international engagement - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2021
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The Path Ahead

executive education participants, we have seen that online programs offer distinct advantages, particularly for women and international participants for whom leaving home or work is more difficult. Think about a three-day program where... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities

engaged undergraduates with business topics in the past, but the idea of a pure history course taught by a business professor in a class comprising students from Harvard College and HBS was an experiment." By all indications, the... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Antitrust in Historical Perspective

Andrew Carnegie asked a congressional committee: "Do you really expect men engaged in an active struggle to make a living at manufacturing to be posted about laws and their decisions, and what is applied here, there, and everywhere?"... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

01 Dec 2017
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HBS Fund Advances Global Strategy

Publishing. Gifts of all sizes to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation help fuel the School’s ambitious international strategy to expand the scope of faculty research, develop students’ global intelligence, View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Advancing the Vision for HBS

opportunities for alumni engagement with the School and with each other. At Campaign events around the globe, many of you have heard about the vision for HBS in the 21st century and the School’s commitment to educating leaders and... View Details

04 Aug 2020
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How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

recently about the role they can play in changing society. But I know this is a topic you've been engaged in for a long time. What first sparked your interest in it? Lisa Lewin: I think it was probably my family. My father was a corporate... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Africa's Way

leaders have worked to create a democratic society and revamp the economy, improve education, and create jobs. As the country's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela has inspired the nation and emerged as an international... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

10 Aug 2015
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A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

issue, and I thought, Maybe I’m uniquely situated to do something about this,” she says. A year later, Kapila launched ProInspire in Washington, DC, with an inaugural group of five fellows. Six years later, the organization spans both coasts and View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

16 Nov 2017
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The Business of Social Justice

14, when her dad, looking for a career change, became a college professor. Brooks aspired to be a doctor with an international practice, with the goal of combining her love of biology with her desire to see the world. While studying at... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

25 Jun 2014
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A Man on a Mission

educational service. Since his retirement, Earls has been an executive in residence at Cleveland State University's Monte Ahuja College of Business, where he lectures on ethical issues and recruits promising students for NASA. He also headed a task force that launched... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; NASA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Jun 2013
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Collective Wisdom

innovation task of designing can be crowdsourced. Local Motors has a community of over 25,000 designers and engineers that is continually innovating for the firm. Who could have imagined that cars could be developed through an extensive View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

competent team of practitioners, analysts, and managers from around the world. And she fostered the development of an organization that engaged the talents and commitment of network leaders. "To create real networks, you have to believe... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Letters to the Editor

graduating MBAs to engage in and influence the key strategic priorities of leading social sector organizations. Although the article cited the generous financial support that HBS and its donor base provides to fellows, it’s also worth... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

02 Jan 2019
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Not Waiting for Progress

international film festivals. The foundation has also established dynamic relationships with media companies such as NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, Netflix, and HBO. Talented and Together Throughout his career, in a variety of business and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2025
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Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward

With Harvard navigating an array of pressures, Jana Kierstead, Executive Director of the MBA and Doctoral Programs and External Relations, spoke with Dean Srikant Datar about how HBS is responding to new challenges while maintaining its focus on strategic priorities.... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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All in the Family

job." Jon and George Pellegrin were grappling with issues common to any company: managerial differences, power clashes, succession questions. But ratcheting up the intensity of their struggle was the fact that they were not just talking manager to manager. They were... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

21 May 2018
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Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

nonprofits a year,” either through direct engagement or in pro-bono brainstorming sessions. “It’s a wonderful way to give back,” says Club President Jan Gullet (MBA 1977). “We’ve done the research. Our members tell us what they value most... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 Apr 2022
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Book Smart

Risher’s story of the abandoned library in Guayaquil and donated 20 Kindles for the launch of Worldreader. After a beta test at an international school in Barcelona, where Risher was living at the time, he and cofounder Colin McElwee... View Details

22 Nov 2022
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Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

remarks on implementing sustainability in a Fortune 500 corporation. The entire event was brilliantly moderated by Ali Aslan, world-class international journalist. Vincent Dessain (MBA 1987), the head of the HBS Europe Research Center,... View Details