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15 Dec 2024
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Skydeck: Reddit’s Rise

Jen Wong (MBA 2004), COO of Reddit (Illustration by John S. Dykes) “I met Steve [Huffman] at SFO, I think at like 6:00 AM. We were sort of ships passing and had a great meeting and I got really excited because it’s really rare that you get to work on an asset that is,... View Details

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

must be profitable to be sustainable. Second, the WDC would take the initiative to target projects in countries that have a good chance of success, where the government is hospitable, the local business community eager for partners, and... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

2001, real estate has become a legitimate asset class and a good diversifier from stocks and bonds. Second, with graying populations in the West and Japan, real estate is particularly appreciated because it is a strong generator of... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

01 Mar 2010
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How to Spur Prosperity

Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed — and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), HBS finance and entrepreneurial management expert Josh Lerner offers a timely look at what works... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

to study must have had a compounded annual growth rate in revenues, profits, and market capitalization that exceeded the 50th percentile of industry peers between 1997 and 2006 or for the CEO's tenure. Corresponding figures were used for View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Matt Segneri Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 5 Results HBS’s Pursuit Of Public Service Is On The Rise Matt... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America

not to mention our own self-esteem — are on the line.” Kanter’s recommendations, which span economic, social, and government concerns, include securing the country’s future by nurturing innovation; getting the work-family balance right; encouraging View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

03 Apr 2019
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Finding Common Ground

shelters, Shumway talked to homeless residents about their circumstances. “These are good people,” he says. “They may have started to self-medicate with drugs or alcohol because they didn’t have access to the psychiatric or medical... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2003
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Up Against The Firewall

Is your company doing enough to protect itself from cyber attacks? According to several HBS faculty and alumni experts, senior executives need to pay more attention to this potential threat. It makes good business sense — and fulfills a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Robert Austin; Corporate Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

17 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

Working PapersPublic Action for Public Goods Authors:Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rohini Somanathan Abstract This paper focuses on the relationship between public... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

to Rohingya refugees since the violence in Myanmar erupted in August 2017. The organization considers the refugees’ mental health needs “acute.” "The global flow of goods and capital ties together all of human interaction."... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

07 Dec 1999
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Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century

Today we might point to Heinz and Noble's skill in exploiting economies of scope, in developing additional goods that utilized existing inputs and organizational capabilities. 48 But neither man thought in theoretical terms about what he... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn

21 Sep 2009
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Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the headlines and provokes the most public and... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

01 Dec 2016
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Dear Future Author…

Edited by April White Josh King(photo via LinkedIn) Josh King (photo via LinkedIn) “The first question you have to ask yourself is, ‘Do I have something original to say, something that hasn’t been said before?’ ” —Josh King (PGL 2, 1999), View Details

10 Aug 2022
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Generosity Multiplied

wonderful thing, and it’s become extremely effective at fundraising for lots of good causes,” says Reed, who cofounded the charity with his father, Sir Alec Reed (OPM 17, 1991). It was his father’s idea to take the technology used for the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Maggie Sanchez (MBA 1990) on Purpose-Driven Board Leadership - Blog: RGE Report

service, she’s clear and intentional: “I always kn ew I’d be o n corporate boards. From the outset, I had it as an ambition that I’d join a public board, so I took advantage of opportunities in corporate America to learn and grow, lead... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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Reaching Out

him to take a well-deserved vacation, but the indefatigable Mukhtar found the opportunity to work at NKFS too good to pass up. "With its seventeen state-of-the-art dialysis centers, the organization is the largest nonprofit dialysis... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

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Brett Gibson

rally around the people who are down; in good times, we celebrate together." Private and public ambitions In 2009, Brett served as a political strategist for Bob McDonnell's successful gubernatorial... View Details

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business

industry is broken. It's in terrible shape. We're here [at the conference] because we know it; we're here because the public knows it, and we are concerned about the fact that they know it," he said. According to Mills, the 1990s... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

14 Mar 2011
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Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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