Michael - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Apr 2016
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Corporate Activism and the Rise of the Outspoken CEO

03 Apr 2016
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The Power of C.E.O. Activism

24 Jul 2015
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Why CEO Activism Could Change the World of Public Companies

15 Mar 2016
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The costs of inequality: Faster lives, quicker deaths

01 Dec 1999
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Class of 1942 Chair Honors Paul Lawrence, Promotes Leadership

HBS professor Michael Tushman has been named the first incumbent of the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professorship of Business Administration. Tushman is internationally recognized for his work on the relations between technological... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Students and Business Leaders Look to Africa's Future

conference examined the business potential inherent in Africa's unparalleled natural resources, awe-inspiring geography, unexplored markets, and population of over seven hundred million. Maurice Templesman, chairman of the Corporate Council on Africa, and The Monitor... View Details

2018
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New Prospects for Organizational Democracy?: How the Joint Pursuit of Social and Financial Goals Challenges Traditional Organizational Designs

By: Julie Battilana, Michael Fuerstein and Michael Lee

For an extended period during the first half of the 20th century, industrial democracy was a vibrant movement, with ideological and organizational ties to a thriving unionism. In 2015, however, things look different. While there are instances of democracy in the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Social Enterprise; Values and Beliefs; Integration; Theory

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July 2007
Teaching Note

Rwanda: National Economic Transformation (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Michael Patrick McCreless

Teaching Note to 706491. View Details

Keywords: Economy; Problems and Challenges; Development Economics; Policy; Poverty; Transformation; Performance Evaluation; Political Elections; Rwanda

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20 Nov 2014
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Strengthening America's Public Education System

research-led effort he cochairs with Michael Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor. The project, designed to explore steps business leaders can take to strengthen U.S. competitiveness, currently focuses on improving... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

series focusing on topics such as “Accounting for Climate Change.” “The BEI’s mission is to educate, connect, and mobilize students, faculty, alumni, and other business leaders around climate change and related environmental priorities,” explains View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

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Articles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

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05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

however, as interesting as the phenomenon described by Annabelle Gawer and Michael Cusumano in their book, Platform Leadership. They include: Did platform leaders set out to create vehicles by which they might control the direction and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

COVID-19 outbreak might change the way companies think about sustainability. Here’s what they said: Michael Toffel: Companies might prepare better for big disruptions I hope that the pandemic will increase companies’ attention to... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

02 Dec 2014
Blog Post

Building a Consumer-Centric Strategy: Highlights from the Marketing & CPG Club’s Conference

featured 3 keynotes, 6 panels, a networking lunch and cocktail hour. As thought leaders in marketing, our keynotes delivered powerful presentations about how their company’s execute a consumer-centric strategy: Michael Moynihan of LEGO... View Details

24 Jun 2014
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Gary (MBA 1963) and Terie Roubos

1987) and met her husband, classmate Michael Manson. The Rouboses, who have stayed connected with HBS during the past 50 years, say that their time spent at Soldiers Field influenced them personally—providing them with enduring... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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An Ethical Fitness Quiz for Negotiators

Shady dealings at the negotiating table may work in the short term, but in the end, you’ll undermine trust and tarnish your reputation, warns HBS professor Michael A. Wheeler in the March issue of Negotiation, a newsletter from HBS... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2003
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Lessons from Everest

scores of hopeful climbers were trying to duplicate their feat, Assistant Professor Michael Roberto discussed his research into the tragic Everest events of 1996. In May of that year, eight individuals perished in a single day while... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Mar 2020
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Leading Change

“Business and Climate Policy: Your Vital Role,” on February 12, 2020. Moderated by Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at HBS and Faculty Chair of BEI, the event drew 100 alumni and guests to the... View Details

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