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17 May 2018
News

Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

NFTE program for India, dubbing it I Create. Aruna interviewed dozens of Indian entrepreneurs, seeking role models for Indian youth, and used 12 of their stories to write the book Everyday Entrepreneurs: The Harbingers of Prosperity and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2008
News

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

even this is a relatively small slice of the country. More than 1.5 million Americans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. As I am writing this, the official military fatality count is approaching 4,000. But a survey last year by The Pew... View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Sep 2003
News

Globalization Revisited

embrace capitalism” to an extent neither Levitt nor anyone else could foresee. Indeed, Abdelal observed, such unpredictability and change are inherent in globalization. And as Abdelal and Tedlow write in their paper, “Globalization is... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance

A health insurance crisis may be looming for employees of small businesses, with many firms struggling to cover their share of these costs, new research from Harvard Business School finds. Nearly one-third of employers surveyed weren’t sure they could pay premiums... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

22 Dec 2016
Op-Ed

The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth

working on as the head of the SBA and what I continue to write about today—access to capital. SBA’s flagship loan programs are made through more than 3,000 banks, where the private sector picks “winners and losers” and the government... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. When the book is written on this election,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

08 Jan 2001
What Do You Think?

Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?

of strategic information to partners who are also competitors? When partners fail, can it in fact create a "house of cards" effect, as firms with interlinked investments have to write them down on their books? Given the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

easier to achieve in a for-profit organization than in a comparable nonprofit," he writes in a recent working paper, "Philanthropic Social Capital Markets and Performance-Driven Philanthropy," and the most important reason is capital. "It... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

22 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Memoirs of an International First Year Student

writing this and surviving a Boston winter. I came in with a certain set of questions and I’m about to enter EC year with a different set of questions. Have I found answers to all my questions? No. Will I find the answers? I hope to. View Details

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1.3.2 Citing Sources and Plagiarism | MBA

offense and will be reviewed in accordance with the School's Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct . Please note: MBA students are not expected to conduct research as defined in the research integrity policy. Independent Projects... View Details

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5.3 Community Standards/Disciplinary Outcomes & Sanctions | MBA

reflection related to the concern. Community restitution Warning A warning is a reprimand to a student whose behavior has violated the rules or standards of conduct of the community. Warnings can be issued either verbally or in writing... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Vision: Into the Breach

large, established carriers, which write policies to cover cyberattacks but do little to preempt them, At-Bay takes a preventive approach to cyber insurance. Before signing up a new policyholder, the company performs non-intrusive... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

01 Dec 2015
News

Giving Advice

innovative approach to giving than writing checks to 501(c)(3) charities. It’s not an either-or; in fact, at high wealth levels, many individuals and families use both DAFs and private foundations for different purposes. + ONLINE web-only... View Details

21 Jan 2014
News

Climbing to New Heights

McKinsey let him put his engineering education to work on large projects, but the experience also demonstrated the need for a formal business education to advance his career. "The HBS story really began when I spent a year at MIT as a visiting scholar, View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

22 Jan 2020
News

What It Takes

this episode of Skydeck, Schwarzman and I discuss the origins of his audacity, his path to success, and what he’s learned from the low points. READ MORE Dan: Why did you write this book? What impact did you want it to have? Steve: I wrote... View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

a management consultant and author who is writing a book titled "ReSpiriting Work," notes, "Another important factor is the aging of the American population. The baby boomers are coming into their fifties, which is a natural time to start... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

Portrait Project

Jeff Chochinov

promote the Olympic sport of curling. I also plan to write a comedic screenplay about my hometown of Winnipeg and open a photography gallery to display my work when it becomes good enough. Above all else, my most important goal in life is... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Fast Casual

Privately owned, with 1,350 locations in 37 states and $1.4 billion in annual sales, PRG is in the “fast casual” sector of the restaurant business — that’s shorthand for not selling hamburgers — and is best known for its Panda Express outlets. Greatly influenced by the... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Sep 2017
News

History’s Lessons

possible, to turn that understanding into wisdom,” writes Koehn. Doing one’s homework, she adds, is also important—especially when something you write draws the ire of a powerful industry. Before Silent... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

Profile

Damien Hooper-Campbell

of soul searching, "I realized what really drives me is people; that's the thread in my life." Even though he would have to accept a fifty percent pay cut, Damien joined the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone in Harlem, writing... View Details

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