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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)
Haring, and Jeff Koons, among many others. “I like to collect works by artists I’ve worked with and who’ve been good friends.” + ONLINE web-only content Advice for aspiring art collectors from Marc Weidner (MBA 2007) Advice to novice art...
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April White
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
thoughtful. That’s what I want my classmates to do: Do good within your own businesses.” On leadership: “Leadership doesn’t have to look bold and powerful. It doesn’t have to meet that stereotype. For me, leadership is about building from...
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April White
- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
Their solution? The Goodness Web, a nonprofit that finds its strength in connection, through “a web of people who can aggregate resources—whether that is philanthropic dollars or contacts—to do good, better,” Swartz explains. Currently in...
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April White
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
experience, reach more people, and build communities across HBS. Why is this important for the School? If we’re going to be the world leaders in business education, we can’t afford not to have this as a core competency. We have to be really View Details
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April White
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
accepting refugees is probably good for a country. That was part of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s message to Germany: We need these people to plan for future growth. Economic migrants tend to be of the greatest benefit because they come with...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
to the product, as well as the identity of the organizations and community that produce and sell them. For example, the Swiss redefined mechanical watches as luxury goods infused with craftsmanship and beauty. Something I’ve studied...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
problems are worse than they’ve ever been. Where do you see the US patent system in 5 or 10 years? LC: In a good world, some of the things that we have proposed for cleaning up the patent system itself and for fixing the patent litigation...
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April White
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
Professor Karim R. Lakhani and Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA 1992) Karim R. Lakhani, the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration, started his career at General Electric in the 1990s. At that time, he recalls, a young MBA graduate could be successful...
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April White
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
venture capitalists and the amount invested in founders has its origins in the same historical forces that shaped most industries: When the VC model emerged in the 1940s, white men dominated the workforce. The persistence of the gender...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
2024) and Tristan Bagala (MBA 2023), who are set on a path to pursue personally meaningful work that contributes to the greater good of society. “What I hope to do is to help others. That is why I’m here. Through this funding support, HBS...
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April White
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
occurred in 2020. “COVID-19 is a dreadful pandemic,” she says in the following discussion, “but it has turned everything upside down in the health care sector in some good ways.” What are the most interesting digital health care...
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April White
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
produce high-quality products and services,” she says. Sucher has found that companies that endeavor to prevent or alleviate the pain of layoffs share a wider worldview. “The companies that do these things well care not just about their employees, but also about their...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
understand what business is and can be doing, and then get that research out into the community of practitioners. BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY READ MORE STORIES BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN...
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April White
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
industry, in collaboration with Microsoft and others, and into the Middle East and Africa, and the company reports more than $1 million in annual revenue. It all feels a long way from the team’s embarrassing faux stock market crash. “I’ll be honest with you,” says...
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April White
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
of goods and people—which has been increasing since World War II. We’ve seen a cultural backlash against globalization—against large numbers of immigrants—but perhaps even more important to the rise of populism is the counteroffensive...
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April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
put in place to convince hospitals and clinics to sign up and then to follow up with them to ensure a good user experience. The reason why this space was filled with regional agencies is because it is still a market where local demand...
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April White
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
change, but we also realize that there is a manager managing these processes. If you have a good process and a non-inclusive manager, nothing will change. In the book we ask, What does it mean to be an inclusive manager? It will take...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
is a good case study. A few years ago, California was in complete crisis, fiscally. One option was to become a more “competitive” state—lower taxes, lower spending, “lean and mean.” The other perspective was, “No, that’s not who...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Action Plan: In Context
of well-to-do clients signed up to learn how to be good hosts and how to pronounce the names of European luxury brands. More than an etiquette teacher, Ho sees herself as a “microcultural anthropologist” who is constantly observing her...
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- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
Flavr Savr tomato, introduced more than 20 years ago. The decision was driven by the economics of bringing a value-added product to consumers, Baker says of the marketing of the White Russet. The fresh market would place the most value on...
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