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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)
organization often resides in its unspoken culture and unwritten rules. An effective leader must be able to recognize and understand these touchstone values. Each organization I’ve worked with has had not only a different mission, but... View Details
- 24 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?
suppliers, including textile workers, often reside in developing countries, such as Brazil and Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, up to 80 percent of garment workers are women working in junior, low-paying positions. Fashion’s supply chain... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
The Physical Campus in a Virtual World
an immersive educational experience. I am convinced that if our MBA students were strewn about Boston in apartments, or if our Executive Education students resided in hotels, the relationships they form with their peers would be less... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Going Green at HBS
47,500-square-foot residence hall is due for completion next fall. Last spring, HBS student Alex Goodwin (MBA ’05) teamed with four other students from several Harvard graduate schools to win a $125,000 environmental business-plan contest... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
It’s a Small World
PASRICHA: Accentuating the positive and the small, everyday joys that make life “awesome.” A few years ago, Neil Pasricha’s (MBA 2007) personal life took a turn for the worse. To cheer himself up during a dark time, the Toronto resident... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
diabetes to support services for those with catastrophic illnesses such as AIDS. Through the church's efforts, hundreds of residents in Riverhead and beyond have been able to climb out of poverty, drug... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- Profile
Bobby Daly
Business and service have been parallel themes in Bobby Daly's life. In high school, he volunteered with the local ambulance corps. At Stanford, where he majored in economics, he helped organize a group of student volunteers who provided... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Last Look
hero and canine-savior, a Vietnam vet and former Navy SEAL whose training had included cold-water swimming. The photo and stories about the rescue subsequently appeared in media around the world, generating praise, honors, and even some marriage proposals. Says Hawes,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others
Wall Street might as well be a million miles away from Baltimore's tough Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood, but it is here that former investment banker Bart Harvey has found his calling. For years, Harvey, an introspective, religious person, had contemplated a life... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Joe Badaracco
HBS students who, Badaracco says, are better than ever: “The talent and energy in the classroom is just amazing.” This fall, many of the eager faces he surveys look younger than usual: Badaracco and his wife, Patricia O’Brien (DBA ’86), are living in Currier House, a... View Details
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
the movie Slumdog Millionaire. In Mumbai the $3 billion public-private Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) proposes free housing and services for Dharavi's longtime residents to relocate from their ad-hoc... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
B-17s instead touched down on the dirt runway at Tri Duby airfield, miles behind German lines. When James Holt Green (MBA 1935) dropped out of the forward crew hatch he was surrounded by a throng of people—Soviet officers, Slovak partisans, American airmen, and local... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
women) isn’t just a social good but improves performance within organizations and in wider economies. A London resident of two decades, Hunt serves on numerous UK boards, including the Mayor of London’s Business Advisory Board, the Tate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
traditional Indian greeting. It’s hard for Western observers to fathom, but EMRI’s 108 service is India’s first coordinated emergency response system, similar to the 911 system in the United States. At least for View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
shelters, Shumway talked to homeless residents about their circumstances. “These are good people,” he says. “They may have started to self-medicate with drugs or alcohol because they didn’t have access to the psychiatric or medical... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- Student-Profile
Hummy Song
and the productivity of the health care workforce. I am currently working on several projects that examine various operational and organizational factors that may affect worker productivity and quality of care. One of my projects explores the impact of different queue... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
to incorporate all these needs into "an urban village," which would also include a library, a Head Start facility, a swimming and tennis center, a performing arts annex, and a community services center. "All of a sudden the whole thing... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
and implement our idea for a kids’ menu,” says Jiang. “But we discovered that the consumer preferences and concepts of a bakery were completely different in Brazil. It challenged us to understand the customers’ mind-sets,” explains Ormeci. Team members conducted... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
at the turn of a faucet. Not so for 1 billion other residents of planet Earth, whose day begins quite differently. With their basic health already compromised for lack of water-based sanitation, those less fortunate must also worry that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Haven for the Homeless
Harms. He likens the shelter, with a staff of 35 and more than 2,000 volunteers, to a small business: “You’ve got to meet payroll, raise money, all those things other business-people do.” The shelter is in the business of giving people hope, Harms explained. Many of... View Details