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- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
world is the very core of nonprofit governance and management. It is for this reason this book starts with a detailed discussion of mission and how it grows. Right behind this are the two major intertwined strategic themes that the nonprofit trustee must View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
Frederick H. Prince
After making a great deal of money investing in industrial ventures, Prince took an interest in stockyards, purchasing and organizing a group of small companies into the Chicago Stock Yards Company. Prince's company grew to have many... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- Profile
Zihan Lin
deliberate. "We made concessions to get the deal done so that we could learn from it. Without business acumen, you'll never get a product off the R&D shelf and into doctors' hands to benefit the patients who need it."... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
partnerships, values-driven leadership, fi duciary duties, and the blurring of lines between government and business. Three cases focus on issues encountered by Unilever—one of which examines how the multinational conglomerate deals with... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming
installed in over 215,000 hotel rooms.) ATCOM was acquired by CAIS Internet in 1999 in a deal valued at $85 million. A stint as COO of OKbridge, the largest bridge club on the Internet, further whetted Bry's appetite for Internet... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
part of the inauguration of the HBS Asia-Pacific Research Office. "In order to be effective, they must find ways to deal with differences in how people think about matters such as authority, fairness, responsibility, and even the... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
security," Aamir Rehman commented that "the lifestyles of some executives make them unstable despite their wealth." Fernando das Neves Gomes diagnosed the problem in this thoughtful way: "I think much of the time the big problem we face is when top... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
great deal of time finding pockets of monetization. There will be a great deal of experimentation. Some of it will work and a lot won't. Five years from now, many of them will have found highly successful... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
the person who was best suited to lead the early stage of company development is no longer the best person to continue leading the company. Now, the product has to be sold: You have to create a sales organization, manage multiple functions, View Details
- Fast Answer
Making Markets
Focused on startups/early stage companies & investors. Includes deal info, news, and research/analysis. Factiva Search for news on incumbents. Advanced search tips for using Factiva: Use Boolean operators AND/OR:... View Details
- Web
Private companies: fast growing | Baker Library
industry, geography, etc. Under Company Details > Company Statistics , you can add Year Founded (relatively recent) and Total Amount Raised (mm) to identify young companies who have received significant amounts of funding. Create a list using Preqin : Go to Search for... View Details
- Web
2.3 Community Standards of Conduct | MBA
Harvard community; appropriate judgment in responding to unethical, unprofessional or dangerous behavior on the part of others; respecting and respectful behavior regarding the privacy of all members of the Harvard community; and maintaining appropriate boundaries when... View Details
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
focus on employees and more on business and profitability." Phil Clark posited that knowledge work that deals with intangible results and hard-to-pinpoint accomplishments "just isn't as satisfying" as work used to be. John... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
since the early part of the twentieth century, he believes the time may be right for significant change. He's not alone. Theodore Zeldin, a British historian who has spent a great deal of time studying the world of work, stated recently... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
of People magazine sales discovered that newsstand purchases jumped 20 percent every time a bride appeared on the cover. That nugget of information led to the launch of a brides’ magazine and development of a separate business unit View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
million LBO in 1979 to buy the firm from Johnson & Johnson, Invacare's annual sales have grown from $19 million to $1.5 billion. "Everything starts with the product," says Mixon, who had been marketing CT scanners before doing the Invacare View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
without selling the company. More on that later. Going light on the environment in the manufacturing process was a big deal to Kim and Coup, too. Their ultra-light philosophy and eco-friendly mindset drive every GoLite idea and product:... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
that the business of oil exploration is more capital intensive than people intensive. "But those we do have are given a great deal of financial responsibility." James Hackett of Ocean Energy does see a few advantages for smaller companies... View Details
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
a comprehensive deal persuasively enough to transform more Iranian skeptics into active supporters-a necessary condition for success if there is an acceptable deal at the next stage. To sway skeptics, I... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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HBS Course: Real Estate Private Equity - Research Resources
people, the deals, the funds and the financial trends of the industry. (Individual account required). Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) Provides global information on private real estate investments and deals. (Individual account required). The Real View Details