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Privacy - HBS Working Knowledge
covered by this privacy policy. Harvard Business School is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of such Web sites. Security Precautions This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and... View Details
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability: Career Advice from HBS Career Coach Hillary Mann
about, whether it’s by eating a primarily plant-based diet or using clean products in my home. I am interested in the psychology of what will drive consumer decisions to make thoughtful choices so that we can have more sustainable planet.... View Details
- 17 Mar 2017
- News
Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)
will, Hawthorne decided to include a bequest to HBS. “I wanted to show my appreciation for a place that has given me so much,” she explains. She enjoys being one of the youngest members of the John C. Whitehead Society, which recognizes... View Details
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Casey Gerald
and make it modular enough so that it can go viral?” he said. “How do we help create a country where every entrepreneur in every community has the resources they need to draw from?” By stamping an end date on the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
educate leaders who will make a difference in the world, the Doctoral Programs educate people like Akinola who will educate future generations of business leaders. “We have a powerful multiplier effect,” says Doctoral Programs chair Mihir... View Details
- 15 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners
The firm operates with a mission to deploy hundreds of millions of dollars across regions like Africa, India, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia—essentially targeting places where sustainable infrastructure is often most needed yet... View Details
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- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
two-minute version is that after I left HBS I worked at McKinsey down in Texas. I learned two major things while I was there. First, the way to make money in commodities markets is to have superior information, to View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
discussions that took place back in May at Emory University Hospital Midtown will affect more than the bottom line. It will impact the quality of care delivered to thousands of people. Midtown is a 511-bed facility serving over 150,000... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
surmount them or succumb to them. Memorable childhood books? The Laura Ingalls Wilder series that begins with Little House in the Big Woods, for their vivid reconstruction of a world gone by and a child’s place in that world. Those books... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
As a professor of decision making and negotiation, I often receive unsolicited phone calls from relatives, friends, and acquaintances seeking my advice on consumer matters such as negotiating for a house, bidding on eBay, and investing in... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
protect their environment and their people while still having a thriving industrial economy." Austin Blackmon MBA 2013 | From HBS to the Mayor's Office "Our goal is for Boston to be carbon-free by 2050. So what are the policies that we need to start putting in View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
be a great place to work. Last year, we were selected as one of Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” We try to create an environment where our people are empowered to make creative decisions... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
collection of those conversations. One quick note, the first interview was recorded in our offices and the rest of them took place on campus during reunions. OK. On to the episode. I'm Jimmy Childre from OPM '18. When I finished college I... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
places that aren’t on most people’s vacation lists. “My wife often jokes that every vacation we’ve taken since we first met involves visiting an orphanage or refugee camp,” says Wu, who is driven by a desire to help others just as he and... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
as a wood workshop in the small town of Billund, Denmark. Carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen eventually shifted the business from making houses and furniture to crafting wooden toys. He based the name of his new venture on "leg godt," the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
Moss Kanter: I have for a long time been interested in all the institutions of a country that make a difference for the effectiveness of business and the prosperity of people. And I teach leadership, so I teach about running large... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee
service quality are more or less immune from the high-end challenger. These findings suggest that before mounting a counterattack on a competitor's incursion, it's important to understand your customer priorities and your business's place... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 04 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony
Heard on the Street (HOTS) is the one and only a cappella group at HBS. During this period of disconnection due to COVID-19, we have embraced music’s power to bring people together. The first concert of the season took place last night on... View Details
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice
there. And meanwhile, on that street, South Bayshore Drive, were all these Lamborghinis and Masserattis and Porsches and Benzes and limos. And people called the pride of place to tip the valets to kind of box out the scene and View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
company he started has been in business less than 25 years. That's a relative blink of an eye compared with some of the enduring Fortune 500 powerhouses that can trace their roots back to the turn of the century - firms that helped make... View Details