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01 Jan 2005
News

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

answers." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "One of the most important elements of leadership is fairness. You have to be consistent in the decisions that you make and the messages that you deliver. An organization looks to you as representative... View Details

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2.3.2 Hazing | MBA

2.3.2 Hazing Students are advised that Massachusetts law expressly prohibits any form of hazing in connection with the initiation of students into student groups and organizations. The relevant statutes are provided below. The law applies... View Details

27 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

withheld from the public. South Korea did the opposite, promptly disclosing all information regarding the virus. Information about the location of the infected cases was communicated via text messages to the public. There were two daily briefings, View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

01 Oct 1997
News

Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development

Nations Operation in Somalia and was stationed in Mogadishu. A year after graduation, she accepted a six-month position as director of enterprise development in Tanzania with an international nongovernmental organization called... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

The Fab Four

as chairman of Millennium Promise (MP), he helps lead an organization with the vision of ending extreme poverty worldwide by 2025. Despite this shift, Walker sees more similarities than differences between his careers in the private and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

16 Jan 2018
News

Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

participants develop a network of support for their organizations, the reunion at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse in Providence included a social hour and a panel featuring the club’s four 2017 SPNM graduates. David Beauchesne, from the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53786 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Scope versus Speed: Team Diversity, Leader Experience, and Patenting Outcomes for Firms By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Martine R. Haas Abstract—How does the View Details

13 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Gorton's Seafoods

OrganizationPaul Coz, Vice President Human Resources, Gorton's Seafoods Describe your organization in three to five sentences.Gorton's, America's iconic seafood company, is the category leader in frozen, value added seafood, View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Mar 2005
News

Time to Trek

education — indeed, a company need not have openings to host a group of trekkers. Robert (“Grady”) Burnett (HBS ’05) helped organize this year’s WesTrek to California’s Bay Area. He says that alumni provided... View Details

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

01 Sep 2016
News

Offshore Learning

provide housing and practical education for orphaned and at-risk boys. Outward Bound’s influence on the island began with when it launched its first adventure learning and character development programming in the mid-1970s. The island... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

03 Apr 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

but tightly interweaved sections, the book's chapters provide regional surveys of the practice of global history on all continents, review some of the research in four core fields of global history, and consider a number of problems that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jul 2020
Blog Post

To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS

choose between staying in the military and accepting my spot at Harvard Business School. To provide some context, I had wanted to “go to Harvard” ever since I was 5 or 6 years old. I didn’t have the means or support system to even... View Details

16 May 2018
News

ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup

hassle out of moving and furnishing a new residence. The runner-up spot went to Tom DeBrooke (MBA 1972) and his company, Vascular Perfusion Solutions, Inc., which has developed a new system to extend the viability of human organs and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Apr 2014
News

Applying business practices to nonprofits to strengthen impact

The nonprofit need of for-profit acumen is acute, says Jeff Bradach (AM 1990, PhDOB 1992), cofounder and managing partner of The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit advisor and resource for mission-driven organizations and philanthropists.... View Details

26 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Where is Home for the Global Firm?

around the world, much as other aspects of a firm have been distributed around the world. In order to understand these changes, in my paper I provide a framework that illustrates the critical dimensions of national identity that are being... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Oct 2012
News

Green Pioneer

Zofnass Photo courtesy Paul Zofnass A longtime environmentalist, Paul Zofnass (MBA 1973) founded the Environmental Financial Consulting Group (EFCG) in 1990, after 17 years in finance at Citibank and at Oppenheimer (where he was managing director of investment... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

01 Dec 2008
News

The CEO and the Functions of Leadership

In a working paper presented at the June colloquium, HBS professors Michael Porter and Nitin Nohria consider the CEO’s role in the large, complex organization that is typical in today’s global economy. An excerpt follows: “CEOs must... View Details

20 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

delegation, but there is less empirical evidence, especially across countries. This has limited the ability to understand the phenomenon of decentralization. To address the empirical lacuna we have developed a research program to measure the internal View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

(forthcoming) Abstract This paper analyzes the association between ownership, top management incentives, and expenditures on accounting information. We argue that organizations with privately appointed boards of directors such as... View Details