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- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
embarrassing, and exhausting battling in court, a judge awarded George's branch with 50.5 percent of the company's shares. The judge also wisely mandated a shareholder agreement (unfortunately with a buyout mechanism that was not very... View Details
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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
silk-screened our printed circuit boards with real silk on wooden frames...; [we] made our own tools; we swept the floors." 44 In their 1957 plan, Olsen and Anderson outlined the steps toward the creation of... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
Naina Lal Kidwai (MBA 1982) Former Executive Director, Board of HSBC Asia Pacific; Former Chairman, HSBC India; Founder and Chairman, India Sanitation Coalition Take a memo: “My mother used to ask my sister... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
continued to connect with one another along the way. Murakami was with OECD Tokyo Center, leading discussions on economic policy issues with government and business leaders in Asia, after 20 years in... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
and national security issues worsened in part by migration out of newly unlivable situations. How can investors, businesses, and global society face these issues? Governments... View Details
- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
which we take collaboration to the level of megacommunities from the private and public sectors working together to solve large-scale social problems." Others, including Jay Somasundaram, wonder about the relative roles of the... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
Gould. “The issue being that if you don’t have women executives, you’re not going to have the right candidates to move to boards.” In 2012, the United Kingdom implemented a mandatory “comply or explain” system through the UK Corporate View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
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One-on-One with Carter Roberts
improved governance by engaging both local people and national governments is a fundamental issue. The second challenge is the impact of globalization. Whether you’re trying to... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
joined Bridgespan as temporary externs, permanent staff, and board members. Of the current staff of 170, spread over offices in Boston, New York, and San Francisco, 22 arrived... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
bonds are relatively highly taxed, and shifting high-tax assets into the pension plan maximizes the value of the tax subsidy from the government and increases the value of the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
member of the Academy of Management, has served on numerous editorial boards of academic journals, and is a past associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly . Pushkala Prasad Skidmore College... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
creditors, the communities where the corporation does business, and society as a whole. The duties and responsibilities of the corporation to the stakeholders are expressed in various laws, regulations,... View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
money service grew to about 400 million subscribers. Lesson 3: Get agents on board Mobile money operators need to treat their sales agents well, providing financial incentives and making them feel strongly... View Details
- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
one thing we hope for more of in the future is a government or nonprofit-led initiative to coordinate various mangrove conservation and restoration initiatives across India. The Godrej Mangroves, though... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
career paths in biotech. For example, people who had worked at Merck and had cultivated Merck's "scientific career imprint" were more likely to take on leadership positions in young biotech firms by sitting on the View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged
promise of better charging infrastructure, and evolving trends in foreign markets all indicate that EVs are approaching a global tipping point. But with political winds imperiling government incentives in... View Details
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Catherine Neale
into construction management, dealing with subcontractors, inspectors, materials and utilities." In her final year with the organization, Catherine served as liaison for the executive director, managing View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
FemTech space,” says HBSWANY board member Heather Myers (MBA 1992). “And many of them are in finance and health industries.” Avestria was launched in 2019 to seize the “huge opportunities to focus on women... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details
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Research Resources | Baker Library
1963, including: a list of administrators; fieldwork; faculty, students, graduates, and alumnae; fellowships and other gifts; and advisory... View Details