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- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
and, eventually, through its decision to execute a management buyout to exit the public market. Explored at the corporate level is the tension between Edison's effort to generate profits and achieve excellent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
Office of Education at USAID. Christensen's influential book was not about AIDS; it described companies that were well managed yet were blindsided by rapid advances from unexpected challengers. Yet HIV and AIDS also have that potential to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Georges F. Doriot
course and the General. Many, such as James D. Robinson III, who became chairman of American Express; Sanford Bernstein, who founded the brokerage firm that bore his name; Walter Haas, chairman of Levi Strauss and Philip Caldwell, the first non-family member to become... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
online community with fitness, wellness, and educational courses, as well as opportunities to connect with other older adults. Oppenheim’s research in the field shows that the message that most resonated with this population is one... View Details
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
Lagace: As you teach MBA students and Executive Education participants, are they describing new pressures that weren’t there before? Hill: Leadership is truly getting more demanding. I don’t think anyone... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Staff Directory | Baker Library
to promote efficient and transparent operations. Originally from Venezuela, Dora has over 18 years of experience in finance across both corporate and higher education settings. She has worked with global companies such as Pfizer and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
senior partner at the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. He offers advice on generating valuable introductions, nailing interviews, negotiating compensation, cultivating a mentor, and knowing when to change jobs or industries. Sunset... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
participation, a result also consistent with household self-reports. Several experiments find an important role for trust in insurance participation. We find mixed evidence that subtle psychological manipulations affect purchase and no evidence that modest amounts of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
20,000 students MBA students and Executive Education participants. One of his doctoral students, Michael Halse (MBA 1957, DBA 1979), helped lead the White Revolution in India in the 1970s and '80s, replacing... View Details
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
follow, observe the authors, since more than a few failed companies have run straight into the tiger's jaws while believing that all they had to do was outrun their competition. Ghoshal and Moran, both of the London Business School, and Bartlett, chairman of HBS View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 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
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
and acquisitions. As Allaire and his fellow executives weighed those options, they confronted competitive threats in multiple quarters, but particularly from YouTube, a hugely popular video-sharing site that online search giant Google had... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
complex chain of events, individuals, transactions, and products that feed the world. Until his retirement in 1997, Goldberg had taught many thousands of MBA and Executive Education students and was the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
for urban ridesharing applications. “Most ridesharing opportunities tend to be in urban areas where size matters, where parking is expensive and elusive,” says Fletcher, who attended the School’s Women on Boards Executive View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
collaborations. Another characteristic shared by this group of businesses was that they were all multinational corporations, a fact that helps us to understand many of their decisions. Sample cases show that subsidiaries' top executives... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
change the very system that has caused poverty in poor countries in the first place. Here again the profit motive would come into play. The WDC would not only provide jobs and raise incomes, it would also improve education by giving... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
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Key Metrics | Annual Report 2024
than Hispanic, Latino, or Latinx are represented as Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic only. US Race/Ethnicity number s do not total 100% because they are presented as % of total entering class but only account for US students. Executive View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
to remain working left because they could not reconcile the obligations of the career path they were on with caring for kids. Caregiving, along with higher education and healthcare delivery, has among the highest real-dollar increase in... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
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Commencement 2015 Address | About
live without electricity, and he knew how life-changing it was to be able to flick a switch to turn on a light or a fan. As a teacher and now as dean of this institution, I too have been fortunate to find Purpose in my professional life. Our school’s mission is to... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
also the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic. Bill, welcome. Bill George: Thank you. Good to be here. Kenny: I really appreciate you taking the time to talk about this case and we're happy to have you today because... View Details