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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Unlocking mobile money in emerging markets
might wish to follow her lead? “Things generally take a lot longer to implement, and you need to build certain cultural factors into your business plan and understand how best to manage those. Patience and persistence are must-haves. Find...
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- 02 Nov 2021
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The Road to Racial Equity
that want to address persistent inequities. The goal is to achieve for DEI efforts what the LEED standards have done for sustainability in the construction world: to provide measurable and attainable guidelines. Walker & Dunlop, a real...
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- 01 Jun 1998
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Chai Ling
persistently - the push for human rights and the rule of law in China. Without those concepts in place, the country's economy will never develop properly." She adds that "the most-respected American companies in China are the ones that...
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- 19 Jun 2013
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Your Guide to Social Enterprise
poverty, inequality, access, and opportunity are deeply economic and political, and often persist even when the right laws are in place because of market or government failure." The chance to study with Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Jim Austin,...
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- 01 Sep 2013
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A Hollywood Backstory
identify goals, overcome obstacles, and persist until their goals are realized. That determined individuals can bring about changes big and small is reinforced in almost every movie ever made. That's an invaluable contribution that helps...
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- 01 Jun 2002
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Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse
and an espoused belief system that stressed respect, integrity, and communication end up in such a situation? How could an innovative business model that showed so much promise have gone wrong so suddenly? Why did Wall Street and institutional investors View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
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The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
who are restless and persistent improvers for the customer -- people who can put themselves in the shoes of the customer and then drive change inside our company to meet the customer's needs. We want managers who can articulate a vision...
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- 18 Feb 2014
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Stick with Plan A
persistence are must-haves. Find good local partners who share your vision and your business philosophy. "In terms of impact, there is an absence of legacy technology in many cases. An entrepreneur has far greater latitude in leveraging...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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One-on-One with Robert McNamara
address. As a persistent voice against the dangers of keeping silent, as a man who has seen up close the ghastliest specters facing mankind, McNamara brings to mind the self-appointed mission of Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner: “I have...
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Garry Emmons
- 15 Jun 2021
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HBS Addresses Racial Equity
community because of the persistent inequities they face, but ultimately, this work will be helpful for all underrepresented and marginalized communities. What we’re trying to do is make HBS a place that is inclusive for everybody, where...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade
company, only some brands were thought capable of being globalized. While Lux was a global giant, Unilever’s strategies with its other brands reflected a persistent belief in the dissimilarities rather than the similarities among markets....
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- 08 Jun 2018
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My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
women who only wanted to try on shoes. There was a lot of box-carrying. There was a lot of different sizes, colors, heel height, and very little buying going on. So it did teach me to be persistent and responsible with regard to...
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- 10 Aug 2015
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Support for the Healers
As COO of the UK-based Point of Care Foundation, Deborah Sandford (MBA 1990) runs an organization that addresses the needs of health care professionals who spend their careers answering the needs of others. “Hospital staff members exist on a daily diet of trauma,...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run
persistence in offering SARA’s hard data—and solutions—to craft effective legislation. Langford is a frequent presence at Georgia’s state capitol, working to influence policy addressing the opioid epidemic. “We’re going to be running...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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Research Brief: Lessons from Last Place
last-place aversion by putting 99 percent of the population in “last place,” behind the wealthiest 1 percent. He sees potential to use this aversion to motivate people to be more proactive in their own medical care, to save for retirement, or to View Details
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Jennifer Myers
- 24 Apr 2014
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Helping India’s energy crisis, one bulb at a time
When Raghu Yarlagadda (MBA 2014) visited his native India in 2009, signs of a persistent energy crisis were everywhere: villages going dark to conserve energy, youngsters inhaling fumes while studying by kerosene lamp, and candles posing...
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- 25 Apr 2014
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In emerging economies, business opportunities provide lessons in leadership
habits of young, upscale consumers. He says his team was struck by "the incredible contrast between emerging-market mayhem and tech-savvy efficiency" in a country where energy and optimism coexist with persistent poverty and corruption....
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- 06 May 2019
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Startup Talk in Chicago
participate in this event with our Entrepreneurship Council,” says Wasko. “What was apparent to me was Penny’s persistence and willingness to step up to challenges, which is the hallmark of the successful entrepreneur. She has had great...
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- 01 Apr 2001
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Books: Brand New
Field, Estée Lauder, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Michael Dell — are drawn from the three periods of major economic transition, or business revolutions, that began in the mid-18th century and extend to the present day. In addition to relentless View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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Advance Racial Equity in the Office
notes. John Rice is the CEO and founder of Management Leadership for Tomorrow, a national nonprofit that equips underrepresented minorities with the tools to become high-impact leaders. Its Black Equity at Work Certification program creates standards and a road map for...
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