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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Student Plan Goes to Washington
need for industry experts to serve on boards. Under current regulations, directors must be independent as a means to avoid conflicts of interest. Today, ten out of twelve directors of Fortune 500 companies are independent. As a result, they bring little or no in-depth,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Knowing the Score
MBA Program as some kind of glorified placement center; rather, I hoped that the knowledge I gained would benefit me repeatedly throughout my career, whatever that might turn out to be. And it has. Perhaps the most surprising example... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)
successful entrepreneurs. His business strategy? “If it is art that inspires me, it’s going to inspire other people, and they will buy it. It’s really as simple as that.” On getting an art education: “One of the great things about art is that what you experience every... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Generation Next
November, the School offered a new Executive Education program, Families in Business: From Generation to Generation. The five-day program, designed for teams of two to eight members of a family business, examines pivotal issues and provides state-of-the-art View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
expansion of the service-based economy, rapid technological innovation, deregulation and privatization, and today's knowledge revolution as forces that are "driving companies to fundamentally rethink their business models and radically... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value
willingness to buy," says Bell in his working paper titled "Incorporating the Customer's Perspective into the News Vendor Problem." He continues, "The knowledge that certain stores are bound to have what you... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
surgeries, 40 percent of which were free of charge. The enterprise has been able to reduce the cost of surgery by up to 60 percent, working with support from partners that include Duke University, World Diabetes Foundation, Pfizer... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
should keep the social dimension of your work in mind-that is, the opportunity to do something good for others.” CURRENT READING The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, by Dennis Ross Sir Ronald Cohen... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
conveyed than with the task itself; I’ve used that knowledge again and again. What opportunities do you see as the economy emerges from crisis mode? When it comes to technology, we all have the same core desires to do things smarter,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
fell in love with it,” he recalls. Many veterans do. Working on horseback tends to resonate for people who’ve served in the military, Minden and Aguilar both say. Like the military, ranching requires resilience, a commitment to purpose... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System
basis,” says Greenwood, who worked with fellow HBS finance professor Malcolm Baker and Harvard economics professor Andrei Shleifer to get the proj ect off the ground. “Historically our group has been pretty fluid, though, and we decided... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
Pisano and Shih: It’s naive to believe that manufacturing can be shipped abroad without harm to U.S. competitiveness. Related Links Why Manufacturing Matters - HBS Working Knowledge Making Their Way James... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Orientation Teamwork
interactions among people from different backgrounds and different sections.” Teams play an important role in the educational experience by encouraging more in-depth case analysis and preparation, providing working View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
it, investigate it, learn, and teach." This article was based on material that originally appeared on the HBS Working Knowledge portal (hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu). « Return View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
understanding how communities and contests can be better designed and managed to solve real-world challenges. My colleagues and I at the lab work closely with our partners to design field experiments that advance academic View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
work, asking, “How do I find my purpose?” That’s the wrong question. You don’t find your purpose—you build it. The HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose is packed with stories, tips, and activities to teach you how to cultivate more meaning in your life and View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
appointment with Harvard’s Kennedy School, where she founded the Social Innovation and Change Initiative. Here, they look back at the growing legacy of the SEI and the work still ahead. What are some of the effects from the first 25 years... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Averting Crisis
data, the project also convenes researchers, policymakers, and financial executives to exchange ideas with BFFS faculty. The goal is to empower the project’s research to have broad real-world impact, sharing knowledge that could help... View Details