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10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

discrimination and harassment lawsuit a woman cofounder lodged against the Tinder dating app to the comments of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who advised women against asking for a raise, but instead “knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

(bottom) and today in retirement. Says Houghton, “Perhaps the spirit of leadership is the spirit that is not so sure it is right all the time.” Photos Courtesy Corning Inc. Archives (bottom); Justin Ide (top) The case “Corning 1983–96:... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2017
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Inbox: From Das’s Desk

classrooms, online through our HBX digital learning platform, in the regions and communities where you live, within your companies, or right in your email inbox. Our thinking is evolving toward a strategy of continuous education and... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas; HBX; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 1997
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Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management

because he liked the idea of "getting alumni and students together in an interactive forum." He hopes to see this kind of exercise at HBS enriched and expanded. "As the Internet technology goes further," he suggests, "there could be direct voice-to-voice or even... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Oct 1998
News

Putting on the Wheels

intimidating aura. "On a dreary January day, we drove over the border," he recalls. "The East German countryside, still under communist rule, bristled with barbed wire and watchtowers." But Hughes's initial assessment of the factory's potential was View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Jun 2009
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Crisis and Creativity

"I'll be happy to give you innovative thinking. What are the guidelines?" © The New Yorker Collection 2005 Leo Cullum from cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved. Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s chief of staff, recently echoed Machiavelli... View Details

Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti

01 Mar 2016
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The People’s Pods

And because the addressable market has gone from that local geography to everyone, the best content, even if it’s in a niche, always rises to the top. HBS: How much money can really be behind this boom? What would a podcasting bubble look like? RF: A lot of people... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

02 Sep 2015
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Voting for Optimism in Baltimore

people wouldn’t think can be done” and also know how to do that in an economically scalable way so that it can benefit the entire community. What is the single most important issue for the new mayor to address in Baltimore? The most urgent thing View Details

Keywords: April White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Books

power and shale gas are on the right side of the fight against climate change, and why markets have a better shot at winning the fight than governments do. Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation Clear communication is critical for a... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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Tax and Grow

and provide a privately directed, revenue-neutral stimulus that could eclipse the effects of any potential stimulus that could emerge from Washington today. — Mihir A. Desai, the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance and senior associate dean for Planning and... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Feb 2000
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Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

conference included a dinner talk by William W. George (MBA '66), CEO of Medtronic, on "The Future of 21st-Century Health: The Right Care" and a lively session moderated by HBS professor emeritus James L. Heskett on the role health-care... View Details

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

12 May 2022
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Turning a Moment into a Movement

research shows strong empirical evidence that diverse boards can lead to increased corporate performance. A diversity of thought, perspective, and experience makes better boards, and it’s the right thing to do.” To help build the Board... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 1997
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HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

discriminatory practices engaged in by one's organization. "Far too many of us, having achieved a certain level, will not reach out to help others," Graves declared. To be truly successful, he said, "you will have to stand up for what's View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

Voices" because it felt a responsibility to share this innovative presentation with the public. Fri is happy to report that "nonprofit institutions occasionally are able to do the right thing just because it is the View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 2021
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No Time Like the Present

I realized I needed to start giving right away and as my means scaled, so too would my donations,” says Delle, who has supported the HBS Fund every year since he graduated and has served in multiple volunteer roles throughout the... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

concludes Emerson, "there are ways we can begin to talk about value in terms that tell us whether or not we are moving in the right direction." This article originally appeared in the Winter 2000 issue of Social Enterprise, a newsletter... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

01 Jun 2000
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Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain

includes practical tips, inspirational support, and medical insights. On the practical side, Cohen discusses how to find the right wig, get rid of the bad taste of chemotherapy, and ease the pain of mouth sores. At a more emotional level,... View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

01 Dec 2015
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Estonia, Incorporated

beyond Europe: Kumar presented the project to former Florida governor Jeb Bush during the GOP presidential candidate’s trip to Estonia in June. (Photo courtesy of SAP) Although e-Residents aren’t granted any of the rights of Estonian... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Dec 2015
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In My Humble Opinion: Joss Kent (MBA 1997)

remember thinking, maybe people won’t be able to do this journey in the future. How right I was.” Must pack: Earplugs. “The proper wax kind. These things that the planes give you are completely useless. It will transform your life.” View Details