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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
The high-profile deaths last year of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and George Floyd were not the first tragic outcomes of racial injustice in the United States to send shock waves across the globe. But in their wake—and in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
house Western companies happens in conditions that wouldn’t pass an OSHA inspection. Clean drinking water and indoor plumbing are a luxury, and slums line main roads. For many of the country’s 1.1 billion residents, life still exists close to a Hobbesian View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Pursuing the Ultimate Deal
left in the Arab world; and it offered normalization, which goes far beyond a mere “cold peace.” “The initiative also gives the Palestinians an umbrella under which they can stop violence, if they want to,” Ross observed. However, Ross said, the View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
resource. All sorts of smart people will state categorically that $60 oil will basically destroy the world economies. Give me a break! It would be a good thing for oil prices to go up? It would be a wonderful thing for the world economy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
at a white-tablecloth restaurant. This year is looking a little different. On May 8, as some states loosened dining-in restrictions and others maintained strict guidelines for takeout and delivery only, the Bulletin held a virtual... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Constructive Summer at HBS
on the Massachusetts State House, notes that the Baker Library restoration required between thirteen and fifteen rolls of the shiny stuff. "Each roll is 41/4 inches wide and 67 feet long," he says. "In order to achieve optimum color and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting criminal enterprises that prey on children
with vulnerable children. Recently, Brochu assumed a new position as the head of human trafficking programs for Geneva Global, a leading social enterprise that implements philanthropists' humanitarian goals at the grassroots level around... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leaders must be strategists first
even its core competencies, its continued existence depends on finding and continuing to find a compelling reason for it to exist. “It’s the defining responsibility of a leader,” Montgomery says. “If the clarity isn’t there, employees at all View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
hospitals. It seems inevitable Bhargava would start an enterprise aimed at creating social change, having come from a family with a rich history of public service. His father founded the Commerce College in their home state of Rajasthan;... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
individual taxpayers with wage and investment income; small business and self-employed taxpayers; large business taxpayers; and exempt organizations, such as nonprofits and state and local governments. Each unit will focus on... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
with the job, to getting it done well. It’s not much time — even the president of the United States gets one hundred days — but HBS associate professor Michael Watkins insists that it can be done. In his new book, The First 90 Days:... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler (MBA 1971)
What New York City attraction brings in more tourists each year than the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty? Why, it's FAO Schwarz, the famous toy store, of course. It's not hard to understand the draw. The flagship emporium... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
discussing their findings, Shleifer and Johnson combined business and economic statistics from these nations to illustrate the levels of investor protection achieved by the disparate models. Establishing appropriate legal support for... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
become ‘immersed’ and ‘transported’ into narratives, putting them into a more open, less critical state of mind when they think about stories rather than about arguments. Finally, hearing each other’s stories not only makes us more open... View Details
- 19 Aug 2011
- News
i-lab Buzz
for Leadership Development) course. A tour of the building, the former offices of PBS’s WGBH-TV, shows how dramatic the 10-month transformation has been. A warren of narrow hallways with low ceilings and dark-tinted windows has been replaced by three View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Business as a Force for Good
workforce with the skills and that level of understanding, I think that it helped me chart a course that was very aligned with my personal values. “I love the work that I'm doing now. I work with an organization called B Lab. We're the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
Cohen (MBA 1967) Trustee, DC Public Libraries Chair, DC Library Foundation; Under Secretary of State for Management, 1997–2001 Early days: “My dad was an HBS alum and said the MBA program had just opened to women. I told him I had no... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
question. Japan's reliance on industrial policy had already triggered a backlash in the United States with cries of unfair trade practices. With its emphasis on size and dominant market share, Mitsubishi Corporation may have topped the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
WSA Speakers Kick Off W50
WSA's copresident with Deborah Singer (both HBS 2013). Barnard College President Debora Spar (PMD 62, 1991), a former HBS faculty member, described the conundrum facing women today: Despite enormous gains, the percentage of women in leadership positions View Details