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Ed Rogers
broadly, I see that technology can have a profound impact on how people live their lives. I’m very intrigued by the "quantified self" movement; the idea of enabling people with metrics that give them deep insights into how they live, and make them better able... View Details
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Abhay Saboo
number of high-impact roles including monitoring the quality of 6,000 suppliers and overseeing the transfer of CT scanner production from Japan to China. "It wasn't just about technical issues," Abhay notes, "but how culture plays a role in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
Stevenson offers practical techniques and real-life stories about the art and science of asking for money. Topics include what motivates donors to give; the four donor questions one must be able to answer; how to craft compelling messages about an organization and... View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
example, debt seems to be on the mind of a lot of people. That's ironic at a time when, as one CEO recently told me, "There is a sale on money." (One company with which I am familiar acted on that belief recently by borrowing a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
to account for institutional change endogenously. However, this notion faces the paradox of embedded agency. To overcome this paradox, it is necessary to explain under what conditions actors are enabled to act as institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
Don’t leave the future up to somebody else. Take a hard look. Pick the ventures you find compelling. Ask how you can help them succeed. Write big checks. The time to invest is now, not when it is too late to win the race with fossil fuels! If you View Details
- 21 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Accelerating Climate Solutions - Short Intensive Program 2023
issues of science and policy acted as a reminder of the scale and ever-changing policy landscape as students dove more deeply into specific solutions with such topics as food and agriculture, carbon capture, finance, the electricity grid,... View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
experiment, individuals with a strong moral identity were less likely to act in self-interest, yet individuals with a weak moral identity were more likely to act in self-interest, when subjectively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
Sweden have received unprecedented support in national elections by running on anti-immigrant platforms. Yet, none of this is new. A century ago, mounting public pressure prompted Congress to pass the Immigration Act of 1924, which ended... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 15 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive
and 20 percent predict the situation won’t change. The Harvard researchers are hoping this report might help spur Washington to get its act together. “We think this is an American issue, not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue or a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Dear Future Author…
other words, do this to please yourself.” —Robert Goldmann (MBA 1961), business and personal coach and author of Act from Choice “Keep your expectations modest. The writing is only half the battle. Then you have to market the book 95... View Details
- 13 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Ask A Coach: How Do I Find a Mentor?
people. HBS Career Coach Warren Radtke cautions you may not be looking for a mentor – one who gives career advice - but a sponsor, someone who discovers you and acts almost like a talent agent. "Mentors can be sought out because... View Details
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
Note on U.S. Public Education Finance (A): Revenues Harvard Business School Note 307-069 Describes the revenue structure of U.S. public education. Covers funding by federal, state, and local governments. Examines in detail two federal education laws: the Elementary and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Clark Bids Farewell to HBS
terrific. Light Named Acting Dean HBS professor Jay O. Light became the School’s Acting Dean on August 1. A finance expert who has been a member of the HBS faculty for 35 years, Light has also served the... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: HBS Midwest Tour
often told me as a child that if you always carried a book, you’d never be bored how true! I finished The Children Act by Ian McEwan on the first leg of my trip and then picked up Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain. Also, my... View Details
- 17 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
You’ll find beehives and rooftop gardens on campus Beehives have been on campus since 2015 as part of a project proposed by our SSAs. Our four hives act as a natural fertilizer, increasing biodiversity on campus. HBS also has nine green... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
carried out by standing committees of the Board of Directors, with each director serving on at least one committee. This year's candidates are: Scott C. Collins, AB '87 magna cum laude, JD '90 cum laude. Principal, Summit Partners. Boston, MA. Victoria Hamilton, AB '75... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Herman I. Safin
HBS Show. Safin graduates with an offer from Siebel Systems, a fast-growing California software development company. His Edmund S. Muskie/Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship requires him to spend at least two years in the republics of... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Dateline Belgrade
back to 1990 when he agreed to act as an advisor to the financially strapped Bolshoi Theatre. It was the first of several pro bono projects the Swedish-born Castenfelt undertook in Russia, and it eventually led the Yeltsin administration... View Details