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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
mid-19th century. I selected individuals from different parts of the country who became true titans through the relentless pursuit of a vision or mission. My subjects either were inventors themselves or had leveraged technology in a new...
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- 01 Mar 2016
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Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias
the lackluster ones led to projects with a measurably larger academic impact than projects selected without significant specialized expert input. The takeaway was clear, says Li. “Strong conflict-of-interest policies to reduce bias come...
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Erin Peterson
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
to make informed decisions about treatment. To date, the Brain Tumor Network’s nurse navigators and social workers have helped more than 1,200 people around the United States. Sontag’s people-first ethos also guides the View Details
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April White
- 01 Oct 1999
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Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies
While HBS scholars have long appreciated the value of field-based research, the broader academic community in the field of finance has been slower to accept this method of inquiry. Field-based research, which closely studies the actions and View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
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A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
image by Edmon de Haro So you have an idea for a new business, product, or service. What are you going to call it? As any cash-strapped entrepreneur, product manager, or “creative” will tell you, that decision can be critical when it...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Merton Named University Professor
announced his decision to step down. The professorship was created with the help of the McArthurs' many friends, principally the Dean's classmates in the MBA Class of 1959, who wanted to recognize the McArthurs' contributions to Harvard...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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Facing Ambiguity
history of the shuttle program. When students come to class they have a general understanding of NASA but only specific knowledge — from the point of view of their assigned “character” — of what has occurred during the first half of Columbia’s mission. After some...
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- 01 Aug 2002
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For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
for Executive Education, sought to achieve broad-based appeal by selecting five faculty presenters with recently published research in several different areas. The approach evidently succeeded, as the program sold out, attracting eighty...
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Laura Singleton
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
make decisions in challenging situations. Health care reform was making national headlines—and not in a good way—about the time the conference was held. Did you find that it quelled optimism or that people simply viewed it as another...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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Lesson from the Fall
controls the recruitment and tenure of directors, sets the board’s agenda, selects the information that flows to the board, and oversees the process of evaluating CEO performance, directors will find it difficult to shift the power...
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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
McNamara Illustration by Zak Pullen For a man who once commanded huge organizations and made decisions affecting the lives of millions, Robert S. McNamara (MBA 1939) is mostly on his own these days. Dressed casually in khakis and a...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Making Progress on Strategic Priorities
The Harvard Business School Campaign has played a critical role in advancing the School’s mission through the “Five I” strategic priorities. Selected highlights of new activities made possible by generous support from alumni and friends...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference
said of his decision to become CEO of CarStation.com, a Web site linking car owners, repair shops, insurers, and suppliers. Mature industries with established relationships can present barriers to minority entrepreneurs, Goldsberry...
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- 01 Dec 2002
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HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
no national reputation — was appointed,” Ferguson recalled. “But he listens to everyone, judges ideas on their quality rather than on their source, and makes better decisions because of that.” Financial consultant Andrew Brimmer, the...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Complements to the Case Method
collaborate on beer design, pricing, and packaging, as well as on decisions concerning manufacturing and marketing. After each round, reports are generated that include balance sheets, customer beer preferences, and ways in which the...
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- 01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake
electronic-mail communication. Building on the knowledge gained from that project and from the use of personal computers in a few carefully selected MBA courses, the School moved in the mid-1980s to recommend strongly that students use...
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by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 11 Jul 2012
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A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
MCC’s explicit selection criteria,” notes Bloom. “We’ve also seen African countries who have not yet qualified seeking advice from those who have. Most valuably, countries have made important legal, economic policy, and institutional...
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- 13 Mar 2018
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Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
to have any influence at all in the events, then that's where the leader needs to be. And selecting that place, knowing where that place is, is really a critical skill that a leader needs to develop. And he saw that as the View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
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The View from the Pit
and an interest in health-care management. She currently teaches the required course General Management and the Foundations module Leadership, Values, and Decision Making. Twenty-five years after her own graduation, Barrett notes that...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It
In response to a special Bulletin survey, hundreds of HBS alumni selected the people, products, and events that in their view have most affected business over the last 75 years. These intrepid respondents also did some crystal-ball...
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