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- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
organized by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative and the HBS Club of Washington, DC. The expert panel featured voices from the energy, environmental, and governmental sectors; attendees from fields as diverse as education, health... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
workplace in the early 1990s, BigAC found discrepancies between its own hiring rates and promotion rates for women. At the CEO's prompting, an initial analysis phase focused on the question, "Why are women leaving?" A task force... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
Since its founding in 2010, the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) at HBS has worked to educate students and business leaders about the environmental challenges and opportunities confronting companies and organizations today, and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
participate because of low skill level or low wealth. The initial product for this new market usually isn't very good; in fact, it's usually "crummy," Christensen said. But it's good enough. When Sony in 1955 developed the first... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: A Circular Journey Through JSW Cement - From Steel Slag to Stronger Shores
industry to adopt EV trucks. The initial pilot project is five EV trucks integrated into their transportation network across manufacturing facilities in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. This shift in logistics is projected to yield... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
Gender Initiative Director Colleen Ammerman and HBS professor Boris Groysberg ask why. When women made up the majority of college-educated workers in the United States in 2019, why are they still dramatically underrepresented in the ranks... View Details
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
jointly by the HBS Executive Education Program and the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), the SPNM program offers immersive, multi-faceted learning and the HBS case method to enable nonprofit leaders to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
instructional space, dining hall, and challenge courses. The funding will also support the expansion of the organization’s programs, which include science education, character development, and summer learning opportunities that touch the lives of 6,500 adolescents... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
The Europe Research Center (ERC) is the newest of Harvard Business School's Global Initiative research centers, having opened its doors in July 2002. With the political and economic currents now affecting relations between the United... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Web
How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting
offered the following guidance to help organizations understand the metrics that serve as a baseline for diversity and inclusion initiatives and improve institutional processes, programs, and policies.... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Pride Alumni Association is expanding its slate of LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums after the successful launch of two initial forums in 2021 sparked broader interest among its members. Akin to having a personal board of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
steps of successful change previously identified in Kotter's Leading Change. (An introductory chapter offers enough background for those unfamiliar with the earlier work to appreciate the instructive and often inspiring anecdotes.) For... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
Schiffer Illustration by Daniel Vasconcellos Founded in 1982, 99¢ Only Stores is the oldest single-price retail chain in the country, with 273 locations in California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada offering a mix of food, beverage, and... View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
marketing of pottery, I could go back to the few 18th-century newspapers in Britain; when I am chasing Abraham Lincoln down for the book I am currently writing, I can gather rich information from newspapers of his era. So the Times project View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
policies, purchasing procedures. Allocate just enough resources to keep it alive but not enough to risk its becoming an innovator — because that would require more investment. Under the banner of decentralization and business unit autonomy, reward each unit for its own... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- Web
Investment Strategies - Course Catalog
bonds outstanding. Every day, public markets set prices for CEOs and CFOs, financial institutions, and investors, all seeking to raise and invest money in a way that drives the economy forward. A public exit - whether through an initial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
When You Speak, This Group Listens
Services, and the School’s amazing global conferences are just some of the initiatives the Alumni Board has helped bring about. Simply put, the Alumni Board represents the collective voice of HBS alumni. Our job is to be both an idea... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Conversation with Dean Nohria
cases written were global in focus. Beyond that, we think we can offer a unique depth of insight on a global scale. Consider, for example, an annual conference for Brazilian leaders we've been hosting with some of our University... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
with key players from the frontlines of digital change, The Content Trap aims to reorient strategy and offers lessons for businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals trying to figure out what to do next. Companies that flourish in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2007
- Op-Ed
How Marketing Hype Hurt Boeing and Apple
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Last month, Boeing stock went wobbly on news that test flights and View Details