Georges F. Doriot - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2005
News

Making History, Starting Over

where he found inspiration for his entrepreneurial inclinations from Professor Georges F. Doriot, a venture capital pioneer. “My father brought me up to work for myself, never to be part of a large... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

30 Jan 2017
News

HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban

Faculty George F. Baker Professor of Administration Das Narayandas Senior Associate Dean, External Relations and Harvard Business Publishing Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration Dear... View Details

summer 2003
Article

Leveraging the Incumbent's Advantage

By: Marco Iansiti, F. Warren McFarlan and George Westerman

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October 1995 (Revised March 1997)
Background Note

The National Information Infrastructure (A): The United States in Perspective

By: George C. Lodge, Jeffrey F. Rayport, Thomas A. Gerace and Afroze A Mohammed

Keywords: Information; Infrastructure; United States

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28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

http://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Rules-Timeless-Lessons-Gates/dp/0062373951/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1427236936&sr=8-1 April 2015 Harvard Business Review Leaders as Decision Architects: Structure Your Organization's Work to Encourage Wise Choices By:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2008
News

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

about anything. Franklin Delano Roosevelt made the country believe it could crawl out of a depression, rallied it around social change that created a middle class, and mobilized the greatest military in the world to conquer fascism. After American confidence had been... View Details

Keywords: Government

26 Aug 2016
News

Connecting with the Past

Larry O’Hearn, who took Georges F. Doriot’s popular class on manufacturing. “I didn’t take it, but everyone in the School knew what he preached: it was the idea that wherever you are, whatever you’re doing,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

made a difference in the world for all time. Dean Nitin Nohria, George F. Baker Professor of Administration: In the face of great odds and through acts of courage and conviction, Mandela transformed a nation... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

01 Sep 2007
News

Letters to the Editor

outstanding private-sector success story: Professor Kanter. Samuel F. Heffner III (MBA ’70) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Right Wing, Left Wing, West Wing HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter cites 25 years of right-wing ideology as contributing to... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

13 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

was Eisenhower's difficulty during World War II in confronting Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, much to the exasperation of Generals George S. Patton and Omar Bradley. Montgomery fought hard to convince Eisenhower that Eisenhower... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 29

Exchange Authors:F. Gino and F. Flynn Publication:Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract Five studies show that gift recipients are more appreciative receiving gifts they explicitly request than those they do... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2021
Case

The Governor's Dilemma

By: Charles F. Wu, Emma Hodge, Carlos Marin, Alexander Styk and George Zhang

Citation

Educators

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

years later and was named the School's first George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Business Administration in 1963. One of Christensen's greatest strengths in research and case development was his ability to... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

22 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 22

Compensation and Firm Performance Authors:Joanne Horton, Yuval Millo, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (forthcoming) Abstract Using a sample of 4,278 listed U.K. firms, we construct a social... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

other alternatives. Sebenius specializes in multiparty negotiations, especially in international, financial, and public-private contexts. With Professor Jay O. Light of the Finance unit and Professor Richard F. Meyer, he is exploring ways... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Oct 2001
News

Making a World of Difference

morning paper, a history lesson, or a conflict in the classroom," recalls Slifka. At HBS, he notes, General Georges F. Doriot's manufacturing course also had a powerful impact. "He taught us to be... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

22 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 22

Corporate Finance Attracting Long-Term Investors Through Integrated Thinking and Reporting: A Clinical Study of a Biopharmaceutical Company By: Knauer, Andrew, and George Serafeim Abstract—Faced with a large percentage of investors that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information