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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

in the prior year. Cash giving to the endowment decreased to $77 million, from $80 million in fiscal 2021. Cash giving for capital projects totaled $5 million, compared with $8 million in the prior year.... View Details

24 Jun 2021
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Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

at the Princeton endowment and I remember my boss at the time saying ‘Listen, we’re giving you this opportunity not because you’re an MBA student, but because you’re in a joint degree program.’ He saw having... View Details

27 Nov 2006
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What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?

category who may be given help or advised to leave the organization. Proponents of forced ranking claim that it is more humane and effective than most qualitative systems for employee appraisal in which employees don't receive frank... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

performance. The board needs to be composed of individuals who are capable and interested in giving feedback. The board is also responsible for recommending an appropriate CEO compensation structure,... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

30 Apr 2020
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Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

16 Dec 2022
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Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

from people who have been traditionally hiring men,” explains Himabindu Lakkaraju, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. “They review men and give high rankings to men, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

23 May 2018
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Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

population than in prior generations. Our workforce needs to reflect that,” says Johnson, who quietly directs her personal and corporate philanthropy to cultural, educational, View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2018
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Digital Transformation

HBS. “I owe a great deal to the School and would not be where I am today had it not been for HBS. I wanted to give to something that I was really passionate about, and where it... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

place by great Harvard Business School deans and professors and by generations of outstanding students such as those here with us today," he noted. "Thank you, Dean Clark, for View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

11 Aug 2021
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The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

income, alma maters, and employers can give someone up to a 12x advantage over others in accessing opportunity. I adopted this mission during the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement when I realized that my... View Details

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Class or Section Secretary - Alumni

Volunteer Class or Section Secretary Write Your Class Notes Class Notes are the main way alumni get news of their classmates. Secretaries gather news about their sectionmates each quarter, and compose a column for the HBS magazine .... View Details

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

business professionals. Learn from and network with peers before, during, and after your course. Ask questions, collaborate, give feedback, and... View Details

06 Jan 2020
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Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

Many employees fall into a rut. They do their jobs and respond to challenges in a set way to deliver stable results. But consistency can give way to performance gaps between a company’s high achievers View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

his love of a provocative argument and a good discussion, as well as the powerful breadth and depth of his mind. "He always said he didn't mind that people thought he was wrong if they listened long... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

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Wyss House | About

doctoral student fellowships and stipends, field research, course development, teaching-skills training, awards for outstanding scholarship, and renovation of the doctoral facilities. Wyss believes View Details

11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

all." In this episode of Skydeck, Platzer and I talk about how he built that mission, how it culminated in the founding of Spire, and what advice he'd give to anyone who is... View Details

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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910