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- 21 Aug 2014
- Blog Post
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC
Transit Authority, he often finds himself going between on-the-ground construction sites and strategic planning meetings at the central office with the Recovery and Resiliency group – a team that started in 2013 in response to the effects of Hurricane Sandy to make the...
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Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
twenty years ago the company was unprepared for changes in the marketplace as competitors emerged that offered clients individual pieces of the technology package, such as a database program or storage device. This brought about increased...
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- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
sees a problem with the larger system within which boards and executives function. Writing in the Washington Post, he and Andy Zelleke, a lecturer in public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School, argue for serious corporate soul-searching:...
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by Roger Thompson
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
college. However, recent changes to the state's accountability system necessitated greater focus on helping Codman Academy students meet this graduation requirement. Codman Academy's founding, academic...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
For Education Reform, PELP Is on the Way
“Leading and managing in the complex and dynamic environment of an urban K–12 school system is an incredibly difficult challenge,” observes HBS Dean Kim B. Clark. “One of the toughest problems is that although there are many excellent...
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- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
understand or who can't operationalize these links can press for better execution when they need a better strategy or change strategic direction when they should focus on sales basics. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
employ to successfully return to the Red Planet. The case, "Mission to Mars," looks at changes the space agency has made not only recently but also over several decades as it followed a faster, simpler approach to program...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
New Idea: State of the Art
Photos courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum On the subject of art’s relevance in the digital age, Scott Belsky (MBA 2008) has never been one to mince words. “Art institutions need to change the way we think about the...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
important role to play, supporting businesses and business leaders during this transition. When you’ve been trained to do one thing—to maximize profit—we cannot assume that it’s going to be easy to change the View Details
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Marc Wilson
a propulsion engineer who designed systems for space satellites. "The ones I was excited about," Marc says, "were those destined to other planets and to the sun." Here on Earth, Marc has been most inspired by his...
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Nonprofit/Government/Education
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia
Associate Professor Meg Rithmire The dynamic relationship between a country’s political system and its business environment is a topic that intrigues Meg Rithmire, the F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor of Business Administration. An...
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- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
Harvard and beyond—to offer insights, strategies, and best practices.” — Gary Pisano Harry E. Figgie Jr. Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development Research Highlights How the Pandemic Might Change...
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- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization
anti-racist and bring about change within their organization. Learn the History “My work is grounded in history,” she said. “We need to be able to trace the roots of racism back through time. It is harder to undo how we think about...
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All Industries
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
the largest segment of the world’s economy and also the largest health system on the planet. Its size and importance to human, environmental, and economic health means that no system is viewed with as much...
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- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
institutions. Risk-adjusted CCA balance sheets facilitate simulations and stress testing to evaluate the potential impact of policies to manage systemic risk. Purchase the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13607...
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Martha Lagace
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Equip our students to become leaders for racial equity. - Advancing Racial Equity
not only with HBS’s mission and values but also with our educational aims and heritage. HBS has long been a school of general management, focused on training students to understand and influence complex systems. Changing the View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Faculty Books
(Harvard Business Review Press) Drawing on his years of experience studying and advising VC firms, companies, and governments, Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, weighs the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional open and VC-backed...
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- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
cannot get out of health care, no matter what kind of health insurance system is put in place. They bear the cost of poor health in the form of sick days, absenteeism, reduced productivity at work, and early retirements of skilled...
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- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
innovators alike grapple with both the impacts of climate change and how to build a more sustainable system for the future. Right now there is enormous opportunity (and need!) for strategic thinkers and...
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Energy / Cleantech
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations
Researchers have long known that building high levels of voter trust and participation are essential to help fragile democracies thrive. The 2013 national elections in Kenya, which followed vast government changes after a flawed national...
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Erin Peterson