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virtually; ensure the School's information assets are organized and findable by the HBS community and external audiences; archive and preserve the School's intellectual capital and history, making it available to future generations of... View Details

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Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity

the horizon with regards to data, design, and diversity. Our understanding of data impacts how we curate and interpret it. The physical and virtual spaces we design set the tone for the ways we’re able to live and build. It stands to... View Details

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Hann Yew

the sciences." By her junior year, Hann had come to two realizations. "Science wasn't as glorious as I had imagined it to be," she says. "Your success is not always commensurate with the effort you put into it." On the other hand, her newfound... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Healthcare/Biotech

17 Jun 2020
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Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

domestic terrorism organization known as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). White supremacist organizations arose in response to the political empowerment, economic independence, and social revival that was seen in Black communities during... View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Green House

available in the building industry,” she recalls. She could, for instance, track the positive environmental impact of each dollar the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development spent on... View Details

13 Mar 2018
First Look

March 13, 2018

organizations’ impact on society are effective at improving disclosure quantity and quality as well as corporate value. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54148 The Real Exchange Rate, Innovation and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2019
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Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

the front page of newspapers everywhere. We are past the 11th hour and, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report, the impacts are worse than we thought and our window to avert the worst of climate... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

07 Aug 2015
Blog Post

Takeaways from the Class of 2015

to impact the broader team or organization. Warmth first, then competence. You must stay vigilant and listen to others this will keep you alert to when the problem is you. History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Health-Care Initiative to Leverage Ongoing Efforts

activities and to facilitate new work that will enhance our understanding of this important field.” “Our main goal is to increase our critical mass in this field by fostering a community of faculty, researchers, students, and alumni that... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

January 2024
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ECOALF: Fashion for the Future

By: Elizabeth A. Keenan, Diego Aparicio, Carlota Moniz and María José Satrústegui

ECOALF, a Spanish fashion brand and sustainability pioneer, aimed to tackle the industry's challenges of excessive consumption and production. The brand's mission was to create timeless apparel exclusively from recycled and eco-responsible materials, matching the... View Details

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14 Jan 2022
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Embracing Activism for Social Change

in California and Texas, asking questions about coalition building, data collection, evaluation, stakeholder management, and community engagement,” she says. “This was at a time when COVID-19 was exposing a big range of underlying health... View Details

01 Sep 2008
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Balanced Equation

In the course of their outstanding professional careers, this year’s five recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award — the School’s highest honor — have had an enormous impact on the world of business. A surprising key to their success?... View Details

Keywords: James Aisner;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna;Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

17 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

Let’s face it: 2020 was a tough year, as COVID-19 surged across the world, killing more than 1.5 million people, shuttering companies, causing widespread job losses, and fundamentally altering the way people work and live. Given the virus’s huge View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Health Care Club | MBA

Health Care Club Our mission is to promote the image of HBS as an institution that produces leaders who have an impact in the business of health care. This mission is achieved through providing a forum for students to learn the business... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

instead identify what is actually required to do a job well, you can create organizations that are better at learning, where people from different backgrounds, with dissimilar approaches to problem solving, can have a strong impact on... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

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How One Coffee Shop Is Brewing Change for Business and Society | Working Knowledge

for society can also be good for business “It’s all about impact, not just necessarily the P&L (profit and loss) of a company, which is very important, but the P&L of society: What are you doing to make your community a better place and... View Details

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

fulfillment of community needs. (Of course, Friedman's formulation leaves the manager with two problems: the sum of consumer desires does not necessarily equal community need, and many—perhaps... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Kresge Way | About

Hall was dedicated in 1953 and was a familiar Harvard Business School landmark and a central gathering place for meals, meetings, and reunions. In keeping with the School’s emphasis on learning beyond the classroom, Kresge was designed to provide an environment where... View Details

28 Apr 2023
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How Employers Can Support LGBTQ+ Employees

the company norms and culture.” Actively solicit feedback and listen to members of your community about their lived experience so that these practices are part of the conversation. Equity audits can also be used to bring in outside... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Jun 2013
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Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

this way: "When the world is full of surprises bosses can hardly control drastic actions to keep surviving and that means employees will get their share of surprises However a good leader will always communicate all possible outcomes... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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