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Commencement 2011 Address | About

was created with the understanding that its students, faculty and alumni would serve as “ trustees of the public good ” in the United States and around the globe. As Edwin Gay, the School ’ s first dean,... View Details

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

A good way to build a large base of users is to offer something valuable for free. That's been the strategy so far behind Codeacademy. In just a few short years since its inception in 2011, the company has grown into one of the world's... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

30 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 30

Publications September 2014 Social Entrepreneurship and Research Methods Building an Infrastructure for Empirical Research on Social Enterprise: Challenges and Opportunities By: Lee, Matthew, Julie Battilana, and Ting Wang... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2015
News

A Leader’s Call to Action

management role at the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation that included a team of 42 union and administrative workers spanning four counties. At 34, she was assigned line responsibility for electric line crews and gas technicians. “I... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Department at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Prior to that, she worked in finance in the U.S. and U.K. Mobasseri also holds a Master of Public Policy from UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public... View Details

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

and can afford good healthcare, you lack that foundation. If you don't have a governmental system that works effectively and delivers good public services, that's a drag on... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

24 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost

where the investor presence pushed a non-viable project into the viable camp. These are additional investments that would not have happened without that capital that’s impact. Avoided future cost is investable just like added future revenue. Most investors and lenders... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Sam Hayes

in a responsible manner relative to the public and their own shareholders. In my view, these are the most widespread allegations of wrongdoing on Wall Street since World War II. People got sloppy. People got greedy. Now we've got to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

2001, real estate has become a legitimate asset class and a good diversifier from stocks and bonds. Second, with graying populations in the West and Japan, real estate is particularly appreciated because it is a strong generator of... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

01 Mar 2010
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How to Spur Prosperity

Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed — and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), HBS finance and entrepreneurial management expert Josh Lerner offers a timely look at what works... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Mar 2019
News

Action Plan: Fruit of the Vine

Valley. Knudsen blends its wines from the highest quality blocks of grapes. What makes a good grape? Elevation influences the fruit’s sugar content (measured in “brix”), notes Knudsen Cowles: Those with optimal sugar levels for the... View Details

Keywords: Ryan Jones

01 Sep 2009
News

A Student Plan Goes to Washington

charter the CGC, while funding would come predominantly from public investors. To launch the college, the proposal seeks a congressional mandate to require companies receiving federal TARP bailout money to allocate three board seats to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

to Rohingya refugees since the violence in Myanmar erupted in August 2017. The organization considers the refugees’ mental health needs “acute.” "The global flow of goods and capital ties together all of human interaction."... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

07 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century

Today we might point to Heinz and Noble's skill in exploiting economies of scope, in developing additional goods that utilized existing inputs and organizational capabilities. 48 But neither man thought in theoretical terms about what he... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn

24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation By: Hill, Linda A., Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Abstract—Why can some organizations innovate time... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2019
News

Finding Common Ground

shelters, Shumway talked to homeless residents about their circumstances. “These are good people,” he says. “They may have started to self-medicate with drugs or alcohol because they didn’t have access to the psychiatric or medical... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2016
News

Dear Future Author…

Edited by April White Josh King(photo via LinkedIn) Josh King (photo via LinkedIn) “The first question you have to ask yourself is, ‘Do I have something original to say, something that hasn’t been said before?’ ” —Josh King (PGL 2, 1999), View Details

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

prepared to talk by speaker phone with one of the computer era's most successful "serial entrepreneurs." After the students reviewed a case that involved setting the price for Handspring Inc.'s first public stock offering,... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

Robert S. Huckman: Breaking down barriers to care—for good The urgency of the pandemic has brought on a pervasive easing of formal and informal regulation in health care. Payment for telemedicine has expanded and, accordingly, physicians... View Details