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- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
since—"an intermezzo," she calls it—to do volunteer public advocacy work in behalf of people with physical disabilities and chronic pain. She has participated in roundtable discussions with national pain experts and disability sessions... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Faculty Books
cost-effective responses to climate change. The studies are part of a discussion of how such acceleration might best be accomplished and the role that public policy and government might play in supporting innovation. Henderson, the John... View Details
Keywords: Utilities
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Morgan provides a candid account of the election and the later transition to democratic self-governance. He discusses the security measures protecting the election, which was a defeat for al-Qaeda and terrorist insurgents trying to hinder... View Details
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
facing down the pressures of investors and Wall Street analysts. As Gaurav Goel puts it, "Steve's successors would need courage and confidence to do things differently." In particular, there will be a critical period until the new View Details
- Profile
Brittani Rettig
comment—so embarrassing. However, it sparked a really interesting discussion among our section and brought us together in a sort of familial way. Business leadership is more than generating a profit; it is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
sector that thrives on anecdotal evidence. Here, the professors discuss what their findings mean for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and innovation. Today, the VC industry is still small in absolute terms: Less than one quarter of 1... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
In contrast, we find no increase in crimes against men or gender-neutral crimes. We also examine the effectiveness of alternative forms of political representation: large-scale membership of women in local councils affects crime against them more than their presence in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
In his new book, Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter, Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Gautam Mukunda addresses the question of whether leaders create history or are created by it. In this excerpt from Chapter One, he View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Introducing the HBS Heartland Club
In the traditional sense of the term, the Heartland has referred to any U.S. state that doesn’t touch an ocean. At HBS, the Heartland Club’s focus is even broader. Our focus is on specific regions in the United States that are underrepresented in the HBS student body.... View Details
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
They also tell me that the problems we discuss in class force them to integrate and apply many of the concepts they learn at HBS—strategy, governance, leadership and organizational behavior, operations,... View Details
- 30 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Health Care Initiative at HBS
coffee chats with CEOs, and treks to New York and San Francisco to meet with cutting edge companies. The club is one of the largest at HBS, and in my perhaps biased opinion, one of the most well-organized clubs on campus. I love meeting with former students, now... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP and the Bonus of Climate Educator Collaboration
collaborative and inspiring. At this year’s Summit, we did a deep dive into the challenges we face in advancing our efforts, as well as our successes in a discussion led by Charlene Zietsma, Faculty Director at Michigan’s Erb Institute... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Committed To HBS’s Success
Keeping HBS Competitive Mel Tukman (MBA 1966), a longtime supporter of Harvard Business School, recognizes the far-reaching impact of the School’s mission. He is committed to helping HBS continue to attract and cultivate the best minds—from the professors who lead case... View Details
- 24 Oct 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
himself and 3 colleagues? One idea: Don't make life too comfortable for them. Key concepts include: The Medici String Quartet combines great human achievement, extreme conditions, and intense collaboration. The topic of creative View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
people who are gaining access everyday," Davis noted, "it's making the personal computer revolution in the early 1980s look tame." Titled "The Digital Field of Dreams," Cyberposium '97 was cochaired by Mike Dodd and Thomas Hoegh (both Class of 1997). They provided... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
- 07 Oct 2011
- News
Tea’s Time
the launch of FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development) at HBS this fall. “You learn so much in the field,” she says. “Classroom discussion is invaluable, but it’s really different when... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
reasons why HBS decided to take a leadership role in organizing and implementing EDP. "The program has energetic CEO support in the person of Jim Wolfensohn, a focus on top-rank managers, and a global orientation," he explains. "It... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
expose minority youngsters to the same opportunities I had,” he explains. At HBS, Sundy has served his classmates as cochair of the Leadership and Values Initiative. “I believe in empowering people by involving them,” he says. “That means... View Details
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
profitable and successful companies I know are rigorous about driving simplicity and driving out complexity ." Charles Green continues the discussion by suggesting, "The really interesting question raised is: if profitability is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
as well. In addition, interviews at five of the branches supported the findings. Speaking to an audience of other Harvard faculty at the HBS Faculty Research Symposium on May 25, Ely discussed the bank study as well as the complexity of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace