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- 01 Sep 2023
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End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded...
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How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Sam Perez Diarte - MBA
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
expenses increased by $24 million, or 45 percent, from the prior year to $77 million. The largest drivers of the increase were the ramp up in investments by the School’s new digital transformation group;...
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- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
As the daughter of newly freed slaves on a Louisiana plantation, Sarah Breedlove's prospects at birth in 1867 foretold grinding poverty and toil. Over time, she graduated from the cotton fields to the washtub, marrying at the age of 14 and giving birth 3 View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
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The $1 Trillion Link Between Mental Health and Economic Productivity
significantly less likely to suffer from symptoms of anxiety and depression, like crying more than once a week, waking up several times a night, or feeling worthless,” Ashraf says. The reason? People feel more mentally healthy when they...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
spur agriculture. Or the supermarket going up in the inner city. What can a marketing background say to you when your goal is not to sell Coca-Cola, but to offer a better existence to people on the edge? That's the puzzle facing HBS...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor
students then receive 20 percent of the profits over five years in the form of scholarship funds. Late last year PD got a celebrity boost when Bobo met former Yankees star Alex Rodriguez at a Jennifer Lopez...
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Julia Hanna
- 25 Aug 2003
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Why IT Does Matter
cost performance of IT technologies over the first forty years changed by roughly 107, and for the foreseeable future will continue to evolve at the same rate. That is in sharp contrast to a train, which after eighty View Details
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by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences
Tell us about your life before HBS. I grew up in Antwerp, Belgium as part of the Jewish community. Having four grandparents who are Holocaust survivors, I felt it was important to experience life in Israel, and so, after taking a gap...
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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
formative years in Japan and the Ivory Coast. “Growing up and moving around, educational media helped me develop multi-culturally; it helped me continue to learn English and see what’s happening in the rest...
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- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
create the sense of urgency needed to perform better. An example. At a major European retailer, margins were shrinking year after year because fashionable boutiques were taking its top-of-the-line business,...
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by John P. Kotter
- 09 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 9
belonging to the Lowell General Physician Hospital Organization (LGPHO). The case describes the LGPHO physicians' experience during their first two years under the AQC, allowing students to assess the group's performance as well as...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2014
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Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
watchmaking revival began when Nicolas Hayek, a former management consultant, bought up several of the industry's suffering brands and production companies and consolidated them into the Societe Suisse de Microelectronique et d'Horlogerie...
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- 01 Jan 2012
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Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc. Download Mikitani profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1965 Born, Kobe, Japan 1972 Family moves to United States for two years 1988 Earns commerce degree, Hitotsubashi...
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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy - MBA
part of any Harvard activity are violations of HBS policy as well as the law. Possession, use, or distribution of certain non-prescription drugs, including marijuana, amphetamines, heroin, cocaine, and non-prescription synthetics; procurement or distribution of alcohol...
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Nika Duan
transformations with you. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A detective! I definitely read too many Nancy Drew novels and loved the combination of solving puzzles and delivering justice. What is your favorite childhood memory? Growing View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)
Business school is a valuable investment in your future. HBS supports that investment through generous need-based scholarships. In addition to scholarships, many HBS students utilize student loans to help meet their portion of the shared investment. If you anticipate...
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- 31 Oct 2011
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The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
says Ian Larkin, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. "You should see the angry e-mails I get from students when they find out that a job offer turns out to be $10,000 per View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 11 May 2009
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The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
Rising star Jim Barton has decidedly mixed feelings after being selected as the new chief information officer at the fictional IVK Corporation. On the one hand, he lacks an IT background; on the other, he's ambitious and up for a...
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by Martha Lagace
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Decarbonization and Sustainable Production: Immersive Field Course in Denmark and the Netherlands - MBA
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