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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
One of my first assignments was to rewrite a case that Dean McArthur had written early in his career. I was surprised when the editor informed me that the Dean had asked to meet me. No other faculty member—before or since—has made time for this, and I have now written... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
drives accountability in any industry,” observes Gehl. “Final-Five Voting is less about changing who gets elected and far more about changing the incentives governing the behavior of those in office. It’s about the benefits of healthy... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Totting Up the Bill for the Iraq War
trillion dollars in spending could have begun significant repair of the Social Security system, or hired 15 million public school teachers, or built 8 million housing units, or underwritten 120 million children in Head Start, or offered... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective
received support from staff at the School’s Europe Research Center, who facilitated contacts with 13 top executives and policymakers at European businesses and institutions. When Pons teaches the case, students consider the history of climate science, how country-... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
in business and public policy thanks to the many generous fellowships she received, Kyarisiima has returned to East Africa, where instead of focusing on infrastructure she is helping to build businesses in the region. “I’m passionate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
New HBS, KSG Joint Degree
HBS and the Kennedy School of Government have announced the creation of an integrated joint-degree program, the first of its kind. Its mission is to develop outstanding leaders who are skilled in both managing complex organizations and shaping innovative View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
amplifies the fundamental desire of people around the world to look their best. In so doing, the book provides a unique lens on globalization and offers fascinating accounts of individual entrepreneurs, the evolution of beauty ideals, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
Who Benefits from Bonuses? Over the past decade, senior corporate executives have been earning record-high bonuses in record-high numbers. What accounts for this striking increase? Do bonuses motivate executives and enhance organizational... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
attractiveness of a well-structured public-private partnership framework for water distribution in Metro Manila, encouraged us to make this investment. In the process, we were able to change a public utility delivery system that was stuck... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
United States,” notes Khanna. “Court systems, contract law, stock markets, accounting standards, and other elements that facilitate entrepreneurship and growth are often weak, archaic, or entirely missing in these economies.” Business... View Details
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
percent a decade ago to 38 percent today, according to a study by the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. While age may bring wisdom, it often doesn't bring familiarity with things like digital marketing or other essential business technologies. For Stewart, age also... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
considerable and remarkable strengths. I feel fortunate to have had his influence in my life.” The trade-off of public office is something Langford has witnessed firsthand—power comes with elected office at any level of government, but... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
Americans of the second half of the 20th century. But regardless of how history may judge his record, McNamara’s decades of service in the public and private sectors enable him to speak with singular authority about the strengths and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
network cofounded by fellow WOB participants Lisa Pent and Bonnie Hagemann with a vision to become the go-to source for corporate boards to find and recruit highly qualified women. Initially, Pent, an account executive at Grant Thornton,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
Swearengin and a friend cofounded the Downtown Giants, Manhattan’s only public youth football team. Many of Swearengin’s HBS classmates provided annual support for the Downtown Giants’ scholarship program, which allowed children from all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
The charter school movement was supposed to transform American public education. So far, though, the results have been mixed. But HBS grads nationwide are offering new approaches, innovative methods, unique models—all of them begging the... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
A Shot at Success
like the ones her former teammates had experienced, she needed to understand the problems. In 2016, she quit her accounting job and moved to Bolivia to work as a teacher for A Ganar, a youth-workforce-development program that uses soccer... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
that seeming progress, the nonpartisan, nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) notes that wind and solar still only accounted for 2.9 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, of total global power generation in 2014. How can we hasten the... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
management role at the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation that included a team of 42 union and administrative workers spanning four counties. At 34, she was assigned line responsibility for electric line crews and gas technicians. “I... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
Christenson was, for example, among the first to bring the social sciences into the mainstream of practical business studies in the MBA Program. In 1976 he also developed a teaching program that brought HBS methods to the training of View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage