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- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
the paper. "If delegation costs entirely explain why family CEOs stay at the helm of their firms, we should observe no difference in the time use of family and professional CEOs in richer countries," they write. To that end, the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem
Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin presented the findings at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Porter and Rivkin designed and conducted the survey, sent to some 50,000 HBS alumni last fall. The survey is part of the School’s ongoing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Research Brief: Subject Expert Matters
the first step toward breaking that code. In 2017, the team conducted a field study in collaboration with Harvard Medical School, which announced a call for research proposals for solutions to human health problems. The researchers... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 23 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Summer Snapshot: Interning at a Robotics Start-Up
HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) asked students to describe their career interests and what they are up to this summer. Current Position: Business Analysis & Operations Intern Company and Location: Stealth Mode Robotics... View Details
- 17 Feb 2011
- News
Field Report: Rwanda
Afghanistan. Information gathering for the field project began before the team left Boston. The group’s on-the-ground experience, however, provided much-needed cultural context — the heart of any IXP experience. “Most of the renewals for Tele-10’s satellite television... View Details
- Profile
Nikki Skovran
require new skills, leading Nikki to business school. “Best decision I ever made.” Nikki pursued her MBA options with the same rigor she had applied to her criminal cases. Even in the application process, HBS stood out. “All the other schools relied on students and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Value Added
Now in the midst of his second three-year term as managing director of McKinsey & Company, Rajat Gupta sits in a corner office on the 29th floor of a Chicago skyscraper, overlooking Lake Michigan and the Windy City's financial district. Impressive though the local view... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Case Study: A Place at the Table
inclusive culture? And how should HBS change over the next 10 years to accelerate the advancement of women leaders who make a difference in the world?" The authors conducted some 60 interviews for the case, resulting in stories that run... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
Survive — Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Cost cutting and restructuring are just the first steps in coping with the current global financial crisis and defining how business will be conducted in the future. In this... View Details
- Web
Once in a Lifetime Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Once in a Lifetime Opportunities In 2011, at 26 years of age, Kasia Stochniol (MBA 2014) packed her bags and moved to Nairobi, Kenya. After previous professional experience as a consultant, she joined the early team at M-KOPA, a social... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
Michael Eisner announced that he would retire in 2006, Gold and Disney filed suit to challenge the designation of Robert Iger as his successor, charging that the board rubber-stamped Eisner’s pick without conducting a valid search for a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
HBS, your professional status, your relative age, where you are in your personal life, and your aspirations generally. Looking at our alumni population using this framework will inform some early decisions on new programs to pilot, such... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
A Legacy of Investment
5d44e16e230f4261c6f0a40446934d91 A new exhibit at Hawes Hall pays tribute to alumni and friends whose generous financial support has made a lasting difference in the character and quality of HBS. The exhibit aims to illuminate the past and inspire a new generation as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
challenge we face,” he said, “is changing the way we think about our relationship with the environment.” Business, Gore asserted, must conduct itself with a greater appreciation for the long-term consequences of present actions, with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
universities. Based on a national survey the company undertook on the assumptions college students hold about sex, relationships, and sexual assault, the program is conducted in a group setting to encourage roommates and classmates to... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
conducted now is extremely broad. "There was a lot more than we had first realized," she reported. Nine HBS professors described the research they are conducting on Latin America as well as work... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
interviews conducted by the authors, this book is filled with colorful stories about selecting and working with management, pioneering new markets, adding value through operational improvements, applying private-equity principles to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
women. Baker Library exhibit on Women, Enterprise & Society Catalyzing: Visit Ilene Lang’s blog A New Path: This weeklong leadership development course is designed for women with significant professional experience who are seeking to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
disparity of wealth and income in many countries and across regions. In turn, they thought these gaps could lead to populist politics that would adversely affect the conduct of capitalism. A second major concern was that our productive... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Rolling Stock in Baker Exhibit
railroads helped shape modern capitalism. With the Pennsylvania Railroad alone employing over 110,000 workers by 1891, railroads’ sheer size required a new breed of managers who could conduct daily supervision as well as long-term... View Details
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