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- 01 Dec 2006
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Forestalling Terror
top. A lot of the rhetoric about the need for an “intelligence czar” points in this direction. But we’ve seen in the private sector that, in highly turbulent environments, overly centralized organizations get overwhelmed by the...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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Thinking Green
As part of the cross-University program Harvard Thinks Big, in December six professors from different Harvard schools offered their thoughts on climate change. University Professor Rebecca Henderson and Professor of Management Practice...
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- 01 Dec 2000
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Global Leadership Initiative's Director Focuses on Technology
legacy of leadership beyond the scope of the School's MBA and Executive Education Programs. "The idea is to reach out to alumni and to the world at large, deploying innovative technology to leverage traditional and nontraditional learning," says Price, who was...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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The Accidental Pioneers
Sherwood came to HBS with the aim of being a securities analyst on Wall Street, but she graduated without a job offer. "I guess I picked the stodgiest firms to interview with, and Wall Street wasn't very...
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Hanna, Julia
- 01 Jun 2010
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M.I.A. Boards
business judgment rule, directors must have “knowingly and completely failed to undertake their responsibilities” or had “an actual intent to do harm” — a standard that has let thousands of failed boards off the hook over the years. While...
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- 01 Jan 2003
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Greylock
look ridiculously easy, but it's not. It involves hard work that takes a considerable amount of focus and dedication." HENRY McCANCE Yale University, 1964 B.A., Economics "At HBS, I remember the challenge of analyzing difficult problems,...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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The Next Lessons
on the eve of graduation. “Khan Academy started, for the most part, with me producing content. As it grew—our whole team working with others to write exercises and simulation software—we started to realize, hey, this is a pretty good...
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William Weber
- 06 Sep 2016
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The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards
traditional search firms have not adopted this proven approach. The reason is simple and makes sense—just follow the money. Board placements are not a significant source of fees for search firms whose main...
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- 12 Dec 2017
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Hal (MBA 1968) and Diane Brierley
United Way. “It’s very rewarding to be able to support the many organizations important to our community,” says Brierley. Learn how you, too, can make a bequest to HBS.
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- 01 Dec 2019
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Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
and energy sector lead for The Rise Fund at TPG Global, saw interest from both younger alumni working in the field and senior alumni who have had successful careers and are looking for new opportunities to make View Details
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Jen Myers
- 01 Jun 2012
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Giving Through HBS
of our graduates—has the power to change the world and to change lives, and that work relies heavily on alumni giving. Most alumni donors take a portfolio approach to giving—they give to local organizations that serve their communities;...
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Professor Howard Stevenson
- 01 Jun 2000
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Networked Computers behind IT Payoff
from each other's information." He asserts that when making IT investment decisions, organizations should ask themselves, "How can I put my employees in touch with the people and the information they need?" Unfortunately, he writes, "this...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis
Global Failures Create a “Lodestar” for HBS Research and Teaching From new cases to new courses and research projects, the HBS faculty’s response to the global financial crisis has been “quite extraordinary,” says Professor Joe Badaracco,...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Damon Silvers
changes in approach, and what changes or circumstances gave rise to those changes in approach. We do not assume that making changes in response to changing circumstances is a bad thing. But the frequency of...
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- 01 Jun 2004
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Download This
Downloading music from the Internet doesn’t kill CD sales after all, concludes a surprising new study by HBS associate professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Associate Professor Koleman Strumpf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
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- 01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
bottom line: "Climate does affect in a fundamental way the basic picture of global development," said Sachs. Thus, the "harsh physical environment" of most of the countries in Africa "provides a tremendously...
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Susan Young
- 13 Jun 2016
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Brenda Bence (MBA 1991)
importance of analyzing issues, listening to others, exercising judgment, and making difficult decisions. For Bence, arriving at HBS was a unique experience. “I was from the Midwest in View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
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Stevenson Named Director of External Relations
In his recent appointment as senior associate dean and director of External Relations, Professor Howard H. Stevenson assumes the responsibility of serving as a liaison between HBS and its alumni. "I am delighted to be working more closely...
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- 19 Sep 2016
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Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)
Thomas Murphy (MBA 1949) A cold call during Thomas Murphy’s first year convinced him to make the most of his Harvard Business School experience. When a professor called on...
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- 14 Apr 2010
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The First African-American MBAs at HBS
was, already researched and summarized in a booklet published by the Bert King Foundation in 2008 called Making a Difference: Profiles of the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference...
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