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- 16 Dec 2016
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Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff Kurt Wulff (MBA 1967) credits Harvard Business School with changing the way he viewed decision making. Even after 50 years, he remembers Dr. Howard Raifa’s courses on game theory and decision analysis. A...
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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
Policy is a tremendously powerful lever when it works. With that said, I’m not a fan of forever sitting on the sidelines, waiting for policy to make change. Business needs to strategize to ensure it has access to the talent it needs,...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2020
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The Camel and the Unicorn
really declaring failure. That actually prevents a lot of startups from even starting and is a really big barrier to entrepreneurship. Morrell: And all of these challenges and View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards
the power to unleash the next wave of global growth. Kanter received second-place honors for “How Great Companies Think Differently,” which appeared in the November 2011 issue. In her article, Kanter explains that traditional View Details
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- 09 Oct 2017
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Saving an American Publishing Icon
David Bradley (MBA 1977) is chairman of Atlantic Media. In this interview, he explains how the rise of the internet actually saved and helped improve the venerable Atlantic magazine. “The first company I...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Letters to the Editor
HBS Flunks Finance 101 As regards your December Editor’s Note wherein you refer to Dean Jay Light’s remarks to the hastily organized financial crisis panels during the week of September 22: Light attributes the financial crisis to the...
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- 01 Oct 1999
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Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies
used traditional methods of inquiry - mathematical theory or statistical analysis, for instance - while others employed interviews, primary company materials, surveys, and close examination View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
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Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
has provided strong endorsement: "Boards should require that all directors submit a resignation as a matter of course upon retirement, a change in employer, or other significant change in their professional roles and responsibilities."...
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Joseph Hinsey IV
- 01 Oct 1998
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Merton Named University Professor
Kim B. Clark called Merton a "terrific choice" for the McArthur University Professorship. "His interests have natural connections with faculty and students in different parts of Harvard," Clark said. "His research is at the forefront...
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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
that cross the line. Sarbanes-Oxley is a recent example of that. But managers also need to view strategic compliance as a way to convert what appear to be constraints into opportunities. This idea has been...
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Deborah Blagg
- 18 Aug 2014
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Closing the Education Gap
with me. After a decade of running Aragon, I’m using the same approaches I use in choosing investments to identify the most effective curriculum for the children in our program, while being mindful of the...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
risks associated with outsourcing; and using “shadow pricing” to compare public- and private-sector costs for services. Us + Them: Tapping the Positive Power of Difference by Todd L. Pittinsky (PhDOB 2001) (Harvard Business Review Press)...
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- 03 Jun 2016
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Again in a Great City
investment in improving everyday life in Detroit by a national retailer—that people didn’t believe could happen in the city. “Uncertainty is a horrible constraint for investment,” Cummings says of Detroit’s...
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April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Dec 2011
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Professors Recognized with New Chair Appointments
Christensen, who joined the faculty after earning his DBA from HBS in 1992, is the author of five bestselling books, including The Innovator’s Dilemma, which laid out his now-famous theory View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
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Faculty Books
Dealmaking Strategies for a Competitive Marketplace by Guhan Subramanian (W.W. Norton) Today’s marketplace is filled with business transactions that include elements of both negotiations and auctions, yet the received wisdom on dealmaking...
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- 01 Feb 1998
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New Releases
optimize use of resources, encourage knowledge exchange and development, and increase innovation. "This book grounds the concept of a differentiated network more firmly in organization View Details
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 1998
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Short Takes
narrowed. "Much of what we teach in management theory is that there is one best way to do things," West observes. To explain the existence of two "best ways," he cites...
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Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Oct 2001
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Porter Directs New Institute at HBS
foster the integration of competition and corporate strategy with economic policy and social development in ways that not only advance theory but also connect with actual practice," Porter observed. "It will...
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- 01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth
financial theory explicitly into account, but rather, do their actions intuitively take it into account? What practical guidance can entrepreneurs and venture capitalists glean from this research? RN: Because View Details
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April White
- 01 Dec 2017
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Research Brief: Better Brainstorming
Sharique Hasan in a recent working paper. Their field research shows that the highest quality ideas are generated by people open to new experiences engaging with extroverted peers. In 2014, the researchers headed to New Delhi to study the intersection View Details
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Jennifer Myers