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- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
requires careful dosing, consideration of harmful side effects, and close supervision. We offer a warning label to accompany the practice of setting goals. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-083.pdf Virtual Team...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Selling Our Souls? The Commodification of Children Author:Debora Spar Publication:Conscience 27, no. 3 (autumn 2006): 14-16 Abstract When people choose their sperm online, when they contract with an egg broker or adoption agency, when they pay $18,000 to create a View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
hemophiliac, I knew I was different, but that was just normal life for me,” Massie recalls. “My family led a very romantic existence; we had a great time.” Yet as a child with a chronic illness (“the constant shadow,” he once wrote) that...
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Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID...
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- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Improving Infant Mortality Rates: The Impact of Front-line Staff Collaboration on Neonatal Care (revised) Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Jeffrey D. Horbar, and Joseph H. Carpenter Abstract Front-line...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
women who will say, "You know what? All my personal needs and all my family's needs are taken care of, and if I'm no longer enjoying the environment or the work, I'm gone." If there are other demands on women that are really...
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by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
point of view, right? If you're looking for a college you want to know that your child is going to be well cared for there, that they're going to have a good experience. The students themselves are thinking...
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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
managers are making strides toward finding new career models that better suit their reality. If not the "perfect answer" to the parenting/ career dichotomy, their approach at least validates their dual desire to care for their families...
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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
mothers who suddenly find themselves, not their kids, taking care of feeding and the associated hassles of lugging home huge bags of kibble. “Customers have told us that SmartPaks help them to realize their lofty visions of pet ownership,...
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- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When he was just three years old, Chad Foster (PLDA 21, 2016) was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative condition that would ultimately leave him...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
few pennies to that dollar. Lack of social supports, such as child care and paid sick leave, is another ever-present issue the pandemic laid bare. It could explain why some women have elected to leave the...
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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
Andy Grove persona. In 1995, just a few weeks after he completed treatment for prostate cancer, he gave a speech before a global audience. It was a difficult presentation featuring live demos. But it went so smoothly, you would have thought he didn’t have a View Details
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Business Review, and Boston Review. Victor’s work has been funded by the Ford Foundation, and the National Science Foundation. His first book On Critical Race Theory: Why it Matters & Why You Should Care is forthcoming from Penguin Random...
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Annual Report 2017 - Annual Report 2017
replace large delivery trucks with a platform that enables anyone to deliver packages in their car. Satchu-Burgstone Runner-Up Award: CozyKin pairs families seeking infant child care with in-home Montessori...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
sons. Another mother said her child had been killed for throwing mud on a poster of Saddam. I went up to one of these larger-than-life images and ripped it down. The people’s tension was palpable, but as we tore down more and more of the...
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- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
ask because they’re naturally more curious, given that curiosity peaks at ages four and five. “When my child asks, ‘Why is the sky blue?’ I turn it around and say, ‘Why do you think it’s blue? How can we find the answer?’ Maybe before the...
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by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- Web
Commencement 2012 Address | About
indeed in our entire community that came together to deal with this most difficult tragedy makes me feel truly proud of being a part of Harvard Business School. I want to thank you all for the amazing ways in which you have cared for each...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
ago Ed Mathias decided he wanted to make a career change while he still had attractive options. "My wife and I had adopted a child six years ago, and I wanted to have more flexibility in terms of my time," he explains. "I really enjoy the...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation (MELF), formed in 2005, invested in two projects designed to test the economists' recommendations. The St. Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program (SPECSP) provided up to $13,000 a year per child...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Silicon Valley is the poster child for capitalism, the synergistic geography where smart private money supports cool ideas, creates jobs, boosts national productivity, and provides a handsome return for investors. Less well understood...
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