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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Revamping the corporate tax code could improve America’s competitiveness and living standards
the corporate tax rate, a new tax policy fostering innovation, and an end to taxes on active foreign income. Desai stresses that, for reforms to be effective, corporations must view tax obligations as serious View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
David M. Hughes
of whom he was one). Hughes also ran two student orientations for members of the Class of 1998 (one last fall and one in January) - complex, time-consuming, and largely thankless projects. Expanding orientation activities significantly,... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 13 Apr 2022
- News
New School
continued despite school closures, including developing free, printable reading and math activity packs in English and Spanish. It also developed teacher guides to keep K–8 students learning even if they didn’t have reliable internet... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Books
globalization in the transition from socialism to capitalism. Renewing Unilever Transformation and Tradition by Geoffrey Jones (Oxford University Press) Professor Jones, a business historian, looks at Unilever’s decades-old transformation... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan
country's political and social environment, there are ongoing discussions as to whether Japan will adopt U.S. business practices or maintain its own distinctive outlook. "This debate is relevant to key management issues, including... View Details
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
current environment, CEOs need to continue to speak up and serve a role of accountability.” Patricia Caballero regards CEO activism as inevitable: “We have reached the point where CEO activism is part of our... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 May 2020
- News
Keeping Families Connected
When millions of Americans started social distancing due to the spread of coronavirus, Caribu co-founder and CEO Maxeme Tuchman (MBA/MPP 2012) didn’t hesitate to lift the paywall on her company’s interactive video-calling platform, which... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
circumstances. Last year, he launched Social Venture Partners (SVP) India is a spin-off of the Seattle-based nonprofit that pools philanthropic activities in a local area, in order to focus financial power... View Details
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Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
Students will learn how leadership teams address the challenges and opportunities ventures face after achieving product-market fit – and how to activate and manage exponential growth. The course reflects the recent shift in market... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
to influence decisions affecting many aspects of their everyday lives.” MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: Supporting Students on Their Journeys Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity Embracing Activism for View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Connecting people and policymakers in a conversation online
After taking an active role in Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, in which she discovered how much she enjoyed canvassing voters and talking to people, Elsa Sze (MBA/MPP 2014) wanted to extend the intensity of political engagement beyond... View Details
- 16 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs
Beverage, Shanda, Fosun, Focus, and Tsinghua University. Purpose: Begin to comprehend some of the fundamental changes in the Chinese economic and social system, and how entrepreneurship is being facilitated to play a role in this. Also... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
for corporate social responsibility to internal stakeholders, further your education, and help enact change. Access Your Free E-book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your Organization Whether you represent a large multinational corporation or... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)
feel very proud of their work." For Horn, these social and cultural activities help him keep a sense of perspective in the mercurial movie business. For Horn, these social and... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Mehta saw them everywhere, piled along the roadsides to dry—or rot—as prices for fresh tomatoes plummeted. She came to HBS with an idea for addressing the problem she had witnessed: Nigeria needed a functional tomato processing plant. A for-profit View Details
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Lauren Booker
the 1960s and '70s. At Yale, Lauren exhibited the family traits of social activism and leadership, becoming the head of the Black Student Alliance and co-founding a magazine entitled Sphere, "focused on... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
New BEI Director: Lynn Schenk
the HBS community are already familiar with Lynn and her capacity for leadership at the intersection of business and social and environmental issues. Lynn initially joined HBS in 2017 to write case studies for a new course in impact... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
are actively forming B2B2C partnerships to maximize our impact on the lives of older people,” says Oppenheim, who often moderates the group conversations before and after classes to foster camaraderie. She also created the Solo Agers and... View Details
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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog
soak in hot spring baths (Onsen) and eat dinner wearing a yukata. Students will engage in volunteer work during their stay in Tohoku, as well as advise local social entrepreneurs and NPOs. Students will also have opportunities for other... View Details
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
weren’t reaching those in need, and wanted to make a difference,” said Mbanusi. “That challenged my preconceived notions about the role of business in society. These companies were moved by morals that connected their business operations with View Details