Continuous Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 May 2020
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Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

of serving something higher than myself, and the bonds forged under training and combat. When I graduate, I will continue to look for opportunities to impact my community and keep trying to make the world a better place for my daughter. I... View Details

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

the post-pandemic stage. The focus on learning, on the student, and on the content will continue to be the key,” he observed. “A new stage of blended education is beginning, and UADE is ready to take advantage of it. We will have... View Details

30 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 30

government bond yields, stabilized until the fall of 2008, when they showed dramatic declines. The paper asks to what extent short-term real interest rates, bond risks, and liquidity explain the trends before 2008 and the unusual View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

basic system of HBS instruction. Doriot based the class on lectures (students were asked to listen and take notes, but not ask questions) and fieldwork. Teaching this single class for nearly 30 thirty years, Doriot continually reflected... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

in the Networked Age by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh (MBA 2000) (Harvard Business Review Press) The employer-employee relationship is broken. The old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer works in a business environment of View Details

12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12

Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy Abstract We conducted an analysis that explores the merits of a low-carbon development strategy for Liberia. This chapter describes both our cost-benefit analysis initiative and a plausible... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

references can be helpful, but only if done correctly. “This is something we continue to do, even with mid-level hires in mid-stage companies when the founder feels like a highly desirable candidate could use an extra push. It’s not a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Dec 2007
News

The Wise Men

and so many of the ideas that came to be taught were developed by the faculty. The cases were shorter and simpler but still raised important issues. Most of the students enjoyed the few lectures that the faculty offered because it was... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

20 Jun 2012
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Leadership: What We Know

together what we've learned. This edited volume collects international scholars to not only put forward a foundational reference for leadership training but also to offer a community of practice where ideas can be developed and shared.... View Details

Keywords: by Scott A. Snook, Rakesh Khurana & Nitin Nohria; Education

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

Law Firm continued with its approach to grow through a merger, rather than organically, and was eventually merged into a bigger law firm in China. After the merger, a refined A-B-C-D model is still in use as compensation system, although... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

households continue to hold individual assets, however, they rebalance both stocks and mutual funds to offset about one sixth of the passive variations in individual asset shares. Households rebalance primarily by adjusting purchases of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Sep 2009
What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

after a merger." Tony Eckel said, "Properly applied, they are investments in the continuity and stability of the organization." Some were vehement in their opposition. "I view a retention bonus as a sort of blackmail... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

13 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

sense to be diversified than it used to in the past, since, at the end of the day, all markets are moving together,” says Luis Viceira, George E. Bates Professor and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

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Research in Black and White | Baker Library

Blout, a biochemist and Polaroid’s associate director of research, to create a film coater. The coater, included in every film pack and applied by consumers to their images with a swab, served as a washing solution that stopped further View Details

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Harvard Business School

director of the MBA program, who had died the month before. Clifford E. Darden, MBA 1969, DBA 1982 Clifford E. Darden developed the organizational strategy of AASU and became its first chair. "We couldn't just sit on the banks of the... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

epitome of the Aston Martin Grand Touring car. Comfortable for two, it has few frills and a high level of luxury and yet is capable of heart-stopping performance and superb handling on the racetrack. Candee examines in detail the history of every DB4GT manufactured:... View Details

03 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The State of Customer Service Leadership

just a US phenomenon. The proportion of jobs devoted to services has shown gains in both more and less developed economies for decades. We found that the US does not have a monopoly on great service leaders or best practices in service... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

International Development Harvard Business Review Press The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism’s future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass... View Details

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

parlayed his fame as a celebrity real estate developer into a winning pitch to voters as a Washington outsider. Emphasizing his decades of experience as a wheeler-dealer building luxury hotels, casinos, and golf courses around the world,... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

volunteers “have helped the city capitalize on the innovation sprouting from Silicon Valley, through specific initiatives such as designing the structure of the city’s startup incubator, developing innovative ways to incorporate... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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