Provider Organizations - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Aug 2015
News

Support for the Healers

As COO of the UK-based Point of Care Foundation, Deborah Sandford (MBA 1990) runs an organization that addresses the needs of health care professionals who spend their careers answering the needs of others. “Hospital staff members exist... View Details

22 Apr 2021
News

Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

Clubs News Clubs News Boston Alumni Find Leadership Inspiration in Project Impact Series Hunger and food insecurity. Racial justice. Youth and education. These issues have served as the central organizing topics for Project Impact, the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’

make a distinction in meaning, it is usually in reference to levels in a hierarchy. People at the very top provide "leadership"—whatever that is—or at least they are supposed to. People in the middle do the "management," again with little... View Details

Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter

15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

What happens when giant multinational corporations acquire relatively small companies that enjoy iconic status as socially progressive brands? According to recent research out of Harvard Business School, such marriages can be good for business and good for society.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

04 Nov 2002
What Do You Think?

What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?

to share their "intellectual capital" in some cultures more than others? What are the characteristics of such cultures? How can they be nurtured? What do you think? Original Article Two of the most important questions concerning the long-run health of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Questions for Evaluating Company Culture and Community - Alumni

provide a link. Form EEO-1 is a federal document that all business organizations with more than 100 employees must complete. It lists the number of individuals of specified racial and ethnic backgrounds at... View Details

Portrait Project

Ipsita Dasgupta

security and opportunities, and healthcare to people without access to any of these. One day I hope to look back on my life and know that I have used the privilege of being at HBS to enhance the lives of others who are less fortunate. I hope to build either an View Details

29 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Research Symposium 2014

research going on at Harvard Business School. Held each May on the HBS campus, the event provides the opportunity for a few faculty to share recent work with an audience of doctoral students, HBS staff members, and other professors. This... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting; Health

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

people, especially in the early years of their careers. Within the first three years at the organization, minority executives had established at least one developmental relationship, usually with a boss or a boss's boss. These mentors View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

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Field Course: Business of the Arts - Course Catalog

nonprofit cultural industries and those interested in serving on the boards of arts organizations. The course also provides useful insights and frameworks for students pursuing careers in a range of for-profit creative businesses... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

health research grants. We support the AKC Companion Animal Recovery, an organization that focuses on providing lost-dog recovery services by maintaining a database for animals equipped with an ID microchip.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 1997
News

Short Takes

physicians, nurses, and other care providers to assess the progress of patients). The authors argue that the way hospitals hold care providers accountable for cost and quality outcomes also influences... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

23 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

boycotts at universities by students who go to their own administrators and say, “You have to ensure that our sportswear isn’t made with sweatshop labor.” All those companies and organizations with brands to protect have to focus on this... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories

01 Mar 2010
News

HBS Grads Make Their Mark in India

Group CEO Abhi Shah (MBA ’06) Clutch Group is a global provider of legal support services, working with corporate legal departments and major law firms. Founded in 2006, based in Washington, D.C., with offices in Cleveland, Chicago, and... View Details

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4.1 Student Travel | MBA

travel. Students should refer to the Global Experience Office policies for FIELD Global Capstone and IFC travel. For more information, contact the Global Experience Office, (617) 279-2442, geo@hbs.edu . If students are planning to travel or View Details

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

primarily to C-suite executives. C-suite authority does provide access to one kind of agency, the freedom to act in the realm CEOs manage. But CEOs do not suddenly wake up and commit to activities that drive organizational resources to... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

20 Jul 2017
News

Pushing the Next Generation Forward

pilot program in the 1990s, built the organization around what Owusu-Kesse calls a “whatever-it-takes ethos,” which can be seen throughout the 2,000-employee organization today. For Owusu-Kesse, this culture... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

voting information accumulates, shareholder organizations such as Institutional Shareholder Services could use the balloting data to create director scorecards. Such objective information, and any accompanying analysis, would serve as a... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

solutions, but which type of organization will take the lead on a patient-data integration system that enjoys widespread success: hospitals, insurance providers, medical equipment suppliers, consumer tech companies, or some other entity?... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

12 May 2011
Research & Ideas

The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

framework. Both organizations add value to society. They just do it in different ways. In short, there is much overlap between the skills needed and perspectives provided by leaders in the two types of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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