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08 May 2020
Research & Ideas

We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years

This month marks the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of my “What do you think?” column. The Working Knowledge website was the brainchild of a faculty and staff committee organized in 2000 by then Dean Kim Clark to communicate the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Steve Alden

Professor Hal Scott, director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. "We're looking at the impact of 'mark-to-market' [or fair-value accounting] on the current crisis," says Steve. "Is there a better method that... View Details

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

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

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

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Patrick Chun

Center, thinking through ways students interested in entrepreneurship can be better served by the school as a whole." Overall, Patrick views his student government experience as a lesson in leadership and teams. "The executive View Details

30 Oct 2015
Blog Post

4 Takeaways from HBS

be successful – our values, our priorities, our personal lives, and our passions. Another example was student-led. The Joint Committee on Diversity organized a program called “HBS Speaks,” a series of monologues about different identities... 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

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

meetings and repeat frequently that the Internet is overhyped. Form a committee to create a new corporate Internet offering, staff it with people from unrelated areas who are already doing five other things, and don't release them from... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

companies. 26 As head of the Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II, Bush enlisted Polaroid in the cause, and the company entered into a contract with the National Defense Research Committee to create a range of... View Details

30 Apr 2021
News

Revealing the Rules

in that promotion committee in order to be even considered? I would encourage managers to think about the extent to which what they’re preaching is in alignment with what they’re actually valuing in the workplace—and to what extent it’s... View Details

26 Aug 2016
News

Connecting with the Past

for all of Poland?’ He hesitatingly responded, ‘Let’s start small,’” Diamond recalls. “In the next few years, we signed a formal agreement with the archives.” As activities grew, JRI-Poland formed an executive committee and Diamond took... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Aug 1998
News

Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

the heritage my father left us," says Bertarelli, who has led the Ares-Serono Group, already strong, to even greater heights. During the last five years he has formed a management executive committee and reorganized the firm "to prepare... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

four factors allows special committees and their advisors to assess the degree to which the playing field is level in an MBO, and (by extension) the extent to which a market canvass can provide a meaningful check on the buyout price. This... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

committee chair is attempting to understand the complexity of the portfolio and the risks that might be present. How should the risks of these sophisticated strategies be measured? And, in particular, what risks is the endowment exposed... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

transportation infrastructure. In addition, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., announced a plan to rework the tax code and dedicate $126.5 billion to fund highway and infrastructure investment. Although the two... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation; Air Transportation; Auto

24 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

customers, and helping to guide my organization through major changes. Looking back, I’m proud of the role I played in building such a successful company in my field, and I’m equally proud of the personal life I built with my family. I’m also grateful to have chaired... View Details

24 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

faculty are heavily invested in the design of courses and then guide others, perhaps alums or skilled adjuncts, in the delivery of project-based learning." Faculty Committee Studies Options The School's next steps are now in the... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

01 Oct 2000
News

Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance

improvement in the areas of communication with consumers, operational efficiency, and product availability, as well as renovation and innovation throughout the company. In addition to his financial duties, he helps to implement Internet-based initiatives for Nestlé and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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