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25 Feb 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

the more general reader interested in national parks. The Health Care Consumer’s Manifesto: How to Get the Most for Your Money by Deborah Dove Gordon (MBA 1999) Praeger Health care consumer policy expert... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

altruistic and utilitarian motivations that differs from case to case. Family-owned businesses usually highlighted altruism as the main motivation driving them to engage in cross-sector collaborations.3 According to Norma Trevino, public... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

29 Jan 2015
Op-Ed

The Fall of Greece

Not allowing establishment of private educational institutions on equal footing with public institutions. The best educational institutions in the world are private and I am proud to be a faculty in one of them. Rehiring View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

20 Jul 2020
News

Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online

reforms.” Breed told the group her goal is to protect the public and the police. “She said growing up in public housing helped prepare her for these times, and she’s very hopeful for the future,” says Adams.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

too often, we only address problems after the surprise has occurred. Q: Your book uses examples of widely known surprises in the public record, including the 9/11 attacks. As a business example, you use what you call the looming crisis of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?

enough money to prosper, low-income families' access to health benefits, their civic participation, family stability, and mental wellbeing are all diminished by their low success rate in building assets. Peter Tufano, Sylvan C. Coleman... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

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Statement on Supreme Court Decision | About

Government William V. Giannobile Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine David N. Hempton Dean, Harvard Divinity School Rakesh Khurana Dean, Harvard College Bridget Terry Long Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education John F. Manning Dean, Harvard Law School Sarah M.... View Details

20 Nov 2015
News

Room to Grow

values of local, sustainable, healthy food, they can have a huge economic, environmental, and health benefit throughout their institutions.” The University of Massachusetts at Amherst—the largest institutional food operation in the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2012
News

What’s the Big Idea?

happiness and altruism, the psychology of cheating, and our amazing ability to rationalize our questionable behavior. Almost all have implications for business as well as public policy. He plans further equality-focused research in the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

May 16, 2016
Article

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

By: Dina Gerdeman and John A. Quelch

Chipotle Mexican Grill’s ongoing struggle to win customers back months after a contaminated food crisis highlights the challenges companies face with keeping food safe.

Chipotle has seen its shares tumble and recently reported its first-ever quarterly loss... View Details

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October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
Supplement

Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness clubs to 24 Hour Fitness in 2014 and disappeared from the industry top 100 rankings. After Bally was bedeviled by accounting... View Details

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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

24 Aug 2020
Blog Post

My Journey to Joining the first MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Cohort

off the semester just the other day, and I'm already loving every second of it! This summer we are taking a class on COVID-19, and each day we hear from speakers who share unique perspectives. For example, we heard from an epidemiologist from the Harvard T.H. Chan... View Details

09 Jul 2019
News

The Road to Impact

When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance, but ever since his undergraduate days of studying public and international affairs at Princeton, Offensend planned that, one... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

01 Sep 2020
News

Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

really my job to think about the health of society or the planet. My job is to put my head down and run a profitable business.” Now we’re at a moment where many of us look around at the federal government and say, “Excuse me, we have a... View Details

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

around promises to be different. Public health measures needed to curb the spread of COVID-19 have pummeled local retailers reliant on foot traffic. Revenues are down across the board. In the face of these... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

02 Aug 2021
Blog Post

ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY

health outcomes,” he notes, “but serious inequities have existed for generations.” In a statement released on April 8, Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, declared racism a serious... View Details

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

African nations, as in the United States, a key role of government is the funding, construction, and maintenance of the public infrastructure that benefits everyone. This obviously is not being accomplished to an adequate degree by... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

20 Jul 2017
News

Pushing the Next Generation Forward

and dear to my heart.” Central to HCZ’s approach is a birth-to-college education pipeline of best-practice academic, community development, and health and wellness programs that serve 13,000 children and nearly as many adults. Recently... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2013
News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

defense internally and in the public spotlight. Along with reports of players' pharmacological and off-field transgressions (behaviors also found in other professional sports leagues), the NFL has had to address new medical research into... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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