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- 16 Mar 2017
- News
Making Rapid Progress in the Fight Against Cancer
in 2 chance of developing cancer in their lifetimes. That’s pretty similar to the figures here in the US and in most of the western world. But actually the largest growth in the number of cancer cases are happening in emerging economies,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
related story]. To support this work, we have created new processes and systems that will enable us to track protagonist demographics for all of our new cases. The plan also includes developing courses exploring racial equity issues... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
Dakota, was the site of the state’s first oil discovery in 1951. Since then, the region has gone through two boom-and-bust cycles, and city officials are increasingly insisting that current development slow down. “There was a boom in the... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
as an organization or as a community to be more welcoming. I get employers telling me, ‘Well, you know, we tried hiring diverse people but they don’t stay.’ There’s a reason they don’t stay. They don’t feel like they belong.” That sense... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
Once the public schools in North Chicago decided to close in mid-March because of COVID-19, it took Jennifer Grumhaus (MBA 1994) and her staff less than 72 hours to totally revamp the business model for the nonprofit she runs, North Chicago View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
Actually, we like to see them fail as often and as early as possible," Assistant Professor Stefan H. Thomke said with a wink as he watched students in his elective MBA course Managing Product Development (MPD) set up their display booths... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
Sorina Casian-Botez
Why was earning your MBA here important to you? HBS has an aura of academic and professional excellence in business. I wanted to be part of this culture, knowing that only in such a challenging environment could I develop the skills and... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- News
Many Rivers to Cross
highways versus 5 million in the US—is a significant barrier to economic growth. His advocacy for developing a South American Riverways System to facilitate trade and transit in Colombia and neighboring countries dates to the mid-1990s,... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Helping vets become resident landlords
Reed Benet (MBA 1991) is founder and CEO of HeroHomes.com, an online organization that helps military veterans secure no-money-down VA loans to purchase and live in small multifamily homes for housing themselves and income purposes. In this interview, he explains... View Details
- Profile
Chao Zeng
communications skills. Finally, HBS is a platform for being more global, not only through classes, but in after-class activities like the Asia Business Conference or going to Brazil in FIELD to do a consulting project. By doing business... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- News
Exploring tax policy and our quality of life
For Professor Matthew Weinzierl, tax policy is about much more than dollars and cents. The questions of why we tax and what we tax, and similar policy decisions, offer a window on our society. “People don’t always understand the technical details of these policies; but... View Details
- 29 Jun 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
there is a danger that commitment to an organization can undermine work-life balance. Successful CEOs are good role models. In addition to open and honest communication and continued investment in HCHP management practices, corporations... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Feedback
This pioneering effort is now a multibillion-dollar industry. —Donn Walklet (MBA 1976) via alumni.hbs.edu Community from Cuisine Re: Doug Duda (MBA 1985) Food is love, and love drives consumer behavior. As the View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
are examined not only as economic entities but as businesses affecting almost all areas of our experience. The book explores the history and various aspects of the multinational, concluding with the principal developments of the 20th... View Details
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Ruth Cenat
Ruth Cenat (MBA 2015) has a new-found interest in economic development, especially in her native Haiti, and plans to make a difference as a philanthropist. View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
goes to education—about $800 million. Business people are also allocating a lot of private philanthropy money. JOSEPH FULLER Professor of Management Practice and Co-chair of HBS’s Managing the Future of Work project The funding mechanisms for K–12 education create... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
Clusters of Innovation Initiative: San Diego
The study contains a conceptual framework for assessing the competitiveness of regional economies, an analysis of the San Diego region overall, as well as detailed assessments of two representative clusters—biotechnology/pharmaceuticals and communications. The report... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; San Diego
Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: San Diego." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, May 2001. (Report.)
- July–August 2004
- Article
How CEOs Manage Growth Agendas: A Commentary
By: Ranjay Gulati
Gulati, Ranjay. "How CEOs Manage Growth Agendas: A Commentary." Harvard Business Review 82, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2004): 124–126.
- 28 Mar 2014
- News
Wanted: Public Entrepreneurs
- 22 Jun 2023
- News
Book Smart
but also to develop reading, language, and comprehension skills. The data the organization collects—e.g., what’s interesting to young readers and how they access those books—is then shared with its partner organizations and publishers, to... View Details