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- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
multiple centers for a broader exploration of a topic. For example, this past year, the centers coordinated more than 50 interviews in 10 countries to help Professor Rafaella Sadun examine how resilient businesses can effectively and View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
election in November,” says Wordham. “By promoting voter engagement, business leaders can demonstrate civic-minded leadership and encourage action across industries.” Helping Companies Promote Safe Voting The nonprofit, nonpartisan... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
work. Trips to tropical places are opportunities to secure new hotel customers. Summer beach time has been replaced with road trips to the Hamptons and Nantucket. I think the only safe place for a true vacation now is an iceberg cruise in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
stake in the community — a safe place to settle down and raise a family. But in the U.S., particularly in the first half of this decade, the balance shifted pretty radically from viewing a home as a place to live in to seeing it, instead,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
indoor spaces can make you sick—or keep you healthy. Fortunately, we now have the know-how and technology to keep people safe indoors. But there is more to securing your office, school, or home than wiping down surfaces. Levels of carbon... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
Fear—in Safety I mention to every class on the first day of class that my goal is to create a safe but uncomfortable environment. I want the students to be sitting on the edge of their seats, engaged in this learning enterprise. However,... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
Michigan. “My faith is part of what drives me to serve others,” he says. On a mission to bring safe water to Cambodia, Goodwin realized such basic services needed savvier marketing and better business strategy. While Cambodians happily... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
understood why a sponsor might feel she's a safe investment. And I understood better what her life is like, what the value of time is for her, and what trade-offs she makes. These are not necessarily things you can learn from academic... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
include reducing stress and stigma, building a safe climate for talking about mental health issues, recognizing at-risk employees, and embracing diversity and neurodiversity. Questions for managers to ask: How am I doing, and how can I do... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
What Is Harvard’s Impact in the World?
It’s safe to assume that Harvard University alumni collectively have a significant impact in the world, but just how significant is hard to know. That is why Harvard Business School is leading a University-wide effort to quantify the... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
journaling, hiking, talking about dating, and shooting the breeze—not questions that would shake her to her core. She turned to the social work students and asked, “How are we going to fix this?” Their answer: “We’re not here to fix problems. We’re here to provide a... View Details
- 16 Feb 2011
- News
Healthy Growth
has been chairman and CEO of IDEXX, a Maine-based firm that develops diagnostics and information technology for veterinarians, as well as testing technologies that ensure safe water, milk, and livestock production. According to the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
companies challenged the status quo, and the old, "safe" jobs turned out to be not very safe at all, as large companies entered extended periods of malaise and restructuring. Ed O'Lear: It's important to note why money managers decided to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing the housing needs of India’s poor
Rakhi Mehra (MBA 2009) is enabling a growing number of India’s 82 million urban poor households to have structurally safe and well-ventilated homes through the enterprise she cofounded, micro Home Solutions (mHS) City Lab. Winner of the... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
- News
Commanding Officers
ammunition was in use. He suddenly realized a hand grenade he was holding was defective and that it was two seconds away from exploding. His team was gathered around him and there was nowhere to safely throw the grenade, so Jefferson... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Hybrid Learning the HBS Way
HBS’s hybrid classrooms feature state-of-the-art equipment and technology that enables the professor to see and interact with in-person and remote students at the same time. HBS developed unique hybrid spaces with leading-edge technology to provide a View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
wife or his sister-in-law or his daughter. If they needed money, he gave them cash from the cigar box that he used as a cash register. Every night, he emptied the cigar box and put the leftover cash under his mattress or in a safe in his... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
alumni, the pledge asks business leaders to promise that they will pursue anti-racist initiatives in the areas of policing reform; safe ballot access and civic participation; and economic inclusion. Among the alumni authors of the pledge... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
1935-36 in Alumni Notes Summer 1942 William H. Lipsitt, M.B.A. 1939, Lieutenant (jg) in the Supply Corps of the Navy, arrived safely "somewhere in Australia" after sailing for two months with four other officers in a small, open boat... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Intention: A 10-Step Guide to Create a Life You Love By Annie M. Fonte (MBA 1992) Independently Published Create a life you love with this 10-step self-guided playbook for women of any age. You will embark on your journey with values and experience-based methods,... View Details