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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
As the newly elected president of the HBS Alumni Association, I am very excited at the prospect of leading this important organization and representing your interests to the School over the course of my two-year term. I would like to... View Details
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
staying in the United States,” she says. “Israel is home. I’m extremely attached to my home and language. But my options are much more limited there.” Discovering her “I” in the iLab In her second, Elective Curriculum, year, Noa expanded... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
the University of Rochester in 1977 and served as its director until 1988. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the steering committee of Harvard's Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative, an interfaculty effort to study the limitations of the... View Details
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
Reinhardt, with Senior Researcher James Weber and Agribusiness Program Director Mary Shelman (HBS MBA '87), examines the complex political and economic underpinnings of the ethanol industry and the dilemma facing the farmers of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit
remarks, Professor David Gergen, director of the Center for Public Leadership at KSG, lamented the performance of Washington pols. “As a group, the people running Washington over the last twenty years have failed,” creating a backlog of... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
policy and urban redevelopment issues. When his boss moved on to another post, Jones filled the vacancy on the council and was subsequently elected to a four-year term. As a councilor, Jones enjoyed "getting streets paved, libraries... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
its board of directors — a quirky but powerful 23-member group that includes 11 annually elected Harvard and MIT students — on a restructuring plan that eliminated most nonbook merchandise. Barnes & Noble's... View Details
- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
Getting a seat at the table often makes all the difference in the world. New research from Harvard Business School suggests that this idea holds true literally at the World Bank, where the 24 countries serving on the Board of Executive View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
Two cadavers are better than one in this regard, so Anteby was encouraged when several donation program directors mentioned the co-donation phenomenon among married couples. "They said that sometimes they had spouses who would donate... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
Art by Jude Maceren/Corbis Related Links "Burt's Bee's Social and Environmental Report Fiscal Year 2010" - Yola Carlough, Director of Sustainability at Burt's Bees, describes how participating in the HBS multimedia case influenced the... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Rhetoric and Independence Are Not Enough: Empowering Managers and Directors to Do What Is Right, you challenge the adequacy of the Business Roundtable's assertion that the selection of a well-qualified and ethical CEO is the most... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
lead to dysfunctional group dynamics) and the perspectives brought to the table by board leaders and director. Finally, the benefits of two opposing leadership structures are debated: one chapter argues for electing a chairman who is... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
have to rely on diesel generators. That is a lot of the same kind of stuff you do in an emerging economy. It’s the same thing you do in a new city in India or China.” Macomber teaches the MBA elective Building Cities: Infrastructure and... View Details
- 18 Apr 2007
- HBS Case
How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor
immediate e-mail to Gustavo Herrero (HBS MBA '76), executive director of the School's Latin America Research Center (LARC). Herrero responded promptly, and with the assistance of LARC senior researcher Ricardo Reisen de Pinho (HBS PMD 74,... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?
on the books of a company, Zulu Inc., being considered for acquisition. It comes to the attention of the acquirer that for some years Zulu has employed the same accounting firm. Directors at Acme, concerned about having their accountant... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
HBS, where Jones took an entrepreneurship in public education elective with Stacey Childress (MBA 2000), who now heads NewSchools Venture Fund. Childress urged her to enter the field, but Jones, intent on paying off her loans, opted for a... View Details
- 27 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
staying in the United States,” she says. “Israel is home. I’m extremely attached to my home and language. But my options are much more limited there.” Discovering her “I” in the iLab In her second, Elective Curriculum, year, Noa expanded... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 14 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?
incorporates a focus on gender issues. His studies include a comprehensive global survey of board members, as well as a series of case studies that approach the issue of women on boards from an individual, an organizational, and a country level. This year, Groysberg... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
while reading the New York Times. An article on the front page of the Business section about an innovative Brazilian retailer prompted an immediate e-mail to Gustavo Herrero (MBA ’76), executive director of the School’s Latin America... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- Blog Post
Get to Know Class Day Speaker Adán Acevedo
former students have invited him to their college graduations and baby showers). As the former co-president of the Harvard Latino Alumni Association, Acevedo actively advocated for Latinx students and alumni, and he currently sits on the board of View Details