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1.12 Clearance for Return | MBA
circumstances the student may continue in or return to residence or enrollment. HBS also may independently decide that, based on its observations or other information it has about a student, it should initiate the process of consultation... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
get to see it firsthand. Kim thinks of Jervon Lemon, a scholarship administrator on his team. After her father, Sergeant Jerome Lemon, was killed in Iraq in 2004, Children of Fallen Patriots stepped in to help fund her college education. Today, she speaks to the kids... View Details
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
company operations, and protect the environment while generating long-term value for shareholders. "A decision by Doug McMillon ... has given us an opportunity to put the Business Roundtable’s new criteria to the test." The Roundtable has drawn criticism for... View Details
- 23 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?
board members are dissenting from the party line and which are following the majority. “In the United States you know this happens, but you don't get to observe it." —Juan Ma Khanna and HBS doctoral student Juan Ma, however,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Ed Rogers
contribute to their well-being. Blood pressure readings are an example. But now we have activity trackers that can give us quantified metrics relevant to any number of health goals. By observing these metrics and gaining deeper... View Details
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Ann Chao
Just before the Beijing Olympics, Ann Chao took a year off from college to study at Peking University. “I was writing a thesis on blindness in China and was interested in seeing how business could lift people with disabilities out of poverty,” Ann says. Among the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis
professors’ firsthand observations of the crisis helped inform the classroom conversations. “We discussed what it actually means to be a refugee,” says Fabbe. Trumbull adds, “Really understanding the political and social turmoil... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers
Frank Cespedes (photo by Neal Hamburg) Frank Cespedes (photo by Neal Hamburg) “Every entrepreneur is selling all the time—to customers, investors, employees, and strategic partners,” observes Thomas Eisenmann, the Howard H. Stevenson... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Escape from Alcatraz
Conquer: To escape from the first room of the Spook House, team members have to divide up tasks, each taking responsibility for observing and reporting on a different part of the room. Fail to Succeed: What can you learn from sand,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 Aug 2011
- News
No Ducking the Debt Ceiling
a deal fell through, “the damage to the economy had already been done”. After the vote, he observed, the deal amounted to little more than kicking “the can down the road.” Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter blogged that “for many observers of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
On the Inside
trade. Tax cuts.” Norquist dismissed those observers who contend that social and economic conservatives often are a mismatch. “It’s like the physicists who tell you bumblebees can’t fly,” he said. “But bumblebees fly.” View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit
shape, observed HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. “We’ve had 25 years of right-wing ideology saying that the only way to get elected is to run against government. Isn’t that ridiculous? There has not been sufficient value put on serving... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
in different sorts of organizational cultures and situations produced many interesting insights and observations — and some disagreements — about how to handle the Parson matter. Panelists’ opinions ranged from “I’d promote this guy in a... View Details
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Justine Murray
You could say that Justine Murray’s (she/her) first unofficial research subjects were her friends in the financial sector. Observing her colleagues at her first job after graduating from Wharton, she noticed many of them working hard to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Ruling the Waves
explicitly rejected." While acknowledging that the state or various societal groups also clamor for order, Spar declares that, in general, "rules get created because private firms want them." And she observes that what's true for many of... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
to choose the ecofriendly bulb, but they also reported that price was the attribute they actually cared about most. Next, another group of participants simply observed the choice that other people made: the selection of the ecofriendly... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
presentations. Kawasaki's wry observations of the current business scene were relayed with self-deprecating humor and great panache. His list of the "Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs" included: In year three, we're going to do $75 million... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Déjà Vu All Over Again
surely won’t stop observers from trying, even as reverberations from the most recent crisis continue to be felt. The exhibit will be on display through May 3 and can be viewed online at www.library.hbs.edu/hc/crises/. Railway development... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?
in 2021. Wen and Iyoha coauthored the paper with Duke University Professor Edmund J. Malesky; Sung-Ju Wu, a research fellow at the University of Nottingham in the UK; and Bo Feng, a predoctoral fellow at HBS. Magnets for rerouting companies Iyoha, who long View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Ready for Takeoff: Web Portal Enters Second Phase
increasing the number of "what-do-you-think" feedback sections, allowing users to be active participants, not just passive readers. "We want to take better advantage of the Web as a medium," observes Silverthorne. "We plan to add the... View Details