Developing World - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

Since the launch of The Harvard Business School Campaign on April 25, 2014, more than 5,000 alumni and guests have come together to celebrate the School and its mission at regional events around the world and the Campaign’s website has... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

06 Nov 2015
Blog Post

Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS

school and listen to the speakers. One day there was a speaker that said in the 20th century if you wanted to change the world you had to go to law school, but in the 21st century if you want to change the world, go to business school. So... View Details

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

Business History, and Faculty Chair of the School's Business History Initiative, to discuss the making of the book and to bring us up to date on the current situations in Argentina and Chile. The book demonstrates both the opportunities, and the vulnerability, of many... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

Here's a cautionary tale of innovation woe: Nokia has consistently outspent Apple on phone-related research and development over the past decade, especially in the years leading up to the launch of Apple's iPhone. Between 2004 and 2007,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

For many decades, corporate research and development has been pretty much an "inside job." The road to innovative new products and services began and ended with a company's internal R&D. But according to HBS assistant... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

28 May 2019
News

Future Source

Seni Sulyman (MBA 2014) wants to rescript Africa’s role in the world. “For too long the continent has been seen as a place people give things to,” he says. “I want to connect Africa to the world on equal terms.” As vice president of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Profile

Maria Brewer

be to mobilize resources in an organization in general, the task of directly managing a team requires not only mobilization, but also the ability to coach and inspire. This is something I aspire to developing over the course of my career.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

01 Mar 2006
News

Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders

WHITEHEAD (with moderator George):Because "the world cries out for leadership," HBS students must lead not just in their companies but in their lives. John C. Whitehead (MBA 11/ ’47), one of HBS’s most distinguished graduates, is a... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

The Potential of Business to Improve Lives

the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for Business and Global Society, who leads the Institute. “We want to get their ideas out into the world and to make HBS the center of an... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2000
News

Q & A: Gustavo Herrero

in course development work. Our primary objective is to help the faculty leverage their time effectively. We'll have two senior research associates, one based in Buenos Aires and the other in Brazil; it's possible we might have a third... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

11 Apr 2016
Blog Post

What You Need to Know about Recruiting at HBS

Career and Professional Development Office over the past thirteen years, as well as my own experience as an HBS student who found herself at more than one company presentation wondering why on earth I was there. In order to recruit... View Details

Profile

Henry McCance

a few FDA-approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, and they won’t help,’” he recalls. McCance, a venture- capital pioneer with Greylock Partners, had spent 40 years as eyewitness to advances in technology that changed the world at... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Health Care

25 Feb 2020
News

Ink: Your Best Self

portfolio familiar to any executive. Courtesy Amy Jen Su Courtesy Amy Jen Su What trends in the business world are creating new pressures on leaders? Organizational life in general has gotten more complicated. Work has become increasingly... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)

the world this summer to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What were you working on this summer? This summer, I worked with the Metropolitan Milwaukee... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

hitting best-seller lists lately, and conferences on spirituality and business have been springing up all over the United States and Canada. Web sites dedicated to such topics now pepper the Internet. Even the World Economic Forum devoted... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

09 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Addressing Inequities in Education: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Amal Tariq (MBA 2025)

are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? I am spending this summer working at City Fund in... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Banking on HBS

Executive Development Program (EDP), a special executive training course for the Bank's upper-level managers. "I felt that the World Bank's top people should have an intensive exposure to the latest ideas... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

07 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark

can HBS aspire to set an example? A: In the world at large, we ought to be held accountable for turning out the kinds of leaders the world needs, people who bring both character and competence to their work.... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff

01 Mar 2016
News

HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

Data’s Double Duty: Research and the Real World As Raffaella Sadun was wrapping up her Corporate Strategy course last fall, one of her students sent her a four-page analysis of the private equity industry in India, a topic the class had... View Details

Profile

Frank Spencer

trust. "Affordable housing in particular has been a longtime passion of mine." In addition to helping to develop the first SRO (single-room occupancy) residence for homeless men in Charlotte, Spencer has served on the board of... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Services

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