Power And Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jun 2023
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Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

Baker Foundation Professor, Emeritus William A. Sahlman presented the Entrepreneurship Award to Michael Martin (MBA 2015), founder and CEO of RapidSOS, an advanced emergency technology company that powers... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Dec 2021
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Action Plan: Whole Sale

behaviors,” he says. “More so than previous generations, they are influencing their parents’ and their grandparents’ decisions on what to buy and the brands View Details

Keywords: April White; ecommerce; bricks and mortar; marketing; beauty

01 Mar 2016
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HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

A. Eugene Kohn explained how an idea moves from drawing board to skyscraper, after which students toured the site. They also met with US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power and Sir James Wolfensohn (MBA... View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region today are caught up in a dizzying swirl of economic, cultural, political, technological, and social change. Enormous opportunities await managers who can harness these View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

01 Sep 2006
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Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

with a call to the business community that other speakers would echo as well: get involved. “Traditionally the business community in America has been the most powerful consistent voice in favor of openness toward the world, including... View Details

04 Oct 2024
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On the Vineyard, Black Alumni Reconnect With Friends and HBS

getting together.” Moore says the gathering was a powerful reminder of the value of staying connected with each other and with the School. “Whether you had a great experience at HBS, a challenging one, or... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 1997
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A Better Way to Go on Strike

W hen President Clinton imposed a cooling-down period in the American Airlines pilots' strike, he recognized that a strike would impose huge costs on those not involved in the labor dispute - from travelers and airfreight shippers to... View Details

Keywords: David Lax and Professor James K. Sebenius

01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues

standards and social responsibility, technology, globalization, the School's Soldiers Field campus, and the essential contributions that women are making in the business world. While a lot has changed at HBS... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

27 Jul 2012
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How to Be Effective in the Global Economy and the Boardroom: CFOs Offer Lessons Learned on the Journey

01 Sep 2018
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What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)

pleasure and purpose aspects of the organization are reconciled in a thoughtful way. If we’re having amazing events to showcase the best of American food, in the same breath we should be talking about what we mean by an equitable food... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

01 Jun 2002
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Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

know what I was talking about — I wanted to change that. I also wanted to understand business, one of the most powerful institutions in society, and learn about leadership and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

01 Oct 1997
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New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence

participants to understand how their role encompasses all organizational disciplines; to learn to manage up, down, across, and outside the organization; to perform a working assessment of their organizations; View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 1997
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Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

The following article is the tenth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. The powerful ideas that come under the umbrella of the School's Competition View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air

MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast When the United States Congress passed the Inflation... View Details

Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge

17 Sep 2015
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Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

the world. “And the Campaign is about more than raising money,” he noted. “It provides an opportunity to inspire and engage the next generation of leaders at the School—to better connect alumni with each other View Details

13 Mar 2019
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The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)

it was an incredible example of the power of marketing, regardless of whether you have a better product.” Wiegele: “Since I design our ads and run our marketing, I’m always thinking about the ‘Dumb Ways to... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders

Laura A. Liswood (MBA '76) is cofounder and secretary-general of the Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL), an independent, international organization based at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Made up of many of the world's... View Details