by William Kerr - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2002
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New Porter Prize Awarded in Japan

Inc. and the Eye Care Company of Hoya Corporation placed first in the multibusiness company business-unit category. Established by the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi University and sponsored View Details

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Kraft Accelerator

registries can drive new disease insights and prove key in advancing early stage research. Wuxi NextCODE’s CMO Richard Williams talks about driving precision medicine research and how to handle, manage, and gain insights from the massive... View Details

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Introduction - The Medium - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

reflection of these times, must hold the germ of that power. Margaret Bourke-White, 1930 A number of early scientific management studies had relied on photography as a source of objective data, including the seminal analyses of worker movements found in compelling... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Health-Care Forum's Rx for US System

event was chaired by HBS professors Richard Hamermesh and Robert Huckman, with colleagues from Harvard University and Harvard Medical School. The goal of the gathering and the focus of its panels, said Hamermesh, were to come up with ways... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Books

and geopolitical change and uncertainty; compete on a global scale; and operate in a socially responsible and accountable manner. Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth by Regina M. Abrami, View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 05 Oct 2016
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Negotiating the Impossible: Break Deadlocks and Resolve Conflicts (without Money or Muscle)

Some negotiations are easy. Others are more difficult. And then there are situations that seem completely hopeless. Conflict is escalating, people are getting aggressive, and no one is willing to back down. To top it off, you have little power or other resources with... View Details

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Racial Equity Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

used by social media platforms, which may have coded rules that alter which faces are seen by users. Chyei Vinluan Former Postdoctoral Fellow of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Chyei Vinluan... View Details

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

and Work Symposium. The Structured World and the Self Elizabeth Haines Elizabeth Haines, Professor of Psychology at William Paterson University, presents "Why so Sticky?" at the 2017 Gender and Work Symposium. Elizabeth Haines, Professor... View Details

14 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Business Summit: China in the Global Economy

Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderator: William C. Kirby, HBS Faculty... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby

01 Dec 2012
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Kaplan Named Senior Associate Dean

Robert S. Kaplan, a professor of management practice, has been named Senior Associate Dean for External Relations, joining Professor William A. Sahlman in that role. Kaplan also serves as faculty chair of campaign planning for the... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2016
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Making Progress on Strategic Priorities

The Harvard Business School Campaign has played a critical role in advancing the School’s mission through the “Five I” strategic priorities. Selected highlights of new activities made possible by generous support from alumni and friends... View Details

2019
Report

A Recovery Squandered: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2019

By: Michael E. Porter, Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, Katherine M. Gehl, William R. Kerr and Manjari Raman

In this report, the authors synthesize their views on U.S. competitiveness and unveil the findings of the 2019 HBS surveys on U.S. competitiveness. Specifically, this report—built on the survey findings and eight years of prior research on the competitiveness of the... View Details

Keywords: U.S. Competitiveness; Competitive Strategy; Macroeconomics; Government and Politics; United States

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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

, Deloitte Joanna Barsh , McKinsey & Company Roby Ely (moderator) , Harvard Business School Panel: Organizational Change Lesley Perlow , Harvard Business School Helping Women by Helping Men, Improving Lives View Details

4:30 PM – 9 PM EST, 11 Dec 2014
Campaign

A Vision for the 21st Century - HBS in Atlanta

Thursday, December 11, 2014 Schedule of Events 4:30 PM Registration Opens 5:00 - 6:00 PM HBS Today Experience HBS with Professor William A. Sahlman (MBA 1975) and a student perspective. 6:30 - 7:30 PM A Vision for the 21st Century... View Details

07 Oct 2014
News

Network Effect

philanthropy, organized by Professor William Sahlman. He and Armour have also attended several conferences on the HBS campus devoted to nonprofits working to fight specific diseases. Attendees come away with... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

Student-Profile

Celia Stafford

Celia Stafford (she/her) has always been intrigued by author William Gibson’s assertion that the future has already arrived—it’s just not evenly distributed. “There is so much knowledge and expertise in the... View Details

20 May 2008
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Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot

it also aims at Amherst College, Boston College, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smith College, Tufts University, Wellesley College, and Williams College. Across the country, 67 other colleges and universities... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Nov 2015
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Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

work, in particular the relationship between investors and management. It was that dynamic that propelled him to HBS three years later. “HBS kicked my butt,” he recalls, recalling his experiences with professors Michael Porter, Jeffry Timmins, View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

30 Sep 2014
News

Life Lessons on the Open Seas

to the program’s success, including learning how to think outside the box to solve complex problems, as well as developing strategies for marrying the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. He cites Professor William Sahlman's principles... View Details