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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Meaningful progress on complex social issues depends in part on the entrepreneurial ideas and energy of the next generation. In recent years, we have seen a sustained increase in HBS students launching social impact ventures. In response to this exciting interest, for... View Details

23 Sep 2021
News

Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies

consequences of our actions—not only for financial and physical capital but also for human, social, and natural capital.” HBS Professor George Serafeim discusses impact-weighted accounts during the first virtual talk in the HBS Club of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

09 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

Disruptor par excellence buys the canonical declining business. (Probably the only similarity is that they're both based in Washington— but those are different places, too). Yet this may be a more intriguing business combination than appears at View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing

25 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

or she will pay. The study, Consumer Protection In An Online World: An Analysis Of Occupational Licensing, is the first to look together at what consumers care about and the effects on demand and metrics of customer satisfaction. It is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

with building the business. "I was unstoppable, so great was my faith in what I sold," she said, describing her weeks on the road. By the early 1950s, Estée Lauder Cosmetics was distributing products through Saks, Neiman Marcus, Bonwit Teller, and other View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail

15 Mar 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: What's the Next 'Big Thing' in Finance?

the squat. It’s where I set my first world record. You take my word for it: You squat every day, and your life will be better. I am still working out. I also am actually preparing for the US Strongman View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

05 Jan 2011
Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

million to $5 million, with most of that money coming from grants from institutions like the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “Funding can be canceled with the stroke of a pen.” The NIH allocates money to researchers whose proposals... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical

01 Aug 2002
News

Class Day & Commencement

to observe that at one time he had told his study group that he intended to live in Australia and, as a consultant, travel the world while learning about different business models. Instead, Brown said, “I'm going back to my hometown of Washington, D.C., to work for the... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

50 Years & Counting

The Power of Women Related Links The Accidental Pioneers From Where We Stand Celebrating the Women of HBS W50 Summit Registration A Daring Experiment exhibit Women's Student Association 2013 Dynamic Women in Business Conference Kathleen McGinn was View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

30 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

Hernandez of New York University, dive into the topic in their working paper Political Identity and Trust. “Our biggest headline finding is that it seems that it’s beliefs that drive trust, not taste" If it seems we are a nation of... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services

13 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

use, including updating the associated incentive mechanisms. For example, European countries, particularly the United Kingdom's National Health Service, have gradually adopted bundled payments to prioritize patient outcomes and best... View Details

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health

02 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

between shareholders and boards." He adds that it forces both entities to grapple with an extremely complex issue. "To have more say on pay, you need to have something to say in the first place." One At A Time The political... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

25 Jun 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Machiavelli, Morals, and You

Stevens — we never learn his first name—set out early in life to become a great butler, one of the very best. He didn't want to get rich at it. He didn't care for fancy clothes. What Stevens wanted more than anything, according to HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Jun 2019
News

After the Storm

24 hours and start formulating my end. So, yes or no?” Once the decision is made to send a team of volunteers, the organization’s goal is not to be first on the ground, but last. They look for places off the beaten path that might fall... View Details

Keywords: Paul Flannery

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Several CEOs are receiving significant media attention for taking public positions on controversial social and environmental issues largely unrelated to their core business, ranging from gay marriage to climate change to gender... View Details

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

(personal and individual) biases and all becomes 'rational' again for management purposes." Ron Palmer observed that the discussion "adds weight to the ideas that we need new and better tools for managing complexity ." Tony Eckel observed that "... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Sep 2024
News

Far-Reaching Impact

been transformative in terms of my mindset as well,” Mahajan says. “The assistance we've received has been critical to us,” Gupta agrees. “It has meant we didn't have to worry about our school loans, especially as we were both earning about $12,000 in our View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

21 Jun 2022
News

Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead

before heading to Harvard Law School. He went on to serve as a Legal Aid attorney, a Providence Housing Court judge, and then a professor at Roger Williams University School of Law, where he cofounded the Latino Policy Institute. He has been an outspoken View Details