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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Particularly, I appreciate that the historical roots of racism were not “sugarcoated” and that the depths of ongoing institutional racism surfaced, along with options to do something about it. This article serves as a wake-up call View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
labor-market forces that have to do that, that are driving that. But the net result is, we've created quicksand for ourselves, where we don't have enough quality people entering the classroom. And so then we try to legislate the floor. We... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
tactical decisions by providing the data to back them. “There's really no better institution or library in the world for this type of research,” says Bauerly. View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 18 Mar 2021
- News
Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition
for Leading in Crisis and True North Groups. Bill has previously served on the boards of Goldman Sachs, Mayo Clinic, ExxonMobil, Target, Novartis and The World Economic Forum USA. In 2014 the Franklin View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Making It Possible to Explore and Grow
opportunity to learn how to raise institutional capital for their businesses. In two inaugural cohorts that summer— one in San Francisco, the other in New York City —18 female entrepreneurs participated in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
Illustration by Vahram Muradyan Illustration by Vahram Muradyan With one quarter of all renters spending more than half their income on housing in the United States, as Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies found in 2017, about 11... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
Zealand government instituted free breast cancer screenings for women ages 50 to 64, later extended to 45 to 69. The foundation is currently working to extend those screenings to women up to the age of 74.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
degree in aerospace engineering and several years at a real estate development and investment firm. But they collaborated on multiple ventures over the last 17 years. The most recent is NowAccount, a fintech startup that helps small... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
which we launched last January. This substantive example of intra-University collaboration also dovetailed nicely with my role as senior associate dean for Planning and University Affairs. It would seem that... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
instituting processes that encourage creativity and new ideas. At 3M, for example, the "15 percent rule" allows professionals to spend up to 15 percent of their time on independent projects of their own... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
Suzy Wetlaufer (MBA 1988) describes working at the city desk of the Miami Herald, where she was a reporter for two years, as “tremendously fun and exciting.” However, she adds, “I just never got comfortable invading people’s privacy —... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End
Are big banks using bankruptcy as a bullying tactic? A recent report by the American Bankruptcy Institute suggested that a longtime—and increasingly popular—mechanism in the US code that allows for... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
all attendees and then mingles with them afterward. Out of 103 participants interviewed, 56 reported finding significant leads as a result of the forum; 19 of those leads resulted in business deals. "We found this type of gathering to be an effective View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 19 Nov 2018
- News
Acts of Kindness
Michael Robertson (AMP 82, 1979) is the interim minister at Plymouth Congregational Church in Racine, Wisconsin. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on service to his community and the importance of advocating for kindness in our... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
completely off guard. Drawing on social science theory, he developed a tentative notion that “there are negative events out there waiting to happen, which people have sufficient information to predict or prevent, but for various reasons... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
community is evident in the halls of medical, educational, and cultural institutions throughout the Boston area. The Kraft Family Blood Lab at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, for example, is one of the largest... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson
Knowing that detonation would occur in seconds, he looked around for a safe place to throw it. None existed. Surrounded by his team with no time to warn them of the danger, Jefferson encircled the device with his hand, held it against his... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
book aimed at changing our national conversation about health care. In The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care (McGraw-Hill), Christensen and his coauthors, the late Jerome Grossman and Jason Hwang (MBA ’06),... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
Community Partners programming. The shift to virtual engagement over the past year inspired the clubs, with the help of the SEI, to run the event at a much larger scale. This year’s national summit is an amplification and supplement to the ongoing consulting work the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
than mere life phase. Take how they were raised. This is a generation that’s grown up as the center of attention, thrust into the nucleus of the family, with parents orbiting around them. They have been told they can be anything they want to be—and celebrated with... View Details