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- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
the focal ESG issue, even though such proposals nearly never received majority support. Improvements occur across both material and immaterial issues. Proposals on immaterial issues are associated with subsequent declines in firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals
like. Plan for any limitations on your ability to move away from Boston for summer internships and consider your job search and networking efforts accordingly. Overall, HLS and HBS are very supportive of students with families, and... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?
encourage companies to set lower salaries, hold firm on initial offers, and prevent expensive renegotiations. By publicly setting pay parameters at the outset, employees “know when you get a job offer, it’s not a negotiable topic,” says... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52164 forthcoming Explorations in Economic History Prizes, Patents and the Search for Longitude By: Burton, M. Diane, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—The 1714 Longitude Act created the Board... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
joined venture capital firm 500 Global as partner in its newly opened offices in a renovated factory near Cairo University. Founded in Silicon Valley in 2010, with $2.8 billion in assets under management, 500 Global had already invested... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
Above: Dowling at home in New York City: “There’s no one model for being a working parent.” Daisy Dowling (MBA 2002) had built a successful career in leadership development and executive coaching at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Nohria’s Next Move
In a message to the HBS community this week, former Dean Nitin Nohria shared his next chapter. “I am pursuing a new adventure as the Executive Chairman of Thrive Capital, a firm that invests in and builds... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973
an executive who understood technology, knew how to market it, and had the leadership skills to take on difficult challenges, she also focused on paving the way for more women. “I see it as a virtuous circle,” she says. “People help you,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer
How can a company from an emerging economy manage to make waves in global business? Ask Embraer. The Brazilian firm also known as Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. is the fourth largest commercial aircraft manufacturer in the world,... View Details
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise - MBA
for the 2024 Africa Business Conference. With my co-director, we drafted the objectives and summary of the panel based on trends in the field and sourced senior executives in both telecommunications and fintech startups. To have direct... View Details
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
Service Excellence to the GCC Tanfeeth, a business process outsourcing (BPO) firm in the United Arab Emirates, was founded in July 2011 as a fully owned subsidiary of Emirates NBD, the largest bank in the Gulf Corporation Council. When... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Company Loyalty
describe them at our Wednesday-morning staff meeting and ask, 'Who has the interest and time to tackle this?'" says Garry Curtis, executive vice president at Washington, D.C.-based public relations firm... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Groysberg studied was whether or not star knowledge workers can move from firm to firm and remain high performers. "It was like being in search of Bigfoot - the professional... View Details
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
stars, Groysberg says the evidence "strongly suggests the wisdom of hiring from firms with similar orientations and lesser or equivalent quality" that are less "resource-rich" than one's own, with every effort made to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
As the COVID-19 virus pandemic began to sweep across the world, Doug McMillon and his team at Walmart watched in horror. Suddenly, they realized, tomorrow would be nothing like “business as usual” and everything in the company’s marketing plan, from retail View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
Abstract—The article discusses the notion of advertising as a profession in relation to the impact of digital analytics and data-driven marketing. Topics include the history of internet marketing, the investments of the content-driven internet View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Healthcare Executives in 2017. William C. Kirby : Awarded a Dr. Phil. Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate) by Hong Kong Baptist University in 2017. Nancy F. Koehn : Recipient of the 2017 Jennie F. McLaughlin Award for Lifelong Learning from... View Details
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
healthcare. After eight years in leadership roles at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Rentas joined the New York State Executive Chamber as Assistant Director of Health in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. She has since returned to... View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
design and development firm (and once one of the largest in the business), to help turn it around after a series of crises that had seriously threatened its survival. Pearson has personally invested in the firm, re-organized many aspects... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
medical schools continue to focus on the basic sciences, to the exclusion of such managerial topics as running effective teams. The approach to executing reform appears to assume that practice managers and entrepreneurs can undertake the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace