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- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But...
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- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
Leschly led students through conversations, Q+A sessions, and presentations aimed at inspiring change and innovation in the sector. The lauded American dream, Leschly posed, rests heavily on the promise of higher education—a supposedly universally accessible and...
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- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
protagonist. "When you discover truths by answering a series of questions, you are not just learning, but also learning how to learn," says Narayanan, Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration and chair of the Accounting and Management...
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- May–June 2015
- Article
Dead Weight: How Greece Wound up Trapped in the European Union
By: Debora L. Spar
In the early 1990s, Greece fell far afield of the economic criteria laid out by the Maastricht Treaty, the EU's founding document. In 1999, when the European monetary union was launched, Greece failed to meet the criteria again, but managed to squeeze into the body two...
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Spar, Debora L. "Dead Weight: How Greece Wound up Trapped in the European Union." Foreign Policy 212 (May–June 2015).
- 19 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?
Retailers should be ecstatic. Last year was dismal amid the pandemic, with plunging revenue and record bankruptcies. But this year things have turned around. For instance, retail sales in April through June...
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
entrepreneurs. “If you don't give it a try, you can't know if it's possible.” “If you don't give it a try, you can't know if it's possible.” Gbadegesin and two Nigerian classmates, all of whom were officers in the HBS Africa Business Club, plan to set View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ken Baumgartner - Sticking with It
Photography by Robert Schoen As a boy growing up in Flin Flon, a small mining town four hundred miles north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ken Baumgartner did what many Canadian boys do to pass the long winters: He played hockey. But unlike many...
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- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
year detailing Gebru’s efforts within Google to urge caution with AI, saying tech companies shouldn’t race to launch systems without considering the potential risks and harms they could cause. She warned that unchecked AI databases could...
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- July–August 2013
- Article
Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L. Milkman
We investigate the role of workgroup sex and race composition on the career mobility of professionals in "up-or-out" organizations. We develop a nuanced perspective on the potential career mobility effects of workgroup demography by integrating the social...
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Professional Service Firms;
Race And Ethnicity;
Ethnicity;
Race;
Personal Development and Career;
Gender;
Legal Services Industry
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Katherine L. Milkman. "Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals." Organization Science 24, no. 4 (July–August 2013): 1041–1060.
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of Charlotte recently marked 100 Years of Case Method Teaching and Learning at HBS by hosting a virtual conversation with two of the School’s most prolific case writers. The January 19 event, which...
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Margie Kelley
- 21 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year
backward. And this, I think, is very frustrating for many people. I grew up in Brazil in the 2000s, in an economy that was growing a lot. I then moved to Europe. I found that the prospects of young people and their hopes about the future...
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by Rachel Layne
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
With Y2K predictions running the gamut from glitches with home appliances to worldwide economic collapse, Y2K expert John F. Keane (MBA '54) assesses the situation as it appears with one year to go. John F. Keane is CEO and chairman of...
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- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
into the force. They were seeking the power over others that wearing a uniform and carrying (and using) a weapon would afford them. As a result, the selection process was altered, but of course the effects of the change would take years...
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by James Heskett
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living....
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by Bill George
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
Community Partners programming. The shift to virtual engagement over the past year inspired the clubs, with the help of the SEI, to run the event at a much larger scale. This year’s national summit is an amplification and supplement to...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up
Michael Norton and Assistant Professor Alison Wood Brooks, offer useful advice gleaned from years of research on “reappraisal”—reconsidering a situation to change its emotional force—and ritual. Get excited “People have this really strong...
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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA (LIFE) - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA (LIFE) Course Number 2077 Professor Leslie Perlow Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 creditsPaper Class meets weekly on Tuesdays as a section. Class meets weekly on Wednesday nights to...
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- 30 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career
during my first year, but reflecting back now, my first year surely brought transformations and growth in all of those areas. These expreiences are all valuable and to be honest, some are painful too. Sometimes life can be much simpler...
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