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19 Aug 2021
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A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

were rare. The Better Chance program that offered students in poor neighborhoods a chance to attend public schools in more wealthy suburbs. There were real financial investments in these programs that were required to do the hard work of... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues

As the Bulletin celebrates its 75th birthday, this is a good time to reflect on the principal topics the magazine has covered over the years. In paging through 75 years of Bulletins, we found a remarkable amount of ink given to matters... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Founders Forum The HBS New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track or President’s Innovation Challenge HBS Elective Curriculum courses: Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change, Public Entrepreneurship, or Transforming Education... View Details

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

is a good way to take advantage of recent reforms allowing law firms to provide other professional services, like consulting, or if this is "off-strategy" for the mission of the CDC. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

families. Later, we gather with locals to learn about every aspect of rug weaving: cleaning and brushing the wool; pulling and spinning it out into yarn; coloring it with plant- and insect-based dyes; and finally, weaving it into the beautiful rugs that hang in the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

Publications August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review The Art of Strategic Renewal By: Binns, Andy, J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly, and Michael L. Tushman Abstract—In recent years, we have seen well-established companies such as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

01 Jun 2011
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The House that Howard Built

(MBA 1950). “I learned a lot at Preco,” says Stevenson, who spent four years at the company. “Meeting payrolls, dealing with unions, learning accounting, all in a less-than-glamorous environment — it was a good education.” As Stevenson... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Case Method 100 Years | Baker Library

Case Method 100 Years From the publication of the first case in 1921 to teaching the case method online during the 2020 pandemic, we’re marking the centennial of the case method in 2021 with these milestones, while looking forward to... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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To The Rescue

government and other institutions” to expand the service. Like any good businessman, Raju saw in emergency care an untapped market. The need was clear enough: Every day some 200,000 Indians face a medical emergency. Each year some 136,000... View Details

Keywords: Garrett M. Graff; emergency response networks; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Telecommunications; Information

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

believe to be systemically significant. Neither is a good or appropriate outcome for the economy or the taxpayer." Finding A Middle Path Neither has to happen, says Moss, who ardently believes that his approach finds a middle ground... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

01 Jun 2020
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Keeping the Beat

privilege of her education to elevate feminine voices in the music industry. Gandhi has released two albums of her own since graduating from HBS and is working on her third. She is also a public speaker and a 2020 TED Fellow—work that,... View Details

Keywords: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

work and the favorable public reception of the Hawthorne studies, the idea that the central concern of leadership was to create meaning for organizational members was not significantly advanced. We've identified two possible reasons. The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Mechanical Engineering and Economics, Vanderbilt University Bruce is currently a Senior Advisor to Summit Partners and is a former Managing Partner of the firm. During his 38-year venture capital career, he has served as a member of the boards of directors of 39... View Details

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

to be a bit cautious, however. When the level of public debt is high, investors demand for short-term safe securities is most likely satiated, meaning that there is not much the government can do to affect the relative prices of long- and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

as 1994: That year was known among insiders as "The Year of the Placebo." What The Data Says The good news: One hundred thirty drugs can be traced to biotech, said Pisano. (For purposes of discussion during his presentation, he... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

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Jason A. Kilar

important lessons you learned from Jeff Bezos? He takes a long-term approach which is something very rare in the public markets. He is thinking decades out as opposed to quarter to quarter. He also has a simple and consistent model: which... View Details

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Global Climate Change

can provide a good sense of what has been done in a topical area including both practically and theoretically. These three databases are useful for that purpose. They covers various topics in areas of business and climage change. View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Letters

but it has a detailed plan for public- and private- sector efforts to end extreme global poverty. Business alone cannot do the job because, as the IGD plan points out, it is necessary to invest in good governments as well as investing in... View Details

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

show that the same behaviors produce more ethical condemnation when they happen to produce bad rather than good outcomes, even if the outcomes are determined by chance. Our studies show that individuals judge behaviors as less ethical,... View Details