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- 16 Oct 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity for the citizens of 80 countries. Founded in 1958, EDC designs, implements, and evaluates programs that range from early childhood education to suicide prevention to distance... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- News
6 Questions to Ask Yourself When You’re Frustrated with Your Team
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world, affecting nearly 250 million people worldwide. Yet most can’t afford the blood glucose monitoring needed to manage their condition. For a target group in southern India, that is... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
(1970). In a 1988 interview in Manager magazine, Andresen said that his business philosophy was based on "diligence, toughness, and honesty" toward himself and others. "You have to have the ability to constantly criticize and evaluate... View Details
- 27 May 2014
- News
Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma
brings a group together in an online forum to solve a specified "challenge." The participating HBS alumni researched the issues of long-term growth and job creation, generated theories of and potential solutions for the issue, and refined and View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Research Brief: Ahead of the Game
As a lifelong runner who spent countless hours training and competing his way up to the national level, Professor Paul Gompers has always believed that his athletic experiences were critical to shaping who he is, both as a competitor and in the professional sphere. Now... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
HBS Is Committed to Increasing Alumni Engagement
engagement. Alumni focus groups and interviews have been conducted around the world to better understand the motivators and barriers to alumni engagement and to further evaluate current and proposed communication channels. There were... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Better Brainstorming
aspiring entrepreneurs who were taking part in a three-week startup bootcamp. Participants underwent personality evaluation to determine their level of openness (defined as having greater curiosity, questioning convention, and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
choosing group members, establishing norms, and dealing with conflicts to evaluating progress and deciding when it’s time to restructure. Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Action Plan: Horse Sense
breeding, and temperament. He sometimes uses an outside firm to take a horse’s measurements and conduct a biomechanical analysis, including a sonogram of its heart to evaluate size and efficiency: “You don’t want a horse with a Ferrari... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Hail to the Chief
Not along ago, consultant Alison Sander (MBA ’86/JD ’87) was invited to evaluate the potential for sustainable investment opportunities in Ecuador’s rain forests, where petroleum reserves were being parceled out to international energy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Entrepreneur Named Director of Harvard i-lab
marketing and sales experience with Fortune 500, midsized, and start-up companies, Jones also has a background in education, having taught marketing as an adjunct lecturer at Bentley University outside Boston. Most recently, he worked with MBA Admissions in View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Mission in Motion
Since its beginnings 20 years ago, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative has been a focal point for applying innovative business practices to drive sustainable, high-impact social change. Conceived by John Whitehead (MBA 1947), the SEI was founded at HBS and brought to... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Tidy Minds
be more and more messy. The 21st century is not for tidy minds." And when a hire doesn't work out, it's probably because "people don't think about it enough," Sorrell said. "They don't evaluate it carefully. You think longer about buying... View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
the Linns also sought input from nonprofit leaders. “The advice that resonated with us most,” David notes, “was to evaluate what we could provide versus what already existed.” Through that prism, the question was not whether they could do... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
communication, networking, and policy advocacy. As COO, Brooks is the steadying force who keeps the ship on course, by overseeing strategic planning, operations, and finances, as well as evaluating programs to determine what is working... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
benefit corporation. It’s a new legal tool that is intended to create a solid foundation for long-term alignment and value creation for mission-driven, for-profit companies. It protects a company’s mission through capital raises and leadership changes, creates more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Take Time to Transition (If it’s Time)
bank account, and family support system.” Up the structure. Build your own board of directors. “You need a group of people who will offer outside support and call you to account,” Burton advises. Evaluate your approach on a monthly basis.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Faculty Books
activities? How does one evaluate the reasonableness of a manager’s performance on large projects where traditional outcome methods don’t seem to apply? HBS emeritus professor Fox and his coauthor answer these questions based on records... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Releases
measuring and evaluating performance in the firm; and a system for rewarding and punishing individuals for their performance. The theory presented in this work, Jensen believes, promises a major competitive advantage to managers who are... View Details