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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
is, ‘What is your strategy for going global?’ ” —Robert Higgins (MBA ’70), Senior Lecturer, HBS; Founder, Highland Capital Partners “Advice, help, experience — you have it to give. You don’t have to have money to be involved in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
has distinguished itself over the years through its industry knowledge, lending contacts, controlling ownership positions, and focus on proprietary deals that don’t involve bidding against other firms in a competitive auction process.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry
York City. How did you get professionally involved with food? In college, I ran a company that delivered birthday cakes ordered by students' parents. After HBS, as a consultant to the food and beverage industry, I became fascinated by the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
changes in the law that may have made filing easier. The authors base their assertions on an analysis of historical data involving bankruptcies and consumer credit. "When consumer credit expanded dramatically in the 1920s," notes Moss in... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
larger, potentially stronger competitor, and how managers should design and develop software for the Internet." Competing on Internet Time draws on the triumphs and failures of today's leading players to help those involved in this... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
Whitehead (MBA 11/ '47), Paul Volcker, David Rockefeller, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, to create a nonprofit center to promote corporate philanthropy. "Government has become less involved in its social responsibilities, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
Although Magagnini always knew she wanted to do something that her “children would be proud of,” she never imagined that it would involve manufacturing. At HBS, she earned a 3 in Production and Operations Management. Still, her creativity... View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Prepare for Your Interview with Research
portal. Recent News and Events About the EmployerYou will want to be knowledgeable about recent events involving the company. You also might have specific questions or areas of interest about the company that you want to pursue in-depth.... View Details
- 13 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012
Cynthia Samanian came to HBS with a clear sense of purpose, in her words, "to pave a path to entrepreneurship." She had been working in finance at General Electric but wanted to be more involved in the creative side of business.... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A Commitment to Education
involved in education in the 1970s when his two daughters were enrolled in the Charlotte, North Carolina, public schools. As president of UNC, he increased enrollment and the university’s operating budget, enhanced access to UNC’s... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Shoshanah Cohen (MBA '92)
involved with little else.” So Cohen, now a PRTM director, stepped up her activities outside the office, committing herself to pro bono projects and membership work with the HBS Association of Northern California. Gearing down a bit at... View Details
- 08 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer
accomplishing the organization’s core mission, and develop a means of showing a gift’s impact. Also, understand that some people may want to get personally involved in your organization as a way of answering this question on their own... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
mega-organization CEO positions? Is there something about the need for high compensation and the "score keeping" that goes with it that distinguishes desirable CEO candidates from others? Can (or should) ways be found to involve... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities
acquisition. Each startup was required to have at least one academic founder and one existing patent, which lowered the number of companies in the study to a total of 308, involving more than 500 scholars. Roche and Boudou measured how... View Details
- 29 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact
funny, I was involved in the environmental youth movement when I was growing up in Norway in the late 80s, but I thought I wouldn’t be able to continue with that interest until later in life. I had a passion for business and finance, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
data and enhance the faculty’s understanding of key research topics. The second phase of alumni outreach and involvement began in March 2012 with a series of “Paths Forward” events in New York; Charlotte; Washington, DC; San Francisco;... View Details
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
the chain best positioned to create a process that benefits all. In this excerpt, Rangan discusses the promise of channel stewardship. (Look for an HBS Working Knowledge interview with Rangan next month.)Senior managers of most of the companies View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
Software 806-121 Black Duck Software involves a venture-backed start-up that converted software developers' concerns about violating copyright licensing agreements or open source protocols into an opportunity to help firms use technology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
professional and personal involvement as they embark on their post-MBA careers. Aaron Rudenstine (MBA ’09) New York, NY Curbing Corruption I highly commend the editor for publishing “Show Me the Money” and “M.I.A. Boards” in the June... View Details
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Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog
diplomacy, the not-for-profit world, and across sectors. Since 2001, the Program on Negotiation—an interuniversity consortium involving Harvard, MIT, and Tufts—has regularly bestowed the “Great Negotiator Award” on men and women from... View Details