by Richard Bierck - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Sep 2016
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Harvard Business School Announces 2016 Goldsmith Fellows

04 Sep 2018
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HBS Announces 2018 Goldsmith Fellows

01 Sep 2020
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Harvard Business School Announces 2020 Goldsmith Fellows

21 Oct 2016
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The Type of Purpose That Makes Companies More Profitable

01 Apr 2009
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New Book Looks at the Life of a CIO

28 Aug 2024
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Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

01 Jun 2024
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Conducting Business

In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

13 Apr 2015
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Sizing up climate change

01 Jun 2018
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Floor It

That’s the imperative of the Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator, established in 2016 with a $20 million gift from the Robert and Myra Kraft Family Foundation, led by Robert Kraft (MBA 1965), in partnership with HBS and the Broad... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li

15 Jun 2020
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A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.

22 Jan 2021
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An entrepreneurial approach to ‘possibility government’

01 Jun 2016
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In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)

and in September 2013 was named Australia’s first female Minister for Foreign Affairs, both positions she continued to hold after a sudden leadership shift in September 2015. Bishop’s diplomacy and savviness in negotiating this change was widely noted and admired View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma

01 Feb 1998
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C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe

made a significant contribution to the growth and development of public education in North Carolina and throughout the Southeast. "Dick does things quietly," observes Richard H. Jenrette (MBA '57), a longtime friend. Among those "quiet"... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne

18 Jul 2023
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The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Anaïs Nin, Richard Wright Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs think Downton Abbey meets Call My Agent. -A family movie about the world of dreams, set on Earth and on a distant magical planet... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

of the 21st century. by Deborah Blagg and Susan Young Name: John Kotter, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership Director: HBS Global Leadership Initiative Most recent book: John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do On vision: "People... View Details

Keywords: Management

01 Dec 2023
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Drop Everything, Read This

The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is about the creative process and is based on his experiences with era-defining musicians. He encourages the reader to be open to clues and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

15 Jan 2018
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A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

01 Dec 2023
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Engaging Students More Deeply

Students at Success Academy stay more focused on the dot rug. Photo courtesy HBS Multimedia Development To tell the compelling stories of a developer working to revitalize Miami Beach, a Maine lobsterman confronting the economic risks of climate change, and a charter... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details