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- 01 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat
associate professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit at Harvard Business School, asks in a new working paper, Who Runs the International System? Power and Staffing at the United Nations Secretariat. He... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
“There was a lot of pressure, needless to say,” says Tan. “It was Salomon’s biggest deal in Asia to date. Some even questioned why another bank hadn’t been chosen. Michael had a great rapport with officials in the Korean government and at... View Details
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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
into World War II gave the steel industry a financial boost from the depths of the Great Depression as well as an opportunity for image burnishing. Large corporations and government worked together on the joint goal of supplying steel for... View Details
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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
rather than medical specialties Optimize costs through accurate measurement and reporting Apply the concept of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) to measure health care costs and outcomes Design and implement a bundled payment system to reduce health care View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
as a runner on Wall Street at Lehman Brothers, where I ended up spending much of my career. If you hadn't pursued a career in management, what might you have done instead? I would have liked to play professional baseball. I was barely... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
US Pre-1950 Founder 43% Family Business 26% Other CEO 31% US 1950 & After Founder 32% Family Business 14% Other CEO 54% THE 20th CENTURY ZEITGEIST Six contextual factors deeply influenced the opportunities available to 20th century business leaders: Demographics... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details
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Why HBS? - Doctoral
Harvard faculty in departments including economics , psychology , and sociology , as well as other graduate professional schools, like the Harvard Kennedy School of Government , Harvard Chan School of Public Health , Harvard Law School... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
Founder, Chairman & CEO, Boston Culinary Group, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Harvard College, 1967 A.B., Government and Economics LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The analytical process I learned at HBS... View Details
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
Companies’ Response to Covid-19 (Harvard Business Review) What Quarantine Can Teach You About Spending and Happiness (Wall Street Journal) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge [In terms of the businesses most impacted by... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
to $184 million, amounting to 23 percent of total revenue. In any given year, the change in the endowment distribution is governed by three factors: a specified rate increase set by the University, which in fiscal 2021 was 2.5 percent;... View Details
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
thousands of loyal, hard working, often inadequately recognized, government employees attempting to carry out the latest immigration policy are caught in the middle. Immigrants need the US. It still represents the world’s most attractive... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
University's finances but gave him a place on Harvard's two governing boards. Dividing his time between McKinsey and Massachusetts Hall, Daniel saw the University's endowment climb from some $4 billion to $22 billion as chairman of the... View Details
- 24 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions
Viroopa to learn more about the JD/MBA experience. Given that JD/MBAs spend more time at Harvard, do they take advantage more of research opportunities and resources? Absolutely! Since the program is four years, JD/MBA students have the... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
governments should stop the natural market dynamics, but . . . countries should (not) use the term 'level playing field' as an excuse for exploitation." Paul Jackson points out that "In this country [the United States], let... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
Regulators often punish companies for bad behavior—for instance, by fining them if they pollute the environment. But instead of focusing on what business leaders are doing wrong and constantly slapping their hands, government officials... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 06 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)
didn’t get a single callback. Eventually, she found a government program that enabled her to return to school and become a daycare assistant. The experience really stuck with me and has influenced my life and career direction. What was... View Details
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
what that spending achieved. Yet there has been little agreement on a set of hard-and-fast metrics to measure social performance. How should a nonprofit manager respond when a significant donor asks for proof of his or her contribution's... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
percent of total revenue. Three factors govern the change in the endowment distribution: a specified rate increase set by the University, which in fiscal 2023 was 4.5 percent; new gifts to the endowment, which comprises more than 1,000... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
competitive by integrating activities and coordinating resources across national borders. At the same time, they also need to be sensitive and responsive to national differences in consumer tastes and government requirements, for example.... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell