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- 15 Apr 2016
- News
First African American Woman to Receive Harvard MBA Talks Power of Persistence, Resilience, and Courage
competitive, we had to prepare ourselves to be better than our white counterparts just to compete at the same level. “Expecting that things may not always be fair was clearly understood by me. However, that was not an excuse to avoid the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Lone Star Star
guest of honor at the Dallas Figure Skating Club's sixtieth anniversary celebration last September, according to the Dallas Morning News (September 23, 2001). At the event, Wylie recalled numerous 4:30 a.m. sessions of skating and hockey as a boy at Dallas's old View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
interstate competition. Among the works discussed here is Hont’s 2005 book, Jealousy of Trade, which explores the birth of economic nationalism and other social effects of expanding 18th-century markets. American Fair Trade: Proprietary... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
audience, which included several previous Goldman employees. One former Goldman analyst asked how work-life balance — which Paulson urged his audience to seek — can be achieved when a job demands more than sixty hours a week. After admitting it was a View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Healthy Profit
crew is offered medical checkups, and more than 90 percent of employees participate in yearly health fairs that provide free screenings and educational resources. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH “All of their cruise ships have an internal water... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 11 Mar 2008
- News
Soak the Rich?
indefensible” and “tawdry.” Not so, contend the big-league investment firms. Their lobbying groups (https://www.investmentcouncil.org/) argue that it is fair to treat the capital gains investors earn the same as capital gains earned by... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
All Aboard
pointed out in the New York Times (June 16, 2002), noting that with the exception of one or two unusual cases, “no passenger operation in this country today covers capital costs.” While he argues that Amtrak should receive its fair share... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)
things was unfair and would not hold up to outside scrutiny. Most people agree that companies should be fair and that everybody should have a chance to succeed. The hard part is figuring out how to make that happen and actually doing the... View Details
Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations
Pons. “They also wanted people to trust that the election was fair and transparent.” The results were mixed. Voter turnout by those who received the texts did increase by up to 2 percent at some polling stations. Yet those who received... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The New “In” Crowd
as chair of the SEI Advisory Board until April of this year. This year’s Social Enterprise Conference, the tenth such student-run event, drew a stellar lineup of speakers and panelists, and the career fair filled the Williams Room in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Social Enterprise Conference Draws 800 Participants
idea (no business plan necessary) in thirty seconds, with the two best ideas getting a second, longer hearing of two minutes. The winning concept was an online site that encourages teachers to share lesson plans and best practices. The event also presented a career... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Ideas: Books
Fair edited by Carrie Menkel-Meadow and Michael Wheeler (Jossey-Bass) Professor Wheeler and his coeditor have assembled a collection of essays from experts on ethics in negotiation. The editors and contributors examine why ethics matters... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Nimble, Quick, and Adaptable
(Sergey Nivens/iStock/Thinkstock) Starting a business, says HBS professor Tom Eisenmann, looks glamorous in The Social Network. “But a fair amount of it is moving boxes around. Not org chart boxes—actual boxes.” That’s the kind of insight... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
identities, so there’s a fractured sense of self out there. And the moral bar has lowered. We no longer trust the media to be a fair watchdog, nor our elected officials to act with integrity. Detecting deception is not a parlor trick;... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
according to a 2020 TD Ameritrade survey. Nyamumbo says that if 10 percent of Kahawa’s customers are willing to pay more to support fair labor practices, it could be life-changing for the women of the Kenyan coffee industry. Already,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Investigation Leads to Sanctions, Recommendations
working with students, faculty, and administrators to establish procedures "for preventing these kinds of situations in the future and for addressing violations of our standards in a fair and prompt manner." He noted that the School has... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
States needs to remain an attractive destination for foreign investment. Right now the US corporate tax rate is among the highest in the world. Do we have to make the same mistake with respect to capital gains? Third, using the notion of View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Conversation with Dean Nohria
Under your leadership, there seems to be an emphasis on involving HBS alumni in advancing the School's objectives. Is that fair to say? We've long benefited from alumni engagement in the work of the School as case protagonists, student... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow
particularly interested in branding, luxury marketing, symbolic consumption, consumer self-control, and fairness and ethics in marketing. A member of the faculty since 2007, she currently teaches the second-year MBA course Luxury... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Turning Point: On the Line
Writers in earlier eras did the same for me so I could enjoy health care, a pension, and greenies. Hence, the duty to pay it forward. Hell, I was paying it sideways to that struggling junior writer in line next to me. The strike was physically and emotionally... View Details