
I became passionate about health policy and operations management while I was working with community health worker programs in rural Uganda. I witnessed firsthand the gaps in coordination that needed to be bridged, and spent a lot of time... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
welfare,” Desai noted. Middle-Skills Gap Senior Lecturer Joe Fuller worked with consulting firm Accenture and workforce analytics company Burning Glass Technologies to produce a report highlighting the ways employers can foster the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
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Getting on Board
that keep the CEO up at night?” A strong advocate for increased board member diversity, Chin cites a recent Catalyst study which showed that companies with boards that are diverse in terms of gender, race, and perspective have better overall profitability. “Look for... View Details
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Nelson Yuan
investment banking at Morgan Stanley and two at the Carlyle Group, where he worked in private equity and debt investment. Efficient way to learn business As Nelson’s career matured, he “didn’t find finance fulfilling.” But making the transition to operations meant... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2013
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Beantown as a Beacon
COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC EDUCATION Online learning tailored to the skills gap of the unemployed Boston is an education mecca, but with the emergence of online education and MOOCs (massive open online courses), every city can boost its education... View Details
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- 20 Jul 2017
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Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics
the i-lab have given us the opportunity to do just that,” says Lee, who explains that the amount of capital required to do complex wet lab science is an order of magnitude more than what a typical software venture needs. “The Life Lab bridges that View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
and skills that the American economy needs.” (Higgins) “ provided it is spent on the areas where there is the greatest performance gap ” (Lewisman). Samuel Reich added that, “ it should (be) limited (to) schools where standard tests... View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
slow. She and her company are working to close what they see as a major gap at the intersection of fintech and climate change. “Our investors and Board are now focused on impact,” Amanda said. “They want us to model impact more... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
Women don't have a problem developing an effective leadership style. What they do struggle with more than men, however, is claiming the authority to lead, according to Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn. The gender gap in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2017
- Blog Post
The Diverse Community at HBS
musical theater bridges the gap between our vastly different upbringings and large height differential. I’ve found it particularly inspiring that there are so many students here willing to share their cultures informally and even organize... View Details
- 07 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?
change in the long term. On the other hand, they have the most pressing short-term energy needs. "As you think about this, you somehow have to bridge the gap between the development needs of nations today and the climate issues that they... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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A Silent Workplace Crisis
pharmaceuticals, the gap between the medical and the mental health systems, and the time required to find community resources and quality home care. My previous experience as a pharmaceutical executive and management consultant seemed... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
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Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
on the rest of your life," said Klemmer. Related Links 5 Bright Ideas Charter Revolution Redux Lesson Plans Minding the Gap Learning Curve Yet the success he had observed at the charter school convinced him that top-quality education was... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
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Charter Supporter
“Long-term, it’s a way to change the income gaps that exist in our country,” said Burke. “For kids to succeed, they must have a vision of what they want to be and a motivation to succeed. Sometimes I think we put all the emphasis on other... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
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Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You
Now that customers have more of a voice in the consumer-brand relationship, some brands have suffered loud criticism for recent business decisions. How can brands avoid that pitfall? I’m not sure consumer criticism is always necessarily negative. Some recent examples... View Details
Keywords: April White