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- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
we don't take care of this planet, the planet can't take care of us. I think there are two lessons from that. The first one is, take time for reflection. As leaders, we are so busy and we have so many responsibilities. It is hard and it's often, not common to turn off...
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
three days straight, but it was the best three days of my life—much better than flying to Europe and dealing with labor unions in France." Wolf Creek Farm produces 30 tons of beef a year for the local market, selling directly to consumers...
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- 01 Aug 2019
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Investing for Good
Tracy P. Palandjian (MBA 1997) is CEO and cofounder of Social Finance, a nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing capital to drive social progress, and a 2019 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video, she talks about the...
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Finance
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Research Brief: Paying the Price for Remote Work
The pandemic dramatically accelerated the global marketplace’s appetite for remote work, which had already become a $50 billion industry by 2020. But wages for the same remote jobs varied greatly, depending on where the worker lived. That’s one of the critical findings...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
effects of organizations allowing employees to “work from anywhere” and why geographic mobility has led to increased innovation. The movement of employees, Choudhury found in one study, promoted tacit knowledge transfer across...
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April White
- 12 Feb 2022
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Industrialist Rahul Bajaj Dies at 83
with convenient mobility solutions,” Pawan Munjal, chairman and CEO of Hero MotoCorp, a Bajaj competitor, told Forbes. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted that Bajaj “will be remembered for his noteworthy contributions to the world...
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- 01 Jun 2009
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Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
fruitfully partner in a global economy. Bhidé argues that high-level know-how developed in other countries benefits the United States because it is highly mobile and cheap: What is invented expensively in Taiwan, for example, can then be...
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- 11 May 2020
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Better Than Cash
much as one-third of a household’s annual income. If she receives payments in cash, her savings could easily be stolen or perhaps used by a male relative (men have more financial power in many cultures) for another purpose. If, instead, the woman receives digital...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
team, how to measure progress, and more. The Virtual Manager: Cutting-Edge Solutions for Hiring, Managing, Motivating, and Engaging Mobile Employees by Kevin Sheridan (MBA 1988) (Career Press) As more and more jobs can be performed from...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
productivity but also by offering a sustainable means for families to improve the quality of their lives through their own hard work and initiative. The goal is to empower individuals so they can mobilize their talents, break the cycle of...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans
leadership by doing in addition to discussing cases in the classroom. “It gives us an opportunity to really put the HBS mission statement to work and take a leadership role by looking at how to leverage our expertise in a socially relevant way,” he says. “To have...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
course developer. As Dean, he led HBS through some of the most momentous and challenging times in its history. In 2008, as the global economic crisis unfolded, Light acted swiftly to strengthen the School’s financial structure and View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
mobile application. We currently offer destination information on Washington, D.C., Chicago, Boston, and London on the mobile app and hope to cover as many as 150 places. Sidhant Jena (MBA 2011) Jana Care —...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Net Gains
getting games on TV, online, and, increasingly, in consumers' hands via mobile devices. From there, the league needs to figure out the right media partners to distribute the product. If all that succeeds, the next move is investing in...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2013
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Revitalizing America
environmentally sound reconstruction of decaying neighborhoods by training at-risk urban youth in construction and putting them in line for good jobs. City Year, an education-focused nonprofit on whose national board I serve, mobilizes...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2012
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Capitalism’s New Agenda
hundreds of millions of rural poor into the market system (as China Mobile did by bringing mobile phone service to the Chinese countryside), that brought medicine where it had been unaffordable (which the...
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- 01 Oct 2013
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Banking on Africa's Future
bank accounts are held in Equity Bank. It has the largest ATM network in the country and the best mobile banking service, reaching a large and geographically dispersed customer base. We believe Equity is an example of an investment that...
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- 01 Dec 2000
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Books
mobilizing change through strong leadership. The Strategy-Focused Organization also introduces a new framework called the strategy map. By analyzing hundreds of scorecards over the last decade, Kaplan and Norton have mapped the patterns...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
Brightstar and Encore, which act as trade-in white labels for large retail chains and mobile carriers. Sure, these competitors lack Gazelle's brand in the eyes of consumers and Gazelle's website has a great NPS score, but I worry that...
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- 09 Mar 2021
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Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
less than $25,000 a year, this program represents a transformational opportunity to earn a college degree and secure a job with a family-sustaining wage. What is sometimes underestimated is that not only are community colleges obvious engines of economic View Details
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Jennifer Gillespie