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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
with the briefest of utterances. But it wasn’t always that way. Al-Naimi was born into abject poverty as a nomadic Bedouin in the 1930s, just as US companies were discovering vast quantities of oil under the Arabian desert. From his first...
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- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
toward the outside world. But there was also the reality that it was a country that had only begun to emerge from a time of massive pain. When you look back broadly at the last few decades, what were some of the key factors in China’s...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
Confederacy Nineteen ninety-six was only a few days old when the New York Times ran the headline "'95 the Hottest Year on Record." The story discussed mounting scientific evidence of global warming, a potentially catastrophic...
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- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
becomes routine practice, the Bank should revise its internal incentives for staff to improve participation through increased budgetary support, time allowances, capacity building, and performance appraisals that reward quality...
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by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
individual volunteers for a two- or three-year term to keep the whole community functioning smoothly. We also learn that the Zapotec sense of time comes from the sun, not a watch. It’s a difficult adjustment to make from our overscheduled...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
the rising social unrest, what role do you envision HBS having in creating a better future for a sustainable economy? —Maureen Austin (MBA 1992) I've always believed that business is a force for good in society. Think of the billions of people who have been lifted out...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
York City to his time as an internationally touring opera singer, his business launch during the Great Recession, and ultimately to his position as founder and CEO of Aria, a real estate company with a mission to humanize the experience...
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- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
office-but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and become more productive in the process. In fact, she shows that you can devote more time to your personal life and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
he was facing not only substantial organizational crises but a deep-seated cultural challenge as well. Marietta had the pedigree of an outside expert, with a master’s and a doctorate of education from Harvard along with his MBA. At HBS, Marietta spent much of his View Details
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
parents came here from Uganda in 1973. Both of them were trained engineers, but my father worked as a machinist in a plant; my mother sold cosmetics. I knew from the time I was a little girl that I wanted to make a difference in the...
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- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
store grew, the space became so crowded that at times the copier was rolled out onto the sidewalk and used for self-service customers. Today, some analysts estimate annual revenues from the privately held chain's 850 business services and...
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- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
negative outcomes in knowledge and technology transfer. Business enterprises emerge both as important drivers of international economic growth and as significant agents in the divergent patterns of wealth and poverty that have...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
opinionated time line of Detroit’s highs and lows. And there have been a lot of lows. Just a few years ago, Cummings was done with Detroit. The municipal government was in disarray, the auto industry was collapsing, the population was...
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April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
fatigue syndrome (CFS), which for a long time went undiagnosed; battling CFS for some ten years, she could no longer work and therefore lost her health insurance. Her prescription bills alone were $600 a month, and she sometimes had to...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
the French exiles and describes their businesses and their successes. “Once you have been trained to be a management consultant, writing comes relatively easily. One gets used to thinking and putting one’s thoughts together whenever time...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
East. “At Endeavor, we believe that real economic change and growth — not just poverty alleviation — happen through entrepreneurs who are doing innovative things in their industry, country, or even globally,” says Ko. Endeavor uses a...
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- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
likely to be transferred if politicians have alternative means of control through subordinate politicians. Districts with higher rates of politically induced bureaucrat transfers are somewhat less successful in poverty reduction over the...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
realized that this previously black-and-white issue did have some grey. Eradication of child labor would require a comprehensive look at poverty and options for education. This made me rethink some of my other hard-line stances, and has...
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- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
Working PapersDon't Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad (revised) Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for...
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Martha Lagace