Business And Public Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Aug 2019
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A Shot at Success

Feickert says. And the things she learned on the basketball court—drive, endurance, teamwork—served her well in the business world, too. The pressure of tax season at Ernst & Young in New York, where she... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2008
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Meg Whitman, MBA 1979

that has redefined commerce. Since stepping down from eBay last spring, Whitman’s focus now lies in the public and social sectors. When Meg Whitman joined eBay in 1998, the two-year-old private company had... View Details

02 Sep 2016
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Building a Legacy

me is to build new things. I get very bored. And I would say, while I didn’t well in college I did well in learning the import policy of India, which were three fat books, and... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program will build upon students’ existing biotech and life sciences knowledge and equip them with the latest business View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1998
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A Marketable Skill

four hundred purveyors of the market's assorted handmade crafts, antiques, second-hand clothing, artwork, fresh produce, and exotica. Of these many merchants who set up shop - weather permitting - each weekend morning on the blacktopped... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

11 May 2011
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In a Good Place

Gehrke: Supporting schools with an eclectic incubator. Photo courtesy Judy Gehrke Every Sunday, on a block of Manhattan’s Columbus Avenue between West 76th and 77th streets, an event takes place that is part View Details

01 Sep 2010
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An Encore for the MBA Oath

School and inspired over 4,000 MBAs in the United States and around the world to participate. The MBA Oath grew out of concern over the widespread criticism leveled at business... View Details

Keywords: MBA Oath

01 Jun 2025
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Keeping the Faith

It has been said that the note of a Tibetan singing bowl is the sound of inner peace. That’s not something you might expect to hear in the MBA classroom. But it rings through Hawes Hall at the beginning of each session of The Spiritual Lives of Leaders, a second-year... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Illustrations by Victo Ngai

22 Nov 2022
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Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

sector deliberating the global business imperative for sustainability in the face of climate change. The Institut de France “Sustainability is becoming a major topic in companies, and especially in Europe,”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2009
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Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut

also bring in concepts from behavioral economics, psychology more broadly, and sociology. We have cases and materials that are at the household level, because we think that before you can discuss View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

28 Oct 2021
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Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

300 applicants and became the largest student-led business plan competition for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. But as the competition progressed, Foster and Simpson began to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2001
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Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms

personal and professional qualifications. "There are significant risks to the company and candidates during a CEO search," adds Khurana. "For example, a candidate's loyalty and... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Telecommunications; Information

18 Aug 2014
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Closing the Education Gap

gaps.” The mother of three has been using her business acumen in a dynamic partnership with economics professors John List and Steven Levitt at the University of Chicago and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

30 Jul 2025
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Play with Purpose

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi. This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Born in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Josh Harris (MBA 1990) attended NFL games at the old RFK Stadium in D.C. as a young child, and recalls being stunned by the... View Details

26 Feb 2008
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The Right Stuff

Operations Chief Andy O’Brien learned from his intern, a Brighton player, that the team’s championship had gone virtually uncelebrated, Andy and others at HBS swung into action. The result was a gala dinner at Spangler attended by some... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

13 Jul 2017
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Making Friends with Mother Nature

University before heading to HBS. His business thinking was influenced by faculty giants such as Georges Doriot, who taught industrial management and is widely considered the father of venture capital, View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

Ward - once synonymous with out-of-control crime rates, gang warfare, antiquated public housing, crumbling schools, and degrading poverty - have begun to show indications that there may be a way out of the... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

30 Jun 2017
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Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand

discovered that it had yet to become part of the business vernacular. And branding wasn’t a top consideration for many nonprofits. “Not everyone understood what I wanted to do,” she recalls. The nonprofit... View Details