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- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
maid in Olympia, and I used a lot of formal and social analysis to suggest that the name of that painting, which is Portrait d’une négresse, négresse bring the French word for black woman, a term that is a racialized, generic, and in many... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
ownership over time); and family owners (shareholders who are descendants of the firm's founders). "The study suggests that these three owner types have sufficient formal authority, social influence, and expertise to enhance firm... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
positions that helped him understand the complexities of the company—from shift supervisor in a manufacturing plant, to new product development, to business development. Weeks, a quick study, has 26 patents pending despite a lack of View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
and out of here right from the statehouse. We were then ushered up the steps into a large hall and seated across a long table facing 10 high ranking officials with Minister number five in the middle. They were all in full dress. And there were 15 minutes of ceremonial... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
Davis, has only been formally studied by business schools in the last twenty years. That may not seem so remarkable until you realize that "family businesses" include not just the mom-and-pop store on the corner but also the likes of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Net Gains
infrastructure. "The question now is, at what point can we go over and host a game or something more formal than a clinic." Brazil First office opened: 2012 (Rio de Janeiro) The NBA held its first game in South America last October, with... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
50 hand looms distributed to the region with training courses organized to teach the craft. The second phase will include more sophisticated weaving loom deliveries and the creation of more formalized workshops to allow for carpet... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
around communication? For example, how do we stay in touch for formal and informal contact? How do you ensure that everyone is included in work conversations, even if they’re not physically present? The things that we took for granted... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
points out that given that "a series of people have fallen off the wagon," more formal measures will probably be called for soon. "There's really deep suspicion out there," Silk says. "I think issues of privacy are going to come under... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
introduces a “physician compact” that specifies the responsibilities of the organization and its employee doctors and ties those principles into the incentive compensation plan. The physician compact is a particularly effective way to View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
flaws, antitrust policy over the years has had powerful effects in controlling collusion, stopping cartels, preventing anticompetitive mergers, eliminating resale price maintenance, and encouraging entrepreneurship. Perhaps most important, the antitrust laws have... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
life of service is one thing that keeps me very motivated. I succeed when those I serve succeed. "The differences are countless. My consulting role allows me to drive formal project management and lead my engagement teams to guide... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Bower Associate Professor Harvard University Press In the first decades after World War II, many newly-independent Asian and African countries and established Latin American states pursued a socialist development model. These states sought paths to socialism without... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
says Dorsen, "including several of whom had not even been formally invited." While there was a lot of interest in the idea, the principal concern among the group was whether there were enough good companies in the pipeline to generate... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
tables in their residence hall lobbies. Dressed very properly in suits, sipping coffee, quietly eating breakfast, these very professional, very reserved, and very formal executives rarely looked up or acknowledged me as I made deliveries.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
Hong Kong for guidance in developing China's economy. Cheng stressed, however, that Hong Kong's future economic success will depend on China's observance of the formal transition agreement whose terms state that Hong Kong, with its 6.3... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
sponsors, including Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. A traditional highlight of the conference is the presentation of awards to alumni in recognition of outstanding leadership and accomplishments. Those honored at the... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
to a conceptual distinction that has proven both popular and enduring. Eventually business schools began responding to the clarion call for developing leaders, not managers. In the early 1990s, for example, Harvard Business School 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 School. View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
lead you into formal roles of leadership. At its core, leadership is built on an understanding of human nature, human needs, and human relationships. Three themes—service before self, tough love, and personal integrity—make up the bedrock... View Details