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- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
point of view, right? If you're looking for a college you want to know that your child is going to be well cared for there, that they're going to have a good experience. The students themselves are thinking... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
incentives on education, health, and child care expenses that ultimately limit the uptake of these programs. We have enacted several stealth tax increases that are quite large by phasing out deductions and... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
requires careful dosing, consideration of harmful side effects, and close supervision. We offer a warning label to accompany the practice of setting goals. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-083.pdf Virtual Team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
crucibles when you lost your fiancé shortly before your wedding, and then your mother as well. Can you talk about how that experience shaped you? BG: Well, I was in my mid-twenties and I'm an only child and I was very close to my mother.... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
otherwise be shut out of opportunities - I'm a poster child for those” she said. Through her experiences engaging with professional development programs, the stage was set for Ramirez to become a leader who would advance opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Selling Our Souls? The Commodification of Children Author:Debora Spar Publication:Conscience 27, no. 3 (autumn 2006): 14-16 Abstract When people choose their sperm online, when they contract with an egg broker or adoption agency, when they pay $18,000 to create a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
few pennies to that dollar. Lack of social supports, such as child care and paid sick leave, is another ever-present issue the pandemic laid bare. It could explain why some women have elected to leave the... View Details
- Web
Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
(HBS) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) MD/MBA Program celebrated two decades of educating leaders who navigate the complex intersections of health care and business. Since its inception in 2004, the program has maintained its mission: to... View Details
- Web
2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Business Review, and Boston Review. Victor’s work has been funded by the Ford Foundation, and the National Science Foundation. His first book On Critical Race Theory: Why it Matters & Why You Should Care is forthcoming from Penguin Random... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
ask because they’re naturally more curious, given that curiosity peaks at ages four and five. “When my child asks, ‘Why is the sky blue?’ I turn it around and say, ‘Why do you think it’s blue? How can we find the answer?’ Maybe before the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- Web
Commencement 2012 Address | About
indeed in our entire community that came together to deal with this most difficult tragedy makes me feel truly proud of being a part of Harvard Business School. I want to thank you all for the amazing ways in which you have cared for each... View Details
- 15 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS
around the world. I had a fantastic childhood and deeply caring parents. Born from Peruvian & Chilean origins, we lived in New York, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Panama, and Boston before coming to HBS. I wasn't a typical Latinx kid, and it... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation (MELF), formed in 2005, invested in two projects designed to test the economists' recommendations. The St. Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program (SPECSP) provided up to $13,000 a year per child... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
Andy Grove persona. In 1995, just a few weeks after he completed treatment for prostate cancer, he gave a speech before a global audience. It was a difficult presentation featuring live demos. But it went so smoothly, you would have thought he didn’t have a View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the cow typically seen as... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Silicon Valley is the poster child for capitalism, the synergistic geography where smart private money supports cool ideas, creates jobs, boosts national productivity, and provides a handsome return for investors. Less well understood... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
sons. Another mother said her child had been killed for throwing mud on a poster of Saddam. I went up to one of these larger-than-life images and ripped it down. The people’s tension was palpable, but as we tore down more and more of the... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
sponsoring a child there. A bunch of people at our church—you know, 100 some people at our church had been sponsoring children in this village in Tanzania, and I was one of eight people from our church who got to go on a visit to see all... View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
actually saying. When Tony's son, Eric, harshly criticizes the children of poor, single mothers, Tony tells him that every child has the same rights. Eric says he knows that, and Tony replies that it doesn't matter just to know it. You... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
ago Ed Mathias decided he wanted to make a career change while he still had attractive options. "My wife and I had adopted a child six years ago, and I wanted to have more flexibility in terms of my time," he explains. "I really enjoy the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg