by William Mahoney - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1998
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Women at the Top

in the apparel industry. The afternoon featured a presentation by William A. Sahlman, Dimitri V. d'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, titled "Deals-Lessons I Have LearnedÉ... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

students, such as the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, which launched in 2003, followed by the Harvard Innovation Labs in 2011. We’re now 25 years into the annual New Venture Competition sponsored by the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Feb 2000
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Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

conference included a dinner talk by William W. George (MBA '66), CEO of Medtronic, on "The Future of 21st-Century Health: The Right Care" and a lively session moderated by HBS... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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Making the Case

Professor Michael Porter addresses the HBS Club of Washington, DC, as part of "The Case for American Competitiveness" event co-sponsored by the club and the American Security Project think tank in July. DC Club president Dante Disparte... View Details

Keywords: clubs; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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

advertising savvy are but two of the myriad skills that are required of today's museum manager. Traditionally, museums have been run by academics who worked their way through the curatorial ranks, but more and more museum trustees are... 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

01 Mar 2012
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Get Creative

First and foremost, innovators are good at associational thinking, or simply associating. They make connections between seemingly unrelated problems and ideas and synthesize new ideas. I would frame associational thinking by asking this... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

22 Feb 2022
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An Rx for Small Business Recovery

cluster concept pioneered by Michael Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor (Renewal Leave) at HBS, Mills argues that organizing a region’s small and large businesses around specialized... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2000
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Professors Fox, Mace Remembered

the football team and a member of the varsity track squad. After earning his AM (1933) and Ph.D. (1934) in economics from Harvard, he taught economics at Williams College from 1935 to 1949. In 1948, Fox took a one-year leave of absence... View Details

25 May 2016
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A Focus on Sustainability

directed his giving to support the Business and Environment Initiative. He is enthusiastic about “integrated reporting”, developed by HBS Professor of Management Practice Robert Eccles, combining an organization’s financial and... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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Tata Open for Business

The architects employed open spaces and glass walls in an effort to give Tata Hall a visually light and airy feel. Ratan Tata (second from left) at his namesake building with Dean Nohria, William Rawn, and C.D. Spangler. Photos View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Construction of Buildings; Construction

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

beyond the reach of many. Today, the demand for affordable housing exceeds the supply by a record 5.3 million units. READ MORE William Jones: Builder With a Mission Bart Harvey: Opportunity for Others READ... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2022
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Making It Count

Image by Martin Leon Barreto In 2021, while the pandemic was amplifying social inequities and climate catastrophes, investors were busy pouring more money than ever into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments: In the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

04 Nov 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2012
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What’s the Big Idea?

Issue Focus: Ideas & Impact Illustration by Timothy Cook An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance Pleasure in Progress Teresa Amabile It sounds so obvious: Employees who make meaningful progress in their work enjoy... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

07 Sep 2021
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September 2021 Alumni Books

Silent Winds, Dry Seas: A Novel By Vinod Busjeet (DBA 1980) Doubleday In the 1950s, Vishnu Bhushan was a young boy who had yet to learn the truth behind his family’s fractured history—the result, said his mother, of an alliance between... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2000
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New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference

growth," said conference cochair William H. Swift (MBA 1974). The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce sponsored the opening reception at the Ritz-Carlton. The conference kicked off with an examination of trends and opportunities in emerging... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2009
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Awards Recognize Excellence

Four HBS professors have received the annual Charles M. Williams Award for outstanding teaching and contributions to student learning. The recipients are David Moss for his Creating the Modern Financial System course; Jan Rivkin for his... View Details

31 Jan 2025
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New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses

applications. “A couple of years later, we realized we were dealing with ongoing issues in the community which would not end with the pandemic,” says Kane. “We went back to the board and proposed that SBPI become a permanent part of the club’s work.” Now Kane works... View Details