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- 01 Mar 2012
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Faculty Books
True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development by Bill George and Doug Baker (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Incorporating recent research in psychology and sociology, George and his coauthor explain why a True...
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- 01 Mar 2010
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Jensen Donates Grant
HBS professor emeritus Michael Jensen, an influential expert in the areas of agency theory, organizational design, and incentives, was awarded the 2009 Morgan Stanley–American Finance Association Award for Excellence in Financial...
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- 01 May 2015
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Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
Difference stories of alumni, faculty, and student impact. Also, so far, more than 22,500 alumni and friends have made gifts of all sizes toward the Campaign’s financial goals. Continuing the inspiring and celebratory nature of the...
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- 22 Sep 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
“My work is about making competitive businesses out of ‘lost causes,’” wrote Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) in a Class Notes post announcing his 2013 career move, from private development consultant to lead View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams
early 2020. But it will happen. “I tell my kids, one day you guys are going to ride a metro,” Mawilmada says. “Just know that I was a part of it in some small way.” Development in Colombo’s historic Fort district, the city’s commercial...
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Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae;
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Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- 24 Apr 2014
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A commitment to conservation supports the bottom line
sustainability. “We strongly believe in the appeal of a strategy that achieves the goals of both purely financial investors and mission-driven investors, as it allows us to access more capital and have a greater impact,” explains Hoffer....
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- 01 Dec 2010
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Eight Join HBS Faculty
England, that develops payment systems for handheld devices. Torfason received his doctoral training from Columbia Business School. Gwen Yu, an assistant professor in the Accounting & Management Unit, teaches the first-year course View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
Zone (HCZ) and Youth Villages. The HCZ started modestly in the early 1990s with the idea of providing a range of support services to address the problems of poor families living in a single block of New York City. As one of Bridgespan’s early clients, HCZ needed help...
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- 01 Jun 2003
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Portraits from the Class of 2003
Srivatsa Krishna "I believe my life will have value only if it can add value to the lives of others." Currently: on sabbatical from the Indian Administrative Service, India's elite top management civil service cadre Hometown: New Delhi Occasional Columnist: Business...
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- 01 Mar 2010
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Déjà Vu All Over Again
Financial Crises, 1830s–1930s” uses letters, photos, cartoons, old money, and legislative documents to chart four economic implosions that occurred in 1837, 1873, 1907, and 1929. While offering a fascinating glimpse into the unique...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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The power of storytelling can be a catalyst in advocating for the rights of women
Khana and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women and Foreign Policy program, Lemmon uses this power to make the case that investing in women is an economic, security and development imperative. “I want to reshape the...
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- 01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1998
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Short Takes
HBS professor Michael Beer and Harvard University doctoral candidate Nancy Katz report on a survey of 205 executives from 30 countries in industries such as manufacturing, retail, and financial and professional services. The survey...
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Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Sep 2008
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Mara Aspinall
pharmaceutical companies focused their R&D on treatments for common illnesses — such as diabetes and high cholesterol — an approach that resulted in the development of blockbuster drugs. We now recognize that diseases are far more complex...
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- 01 Sep 2007
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Paulson Speaks on China at HBS
intellectual property protection, and domestic consumption. In addition, Paulson said, the Chinese will not “be able to develop the financial markets and banks they want unless they have a currency that...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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Water for Life
has invested over $1 billion in laying 2,000 miles of water lines and building 33 wastewater treatment plants while returning strong profits for shareholders. Equally important, the company has emerged as a model for integrating financial...
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- 23 Apr 2018
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Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
leadership of the Costa Rica–based university in January 2017. To this most recent task, he brings his entrepreneurial mindset, global perspective, and firm belief in the power of young people to change the world. The innovative university focuses on View Details
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Deborah Blagg
- 22 Jul 2019
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A Way Forward for Women
cohort. They were great for education, she recalls, but progress was slow as far as gaining seats. So, Hagemann, CEO of Executive Development Associates, created a directory of the 2016 and 2017 WOB participants so the women could connect...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2024
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Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive View Details
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
develop a high-level blueprint of the IT systems, decide where to locate and how to lay out floor plans, set up relationships with suppliers, and design a management system and scorecard with which to run the new organization. Oui, La...
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