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- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
sustainability" companies-exhibit fundamentally different characteristics from a matched sample of firms that adopted almost none of these policies- termed "low sustainability" companies. In particular, we find that the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
Chairman Ben Bernanke discuss the global financial crisis MORE Former Treasury Secretaries Hank Paulson (MBA 1970) and Tim Geithner, and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke discuss the global... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
measures; 2) customers; 3) internal processes; and 4) learning and growth. Developed by HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan, chairman of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, and David P. Norton, co-founder with Kaplan and president of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
In January 2000, Thomas J. Tierney (MBA 1980) announced that he would step aside as worldwide managing director of Bain & Company, a position he had held since 1992, and become chairman of The Bridge Group, a new Bain affiliate. Tierney's... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
http://intranet.hbs.edu/dept/drfd/new_publications/papers/Porter-Ketels/clusters.pdf Board Interlocks and the Propensity to Be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions Authors:Toby E. Stuart and Soojin Yim Publication:Journal of Financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley as a result of poor performance and cultural problems, as well as his relationship to the board of directors. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
he says, is the archetype for all emerging markets. "If you can't succeed here, you're not going to do well anywhere," says Venkatesan, who most recently served as chairman of Microsoft India from 2004 to 2011. "Emerging markets are... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
serves as chairman of the consultancy TruePoint Partners and of its educational and research institute, the TruePoint Center for Higher Ambition Leadership. In the e-mail interview that follows, Beer talks about the book and what View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Henry McGee: From HBO to HBS - MBA
idea that you could get people to pay for television, a very radical and unproven notion at the time. When I met with HBO Chairman Nick Nicholas, HBS ’64, he convinced me that HBO had the potential to revolutionize the industry. His... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
activities during his years in the Deanship, but he made a few exceptions. For example, he agreed to join the board of Cabot Corporation in 1990, continuing in the tradition of HBS professors (including C. Roland Christensen) serving as... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
early December, the board fired Wallace as CEO. A few weeks later, the company closed for good. It isn’t the sort of story that alumni like to trumpet when they return to their alma mater. But today, that is why Christina Wallace is back... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
Desmond Wong A loyal HBS alumnus who says he “truly bleeds Harvard crimson,” Wong has played a leading role in every '77 reunion since graduation. He has served on the HBS Alumni Association Board and the graduate schools committee and... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
results became as critical in this domain as it was for all business goals. Gerstner also modeled desired behaviors in his interactions with his direct reports. One of them told me this story: During a board of directors dinner, I had to... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
world-class business. Following modern management practices, keeping sharp attention to cost control and capital operations, making aggressive entries into international markets, and maintaining a special corporate culture, Chairman Chen... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
managing a master limited partnership with over $35 billion in infrastructure assets. In the summer of 2006, Richard Kinder, the founder and chairman of Kinder Morgan, led a consortium of buyers to take the company private. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
Allianz supervisory board and the board of management in addition to the process of becoming an SE, including the change in the composition of the supervisory board as a result... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
changing world, if your business is built on the assumption that diversity and inclusion is a ‘nice to have,’ it’s an unstable territory,” Ric Lewis (PMD 69, 1995), executive chairman and CIO of London-based Tristan Capital Partners,... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
they merely added a new layer of legal obligations for governance without improving the quality of people serving on the boards or changing their behavioral dynamics. The author—formerly the president or View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
How can nonprofit leaders address such conflicting demands? Harvard Business School Working Knowledge recently spoke with two leaders in the field of nonprofit performance management. Mario Morino is cofounder and chairman of Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
34 Doriot first served as chairman of the board of advisors of ARD and in December 1946 assumed the role of President of the company, by which time he had left active duty in the army. 35 William E. Barbour,... View Details