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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
philanthropic structures Foundations, DAFs, and other vehicles are most often, in my experience, “pass through” entities wherein the donor uses the benefits of tax planning and simplicity of donation to give the money and then, over the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
overseeing the safety and efficiency of UP's track structure in some of the 23 states where the railroad hauls freight. "And it has a physical aspect that I like. We do real, rigorous work. If a train derails, we'll work 24 hours a day... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
structure organizations; how organizations are built to create certain behaviors; and how they can succeed or fail. Both of those courses addressed those themes in nearly every module.” Jackson Lehr (MBA 2007) Director, Distributed Energy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
places like HBS are fortunate,” she says. “We have a responsibility to take on issues we see around us. Wherever I am, I like to identify problems — or voids — and work with others to create structures and channels for addressing them.”... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Breakthrough International Negotiation
Recently awarded the Center for Public Resources' 2001 prize for outstanding book in the field of negotiation and dispute resolution, Breakthrough International Negotiation is organized around four core concepts of negotiation: diagnosing the View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course
endeavor, McCraw and Koehn recall with a shared laugh. "We had endless debates with our colleagues inside and outside our unit about how the course should be structured and which countries should be chosen for inclusion," McCraw notes.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 Dec 2015
- News
Living the Legacy
them individually, telling them why I thought CORe would be good.” And he’s noticed changes since his children completed the course. “Their vocabulary is more business-oriented. Now they talk about economic trade-offs, balance sheets, and revenue issues. I can see... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
school, she found a better fit at HBS. There she learned the transactional skills that she thrives on: structuring deals and making things happen. Clarke’s interest in Africa started during a visit to South Africa four years after... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
goal and understand the requirements, pitfalls, and potential routes involved. Seek a support structure and inspiration. Identify other groundbreaking achievers and understand their habits and skills. Connect with optimistic people who... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Honoring HBS’s Organization Men
developed the idea of organizations as social systems. “That’s been the underlying framework of everything I’ve done,” said Lorsch, the author most recently of Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World. One participant wondered how the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
that we hadn’t structured our capital right; we had a payment problem. In the consumer world, if I walked out of a store without paying, that’s called stealing. But in B2B it’s accepted that I’ll deliver my product or service and send you... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
effective in terms of getting the right information in a financially sound way. The problem is that the current structure incentivizes employees to report issues where the penalty is high. For a workplace safety violation, the penalty can... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
treatments, testing and vaccines, and all of the structural and systemic barriers that are impeding progress. “In terms of diagnostics, scalability is critical and must happen in weeks, not months,” he says. These revelations have sparked... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
at his Dallas home, where 13 alumni got to try out a practice forum discussion led by Sheets and a professional facilitator. “If you structure the conversation right, it’s amazing how deep it can go, very quickly,” says Sheets, adding... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
“Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs.” Club leaders and officers participated in breakout sessions and panel discussions focused on topics such as membership, programming, communications, and governance. The conference... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
those of Mandela and the African National Congress coincide," she notes, "but he has his own way of doing things. Reorganizing the structure of the presidency is just one example of that." Meyer credits her academic training with... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
as a means of moving tax-evading money across borders, I conducted a highly structured research project involving 550 business owners and managers in 12 countries. Later, when I came to the Brookings Institution, I traveled to 23... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
number of small manufacturers that sell directly to homeowners and to contractors. To gain a competitive advantage, Union visited potential customers and interviewed them about their preferences for a par-ticular kind of corrugated panel used for animal enclosures. She... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
radical transformations, including a power shift from its headquarters in London to an international secretariat in Johannesburg; a new federated governance structure that increases the influence of units in Africa and Asia; and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Setting the Legislative Agenda
shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive risk taking. Reform the credit rating system. Make... View Details