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- 01 Jan 2003
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James E. Burke, MBA 1949
from taking capsules contaminated with cyanide. According to the article, Burke's "defining moment" actually came six years earlier when he challenged his fellow executives to either recommit to the company credo or "tear it off the wall." Penned View Details
- 24 May 2023
- Blog Post
Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week
networking lunch followed by smaller breakout case discussions, and an evening networking reception. The morning plenaries focused on reimagining the solutions infrastructure, with Serafeim, Professor Peter Tufano, and senior lecturer... View Details
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Management Training Program: 1945 - 1955 | Baker Library
related to industry and government. T. North Whitehead, who had served in the war in the British Foreign Office, became director of the program. Ragnhild "Rags" Roberts served as the associate director. Students studied under the case... View Details
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
Clubs News Clubs News Buffalo Alumni Explore the Future of Manufacturing Amid Global Turbulence The HBS Club of Buffalo hosted HBS Professor Willy Shih as a guest speaker in April for a talk on the impacts of global trade disputes on manufacturing in Western New York.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
in which they live and work,” said Susan Gilbert, Robert K. Kraft Family Director, MBA Financial Aid. “Embodying the School’s mission to create leaders who make a difference in the world, their contributions to serving those in need make... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
by his example. He grew up in a very small village in India and was one of the first people in his family to attend college, where he studied engineering. He then went to England to get a diploma in management from Manchester Business... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
Image by Edmon de Haro The US Postal Service prides itself on delivering through rain, sleet, and snow—but what about serious debt? After 11 straight years of losses and declining first-class mail volumes, the USPS saw one glimmer of hope... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
it, it was the purpose of it. Definitely a highlight morning.” From Master Plan to Blueprints Digging In: The Spanglers join Dean Kim Clark, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, and others in the groundbreaking for the campus center, designed by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
(HBS Press, 2008), by BusinessWeek editor Spencer E. Ante. What follows is an excerpt adapted from the book. Venture capital has existed in one form or another since the earliest days of commercial activity. The Spanish monarchy and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
(government-run) system; or various elements borrowed from all of these. President Obama has said he wants to move gradually, beginning by insuring all children, and has expressed reservations about aspects of the Massachusetts model,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the public that business is a force for good and is fundamental to societal progress by creating jobs,... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey and Rajgopal, 2005). We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 20% depending on the depth of promotion. But there is a price to pay, with the cost in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better... View Details
- 14 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 14, 2007
Working PapersHedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers Authors:Robin Greenwood and Michael Schor Abstract We examine long-horizon stock returns around hedge fund activism in a comprehensive sample of 13D filings by portfolio investors... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
deals." When constructing a single pipeline, for example, it is often necessary for a company to negotiate with multiple countries, each with its own laws, cultural differences, and political sensitivities. Those complications, says HBS professor emeritus View Details
- 05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5
multiple needs not only possible, but profitable. We conclude by emphasizing the role of business schools in socializing business leaders and how these schools, by incorporating a more stakeholder-centric... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
museum trustee Raymond J. McGuire (MBA 1983) View Video Thaddeus Mosley, Illusory Progression , 2020, bronze. 94 × 34 × 20 in., and Rhizogenic Rhythms , 2020. Bronze, 82 × 32 × 35 in. Installation view, Harvard Business School. Exhibition supported View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5
perhaps extremely severe, that are routine because they can be anticipated and prepared for) and "true crises" (which, because of significant novelty, cannot be dealt with exclusively by pre-determined emergency plans and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Arab American Heritage Month | Baker Library
products. Shami's life and business experiences are detailed in his autobiography American by Choice . A. Robert Abboud, featured in the "Who's Who" section of the Almanac, holds degrees from Harvard... View Details
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
(Studies 3 and 4), we find that dishonest behavior increased moral disengagement and motivated forgetting of moral rules. Such changes did not occur in the case of honest behavior or consideration of the behavior of others. In addition, increasing moral saliency View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace