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History's Guiding Light

Having worked on the issues of the hour at the White House and the World Bank, I was keen to step back and understand the evolution and impact of business on society as I embarked on my journey at HBS. The role of companies in shaping and being shaped by economic View Details

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Whit Collier

work in the context of life, and has participated as a volunteer with Leslie Perlow’s EC course “Crafting Your Life”. While grounded in foundational virtues of self-reliance and hard work, Whit also believes in the transformative power of... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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A Club for the Cosmos

announcing the opening of an office within the context of a larger industry event will continue in March at the Satellite 2016 conference outside Washington, D.C., and at subsequent forums in Paris and Singapore. “This is the most... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

24 Apr 2014
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Digital ID network empowers individuals, disrupts the data brokers

While anonymity online has many benefits, there are certain contexts in which an individual would want to be known. Blake Hall (MBA 2010), an army veteran, noticed that many brands were unwilling to extend special offers online to... View Details

25 Aug 2015
Blog Post

Why an MD/MBA from HBS and HMS?

few courses in health policy, I realized that clinical care was controlled and confined by forces that were greater than the intimate interaction between a physician and patient. In fact, the discourse about these forces were amongst people with very little View Details

15 Nov 2020
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Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative

important yet least understood forces that will shape the global business environment in the coming decades,” explains Rithmire. “It was a truly unique opportunity to learn about Chinese politics and policy on the ground in real time the trip [also] provided incredible... View Details

05 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 14 student essays that... View Details

10 Mar 2021
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Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

that will continue. You can’t fall off the floor, as they say. You have to think about historical data in the context of that information and how investing will be impacted. Another point is that the market used to be much more... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investing; leadership; diversity; career experience; higher education; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

Context Affects Choice By: Thomadsen, Raphael, Robert P. Rooderkerk, On Amir, Neeraj Arora, Bryan Bollinger, Karsten Hansen, Leslie John, Wendy Liu, Aner Sela, Vishal Singh, K. Sudhir, and Wendy Wood Abstract—Due to its origins in the... View Details

14 Dec 2016
Blog Post

Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

land a Leadership Fellow Position as the Special Advisor to the President at the Kresge Foundation, a philanthropic organization in metro Detroit focused on urban economic development. I will be able to hone my strategy skills within a social sector View Details

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Weekend Sprint: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Blog - Business & Environment

ClimateTech companies. To start off the day, Professor Jim Matheson provided critical background knowledge on the context of climate change, exploring both the key problems and opportunities that climate change presents. From there, the... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Short Takes

narrowed. "Much of what we teach in management theory is that there is one best way to do things," West observes. To explain the existence of two "best ways," he cites differences in the institutional contexts in which U.S. and Japanese... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey

01 Sep 2024
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The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge

insides of their companies as they do to shaping the institutional context within which the companies operate. That’s because everything is a work in progress. You really can’t throw your hands up and say, “I’ll wait for the government to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2012
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Ideas in Action

gain in understanding about themselves and their own work context through the lens of distant colleagues. “The two kinds of knowledge offer different insights that, in complement, foster trust and make you feel closer to distant... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Oct 1999
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You goal, girl

With interest in women's sports and professional leagues soaring, Amy Love (MBA '93) decided it was high time for a publication that would cover the new scene in a serious manner. Instead of simply transposing traditional women's magazine subjects into a sports View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

The Evolving Case Method

Garvin. “Keep in mind, the exercise was preceded by a 50-minute case discussion about moral challenges. And if you asked me, would the exercise have worked without first having the case discussion, I would say, ‘Absolutely not.’ The case discussion gives you View Details

Keywords: the case method

01 Sep 2008
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Stanford Lets Students Customize

leads off with a quarter of required “Management Perspectives” courses designed to provide students with an integrative overview of management challenges and to develop soft leadership and communication skills, including courses in Strategic Leadership, the Global... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Chiedu Onichabor

listening to a section mate's "left field" comment or question that added additional color and context or highlighted a previously undiscussed edge case to our discussion. If you could give one piece of advice to prospective students,... View Details

01 Jun 2016
What Do You Think?

When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?

“in the context of real people doing real work.” Marlis Krichewsky argued “culture probably cannot change exclusively from within to kindle enthusiasm you need to look beyond yourself and interact with the environment.” Thriveinchange... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

07 Mar 2024
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IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India