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- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
the public and private sectors. Before founding these firms, Gandhi was head of the institutional strategy area for Morgan Stanley and then vice chairman of investment banking and global head of the financial institutions business for... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
in business education, when we have an opportunity to make investments that will chart the School's course for decades to come. For almost a century, HBS has been educating general managers who make a difference in the world. As we move... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
the United States; a majority of respondents say race relations are generally bad, while 38 percent say they are generally good. Since May 2016, the share of Americans who say race relations are getting... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
experiences of General Electric alumni who went to new companies. Among the findings: "Even gifted executives with the best and most admired management training don't necessarily make star CEOs," the authors report. This excerpt... View Details
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
model has the obvious risk of generating pressure to be friendly toward issuers, especially issuers that generate a lot of ratings business (e.g., they have a lot of outstanding debt and issue many bonds).... View Details
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
Dean's youthful Internet backing failed to generate enough votes at the polls. In the recent New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton's surprise win is attributable in part to her superior grassroots organizing there—the political... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
downside market risks. Required rates of return in such an equilibrium can dramatically exceed those suggested by traditional models, affecting inference about the attractiveness of these investments. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
for its work in HIV/AIDS, where its innovative medicines now accounted for 60% of all patients on anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines. Much of this was accomplished through generic licensing, which brought a $10,000/year treatment regimen... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
takeaway for anyone operating a business today—global or local? People do not move between countries, or even states, in a generic way. We have affinities and particular skill sets for places that we connect back to—places where we have... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
scope. The general narrative about cartels may not be a story of rise and fall, but rise, boom, collapse, revitalization, gradual decline, and then criminalization. Yet, until the 1980s, the global story of big business must be told in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Lucasz S. Babiarz
MBA can give me the skills I need to make changes." Leadership in administration At his first summer internship, Lukasz worked with Peter Slavin, MD, MBA, president of Massachusetts General Hospital. Shadowing Dr. Slavin was a lesson... View Details
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
That way, everyone might learn how to get the most for themselves out of complex pricing schemes. The general consensus is that deregulation can have widespread benefits, albeit complex ones that are sometimes slow in coming and not... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
counterexample to Ehlers and Klaus (2003, Theorem 1). However, in Example 1 and Lemma 2, we demonstrate how to adjust Quesada's (2009) original idea to indeed establish a counterexample to Ehlers and Klaus (2003, Theorem 1) on the general... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
current drought of in-person events. Be human. “Firms that connect emotionally with customers and employees are expected to perform better than firms that just connect physically.” Dettol soap’s #HandWashChallenge generated billions of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
as a pressing issue. What sparked your interest? Originally I came to the DBA Program to study finance, but I switched to control, primarily because of the pathbreaking work that Bob Anthony was doing on control in nonprofits. Bob was working with Massachusetts View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
& Kapoor, 2010; Iansiti & Levien, 2004; von Hippel, 1988). Ecosystems generally encompass numerous corporations, individuals, and communities that might be individually autonomous but related through their connection with an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
strategy because strategies typically change over time, even for the best entrepreneurial teams. We also tend to be investors that focus very heavily on market share and growth. A typical business that we... View Details
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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
commissioned by U.S. Steel, instead, highlighted the safety precautions undertaken on behalf of workers, the number of accident-free days at U.S. Steel plants, and the general contentment of employees. In one photograph, two smiling... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14
cost of the other (e.g., watching ads). Digital disruptors are changing the way consumers entertain themselves, shop, communicate with others, and even own products. This can have a huge negative impact on traditional businesses, who will need to rethink their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne