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- 02 May 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?
The military is often cited as being one of the most effective corners of the leadership industry. As Pete DeLisi suggested, " the big difference between leadership development in business and in the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
through a succession of corporate owners, which wasn’t helping the business or the community. “If we hadn’t stepped in and bought at the time, there’s a good chance that the operations would have been shut down locally and moved out of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
long-term solutions to fundamental problems. In Haiti, a recycling program built to reduce flooding from clogged canals has helped to reduce cholera transmissions and create sustainable jobs. In Brazil, a business consortium is providing a group of proven nonprofits... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 13 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit
This article is a repost from the Social Enterprise Initiative blog. Prior to Harvard Business School, I spent eight years on active duty military service as an Aviation officer and helicopter pilot in the United States Army. My career... View Details
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Kurt White
platoon in Iraq. “He was in his second year of law school and he said, ‘I know how you think. You would love law school.’ Law would help me understand the rules of the game. Business school would help make the switch from the military to... View Details
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Laying Down the Principles: Management - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School/title>
Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Laying Down the Principles: Management A system of centralized management was born from the need to direct the flow of capital and run large-scale railroad View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
Photos courtesy of Regan Turner Regan Turner (MBA/MPP 2013) is executive director of The Mission Continues, a national nonprofit that “deploys” military veterans to community-impact projects to help them find purpose and to serve as role... View Details
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and organization of the market when a match was operating and when it was not. After the GI match ended,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2018
- Blog Post
HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans
the veterans group at the Kennedy School, Regan learned about The Mission Continues, a national nonprofit that “deploys” military veterans to community-impact projects to help them find purpose and to serve as role models to young people.... View Details
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Stamps Reading Room | About
restoration of the space, workers uncovered and restored skylights that were painted over during World War II per order of the government, as during that time the School served as a military training program for army and navy personnel.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
New Releases
practical solutions some have developed in response. Bradach explains that traditional chain enterprises comprise two organizational units: company and franchise. The company-owned unit is run on a military model - the superior exercises... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
devised, which paved the way for the use of quantitative analysis in formal strategic planning. In 1944, John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern published their classic work, The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. This work essentially solved the problem of zero-sum... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
Business sat down with HBS associate professor Walter Kuemmerle to discuss the entrepreneurial process in an international setting. Kuemmerle, a Novartis Fellow, holds a joint appointment in Entrepreneurial and Service Management and Technology and View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Stereograph Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Haynes, whose images were meant to promote the region and encourage further settlement, recorded towns, settlements, new construction, military garrisons, miners, mining villages, farms, Native American settlements, and natural scenery... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
family — they all have the same last name, different first names. There’s a bit of an “insider” appeal when people understand the connection. It becomes a badge of honor to list the different properties where they’ve stayed. But how do you get guests to stay the first... View Details
- 29 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Bloom Energy
generation systems are helping businesses become more resilient and reduce uncertainty from grid dependence. Our technology, first developed for NASA's Mars Program, is among the most efficient power generation technology on the planet, providing significantly reduced... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- Profile
Joseph Abel
helped me understand the breadth of the challenge – just putting solar panels on wealthy people’s homes is not the answer.” As his overall thinking about climate and energy has become more strategic, Joe is also weighing his tactical... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
players). Second, the technology has to operate dependably, a problem in combat. And third and most significant, superiors have to be willing to delegate such decisions to frontliners. As a result, there have been as many spectacular... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Career Coach
Ryan Kim
independent sponsor private equity firm and completed a self-funded search to buy a regional automotive installation services business which he operated as President. Prior to that, Ryan worked in large and mid cap private equity, led... View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
- Research Event
Venture Capital
the industry? We asked participants what venture capitalists foresee as the significant upcoming strategic developments in their industry. What problems do they anticipate? They raised issues of reorganization, diversification, new sites for View Details