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- 26 Nov 2019
- News
The Ritual Effect
enhance feelings of control, which reduces grief; in business negotiations, enacting rituals like handshaking can increase feelings of trust, which enables better working relationships. And the list goes on: rituals can increase belonging over View Details
Keywords: rituals
- 05 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers
that US companies have disproportionately borne the brunt of the increased tariffs on China, as the ongoing trade war nears the two-year mark. “The situation may get more pressing for some of these companies that will be hit with a double-shock,” says Alberto F.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Article
Power to the People
By: Eric D. Werker
Every nongovernmental organization has a mission statement. For example, CARE, one of the world's largest and best-funded NGOs, explains its mission as serving "individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Food; Service Operations; Inflation and Deflation; Experience and Expertise; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Knowledge; Poverty; Agribusiness; Diversity; Non-Governmental Organizations; Innovation and Invention; India
Werker, Eric D. "Power to the People." Foreign Policy, no. 169 (November–December 2008).
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
- 17 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women
working-class women about diminished possibilities for their husbands and sons to provide for their families. Many supporters’ families work in blue-collar occupations such as construction, transportation, and infrastructure; live in low... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely
- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
Express Chairman Emeritus, The Vanguard Group It’s 6 a.m. on a Sunday and Jack Brennan is making pancakes for his grandson, Jack, taking advantage of an opportunity to spend quality time with his namesake as the rest of the family sleeps.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 29 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)
history on my grandpa’s walking tours of Lagos Island, celebrating Eid holidays with family, and working on craft projects with my twin sister. My family bonded over storytelling. Older family members... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979
word that everyone uses to describe Bayo Ogunlesi, be they colleague, friend, or family member. After 32 years of marriage and raising two sons, Bayo and Amelia Ogunlesi still seem to be in awe of each other. “She’s the most extraordinary... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
of power. In 1938, as the Great Depression was beginning to lift, but war was imminent, many families were struggling, and only 10 percent of engagement rings sold in the United States included diamonds. De Beers hired an ad agency that... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
product. For some families in Asia, however, a rice cooker is often the only means of cooking meals. To simulate that the experience, one student went two weeks eating only what he could cook in a rice cooker—breakfast, lunch, and dinner.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 May 2018
- News
Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987
responsibility for myself.” Her tight-knit family included two grandmothers who were a key part of her upbringing, as was church. While her faith was—and remains—solidly Catholic, she also attended a Baptist church so that she could sing... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
Site Credits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Now Starring: Single Dad
WAND: With Robby, at HBS. Courtesy John Wand John Wand (MBA ’81) was about to enroll in Harvard College when his high-school sweetheart in Boise, Idaho, told him she was pregnant. The couple married and moved to Cambridge, but after a couple of years, Wand’s wife left... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
development of “Toraya,” a case by Professor Lauren Cohen, which explores how Mitsuharu Kurokawa, the 18th-generation leader of family firm Toraya Confectionery Co., faces the challenge of expanding the company’s product line to please... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Web
Projects - Business History
faculty members with leaders or former leaders of businesses and NGOs. These videotaped interviews with men and women of diverse backgrounds address pivotal moments of transition in their regions. They contain compelling insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
that my relationships with them transformed from being, I think, great relationships with care from Dad, but much, much more fully loving them for the boys that they are and rather than the boys that I, if you will, wanted them to be. DM: It wasn’t just the... View Details
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Bloomberg: mutual funds
Issuer type in Vanguard Funds/USA. Click on a fund name to get more information. Use the 97) Actions drop down to export to Excel. To use the Fund Screening for funds based on specific search criteria type FSRC and hit GO. Use the Universe Criteria to search by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
career path and hope for this community,” he says. The students may fill an acute need for workers in the near term, but that isn’t necessarily the endpoint. Jamaal, 15, plans to attend medical school. Waltkia, also 15, is often first in the class to raise her hand;... View Details
- 15 Nov 2023
- News
Sound Investment
Steven Rogers outside the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Evanston, Illinois (photo by Gay Riseborough) Steven Rogers outside the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Evanston, Illinois (photo by Gay Riseborough) Retired senior lecturer Steven Rogers (MBA 1985)... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
the owner. And, of course, on the personal side, having a wife and family sets up a whole new list of priorities that weren't present at graduation. Is there anything that you've missed out on because of the demands of your career? Owning... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg