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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
One of my first assignments was to rewrite a case that Dean McArthur had written early in his career. I was surprised when the editor informed me that the Dean had asked to meet me. No other faculty member—before or since—has made time... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Faculty Books for December 2016
Introduction to Financial Accounting: Review Quizzes and Practice Exams by V.G. Narayanan (Self-published) This book provides practice multiple choice questions on introductory accounting topics. It can be used to prepare for quizzes and... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Corporate Success
a 2016 report on corporate diversity, black men and women account for only 4.7 percent of executive team members in the Fortune 100, although African Americans make up 13.2 percent of the US population. And only 1 percent—that’s five... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
presence," reports Martha B. Achenbaum, associate director of MBA Admissions. "For example, the HBS Club of Paris has been hosting an information reception for many years, and these sessions are very well-attended," she says. Achenbaum... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Notebook
if you walk into Best Buy and purchase a cell phone, we run your credit score and activate the account so you can walk out with a phone that’s ready to use. We tie together the retailers that sell digital services with the providers of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
Illustration by Neil Webb About a year before he reached retirement, Frank Chapman started mapping out the travels he and his wife envisioned for their golden years. A career accountant for British telecom companies, he thought it best to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 08 Dec 2015
- News
Living the Legacy
basic accounting that is coming in handy at the moment. She points out that, in addition to handling advance payments, dealing with the challenges of raising capital, scouting locations, and building clientele will all draw from her CORe... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
spending in and around the parks. Using a more comprehensive approach that also takes into account indirect or passive use—in other words, our desire for the parks to always be there for us and our children, whether or not we visit... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS
result in a special issue of the Journal of Accounting and Economics.” “It is critical for us to understand the relationships between our economic systems and the natural environment, and to figure out the leadership and governance... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Lab. And that may just be the answer to developing a strong small-business sector in emerging markets. In more developed markets, a bank can make loan decisions based on credit scores, that three-digit distillation of a lifetime of bill payment habits and bank View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
everything. I would get in at 6 a.m. to clean the office and make coffee, and then just do whatever needed to be done in order to move the ball forward, from sales and marketing to finance and accounting (top of my mind during the first... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
roles and responsibilities of business, and the limitations of models and markets. And they need leadership skills informed by self-awareness and self-reflection. “To remain relevant,” continues Garvin, the C. Roland Christensen Professor... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Reinventing the Annual Report
types of narratives, and lots of pretty pictures. The amount of detail and the level of complexity in the financial section have grown considerably in response to the increasing onslaught of accounting rules and regulations. What’s more,... View Details
Keywords: Robert G. Eccles
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
surgeons, and Vanya hoping to solve the final puzzles of Einstein's elusive theory of relativity, can they bear to leave the homeland that has given them so much? Grounded in real history—and inspired by the solar eclipse of 1914—A Bend in the Stars offers a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Campaign Passes Goal, Continues
In addition, our new first-year course in leadership and corporate accountability is influencing business schools everywhere. The cost of being a pioneer in all these domains is high.” HBS, he noted, continually strives to improve its... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
awards drives a sharp increase in CEO compensation. 1992 The SEC requires more disclosure of executive compensation, particularly stock options and perks. With more information in public view, the rules trigger an unintended upward pay... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Reinventing Marketing
becoming the victim of its own success, according to the leaders of the Marketing unit at HBS. "Advances in technology and fundamental changes in how products and services are delivered are enabling other disciplines - such as manufacturing, sales, even View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
such as corporate governance, the relationship between values and leadership, corporate accountability and the challenges of financial disclosure, executive compensation, and the role of intermediaries in capital markets. Through our... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
a Ph.D. (1968) in economics, finance, and accounting from the University of Chicago. Alvin J. Silk Alvin Silk, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, is an expert on marketing. His recent research covers the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
demand for E Ink technology was growing rapidly, and the company had begun to scale up its production. “We were an R&D company trying to be a manufacturing company,” he remarks. One of the company’s largest accounts reneged on a confirmed... View Details