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- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
cannot be a leader if you’re not aware.” One way that mass incarceration can impact big businesses, says Jack, is when prison labor is part of a company’s portfolio. In her role at Head of Equity Research at NorthStar Asset Management,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
program in the 1960s to his role today as president and CEO of Pioneer Group, which creates affordable housing through the renovation and preservation of historic buildings in the American Midwest. Freeman grew up in a small Kansas town,... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
results in a short period of time. One of the biggest surprises at HBS, Oakes remarks, was learning about the creative aspects of financing — an important tool in her current role at BCC. “Part of our focus is on crafting innovative... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
Khan Academy across 190 countries and 50 languages. In this special edition of Skydeck honoring recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award, Associate Editor Julia Hanna talks to Khan about how the nonprofit got its start and the role it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
stockholders. The notion that the board must somehow balance the interests of other stakeholders fundamentally misconstrues the role of directors. It is, moreover, an unworkable notion because it would leave the board with no criterion... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
What is the connection to the gangs of Soweto, and how is the nefarious and powerful Imam Abed Al-Kumein involved? What is one of the largest investment banks in South Africa’s role and who is the mysterious hacker, Vladimir Al-Masri? To... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
Exchange. "The role of intellectual capital is more important in this business than any other, except perhaps the pharmaceutical and computer science industries. Oil is a hugely volatile commodity that very few people want to play in, so... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
studies (see sidebar). I recently had a chance to talk with Nohria about his formative years, the opportunities he sees ahead for the School, and his views on the role of business in society. What follows is an edited version of that... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
cannot be successful unless they show vulnerability, are consistent, take time to be balanced, have a vision, and embrace their role as decision-makers. In the 2010 case “Toby Johnson: Leading After School,” Johnson, with military service... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
this and other questions will no doubt generate further investigations regarding the role creativity plays in organizations and how managers can best cultivate and deploy it in the workplace. “In business, people can go only so far by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
Clinton’s advance staff, experience launching a low-cost airline in China, and time at UBS Warburg’s London office. Ogden, whose CV includes various roles in finance and the nonprofit sector, worked most recently for Bridges Ventures, a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
aware of the potential ramifications if the player-safety issue is not resolved satisfactorily. "At the NFL level, it's a priority to make the game better and safer through rule and equipment improvements," O'Reilly declares. He speaks proudly of his View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
terms of direct practical benefits.” But report-writing courses were dogged over the years by confusion about what they should accomplish and how; shifting standards of evaluation and grading; faculty ambivalence about the courses’ role... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
social impact is important and deeply satisfying for many alumni. That’s what we’re interested in understanding and sharing, for the benefit of students who are looking for role models as well as for alumni who are eager to make a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice
rarity in academia. Providing this opportunity and ensuring the School remains a leader in research that influences practice is a top priority. Donor support of pathbreaking research through the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation plays a critical View Details
- 18 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Gains New Insight Into Africa
Business Club with Josh Sandler (MBA/MPA-ID 2016), he worked to deepen the School’s connection to the area and says, “HBS can play an important role in showing its students that there is more than one side to the story of Africa.” For 18... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Dean Jay Light Takes Charge at HBS
and programs. Appointed by Harvard President Lawrence Summers as the interim Dean, Light has served the School in a variety of senior leadership roles during his 35 years on the faculty. Asked what’s impressed him most about his latest... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
What’s Next for You?
to sustain.” Once that internal motivation is identified, the transition to a new role — whether in the corporate world or in areas such as academia, government service, or the nonprofit sector — can still be tricky. “As an MBA, you have... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Leaning In to Gender Equity
power. Sandberg looks at what psychologists have to say about how women lose out when it comes to power dynamics, the different rules women follow in negotiations, and the social stigma they encounter for straying too far from the homestead. Men have a View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
Utah’s coal country, where three generations of Rileys have mined and where his family still lives. But Riley thinks Guzman Energy has a role to play in that transition. “I’m trying to cultivate a culture inside the reusable-energy sector... View Details