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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
silence, and water of the impossibly clear, sapphire blue seen only in postcards . . . unless one is fortunate enough to be a visitor to Turtle Island, Fiji. (Turtle Island's Web Site) Better yet, dispense with the idea of a mere vacation... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 12 May 2022
- News
Turning a Moment into a Movement
and new media coverage further inspire a broad spectrum of stakeholders to make board diversity a priority. “When we launched this, we wanted it to be a movement,” emphasizes Gerstner, who notes that the idea for the Board Challenge was... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
imbalanced gender dynamics around them. Now, as experimental economists, their research is helping define the complex factors that contribute to the workplace gender gap—and sparking ideas about how to mitigate it. Here, they talk about... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
however, the economics major decided to try an internship in investment banking, courtesy of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, a mentoring program for minority students. “I fell in love with Wall Street and the idea of taking on an... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Action Plan: Whole Sale
values: “Gen Z consumers expect the brands they support to take a stand, especially on social justice issues.” Build a more inclusive team. The Gen Z audience expects inclusivity—in terms of race but also in terms of gender, sexual orientation, and age: “You need to... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Mehta saw them everywhere, piled along the roadsides to dry—or rot—as prices for fresh tomatoes plummeted. She came to HBS with an idea for addressing the problem she had witnessed: Nigeria needed a functional tomato processing plant. A... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices
dozen course areas and a "bulletin board" where students may share ideas and form teams. The site also allows companies to post project descriptions. For more information about the Field Study Program, contact Nancy Traccarella, field... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
a good idea and be willing to work to make it happen." Over the last century, Taiwan's economy was built on the success of its small and medium-sized trading companies. "Competition has always been fierce here, with people setting up shop... View Details
- 10 Feb 2014
- News
King of His Castle
world of consulting. The move coincided with a promise Appling made to himself as he approached midlife. "I just couldn't let go of this idea that, once I hit 40, I wanted to make sure I was spending my time on something I loved." In that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
to our detriment. Americans and other Western health-care leaders are often unaware of the many advances in health-care management and delivery that are being made "under the radar" in diverse parts of the world. To further disseminate the exciting global best... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
Do You See What I See?
of the novel. “Two students chose a Picasso painting of a mother and child, but they had very different ideas of what the painting meant,” says Sucher. “The work of art is a metaphoric parallel to a complex situation that you might... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
trading. And yet, even with many of the necessary pieces in place, the NYC fintech scene of the early 2000s just wasn’t catching fire. What was missing? Turns out, all it needed was a match. Nearly a decade ago, when Niko Karvounis (MBA 2011) and Lowell Putnam first... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
challenge is to hammer out details for implementing changes in the three areas where there’s broad agreement for action. Ideas abound. In response to an invitation from Light, fifty faculty members sent the committee detailed curriculum... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
Donatella Versace. It is so much fun planning for Burning Man, organizing, thinking, scouring thrift shops. That's all part of the Burning Man experience. This idea of radical self-reliance means you don't buy a costume in a costume shop.... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
with all these ideas that the company could be taken over and it’s not being well run and a lot of youthful naivete and enthusiasm. So in those first few months of '87 after my dad died, I'd study for my cases that night, go to class. But... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
be hyper-focused on developing the next Lipitor or Levitra, creating a constant drain on financial and human resources. And companies are running out of big ideas and facing gaps in their revenue thanks to patent expirations, leaving... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
allocation to this new asset class of social investment, the same way that venture capital and private equity benefit today from such allocations.” The idea is taking off in the United States. President Obama proposed $100 million in his... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Clubs Convene to Focus on Health Care
Association (HBSHAA) launched its inaugural Global Healthcare Networking Night (GHNN) on September 19, with a coordinated night of social/ happy hours held at the same time in multiple cities. According to Nicki MacManus (MBA 2009), who helped produce the event, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ink: Q&A with Kathy Wang (MBA 2011)
side. What was your inspiration for the story? I started with this idea that many men have about needing to envision themselves as men of means. When you graduate from HBS, for instance, you feel like you have unlimited potential. A few... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Turning Point: Life Cycle
idea that the rocks can be carried to places around the world and left as messages of optimism. We talk for a while and learn more about each other. They come to understand my predicament, and at a certain point one of the women yells,... View Details