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- 01 Dec 1996
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Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
can't assume that the essential complements to your business are going to be there. And if they are missing, you can't assume that the market will solve the problem. You have to work with others to create them or create them yourself. Companies involved in today's... View Details
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
major corporations such as Chemical Bank, General Electric, Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, and the Arthur Young accounting partnership. He was in demand as a speaker, giving talks in English, Dutch, French, and German. Uyterhoeven served as... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
information you have. Ultimately, this process leads you to a zone for judgment; it's a process I have used throughout my career." COMMUNITY OUTREACH Director, The Council for Excellence in Government Director, Capital Partners for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
Frese's financial accounting class. I didn't even know what that day's case was but this was a supposed "safe class"—no cold-calling. Suddenly through my haze, I heard Professor Frese say: "Well, Mr. MacKinnon, perhaps you can tell us all... View Details
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
Council. For example, dual-flush toilets and low-flow shower heads and sink aerators reduce water use by 30 percent when compared to a standard building. Sensors adjust indoor lighting by taking available natural light into account (this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
Your personal accountability is laid on the line, and the anxiety level is likely to be quite high, as is the amount of social reinforcement for doing well. How much of imprinting can be attributed to the relationships that are formed... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
investments, and their responsibility to investors? Legislation mandating reform can be passed quickly compared with the time needed to change people’s behavior. Some believe that things won’t really change until we have a new generation of directors. The problem is... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
awards drives a sharp increase in CEO compensation. 1992 The SEC requires more disclosure of executive compensation, particularly stock options and perks. With more information in public view, the rules trigger an unintended upward pay... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
intentions and a sense of loyalty to a local organization. As for the foundations that distributed billions to nonprofits, they rarely held their beneficiaries accountable for results. Just as result-driven thinking entered the business... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
working was critical. So we literally wrote down our unwritten rules and created a handbook for onboarding. I was a bit skeptical about the idea; it felt like a very old-school HR effort. But the results were tangible. It instantly gave us a common language and allowed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
spending in and around the parks. Using a more comprehensive approach that also takes into account indirect or passive use—in other words, our desire for the parks to always be there for us and our children, whether or not we visit... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Lab. And that may just be the answer to developing a strong small-business sector in emerging markets. In more developed markets, a bank can make loan decisions based on credit scores, that three-digit distillation of a lifetime of bill payment habits and bank View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers
companies to get a decent offer quickly. A job hunter must have six to ten job possibilities in the works concurrently. Five of those possibilities will fall away through no fault of your own. For example, a company could decide to hire no one, hire a marketing person... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
right to nominate directors into something that is real — and has a real chance of holding boards of directors accountable to company owners.” Major business groups lost no time denouncing the reform measures as vehicles for ceding... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
One of my first assignments was to rewrite a case that Dean McArthur had written early in his career. I was surprised when the editor informed me that the Dean had asked to meet me. No other faculty member—before or since—has made time... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Campaign Passes Goal, Continues
In addition, our new first-year course in leadership and corporate accountability is influencing business schools everywhere. The cost of being a pioneer in all these domains is high.” HBS, he noted, continually strives to improve its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
social enterprises here and around the world. You both mentioned that student interest is one of the drivers. What else is driving the momentum behind social enterprise? JB: Corporations face increasing pressures to dial down their single-minded pursuit of profit and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
already have to high-performing organizations, we feel we can cultivate a pool of support that folks can tap into,” Owusu-Kesse explains. “There are core principles and accountability outcomes underlying this work, in addition to the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
examined the role of business in ending global poverty, strike anyone else as being in poor taste? If “Every day, nearly 3 billion people have to get by on this,” as the headline and stark image of two crumpled dollar bills on the magazine’s front cover View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Reinventing Marketing
becoming the victim of its own success, according to the leaders of the Marketing unit at HBS. "Advances in technology and fundamental changes in how products and services are delivered are enabling other disciplines - such as manufacturing, sales, even View Details