Firm News - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2016
News

Measuring Impact

founders of firms that collectively have an indelible impact on the world economy by creating jobs, fostering prosperity, and bringing innovative products and services to market.” In addition to measuring alumni entrepreneurship, the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2004
News

Greenhill Family Gift Enhances Global Research

Greenhill & Co., a merchant-banking firm he founded in New York City in 1996. Previously, he had a long and successful career in investment banking, as president of Morgan Stanley and chairman and CEO of... View Details

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

13 Dec 2011
News

Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project

and actions that boost the ability of companies in the United States to compete in the global economy and raise American living standards. The announcement included the introduction of a new digital forum dedicated to the topic and comes... View Details

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

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

found and reported. First, there was the question of whether an auditor on the team had previously audited the same factory. Teams consisting of all new auditors unfamiliar with a factory tended to find more violations than teams that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

August 2010 (Revised January 2012)
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Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1

By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Sam Palmisano became CEO of IBM in 2002. He dramatically energized the organization through portfolio changes and a values driven approach to managing the company. View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology Industry; New York (state, US)

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Educators

Purchase

01 Dec 2005
News

Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories

concessions company and building it into Boston Culinary Group, of which he is chairman and CEO. The firm does business in forty states, supplying food and drink to arenas and convention centers and operating theaters, ski resorts, and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

26 Oct 2011
News

On Top, Down Under

Fookes: Leading the way at one of Australia's premier real estate firms. Photo courtesy Mark Fookes Mark Fookes (AMP 178, 2010) is head of investment management at The GPT Group, a Sydney, Australia, firm that manages $9.8 billion of... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Oct 2000
News

Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance

economic battlefield, emerging markets like Russia -- where Nestlé is active -- represent valuable new territory for the highly competitive consumer foods business. Nestlé, the world's largest packaged-food company, has always emphasized... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2005
News

Do You Speak Business?

At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (MBA ’03) was excelling at his job — selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals — when the company’s 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Feb 2001
News

Porter Appointed to University Professorship

is particularly important to me since the scope of my work has broadened considerably over the years." Porter's first area of interest examines how firms compete in industries and gain competitive advantage. The next focuses on locations... View Details

Keywords: Doug Gavel; University Professorship; C. Roland Christensen; Sumner H. Slichter

01 Mar 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

ago, to research the “new, but untested, financial system,” unregulated as all get-out, filled with “trust me” and “I don’t really understand the math.” Light and his experts seem to understand it now. What new information did they get... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2006
News

Light Years Ahead

my application aside and asked whether I’d like to get a doctorate instead,” recalls Light. After discussions during a visit to the campus, Light agreed to enter a new doctoral program in decision and control theory, a joint program... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Aug 2001
News

Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)

nine associated firms specializing in the manufacture and repair of turbine engines for the aircraft and other industries. But in addition to his business career, Twaalfhoven has long carried the flag for the cause of entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: Georges F. Doriot; John G. McLean; Alumni Achievement Award; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

Career Coach

Rich Schneider

term career objectives, and tactics relating to individual firm recruiting and interviewing. For alumni, he utilizes his considerable professional and life experience to help individuals work through major transitions such as moving to a... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Health Care; Manufacturing; Sports

Career Coach

Ryan Kim

independent sponsor private equity firm and completed a self-funded search to buy a regional automotive installation services business which he operated as President. Prior to that, Ryan worked in large and mid cap private equity, led... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Search Fund; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

Career Coach

Matt Spielman

Matt (Columbia ’94, HBS ’99) is the Founder and Managing Partner of Inflection Point Partners, an executive coaching and leadership development firm dedicated to igniting careers and energizing lives. Matt and his team at Inflection... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Sports; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All)

17 Dec 2015
News

Examining Global Workforce Management

As executives of an international company are considering workforce reductions in Europe and South America, they are providing layoff support to employees and working with communities to create incentives for new businesses to replace... View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

Brazil Banks on Experience

situation today is absolutely viable, Brazil’s economic basics are absolutely solid, and we have conditions to grow,” Meirelles told the New York Times (December 13, 2002). Meirelles headed BankBoston’s Brazil operations from 1984 to 1996... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Sep 2015
News

Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities

someone who never would have thought of pursuing an advanced degree in business," says Kim, now a PRIMO mentor and a DBA candidate in Marketing at HBS, with a focus on consumer empowerment and firm transparency. "That summer really... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Speak English, Please!

a universal experience of status diminution when people compare their native language to this new language,” Neeley remarks. “So no matter how fluent some people are in English, they believe they’ll never be as sophisticated, influential,... View Details

Keywords: Kim Girard; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

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