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- 02 Jun 2011
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Serious Fun
green pigs. If the ultimate outcome of that frantic gaming also teaches us something (probably not the case with Angry Birds), our brain is likely too engaged in the task of winning to rebel against some higher purpose. Nick Maynard... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
principal and a rate of return with a portion of the savings. If the predefined social outcomes are not met, the government owes nothing. “What the social impact bond does is enable a social organization to raise capital for preventive... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Crucible: Give It Up
Here’s a great saying that’s been particularly relevant in my life over the past few years: “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” To rewind a bit, I was named president of Micron Technology in January 2012. Five days later, my boss, the CEO, died in a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
already have to high-performing organizations, we feel we can cultivate a pool of support that folks can tap into,” Owusu-Kesse explains. “There are core principles and accountability outcomes underlying this work, in addition to the... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
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Hour by Hour
applying relationship management to former applicants and current employees. “Work is an experience in which virtually everyone partakes to support themselves and their families, yet ‘work’ is so fundamentally broken for millions, especially hourly workers,” observes... View Details
- 30 Aug 2021
- News
One and the Same
that and, of course, all your ideas end up on the whiteboard, along with everyone else’s,” she told the Sydney Morning Herald. “You become the person facilitating the conversation, and you are the one taking the notes in terms of the record of the View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Conversation with Dean Nohria
School to our alumni to earn their support for our work. As I said, this process of engagement with our alumni is an important end unto itself. That outcome is key to us because it will be a leading indicator of our success in meeting the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
On Purpose
advisory that the negative representations of people or culture “were wrong then and are wrong now.” One of the most important outcomes of the exercise, Cohen says, was that it created an opening for the company to talk about how they... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Vital Signs
schedules to reduce the spread of disease. So for non-high-risk mothers who would’ve had 12 in-person appointments before, that’s getting cut in half. Perhaps we’ll find that outcomes are the same, and we just made the prenatal health... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
While perhaps stating the obvious, when you work in socially troubled areas, there is a high risk of failure. Alternatives to achieve the implicit outcome (in this case, reconciliation), as opposed to just the explicit View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Driven
creates an opportunity to weave together disparate threads of scholarship. A fascinating outcome of this broad intellectual overview, Driven provides a new way to look at the unseen forces that guide the choices we make every day in our... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
director Amelia Angella (MBA 2001), so the celebration commemorates not the conception but rather the execution. It's fitting: The organization matches local nonprofits with volunteer HBS alumni who help the groups build strategies to achieve the View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
deeply valued. When the outcome is positive, it’s very rewarding. I suppose it’s like being a doctor. The patient is healed. The greatest gift HBS gave me is that I never freak out. I learned to think: OK, what’s the environment? What’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Research Brief: Political Capital
And if John Kerry had made a push for independents and upped his spending on ads by roughly 50 percent in Iowa and 80 percent in Ohio, he would have secured the two states, their 27 electoral votes, and the presidency. Ultimately, Chung says that while the ground game... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
that can greatly improve local governmental services without costing taxpayers more. They discuss incorporating outcome indicators into strategic planning and budgeting; building a local government’s budget with cost drivers; expanding... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
within an industry, its outcome is competitive convergence and eventually decreased profitability. The authors conclude that for Japan to succeed, "the missing link is strategy. Strategy rests on choosing a unique position by offering a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
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Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
the outcome of the league's drive for growth, like the outcome of the NFL's slate of games on any given Sunday, is anybody's guess. FAN BASE: Kacyvenski with his children, Isaiah Jr. and Lily, now 10 and 7,... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
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Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
Island Promise. The state legislature approved it in 2017, making Rhode Island one of some 20 states that have adopted similar programs. Sara Enright (MBA 2004), vice president of student affairs and chief outcomes officer at the... View Details
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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Profits and Purpose
environment, and society. Imagine living a life where you have no idea what your speed is when you’re driving: This is like the society that we have built. The outcomes that we’re getting aren’t very surprising since we’re not actually... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
learned about the effects of one-to-one tutoring—that in a live environment with one great teacher and one student, you get amazing outcomes relative to group instruction. The challenge is that we can't afford one great teacher for each... View Details