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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
together or understand when something might be going wrong. Jay Lorsch: There was a cycle of greed throughout the system, and boards, for their part, allowed it to go unchecked. Some audit committees and compensation View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
School Case 310-011 Acumen Fund is a global venture capital firm with a dual purpose: it looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in Kenya. The organization's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
well as a hard-hitting recession, hesitated to provide increased funding to higher education. The debate over how best to finance Australian higher education finally came to a head in the late 1980s, following publication of the Report of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
on a standard set of demand-side product features. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-007.pdf A New Paradigm of Individual, Group and Organizational Performance Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, and The Barbados Group Abstract "The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
socialite Dina Merrill, who sat on the board for eighteen years and served on the compensation committee that approved CEO Richard Fuld’s $484 million in salary, stock options, and bonuses from 2000 to 2007. John Helyar, coauthor of... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
Africa for five years, teaching corporate finance at Wits Business School in Johannesburg and serving on the investment committee of a private equity fund. It was also during this time that she acquired the domain name Africa.com, without... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
union relations. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/412072-PDF-ENG Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee Linda A. Hill and Mark RennellaHarvard Business School Case 913-509 Johannes Linden is the Director of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2023
- Blog Post
Get to Know Class Day Speaker Adán Acevedo
graduation ceremonies. It is planned and conducted by a committee of second-year MBA students. When asked about what Commencement means to him, Acevedo is uncharacteristically at a loss for words. “I cannot put into words the emotions... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
imagined and caused me to engage in work that (I hope) has been useful to others. Even disastrous moments in our lives, it seems, can be an opportunity for rebirth. Douglas Schofield is on the management committee and is head of the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
Program in response to last fall's terrorist attacks, was cosponsored by the HBS Social Enterprise and International Business and Development Clubs. In his dramatic introductory remarks, moderator Reynold Levy, president and CEO of the International Rescue View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes Abstract African Art
museums such as the Tate Modern showcase their works. “There is power in abstract art, not merely as a stylistic mode, but as a personal choice for generations of African-American artists,” says the former member of the Obama administration’s View Details
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
compensation committees for large corporations, sign lengthy public proxy statements, and are already under intense public scrutiny. Pay for performance, in theory, should be a win-win proposition for investors and managers alike. It is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
made in the context of significant trade-offs among these criteria that may lie ahead. Will this prompt a continuation of the proliferation of board committees on sustainability or its first cousin, risk? If so, will this just confuse... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
on the faculty at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business," Stuart says. "I was part of a committee examining why there wasn't a more vibrant life sciences industry in the Chicago area when all of the requisite... View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
possibly 2070, 40 years after the deadline the United Nations has called for. A member of the Indian Parliament and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, Sinha stunned his fellow panelists when he warned that by 2050, economic... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Celebrating HBS
More than five hundred alumni, guests, and friends of the School welcomed Dean Kim B. Clark and HBS faculty at campaign celebrations in Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta in the fall. With the help of local HBS clubs and sponsoring host View Details
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From Connections to Seats: The Journey of Diverse Board Candidates - Blog: RGE Report
who don't fit the traditional mold or lack access to these circles. A whole crop of diverse networking groups such as Harvard Business School’s Board Diversity Network has sprung up to help. “It has created an opportunity for executive talent to get smart about... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
administrators, and students," he notes. Toward that end, Dobron and SA Technology Committee chair Judy Stahl (MBA '96) helped put into place the School's new information technology platform, which included establishing a site on the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
production at the time. When I was coming up in the business, there wasn't any green light committee. It was really just the chairman of the studio decided what he or she wanted to get made. And he would hear input from everyone and make a decision. And now very much... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
her analytical skills to the social sector, she returned to Washington as director of program strategy and development at Teach For America. At HBS, Abramson has left her mark on a range of activities, from serving on the University View Details