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- 05 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless
says Iyer. "But we found exactly the opposite." When the researchers examined 22 years worth of data on reported crimes in a variety of gender-specific and gender-nonspecific categories they were initially surprised by what they... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Global Leadership Initiative's Director Focuses on Technology
As the first director of the HBS Global Leadership Initiative, Alan Price is working to extend the School's reach in the teaching of leadership. Launched in 1999 by Dean Kim B. Clark and headed by leadership expert Professor John P. Kotter, the View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- News
Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple
Managers know that individuals who have experience working together can influence team performance. Yet most managers underestimate the benefit of such familiarity, according to Robert S. Huckman, Professor and Chair of the MBA Required Curriculum. Studying teams in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
FAQ: How is research funded at HBS?
HBS RESEARCH BY THE NUMBERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 $109 M Investment in research 8.7 M HBS cases sold worldwide 640 New teaching materials 184 Research articles 18 Conferences (with 1,100 attendees) For further information on research in View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
summer of ... A Conversation with Professor Dutch Leonard Herman B. “Dutch” Leonard 01 Feb 2017 I became Co-Chair of the Social Enterprise Initiative in 2004, when I was asked to take a joint a... View Details
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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom 28 FEB–01 MAR 2013 Home Videos Agenda Location: Harvard Business School Organizer: The Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Welcome to the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
“A National System of Income Supplementation”
and economic inequality http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6545/. The so-called Kerner Report, warning that the United States was in danger of becoming two “separate but unequal” societies, recommended federal initiatives to boost education,... View Details
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Kara Medoff Barnett Archives | Social Enterprise
Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlig... INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
of its Horace W. Goldsmith Fellow... HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice 23 Jul 2020 The HBS Social Enterprise Initiative aims to educate, support, and inspire leaders to tackle soci... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
John A. Quelch, Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for International Development, became the leader of the School's Global Initiative last August. A veteran HBS faculty member who recently spent... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
the empirical quest to link a firm's social investments to its financial returns has preoccupied researchers. Our goal in this paper is to reorient debate and research about social initiatives by business. We try to stimulate a fresh... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
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IT Strategy: Helping Leaders Grow Their Skills | Information Technology
well-rounded, consistent, continually developing management team. HBS IT is committed to helping its leaders, and staff, develop and grow their skills. This initiative was developed to help drive the development of our leaders with a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Man on a Mission
his life to a campaign to promote prostate-cancer awareness and education, including a Web site. The site, which taps into the experiences of patients and doctors, provides a lot of the information Girand could not find when he was researching options for himself after... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Alumni Doctoral Executive Education Faculty & Research Initiatives & Projects MBA Resources Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review (LEFA login for full access.) HBS Alumni Bulletin HBS Working... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
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A Message from Dean Clark
the skills and knowledge our graduates will bring to their jobs but also on their values, their attitudes, and their character. To reach this goal we must continue the long-standing tradition of innovation in our educational programs. Over the past few years we have... View Details
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Influencing Practice | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
One of the primary interfaces between the Social Enterprise Initiative and practitioners is through our open enrollment and custom Executive Education programs offered each year. 1_0fzgdmtm Strategic Perspectives In Nonprofit Management... View Details
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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom 28 FEB–01 MAR 2013 Home Videos Agenda Location: Harvard Business School Organizer: The Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Welcome to the... View Details
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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
- October 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Dwight B. Crane and Ashley Robertson
Raises issues about how the nature and function of a board changes as a company moves from ownership by its employees, including the founder, to ownership by a private equity firm, Fremont Partners, culminating in a highly successful IPO. Gives students the opportunity... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Governing and Advisory Boards; Initial Public Offering; Behavior; Organizations; Employee Ownership; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; United States
Lorsch, Jay W., Dwight B. Crane, and Ashley Robertson. "Kinetic Concepts, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 405-042, October 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- March 1999
- Case
Australia's Telstra Corporation (A): Going Public
By: W. Earl Sasser, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Frank Blount is named CEO of Telstra, Australia's state-owned telecommunications giant. In preparation for its 1997 IPO, he must reorganize the company from an inefficient public entity into a lean, customer-driven organization. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Initial Public Offering; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customer Focus and Relationships; State Ownership; Performance Effectiveness; Privatization; Telecommunications Industry; Australia
Sasser, W. Earl, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Australia's Telstra Corporation (A): Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 899-209, March 1999.