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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
Many observers say that job creation is the key to economic recovery in the United States. Can government investments in entrepreneurial ventures succeed in creating jobs? A number of variables need to come... View Details
- 02 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Summer Listening - HBS Podcasts to Take to the Beach
content creation and, oh, did we mention physical bookstores? What’s the big plan? Is the company spread too thin, or poised for astronomical success? Gupta is the author of the case study, “Amazon 2019.” Listen Now! Dear HBR The advice... View Details
- Web
Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
establishing the first Master of Business Administration program in Europe by helping establish the Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires. Doriot learned the art of bringing science and industry together in World War II, where he was responsible for the View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
my job search and application process, and the tools to research companies ahead of interviews. HBS connected me with my first post-graduate job as a research assistant for a highly respected marketing... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
gaps while being able to persuasively explain my own choices. HBS also provided the resources to help me in my job search and application process, and the tools to research companies ahead of interviews. HBS connected me with my first... View Details
- 01 Oct 2015
- News
Banking on Trust
priorities and the challenges to achieving them—the better your chances of having a positive impact.” Based in Zambia from 2005-11, Sheppard spearheaded a joint venture that brought together government, business, and civic leaders to identify and address constraints to... View Details
- 21 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand
for opportunities to make your own contributions to community concerns; Sharing your own stories, elaborating and expanding on the interests and motivations that drive you. Those who are actively building a platform of "thought leadership" through the View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
the Creation of Time Magazine, by Isaiah Wilner Ann Moore took the lowest-paying job she was offered after receiving her MBA-because she loved magazines. She has remained with Time Inc., one of the world's... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
beverage business incubator when it opens later this year. Located right next to a public transportation stop, the new facility will spur economic activity in one of Chicago’s highest need neighborhoods, East Garfield Park on Chicago’s west side. The Hatchery will... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Not a Regular Joe
ELLIS: Joe Wilson was a servant leader who cared about people. PHOTO BY JEFF HACKETT Everyone always called him Joe. But as the leader of a corporate giant, Joe Wilson wasn’t exactly a regular Joe. As detailed in Joe Wilson and the View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
Whose Job Is It to Rebuild the US Middle Class? Optimism among respondents to this month’s column concerning future United States growth rates hinges on whether the middle class can be restored. That’s a big contingency. Those commenting... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. "Out of nowhere, Nancy came up to me and said, 'I hear you're looking for a job - why haven't you called me?' " A few weeks later, Lazarus was ensconced as senior staff assistant to the chair at... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
turn, means putting the "mom-and-pop" operations cherished in American lore out of business. Indeed, the creation of the Standard Oil Trust in 1882, which put small companies out of business and bureaucratized economic relations, was a... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
poverty." As the founder of One Earth Farms, Canada's largest farm, he partnered with First Nations in western Canada. When he created the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA), it was First Nations that benefitted with jobs at a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Mark Tatum
policy. The Class of 2000 will be the first to reap the benefits of the SA's hard work: prospective employers will be prohibited from asking students to disclose their grades. Equally satisfying for Tatum was the creation of the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
engine for innovation and job creation to drive competitiveness, while also providing a path to a prosperous lifestyle for countless American families. But today, small businesses are not creating these... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
probably come up with something that looks a lot like COVID-19.” Nevertheless, Yellen was encouraging: “I know Hispanic workers can power our recovery—potentially in an even bigger way than a decade ago.” Perez shares Yellen’s optimism. “Latinx View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
job creation and economic development. “It’s not their (legislators’) job to be an energy sector specialist or innovator.” Instead, she sees her spotlight as an opportunity to... View Details
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Your Balance With Customers
four-component processes of the Customer Management theme—customer selection, acquisition, retention, and growth—demonstrating their importance in maximizing customer value and, ultimately, in value creation itself.Customer management... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
it, by establishing accounting methodologies for the valuation of impacts that a company has on society—e.g., carbon emissions generated, water withdrawal from water-scarce locations, employee wages, job View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint