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2019
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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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01 Sep 2003
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Alumni Bookshelf

Authentic Leadership by William W. (“Bill”) George (MBA ’66) (Jossey-Bass) Drawing from a decade of experience as CEO and chairman of medical technology company Medtronic, George analyzes the causes of the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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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

03 Apr 2015
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Texas Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

with classmates and meet other alumni in the region, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, HBS Campaign Chair John B. Hess (MBA 1977), Texas Regional Chair Harold M.... View Details

22 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 22

Glaeser, William R. Kerr, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto Publication:Journal of Urban Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Employment growth is strongly predicted by smaller average establishment size, both across... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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 Apr 1996
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New Releases

preference curves. A Critical Guide to Management Training Videos and Selected Multimedia, 1996 edited by William Ellet and Laura Winig (HBS Press) Looking for a training video? A Critical Guide to... View Details

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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

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

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

09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

has been little empirical evidence on the propensity with which core-periphery structures are observed in practice, the factors that explain differences in the design of such structures, or the manner in which these structures evolve over time. We address this gap... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2005
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Will He or Won’t He?

There’s another guessing game going on in Washington, and it doesn’t involve the direction of the Supreme Court. Give up? It’s all about how Christopher Cox (MBA ’76), chosen by President George W. Bush (MBA ’75) to head the SEC, will... View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Dec 2008
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Summit Sound Bites

brain as well as left brain.” —Anand Mahindra (MBA ’81), Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. “This notion of the golden parachute — I wish we could just voluntarily all agree we’re not going to do that anymore, because it doesn’t make any... View Details

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MOC Faculty - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

MOC course at Harvard was created by Professor Michael Porter and is taught by distinguished faculty from Harvard Business School and the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. Michael Porter, Bishop... View Details

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

Keywords: awards

01 Oct 1999
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Running on empty

Does an invention that would guarantee motorists they'd never run out of gas sound like a good investment? Hundreds of venture capital firms didn't think so, but that didn't stop Maryland retiree William Hubbard (MBA '49), a former... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies

details). His service to HBS is long–standing: In 1981, he and his classmate, Fayez Sarofim, funded the first professorship at HBS in the field of entrepreneurship (which has been held by Howard H. Stevenson since its inception). From... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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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

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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

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