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- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
killed in the rushing of the gates. “It was a horrible story, and I couldn’t help but take note of the supply-and-demand imbalance,” he recalls. Two weeks later, Bill Keating (MBA 1993) introduced him to Bryce Fort, managing director at... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
just India—to HBS and the best of HBS to the region.” Anjali Raina (AMP 174, 2008), Executive Director of HBS’s India Research Center With the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund predicting that India will overtake China as the... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
Donny, thought they might have to return to Los Angeles. Through the Idea Village, Markowitz met Ti Martin, one of New Orleans’ leading restaurateurs. The two met for a lunch and talked about her options and the city’s needs. That meeting eventually led to her being... View Details
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
FarriHarvard Business School Case 310-090 In late January 2009, Thomas Fekete, managing director at Barclays Wealth in London, redeemed the most illiquid positions in the so-called Wealth Absolute Return Fund (WAR), one of Barclays... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online
years ahead. Highlights Ann Lewnes, Adobe CMO Shantanu Narayen, Adobe CEO and President Simeen Mohsen, HBS Online Director Show Hide Details Concepts Budget Allocation Customer Lifetime Value Adobe Simulation The Future of Marketing... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
chemical company Novacap. For each company, the case describes how Ardian decided on the investment and established a board of directors and details the deliberations around some of the critical decisions made by each board during... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10
Goes to Asia." Updates readers on Ghislain de Charentenay's first full year as director of Asian Research at Sanford C. Bernstein in Hong Kong and actions taken by the firm in FY2013 Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17
independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important firms failed to protect employees, customers, or shareholders and placed the global financial system at risk. I... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
Schenk, director of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative, asked some of our alumni how they view this moment and how they are looking to capitalize on it. Julia Trotman Brady (MBA 1997) Partner, Valo Ventures This is the most... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
Alumni Board. She was previously the founding director at the Common Room. Choosing my favorite book feels a bit like choosing my favorite kid, but I’d say Simulacra and Simulation, by Jean Baudrillard. It gives an impressively... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Avenue Manslaughter: An Inside View of Fee-Cutting Clients, Profit-Hungry Owners, and Declining Ad Agencies by Michael Farmer (MBA 1971) (Lid Publishing) Farmer, formerly a director of Bain & Company, describes the key trends that have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
asked him to become a director of Bell Canada, he accepted that post as well. (McArthur proudly remains a Canadian citizen, and currently chairs the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.) He helped a half-dozen start-ups get off the ground,... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
decided to triple what it charged Chewy to fulfill each order. What should Chewy do? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818105-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-055 Omar Simmons: Franchising and Private Equity Omar Simmons, managing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
Abstract The financial crisis of 2008-2009 has revealed that our broad model of corporate governance is broken, independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
Director Cognetti that the board will follow state and federal procurement laws to bid out for ongoing and as-needed services, with target dates to send out requests for proposal. It passes after some pushback and probing—a small,... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
purchased by Google for $3.2 billion in 2014. Nolan and Natarajan “Venkat” Venkatakrishnan, director of FirstBuild—the GE/Local Motors partnership—are sitting with Rogers in the University of Louisville’s University Club in late April,... View Details
- 21 Jul 2009
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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
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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
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
negotiation The researchers found that one of the keys to success lay in the way the two organizations managed tensions between their commercially focused production supervisors and their socially focused job counselors. In the organization that performed badly, the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
should be answerable to directors for poor performance but in fact are not. Directors, representing an indirect form of governance, are poor representatives of owners. They are far too lax in influencing employment contracts and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett