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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
director of the Harvard University Center for African Studies. She is also Harvard’s professor of History and of African and African American Studies, and a visiting professor at HBS. Elkins subsequently traveled to Lagos, to visit... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance
part of the world that I knew nothing about.” MORE Zhang reveals her travel secrets on the Skydeck podcast Excerpt “Every eight seconds, another American turns sixty-five—that’s some ten thousand people per day. By 2030, nearly 20 percent... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
difficult than suspected. During the boom years, when all seemed well, capabilities that underpin innovation in a wide range of products were continuing to deteriorate. My HBS colleague Willy Shih and I described in “Restoring American... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
mainstay of the American economy. So questions about the current Asian economic crisis elicit from him the wry, seen-it-all-before observation that "when you expand, it's always at the wrong time." After all, Hughes points out, with... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Feb 2000
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Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
startups taking advantage of this new opportunity, with the traditional giants - American Express, IBM, and Microsoft, for instance - also getting into the act. Brodia, an e-commerce company dedicated to simplifying online shopping for... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The People’s Pods
Illustration by Peter Arkle Between 2008 and 2015, the percentage of Americans who listen to podcasts nearly doubled, according to Pew Research, jumping from 9 percent to 17 percent. What’s driving the growth? And how did a 10-year-old... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
to five local nonprofit groups, including the National Capital Chapter of the American Red Cross. CSI also plans to organize weekend volunteer projects in order to offer club members a variety of options for giving back to the community.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise
Award, presented this year to Jamie Dimon (MBA ’82), president and COO of JPMorgan Chase, and the Leadership Award, presented to Joel Smilow (MBA ’58), former chairman, CEO, and president of Playtex Products Inc., and Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault, chairman and CEO of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
eventful. The lessons of their experience speak volumes for all of American industry, as firms large and small grapple with a host of new challenges that those beginning their careers in 1971 never anticipated. Another MBA '71 graduate,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
HBS Grads Are the Most
In the two latest versions of those "most powerful" and "most influential" cover stories that Fortune and Business Week love to run, 20 percent of the people selected in each group were HBS graduates. Fortune's "50 Most Powerful Women in View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Revamping the corporate tax code could improve America’s competitiveness and living standards
investments that could raise American productivity and living standards. “A handful of changes would transform the corporate tax system from an obstacle to an asset,” says Desai. He advises creating better incentives for global... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
integration, and the creation of opportunities for minorities. On a national level, Lazarus is chairman of the board of Americans for the Arts. "I've long been frustrated by a national lack of understanding and appreciation for the arts,"... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
materials served up to Americans was exploding: In 1978, Time Inc. published 6 magazines; today it publishes 132. Technology transformed broadcast media as well. In the late 1970s, most Americans had three... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
tracked by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. For voters between the ages of 18 and 29, the picture was even worse, with a 40 percent turnout. Less than 20 percent of Americans have faith in the democratic... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Action Plan: Just Breathe
United States, for example, the American Psychological Association reports that one-third of workers experience chronic workplace stress. That stress costs American companies an estimated $300 billion a year... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 May 2015
- News
A Flash of Insight
When American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on the bright, sunny morning of September 11, 2001, it set off a chain of dark events that would kill 3,000 people and change forever the way many View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
Khurana traces the history of American business schools and argues for a return to the professional and moral ideals that first inspired the study of management as a profession. View Details
- 25 Oct 2019
- News
Jane Fraser Named President of Citigroup
her the first-ever woman CEO of a major bank.” Fraser has been at Citigroup since 2004, joining after roles at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. Before being named president, Fraser served as CEO of the company’s Latin American division. Asked... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
“A National System of Income Supplementation”
members of the Kerner panel, concluded that serious inequalities still exist; it called for spending some $55 billion on social change, particularly by investing in programs and initiatives with successful track records, such as Head Start. Related Links An View Details
- 07 Jul 2016
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Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa
member of the American Refugee Committee. Ruhr says rarely a week goes by that she doesn’t call to mind an HBS mantra: “Just break it down.” “Anything that seems overwhelming. I tell the staff, ‘It’s just ‘next step and next step, and you... View Details