Business
Toward a more competitive U.S.
At an event at Harvard Business School (HBS) that was three parts analysis and one part rally, participants tried to chart a new path forward for the sluggish U.S. economy — a move that may require a new definition of “competitiveness.”
Tags: Bunker Hill Community College, Business, Harvard Business School, Jan W. Rivkin, Mary L. Fifield, Michael E. Porter, National & World Affairs, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Stephanie Schorow, Thomas M. Menino, U.S. Competitiveness Project, “U.S. Competitiveness: Paths Forward”
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Making this economy work
In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government brought together heavy hitters in economics and government to discuss how private and public leaders can help the United States thrive again.
Tags: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Benjamin W. Heineman, Business, Government, Government & Politics, Harvard Kennedy School, Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Katie Koch, Lawrence Summers, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, National & World Affairs, Nina Easton, Paula Dobriansky, Politics, Roger Porter
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‘Sisterhood of the traveling pantsuit’
This week, Harvard Business School celebrated 50 years of women in its M.B.A. program with a summit that drew hundreds of the School’s female graduates to campus. But as a new alumni survey demonstrates — and as speakers like “Lean In” author Sheryl Sandberg acknowledged — women still have a long way to go to in the working world.
Tags: Anne Ristau, Business, Drew Faust, Education, Facebook, Gender, Harvard Business School, Katie Koch, Leadership, National & World Affairs, Nitin Nohria, Robin Ely, Sheryl Sandberg, W50 Summit, Women, “Lean In
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Where corporations, public meet
After six years of work, Harvard Kennedy School Professor John Ruggie has developed United Nations-approved guidelines to ensure businesses respect the human rights of those they interact with around the world.
Tags: Alvin Powell, Belfer Center, Business, European Union, Harvard Kennedy School, Human Rights, International, International Finance Corp., John Ruggie, multinational, National & World Affairs, nternational Organization for Standardization, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, U.N. Human Rights Council, United Nations, “Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights”
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Among millions, a blank slate
The Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious gathering, spawns a city of millions virtually overnight — and with it, a thriving ecosystem of commerce large-scale and small. Harvard Business School researchers traveled to India to search for the festival’s unlikely lessons in infrastructure, governance, and informal networks.
Tags: Business, Case Study, Commerce, Finance, Global Harvard, Harvard Business School, India, International, John Macomber, Katie Koch, Kumbh Mela, National & World Affairs, Real estate, Tarun Khanna, Tiona Zuzul, Vaughn Tan
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Frank Aguilar of HBS dies at 80
Harvard Business School (HBS) Professor Emeritus Francis J. Aguilar, an authority on strategic planning and general management who also made his mark on generations of students as a gifted and caring teacher, died on Feb. 17.
Tags: Business, Campus & Community, Faculty, Francis J. Aguilar, Frank Aguilar, Harvard Business School, Management Education Alliance, Obituaries, Obituary, Stephen A. Greyser
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Applications open for M-RCBG senior fellows program
The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) is accepting applications for its senior fellows program.
Tags: Awards, Business, Campus, Campus & Community, Fellowships, Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, On Campus, Research
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Hitting malaria from all sides
The Harvard Malaria Forum explored the status of the global fight against malaria, focusing on how businesses can aid government and nonprofit efforts against the global killer.
Tags: Alvin Powell, Business, Dyann Wirth, Eradication, Harvard Malaria Forum, HarvardScience, Health & Medicine, Malaria, Ray Chambers, Regina Rabinovich, Thomas Healey
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Inside India’s pop-up city
Every 12 years, the kumbh mela, a centuries-old Hindu pilgrimage, temporarily transforms an empty floodplain in India into one of the biggest cities in the world. This month, an interdisciplinary team of Harvard professors, students, and researchers set out to map the gathering for the first time.
Tags: Business, Diana Eck, Environments & Sustainability, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard Business School, Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard School of Public Health, India, International, Katie Koch, Kumbh Mela, Meena Hewett, National & World Affairs, Public Health, Rahul Mehrotra, Religion, South Asia Institute, urban planning
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Inside India’s pop-up city
Every 12 years, the kumbh mela, a centuries-old Hindu pilgrimage, temporarily transforms an empty floodplain in India into one of the biggest cities in the world. This month, an interdisciplinary team of Harvard professors, students, and researchers set out to map the gathering for the first time.
Tags: Business, Diana Eck, Environments & Sustainability, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard Business School, Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard School of Public Health, Hinduism, India, International, Katie Koch, Kumbh Mela, Meena Hewett, National & World Affairs, Public Health, Rahul Mehrotra, Religion, South Asia Institute, urban planning
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