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- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
political processes from which they were once excluded. Another asset big corporations enjoy is the power to protect programs once they are put in place, and the strength to thwart the status quo. With this... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
HBS Creates Life Sciences Fellowship Fund
academic strengths and extraordinary resources of the School and helps address the increasing need for management and leadership skills in the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
thought it would allow me to have a direct impact for a while.” The interesting business model that attracted Gibbons to NIB was also the organization’s weak point only a few years earlier. As a nonprofit organization established by the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Zanzibar: Something for Everyone
and spice market, and the former slave market. Here we saw the dungeon-like quarters where slaves were kept, chained together, for up to three weeks. Many of them died; those who lived proved their View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Growing CEOs from the Inside
What do you mean by that? A: Well, internal is pretty clear. The great advantage of an internal candidate is that he or she knows the people, systems, and culture of the company. That means the candidate knows the company's View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
New Program for Science-Based Businesses
driver of the global economy and are central to a range of industries, such as health care, that depend heavily on advances in basic research,” said HBS professor Kent Bowen, faculty chair of the program. “This program builds on the View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
this change in attitude is an important contributor to the economic benefit of gender diversity he observed. It’s going to take years to ameliorate unconscious bias and close the gender gap in venture capital, Gompers says. “But... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jiao Zhang
path Girls who were told age defines a woman I will open a school for girls like me In this school the girls will learn To cherish their lives To appreciate their strengths To see their significance To be explorers of the world To embrace... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Celebrations in LA, Florida, London
relevance and to the strength of European alumni interest in broadening and deepening the School’s efforts to that end. The campaign, which runs through December 2005 View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Male Consumers as Man-of-Action Heroes
Thompson of the University of Wisconsin challenge this notion and develop a new model. Holt and Thompson posit that “the pinnacle of American manhood is the man–of–action hero who deftly combines emphasis... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project
we've reviewed show that US competitiveness is eroding, but its further decline is far from inevitable," said Rivkin, the School's Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration. "The US remains the world's most productive large economy, with unmatched View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Harvard MBAs Rule?
“Harvard Business School graduates are literally ruling the world,” gushed an article in Fortune (January 8, 2001). The magazine observed that in the last year alone, a whopping number of HBS alumni had taken over the corner office at some of the country’s largest... View Details
- Portrait Project
Samantha Gray
things until I'm high. I always want enough money in my pocketbook to buy an ice cream cone. I want dirty little secrets. And I require the strength to say no so that I can push aside the clutter to make... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
lengthy business career. Given his personal inclinations, it was geared more toward strategy and operations, most of it at large companies such as CIT and Tyco International. The two believe, however, that... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
PublicationsHappiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness Authors:Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet
also describe an approach to reaching your unique potential. This includes: Assessing your strengths and weaknesses. Many people I speak with do not have a clear sense of their core View Details
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
What applications might they suggest, William A. Sahlman asked his students, for "electronic ink"—particles and dyes, embedded in a surface, that could be charged to form changing texts without the bother of paper View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
The competitiveness of many multinational companies depends on their ability to transfer intellectual property and other intangible assets to their worldwide production processes. These sources of competitive advantage can be anything... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
Internet, rank novices can disable an organization’s Web site, hurting business while giving the firm an embarrassingly public black eye. More serious are the sometimes devastating and often indiscriminate internal intrusions perpetrated... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Lunch with Jack: Student Dines with GE's Welch
sponsored by Section NG that was held on campus last April to benefit Summer Search Boston (SSB). A nonprofit organization, SSB provides scholarships for summer programs to high-school students who demonstrate strength of character View Details