activism - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

share of most public firms, mutual fund companies have been reluctant to engage in any form of activism (the same firms that are performing poorly may also be mutual fund clients). The Activist Arena Unlike mutual funds, the sole... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

14 Dec 1999
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From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation

healthy communities. Traditionally, businesses have supported the social sector in two different ways: they contribute their employees' time for volunteer activities, and they support community initiatives with money and gifts in kind. Both View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

01 Jun 1999
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo

grueling to most people, for Lirio Marcelo it has been more or less the happy norm since she matriculated atHLS in 1995. "The busier I am, the more motivated I get," explains the active dynamo, whose interest in business prompted her to... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

02 Jun 2003
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Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act

common for most companies are the slow, incremental shifts that smart managers do see coming down the road. Why then aren't they better at shifting gears? According to Sull, most top managers are far sighted and methodical, active and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

John J. McCloy

McCloy orchestrated the merger between Chase and Manhattan, forming the second largest commercial bank in the United States. Educated as a lawyer, McCloy was very active and successful in a variety of fields. He pursued private law,... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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Women's Student Association | MBA

Women's Student Association To actively support a community that empowers and mobilizes women to thrive academically, socially and professionally for long-term success. Annual Events Dynamic Women in Business Conference Speaker Series... View Details

30 Mar 2015
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Helping the American Red Cross deliver services

Mark L. Capaldini (MBA 1979), an active ambassador for the American Red Cross, has found it rewarding to be a board member for the organization’s northern Minnesota chapter. (Published March 2015) View Details

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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years & View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Constant Inspiration

Ellen Guidera (MBA 1986) Ellen Guidera (MBA 1986) has played an active role in the evolution of the HBS immersive student learning experience. Shortly after the first-year Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD) MBA... View Details

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HarvardKey for Alumni | Baker Library

or ithelp@harvard.edu . HUIT can also tell you which email address HAA has on file for you. Visit the HarvardKey page to claim your HarvardKey. Select Alumni as your user type: Next, enter your HAA ID, Last Name and Degree Year in the fields: A confirmation email with... View Details

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Ruzwana Bashir

fulfilled that entrepreneurial dream before she turned 30. As founder and CEO of Peek, Bashir has gotten the full startup experience in a short time. With Peek.com she is already disrupting the $100 billion global activities market.... View Details

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Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) (Abridged)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Explores how a cost system can help support a firm's decision to change strategies. In the process, the students are introduced to a simple activity-based cost system. Siemens Electric Motor Works found itself facing an increasingly competitive environment and so made... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; Cost; Adoption; Cost vs Benefits; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Production; Business Strategy; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

funding away from worthy philanthropic causes. Using tools from both the asset pricing and corporate finance toolkits, this course examines these questions in detail: What does it mean in practice to incorporate non-traditional preferences and criteria? How do such... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Case Study: Bionic Banking

approach for the masses. Investment management startup Alpha Architect, cofounded by COO Patrick Cleary (MBA 2010), is considering the launch of an affordable, active robo-advisor that would seek to outperform a passive, globally... View Details

23 Mar 2018

HBS Women's Open House

Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions and the Women’s Student Association, this Open House is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA program and the community of women at Harvard Business School. Planned View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Exploring Global Business Practices

a lean but deeply networked international presence, the centers enable the faculty to produce research that informs management practice around the world and have become a locus for HBS activities in their regions. The insights faculty... View Details

Sumner M. Redstone

Beginning his career as a lawyer, Redstone joined the entertainment industry in the 1960’s with the formation of National Amusements. As Chairman of Viacom, he guided the company’s successful post-theatrical and syndication activities and... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

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French-Speaking Club | MBA

French-Speaking Club The mission of French-Speaking Club is to provide an active platform to gather HBS students and alumni of all nationalities united by a desire to practice or learn French, and to discover the cultures of the various... View Details

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Finance Club | MBA

Finance Club The Finance Club promotes finance-related activities and careers throughout the HBS community. As one of the largest clubs on campus, it caters to a wide variety of finance-related interests, particularly investment banking,... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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HBS alumnus Philip Rettger on partnering with the Harvard endowment

its endowment. The more our trust grows while my wife, Diane, and I are alive, the more income we will receive from it. Our Harvard trust will eventually support HBS activities focused on environmental leadership, an area very important... View Details

Keywords: Trusts; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

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