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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
country in the world. From the beginning, and in line with AKDN’s overarching principle of conducting ethical business practices, however, Khoja drew a hard line against making or receiving bribes of any kind, despite the fact that most... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
gambling that caused rice prices to rise. However, when the price of rice fell to record lows in the late 1720s, the samurai (whose income was tied to the value of rice) saw their economic position fall relative to the merchant class, whose growing economic View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
year at Georgetown Law School, where he enrolled after completing a Fulbright in the Philippines. Republicans whose rise to power was dependent on ties to Nixon were implicated for their actions; others, such as Melvin Laird and Nelson... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
which is hard to explain by the traditional leverage tradeoff with financial distress that emphasizes downside risk. The results are robust to a variety of specification choices and control variables. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Commencement 2015 Address | About
difference in the world, and that’s a Purpose I find deeply meaningful. I believe there’s a desperate need for good leadership in the world—that business can be a powerful force for good in society, and that force can be leveraged and... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
Almost two decades later she had seen little progress and so, in 2017, spurred by the #MeToo movement, she wrote to a group of other women in venture capital: “Guessing we all have the same feelings...the stuff about the gender power... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
officer in the Marine Corps. I have to understand who the local power brokers are, what the major issues and challenges are, and how I can use my resources to make a difference while at the same time trying to accomplish my mission. It... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
think it through in a very strategic way." Collaborative Approach Despite all the coursework and interactions with the professors, both faculty and participants agree that SPNM is a powerful collaboration and academic experience because... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
relevant ideas and concerns they have is the focus of this research. Upward voice refers to communications directed to someone higher in the organizational hierarchy with the perceived power or authority to take action on the problem or... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
The track record is well known and sobering for any entrepreneur: 90 percent of all new ventures fail. It's not hard to see why. Start-ups often lack vital resources, must compete against established companies, and have little or no track... View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
planning, HIV/AIDS, and malaria prevention must determine what to do about their slow-to-take-off clean water initiative. PSI's point-of-use products offered effective protection against water-borne diseases, especially diarrhea, yet the organization found it View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
experience? What would you sacrifice to achieve social justice? Lucky, Not Smart By Michael Coles (MBA 1961) Independently published Most people go to Harvard Business School by way of a first-rate undergraduate college. Michael Coles did it the View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
couple of conclusions that ultimately made us change our model. Scott Randall HBS MBA '87 founder and CEO, FairMarket First, we took a good look and said that ultimately it would be hard for us to become experts in multiple verticals. You... View Details
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
to turn around Uber’s toxic culture in 2017. Gino thought Saint John’s powerful presence and resonant messages, on the value of courageous authenticity and the urgency of living life fiercely, aligned with themes in Gino’s 2018 book,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
drought, the Great Depression, and a world war. He learned to work hard and thirsted for an education. Melvin married and fathered 12 children. His business careers led to his owning his own businesses, which thrived in small-town America... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
recognize that he’s not required to be part of that future, to lead the future. He just wants to show people the way. He uses power not for the accumulation of wealth, but as a force for good.” When McArthur stepped down from the Deanship... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
The responsibility that comes with such power is something that Cummings will be forced to consider with his biggest investment in Detroit to date: the Fisher Building. (No relation to Max Fisher.) In New Center, three miles northwest on... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
Almost two decades later she had seen little progress and so, in 2017, spurred by the #MeToo movement, she wrote to a group of other women in venture capital: “Guessing we all have the same feelings...the stuff about the gender power... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
and one of a handful in the VC world. Almost two decades later she had seen little progress and so, in 2017, spurred by the #MeToo movement, she wrote to a group of other women in venture capital: “Guessing we all have the same feelings...the stuff about the gender... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
analyze their own companies and how they create next-generation executives. And execs early in their work lives should use this information to think long and hard about the first companies they join. Says Higgins: "Understanding the... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark