Power And Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2004
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Inside Executive Search

How do executive search firms work? It’s well known that most senior management, CEO, and board positions are filled by these organizations, but given the confidential nature of their work, they often conduct their business with utmost... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

01 Mar 2005
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Ideas: Books

Bananas and Business by Marcelo Bucheli (New York University Press) Based on research in the archives of the United Fruit Company in Colombia, Bucheli, a Newcomen Fellow in Business History at HBS, disproves the idea that the firm was... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2020
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In Review

disseminate our research in new ways, including blogs, video cases, podcasts, and large-scale events in Klarman Hall. Internationalization? We inherited a powerful international platform from my predecessors... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Fueling a sustainable enterprise in Brazil

Ana Maria Diniz (OPM 36, 2007) found a way to convert elephant grass into clean energy. She combined her interest in renewable energy and her keen business sense to cofound Sykué Bioenergya SA, which provides equivalent View Details

01 Mar 2006
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The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could

restaurateur, broke, and with a wife and four young children at home, Rogers converted his aging Porsche into desperately needed cash to cinch the best deal he ever made — ownership of Dreyer’s Grand Ice... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2017
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A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup

URLs. “Names have the ability to cross international boundaries, and the naming and branding sectors have ballooned over the past three decades,” says Master. “The power of a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2017
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In Service of Others

decisions you made, where your word is your bond,” says Zak. About eight weeks into his first year at HBS, Zak began to appreciate the extraordinary power of engaging with his classmates and professors. “I... View Details

09 Jan 2020
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Advancing Change

Outside the Building, Kanter profiles many such people, including Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981), the president and CEO of Sesame Workshop who brought the power of Sesame Street to refugee children, View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Ink

holders; they’re the media. That fourth branch of government is the one that stays in Washington for life, exerting its influence on the way that town works.” Classic Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Leaders must be strategists first

behavioral aspects of leading a firm—building organizations and influencing people. Montgomery wants to change that approach, teaching leaders to ask the question, What will this firm be, View Details

01 Sep 2008
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In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care

PORTER WITH RWANDA’S PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME: Beyond best practices, understanding principles of global health-care delivery. It’s no surprise to find HBS professor Michael Porter meeting with powerful people who seek his ear View Details

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2017
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The Shape of Things to Come

their lives and their ambitions, it invariably makes them think, “Maybe I could do much more.” Part of that is professional success, but part of that is also private. What difference do you want to make? Is it related to your community?... View Details

Keywords: HBX; CORe; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2018
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Preparing Our Students for a Changing World

to understand the technology cycle, which is often influenced by ideas generated by former members of the military. Only months before he would graduate and launch his own venture, Michael Orzetti (MBA 2018)... View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa

the family. “My grandmother ran a few Head Start centers in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s,” Clarke says. “And my mother was a teacher, then a principal, and eventually a superintendent in a poor area of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 1999
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Q & A: Herb Kohl

campaign finance reform? I'm very supportive of it. Money is way too important here in Washington. People who contribute the most influence legislation the most. And that's obviously contrary to our... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Sep 2020
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Saving Grace

capitalism—one that prioritizes social inclusion, health and well-being, and environmental protections—is going to be the more profitable approach in the long term, Savova says. That in turn would lead to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2010
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Making a Difference

faster. Associate Editor Julia Hanna’s interview with Catalyst president and CEO Ilene Lang (MBA ’73) reveals how the New York–based global research and policy nonprofit is advancing the cause of women in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta

25 Feb 2020
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Research Brief: May I Ask Your Advice?

implicit effort to not seem negative, but reserving that input has performance consequences later on,” Whillans says. “A better understanding of how advice-seeking closes those gaps would be a really powerful effect of this work.” For... View Details