Commitment Strategies - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

podcast hosted by Sara Vicente Barreto (MBA 2009). “In the age of COVID, the time has never been more urgent or the need greater to keep older people well and connected,” said Oppenheim, who received a US Congressional Award for her View Details

01 Feb 2018
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HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

Hugo Uyterhoeven Hugo Uyterhoeven Hugo E.R. Uyterhoeven (MBA 1957, DBA 1963), an expert on general management and a member of the Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty for more than 50 years who maintained a steadfast commitment to course... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

to serve as a director at York Street. “Also, I knew I wanted to come back and be part of what was happening in Sri Lanka.” A six-month strategy consulting gig the pair pitched to Sri Lanka’s Urban Development Authority, the government... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Dec 2000
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Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

Museum of Natural History, Chicago Strategy for the Field: "More. Faster. Better." Operating expenses FY '99: $60 million Square feet he oversees: Close to a million 33 Web site: www.fieldmuseum.org Best part of his job: "Knowing that we... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

13 Sep 2019
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Hollywood Ending

had committed to the board at Hewlett-Packard. When she joined in 2011, the third CEO in as many years, the company had lost its edge. Whitman engineered a massive corporate split in an effort to return the tech giant to the forefront of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

(Rupa Publications) Thirty women in power answer questions that confront all working women, from how best to balance the personal and the professional to how to dismantle gender biases. The essayists consider seminal issues that concern every View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Latin America's Decade

a report on the HBS Latin America Research Center), Latin America is an evolving, untapped market of vast potential, formidable challenges, and many fascinations. MORE A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens In the 1980s, democracy-oriented governments... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

significant contribution to the relief effort. After committing $10 million in support, Paulson praised the efforts of others. "We owe a huge debt to our firemen, policemen, rescue workers, doctors, nurses, and others who have done so... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2008
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A Force for Good

McCraw and I (with our coauthor, Linda S. Doyle PMD 49, 1985) summarized that style in eight points: Don’t give direct orders. Instead, listen, persuade, and cajole. Build consensus on the institutional mission. Embrace a strategy and... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

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