Boards - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

liberal arts education he received at Hamilton and now serves as chairman of its board of trustees. Kennedy says he has developed "an appreciation for a tolerable level of risk" in trying to decide which companies to underwrite at... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Pre-Class Arrival - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Pre-Class Arrival Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement View Details

29 Sep 2023
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Reyna Pacheco Rios (MBA 2025)

boards and in C-suites of corporate America are occupied by Latinos despite this community representing 19% of the US population. 2. Less than 5% of venture capital is directed toward Latino entrepreneurs. 3. Latina women hold 1% of seats... View Details

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Teele Hall | About

doctoral degree awarded by HBS in 1933, spent two years in business before joining the HBS faculty in 1935 as an assistant professor of marketing. He became a full professor in 1944. During World War II, he served as a consultant to the War Production View Details

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Events - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

2017 | European Stability Mechanism Cary Frydman 28 APR–03 MAY 2017 | USC Marshall School of Business Nick Chater 24–28 APR 2017 | Warwick Business School Xavier Vives 28 FEB 2017 | IESE Business School Antonio Falato 17 FEB–31 JUL 2017 | Federal Reserve View Details

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Doctoral 100 Years - Doctoral

Overview Doctoral 100 Years 1922 Training Men for Teaching Business HBS is authorized by the Harvard University Governing Boards to grant the degree of Doctorate of Commercial Science. 1928 Gragg Awarded First Doctorate of Commercial... View Details

25 Oct 2010
HBS Case

Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market

lost time; competitors have responded to its initiatives by incorporating some of Tesco's approaches in their own merchandising and assortment selections. The second question is how long the Tesco board will permit management to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

conservationist, and a longtime board member and chair of Patagonia. He’s also an investor and co-founder of Monograph Capital, a life-sciences venture firm. From his perspective across so many sectors and industries, Conn sees a business... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

design plans back in Washington. A board convened by President Roosevelt on June 24, 1905, came back with recommendations for four different lock-canal designs and one sea-level plan. After several months of squabbling, it decided on a... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

21 May 2024
News

A New Chapter

universal but opportunity is not.” Board member Michael Horn (MBA 2006) says that Imagine Worldwide is “the purest example of Clay Christensen’s disruptive innovation theory in action. When you think about really transforming education,... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

26 Jun 2013
News

How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case

response north of the border to the 1980 Canadian board game, Trivial Pursuit, which was only just then being introduced in America. Reiss realized that other sorts of trivia games could be big sellers, too. With no introduction or... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

28 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

creating effective cultures. A 2010 Conference Board study revealed that only 45 percent of US workers were satisfied with their jobs—the lowest level in the history of the survey. Our Q&A with Heskett begins with that dour figure.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Tommaso Ruggeri

Coming to HBS is like Hopping on a new plane to a surprise destination every single day. On your first day, you come to class and sit next to people you have only just met. But, before you know it, you're sharing stories and creating memories like you've known each... View Details

31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

a broader pool, researchers used machine learning, and turned to data firm Burning Glass Technologies, which sifts through tens of thousands of online job boards and company websites. The authors examined some 15 million job postings from... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

your agent may not be enough. For example, top executive pay attorney Joe Bachelder once took his client aside after the first negotiating session. The board had selected his client to be its next CEO and was working out his compensation... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

through this.’” Salary and benefit cuts Many salary cuts in 2020 have been top-heavy, focused around boards of directors, CEOs, and other senior executives. During the pandemic, executive pay cuts are not about assigning blame but about... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

25 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

curiosity of trying to understand the life of a CEO." But what they did discover should help CEOs learn to be more effective with their time, and provide boards with a new tool to help assess the effectiveness of their chief... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2019
Article

Go-Shops Revisited

By: Guhan Subramanian and Annie Zhao

A go-shop process turns the traditional M&A deal process on its head: rather than a pre-signing market canvass followed by a post-signing “no shop” period, a go-shop deal involves a limited pre-signing market check, followed by a post-signing “go shop” process to find... View Details

Keywords: Go-shop Process; Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Deal; Performance Effectiveness; Technological Innovation

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Find at Harvard

Wenxin Du is a Professor of Finance and the Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management at the Harvard Business School. She studies global currency and fixed income markets, central banking, financial... View Details

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