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- 01 Jun 2014
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What’s Next
creating a powerful learning environment via the case and field methods in our educational programs. We achieve it through a faculty that is close to practice, dedicated to teaching, and remarkable at producing breakthrough insights. And...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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Teachable Moments
book to articulate the nuts and bolts of what goes into creating an environment for this transformation to occur.” As seen in these excerpts from DeLong’s new book, teaching—whether the milieu is the classroom or a conference room—is a...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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Organic Matter
upside through the sale of methane for vehicle fuel or as electricity. “We want agriculture to financially benefit while acting as environmental stewards,” says Black, who sees California Bioenergy as a good example of public-private...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
step toward successful integration. Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet by Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) and Carl Pope St. Martin’s Press Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the former head of the Sierra Club have written a manifesto on how...
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- 01 Dec 2014
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Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
sharing economy as opposed to trying to repress it. Daimler and Volkswagen, for example, now have their own car-sharing services. Companies should be trying to frame the conversation in terms of “This is changing, it’s going to change whether you want it to or not, and...
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- 08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work
lateral career move. There are benefits to being a working parent, of course—not only for family income and personal fulfillment but also potentially for children’s choices as adults. Research by Kathleen McGinn, Cahners-Rabb Professor of...
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- 16 Sep 2013
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Canada’s Native Son
poverty." As the founder of One Earth Farms, Canada's largest farm, he partnered with First Nations in western Canada. When he created the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA), it was First Nations that benefitted with jobs at a...
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- 01 Dec 2009
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Up on the Green Roof
environmental impact, energy efficiencies, and extended life, it offers benefits over time that outweigh the additional costs. A green roof is actually two roof systems in one. On the bottom is an impermeable membrane similar to that of a...
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- 02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word
and business partners. It took the federal courts nine years to determine in a landmark case that Alibris email practices had violated no privacy laws, caused no harm, nor created undue benefits for the company. I never forgot the...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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Making It Count
is very significant damage,” observes Cohen, who is the author of IMPACT: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change. “It’s also a sign of a broken system,” he says. “Capitalism has created huge benefits to populations across the globe...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
ALL IN: The bigger the bet Hollywood makes, the better. Photo courtesy of Anita Elberse Offstage at a Lady Gaga concert seems an unlikely place for academic fieldwork. But that's exactly the kind of environment that allows Anita Elberse...
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- 24 Aug 2017
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Unlocking Potential
a large penitentiary. “If you boil Reset down to one idea, it is that environment is the most important thing,” Anderson observes. “Jails and prisons are dehumanizing, ugly, and dark. If you tried to imagine the worst place possible to...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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Where Conservation Means Business
sequestered in subzero conditions. Next to the freezer sits a vacuum seal machine used to rid books and documents of bug infestations. The airless environment inside a sealed plastic bag asphyxiates the paper-munching invaders without...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
program at MIT. I feel very fortunate to have benefited from great educational institutions throughout my life. Perhaps the most important thing to share about my childhood is that my father was an extraordinary inspiration to me. In many...
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Roger Thompson
- 01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America
rewarding contributions that benefit society; holding government leaders to high standards of conduct; engaging with the world in ways that maximize opportunities for the many; and increasing opportunities for civilian national service....
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- 01 Sep 2003
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Andrea Silbert
strengths and interests blossomed more in a creative, flexible environment than in a large, corporate structure. She left Wall Street for a job as a case writer at INCAE, the Central American business school based in Costa Rica. In...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard
Should OnRamp hire locally with the expectation of being able to reap the benefits of an in-person experience at some unknown point in the future? Or should the founders commit to hiring the best people, regardless of their geography, and...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 07 Sep 2021
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September 2021 Alumni Books
These micro-entrepreneurs desire to have the economic and social benefits of managing their own business but do not want the startup costs or demands associated with traditional business planning. As such, becoming a direct-selling...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
with the Wahhabi establishment, and its increasingly dangerous environment populated with a diverse set of enemies, he looks at the prospects for the survival of the monarchy and suggests ideas for reform. Managing in the Gray: Five...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Higher Ground
current home just outside the French Quarter, the musicians mix with concertgoers. The relationship, orchestra members say, is like that of a sports team: The people in the seats know the musicians’ names. They have favorite players. The LPO recognizes the View Details