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- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
posted on walls and websites by using their codified set of values and principles as a strategic guidance system. They gain business advantages from actions they take based on the societal responsibility these statements imply, as Banco...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
failing," he said. "Begin with the end in mind, and remember that faith is power—you have to believe in something, whether it's fruit flies or God." Beverly Anderson (HBS MBA '97) had ten years of experience in financial...
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by Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham on September 11
“We cover the financial community as our beat,” says CNBC president and CEO Pamela Thomas-Graham (MBA ’88/JD’89). “So in many ways the terrorist attacks felt very personal to us as a news organization.” After doing a headcount to...
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- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
learnings captured in his recent book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High Performance Companies. READ MORE Flint: Why don't we start by talking about what you mean by deep purpose and how it’s different from the mission statements...
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What We Do | Research Associates
2:28 Field Research Project Improving Financial Services for Low-Income Families Just a few weeks after I was hired as an RA, I went out to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where we coordinated with a local nonprofit that sets up free tax View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot’s ARD holding a significant stake, the company had some 63 European financial institutions and banks as shareholders. Management included a stellar group of French business luminaries. The EED investment port-folio grew over time,...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Making Dreams Attainable
Illustration by David Vogin HBS believes that leadership talent is more evenly distributed than opportunity across society and the world, and takes the approach that preparing future leaders for today’s challenges depends on having a broad range of perspectives shared...
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- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
foundation for understanding the use of and accounting for more complex derivatives. Specific issues raised include (1) the financial statement impact of hedge accounting; (2) motivations for using...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
diversity and inclusion are mission statements and the existence of Employee Resource Groups. Mission statements and company values are often publicly accessible on organizations’ websites. Evaluate if your...
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- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Illinois has serious financial issues, Chicagoland has far more vitality, economic activity, and interaction between downtown and the suburbs than Detroit. In terms of basic infrastructure, (water, bridges, and roads, for example), cities...
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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
John C. Sawhill Remembered
seminar Effective Leadership of Social Enterprises prepared students for leadership roles in nonprofit management. Of his work at HBS, Sawhill once commented, "I want to expose students to leaders who have been effective at strengthening...
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- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
procedures to start a business declining from 15 to 5. Equally good news was that the average time to prepare and pay taxes declined from 264 to 193 hours over the same period. The Failures This is all good news and, in theory, should...
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by George Serafeim
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
management, issuing a new mission statement that described its purpose as “to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.” Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business came to define its primary educational goal as View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
Agarwala and Varma, developed proprietary financial planning software, and set up an online tax filing system that quickly made iTrust a leading tax preparation service. Offline, Agarwala and Varma steered...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
initiative that creates unprecedented intellectual, logistical, and financial challenges. Gifts to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation play a critical part in enabling such ambitious undertakings, which help ensure that the School...
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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog
5. Travel dates : Arrive Sunday, January 5 and Depart Thursday, January 16 Course Fee: $3,500 Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid is...
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- 11 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Leadership and Diversity at HBS
After working in financial services for nearly six years, I realized that the skills needed to succeed for the next 20 years of my career were likely to be different than the ones required at the junior ranks. It was important that I...
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- November 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Supplement
Oriflame S.A. (C)
By: David F. Hawkins and Karol Misztal
Notes from Oriflame's 2009 annual report relevant to the assessment of the monetary impact of Oriflame's FX risk management actions.
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Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
International Accounting;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Annual Reports;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Risk Management;
Standards;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Karol Misztal. "Oriflame S.A. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-052, November 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy—and the Way to Renew Our Broken System By Raymond W. Baker (MBA 1960) Berrett-Koehler Publishers Over the last half century, capitalism has created...
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Annual Report 2017 - Annual Report 2017
pressing challenges. Full Report Financial Statements AUG 2016 Global Alumni Leadership Summit Alumni of the School’s comprehensive leadership programs—the Advanced Management Program, General Management...
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