Directors - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1999
News

Dan Fenn

an administration that gave the Bulletin's editor, somewhat reluctantly I recognize, the freedom to put out a magazine that reflected that challenging atmosphere, with all the criticism and self-criticism endemic to it. Stan Teele and Alumni View Details

Keywords: Dan Fenn

01 Sep 2015
News

State of the Unions

down from 17.7 million in 1983—there has been a surge in pro-labor activity among low-wage workers as of late. Damon Silvers (MBA 1995, JD 1996), policy director for the AFL-CIO, says he’s heartened by these grassroots organizing efforts.... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; McDonald's; Walmart

01 Mar 2015
News

Ink

not nearly enough are aiming to be market leaders in 2025. Foresight is a muscle that can be developed.” —Alison Sander (MBA 1986), director of Boston Consulting Group’s Center for Sensing & Mining the Future, from her October 2014... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2006
News

Getting on Board

current board members (nearly 10 percent of the directors of Standard & Poor’s 500 companies are 70 or older), Stautberg and Chin believe there will be many opportunities for Harvard MBAs to make a difference through board service in the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Jun 2005
News

Better than Cash

Boston Teamwork: From left, Chuck Eisenberg (MBA ’78), Arjuna Costa (MBA ’01), John Flanagan (AMP 96, 1985), Tom White (MBA ’69), Mark Alston-Follansbee, Marco Bitran (MBA ’03), and Charles Cassidy (MBA ’83). When Mark Alston-Follansbee, executive View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; CAP; HBS; nonprofits; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Jun 2013
News

Revitalizing America

chair and director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative. The preceding is adapted from a longer blog entry published by the Huffington Post. View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

28 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?

Both the managers and the students had to consider areas of potential risk for LEGO in Asia, including: Uncertainty of market growth forecasts. LEGO senior director John Kelley argues in the case that to supply the most optimistic sales... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

11 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 11

corporate center and how to incentivize subsidiary executives. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710436-PDF-ENG Corporate Strategy at Berkshire Partners Julie M. Wulf and Scott WaggonerHarvard Business School Case 710-414 The managing View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 May 2021
News

Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online

today’s hot topics that all nonprofits are addressing, says Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998), Executive Director for HBS Community Partners of the HBS Association of Northern California, and summit co-organizer. “Our goals for this summit are... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Aug 2021
Blog Post

ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY

17 other executives of color from leading Massachusetts corporations. Pursuing an innovative, state-focused approach, the fund specifically targets Black- and brown-led nonprofits closely tied to the people and problems in under-resourced Massachusetts communities.... View Details

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

of faculty who are already involved in cross-Harvard collaboration: Daniel Schrag, the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology at Harvard, and the Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment; Forest Reinhardt, the John D.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

HBR, Stewart was editorial director of Business 2.0, where he set editorial policy, developed story ideas, wrote feature articles on management trends, and penned a Web column, "Barely Managing." Stewart also served as a member... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

Web

Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Margaret Rudkin, founder of Pepperidge Farms; and John Deutsch, chemist and provost of MIT, and later Deputy Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA. For fieldwork assignments, teams of eight to ten students studied and consulted... View Details

06 Jan 2021
News

A Message from Dean Srikant Datar

as the “public company director of the year,” by the National Association of Corporate Directors. I was the first academic to be fortunate enough to receive the award. And, again, the credit for that doesn't go to me. It goes to the... View Details

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

fight to place his five director nominees on the board. Target won the proxy fight, but still faced questions about whether it had a strategy that could work in both good times and bad. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

public knowledge. She is also the Director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project and an advocate for women's freedom of expression and expanded civic and political engagement. She currently serves on the national boards of the... View Details

17 Nov 2022
News

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

We are in a unique moment in time, where the United States’ chance to make a difference on climate is greater – and more necessary – than ever. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, business leaders have a nearly $370 billion opportunity to... View Details

15 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

Susanna Gallani, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—We analyze the effects of a field experiment introducing a values-based 360-degree assessment system at an Indian retailer. The director intended to encourage store managers, rewarded based on... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

develops a relationship with a director of a regional health fund who also runs a private foundation. After a natural disaster, Healthgen—at the request of the director—donated products to help during the crises. After Healthgen wins an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2016
First Look

April 12, 2016

member to discover how and whether his employees can speed up cleaning, checking, restocking, and refueling. Expert commentary comes from Atilla Korkmazoglu, president of ground handling and cargo operations at Celebi Aviation Holding, and Vikram Oberoi, managing View Details