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- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
general, existing law is adequate. The main problem lies in the failure by boards to follow procedures that would hold managements accountable for company performance. This could be improved by focusing on... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
Opportunities abound for large companies looking to expand into Latin America. But risks remain, and the development of better capital markets is needed to attract more investment, according to panelists at the "Growth Opportunities... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
eight major North American and European financial services companies as well as an international internet survey in collaboration with journals and organizations. The present paper gives an overview of the initial findings of 61... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Photographs & Prints | Baker Library
supplement classroom instruction at the Harvard Business School, where there was an increasing focus on industrial relations during the 1930s. United Fruit Company Photograph Collection Documents the United Fruit Company’s operations and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952
Founding Partner, U.S. Venture Partners Earlier Education: B.A., Economics, Stanford University, 1950 On Leadership: “Don’t run out of money.” Bill Bowes has had three careers — each leading to the next. Twenty-five years of investment View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry
to lead the operations of such popular chains as Friendly’s Ice Cream, Johnny Rockets, Pizzeria Uno, Smashburger, Wahlburgers (led by CEO Cedric Vanzura, MBA 1990), Pieology, and Upper Crust. Panera was sold earlier this month to Europe’s JAB View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
German Family to Give $11M After Learning Extent of Nazi Past
After an internal investigation revealed his company’s historic ties to Nazi Germany, JAB Holdings’ managing partner Peter Harf (MBA 1974) announced that the company intends to donate 10 million euros to a yet-to-be-determined charity.... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Laser focus on medical breakthroughs
Dr. Marlene Krauss (MBA 1967, MD 1979) is one of the first female graduates of HBS and the first person to hold both an MD and an MBA degree from Harvard University. She combines business skills and medical knowledge in her work as a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Noted & Quoted
“These board fees for [health] insurance companies are off the reservation.” — HBS professor F. Warren McFarlan, arguing that nonprofit board service should be about giving “time, talent, and treasure,” not compensation. (Boston Globe,... View Details
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Porter Prize South Korea - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Healthcare Prize What Others Are Saying Porter Prize South Korea Porter Prize South Korea The Porter Prize for Excellence in CSV honors companies and institutions that pursue both economic and social values. History of the prize in South... View Details
Arjun Chopra
Arjun Chopra is a Partner at Floodgate. He leads the firm’s investments in opportunities that transform the “IT stack” in ways that help companies change the way they do business and compete. Before Floodgate, Arjun was the CTO at... View Details
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A Life’s Work | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Chertavian founded Year Up. With 15 U.S. cities and counting, Year Up seeks to help young urban adults reach their full potential through a one-year program that provides hands-on IT and professional skills development, college credits, and corporate internships with... View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
quarter to prepare for that growth, adding staff and taking scores of inbound inquiries for Banyan’s services. “How does a bank quickly grow its portfolio while managing risk?” she asked. “They should definitely leverage technology and... View Details
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Andreas Jaegle
Science. There, Andreas discovered an appetite for leadership, becoming president of the student-run Business Society in his second year, in which he “organized more than sixty events, including a trip to New York City.” After graduation, Andreas experimented with... View Details
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
Kellner (soon to succeed Bethune as CEO), Deborah McCoy, and others. Akin Ongor had Saide Kuzeyli, executive vice-president of human resources, as his sidekick-in-chief; she shared the duties of coaching the people of Garanti Bank to... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
Reserve Bank of Chicago’s imposing building to discuss with thought leaders and entrepreneurs the impacts of climate change on the agricultural sector of the American Midwest. “Climate change forces us to confront the relationships... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. (MBA 1988)
Black Enterprise is a multimedia company with the mission to ensure that everyone can act on the opportunities this country has provided to so many. Our tagline is “Wealth for life.” My father launched Black Enterprise in 1970 with a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?
firms hold twice as much cash in reserve, on average, as large, privately held firms. To come to his counterintuitive conclusion, Farre-Mensa analyzed 4,259 public firms and 25,477 private ones—the latter through a new collection of... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
in the history of the U.S. banking system. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/12-106_d9833135-0192-4c99-abab-476fa0ea84a2.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsSay on Pay at The Walt Disney View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
exploit a quasi-natural experiment that holds constant the information event across firms, but varies the availability of a major news outlet in local markets. We find that firms subject to the threat of slanted coverage suppress the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne