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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
Above: photo by Minesh Bacrania As mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tim Keller (MBA 2005) is focused on bread-and-butter initiatives that drive down crime and attract business. And he’s been successful on both counts since taking office... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
biased. But the "pricing" section of the website advises that new hosts set rates with market demand in mind. For example, Airbnb tells new hosts they "may want to charge lower than average rates to attract travelers comparing your place... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
Each year hundreds of hardworking HBS students volunteer their time to arrange on-campus conferences that attract a wide variety of top-notch speakers, expert panelists, and enthusiastic audience participants. Working through student... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
new water systems or repair deteriorating ones, there is money in water. Already a big business attracting major corporate players such as General Electric, Siemens, ITT, Suez, and Tyco, water is a $400 billion global industry. While just... View Details
- 18 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Have a Better Idea To Improve Health Care?
share $150,000 and the opportunity to present their ideas at the Forum's invitation-only conference in April 2015, which attracts senior executives from big pharma, for-profit and non-profit hospitals, major insurance companies, and... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
the wider consumer goods industry. I was attracted to product management by the broad range of creative and strategic activities. I felt that product design and pricing were important determinants of success. It was a function that... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Coming Out and Finding Acceptance at HBS
identity. But I didn’t speak up. To make my point as clearly and as resonantly as I wanted, I would have to explain that I am a cisgender woman in a relationship with a transgender man, and that while I generally prefer men as romantic partners, I am sometimes View Details
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Concrete Symbols - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
treatment should provide as soon as possible an attractive enframement of the buildings by fences, shrubbing, and trees, not too formally arranged.” 16 Working with a diverse palette of plant, shrub, and tree species, the firm created a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
deployment of faculty in support of alumni activities. For many clubs, the Global Outreach Program events attracted the highest alumni attendance ever. Here’s a sampling of the clubs’ activities: Community-service projects HBS... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
hours per paycheck. The time saved could be spent in the classroom. The Better Than Cash Alliance advocates for responsible digital payments and provides guidance to governments, corporations, and international organizations in their transition efforts. It also helps... View Details
- 14 Dec 2017
- News
Making Movies Is a Class Act
a feature film that is scheduled for digital and theatrical release this month. “Among the things that attracted us to Crooked House was that it hadn’t been filmed before, which meant the ending would be a surprise to most of the... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
conferences!), the local alumni business network has succeeded in attracting business leaders and experts who are right in the thick of the issues at hand; and, as one might expect from an HBS function, the dialogue and discourse is... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
safety net and “makers and takers,” which is this very attractively rhyming concept. There’s this idea that those are two separate populations—that they’re completely non-overlapping groups. In fact, that’s not the case. Depending on the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
(dot-org) WEBSEs populate e-philanthropy, Austin found that dot-coms dominate. They can more readily attract the venture capital and technical talent vital to Internet companies. “Imagine a start-up dot-org asking a major foundation for... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
like product attributes, pricing, and distribution. My vision of the future changed to product management in the wider consumer goods industry. I was attracted to product management by the broad range of creative and strategic activities.... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
what important groups of customers say they need in the way of products and services of increasing capability (as well as prices and margins) expose themselves to competition from innovators who create alternatives with limited capability at very low cost. Such... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Mar 2024
- News
OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC
crowd for the club’s reboot of the Leadership Breakfast, and noted that they saw many younger and recent HBS alumni who were likely attracted by the topic of AI. “Marshall truly demystified it for so many of us. AI is really a way to make... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism
also earn an attractive profit. In this way, market capitalism can be a legitimate and sustainable solution for some of the world's major problems. Key concepts include: HBS research shows that attitudes toward market capitalism fall into... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
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Kendall Brinker
"But it's amazing how quickly you get to know 90 people. They make the campus a comfortable environment – there's always someone I can approach with my questions." Outside of classes, Kendall has attracted speakers and organized... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses
sustainability, values alignment, and impact, creating a market that has grown almost 25 percent since 2014; it now represents $23 trillion in assets globally. “The potential to deploy capital to obtain financial returns while also doing good has View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna