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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
achieve outstanding financial performance. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes and applying your knowledge through group exercises. Description of silent animated video... View Details
- 20 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs
indicate they're trying to anticipate your likes and dislikes. Surprise Five: You Are Not The Boss Warning signs: You don't know where you stand with board members. Roles and responsibilities of the board... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
and cultural assets, as well as skills and ideologies across borders. The chapter argues that capitalism proved much better than political leaders in building institutions that coordinated activities across borders, but also points to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
most of his days with a 40-mile bike ride with a group of friends, and among the boards on which he sits are the University of Miami and the Knight Foundation. In addition, their son and daughter live nearby, making for regular family... View Details
- 27 May 2015
- Blog Post
What is an HBS Section?
(Something like the houses in Harry Potter except EVERYONE thinks they’re Gryffindor). Section activities include: Events/Mixers (karaoke, trampoline dodgeball, bowling, brewery tours, board game night)... View Details
- 2002
- Book
Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
By: Rakesh Khurana
Corporate CEOs are headline news. Stock prices rise and fall at word of their hiring and firing. Business media debate their merits and defects as if individual leaders determined the health of the economy. Yet we know surprisingly little about how CEOs are selected... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Selection and Staffing; Personal Characteristics; Experience and Expertise; Investment Activism; Corporate Strategy
Khurana, Rakesh. Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002.
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
"ground game." Specifically, we look at how different types of advertising―candidates' own ads vs. outside ads―and personal selling―in the form of utilizing field offices―affect voter preferences. Further, we ask how these various campaign View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Alumnae Circles - Alumni
circles@hbs.edu to their email contacts and safe sender list. JOINING A CIRCLE Alumnae Circles is available to those with HBS alumni status in an active Circles region . Invitations to join (or renew) are sent once a year during the... View Details
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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online
opportunities in private equity, private debt, hedge funds, and real estate. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes. Description of silent animated video above: Learner... View Details
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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
restrictions on use und... No One Left Behind (A) By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane March 2025 (Revised June 2025) | Faculty Research In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
director of the firm Lighthouse Capital Partners, York made Series A investments in companies including Netflix, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and NVIDIA, among many others. Witnessing her parents’ commitment to activism and public service when... View Details
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Loeb House | About
(1902-1996) and his son, the Honorable John L. Loeb Jr. (MBA 1954). The senior Loeb was an investment banker, a philanthropist, and one of the most loyal and active alumni in Harvard University’s history. A 1924 Harvard College graduate,... View Details
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Online Management Course | HBS Online
techniques to become more effective managers and get things done Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes and applying your knowledge through peer feedback, decision-making... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
high-level jobs with outstanding internal talent whenever possible. Create and maintain top-of-the-line training and development programs. Design jobs that will intrigue and challenge your best performers. Keep senior management actively... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
1900 s 19 U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal Influence: High 10 1910 s 19 War Industries Board coordinates activities among labor, government, and business for WWI Cost-plus contracts introduced... View Details
- 17 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
KFC’s Explosive Growth in China
brought on board were also close in a way Shelman found surprising when she spent time with them when researching the case. "There was huge camaraderie evident in the way that the top management team interacted with each other they... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
problems associated with the profit measures by directing managerial attention to activities that have longer-term consequences on firm performance. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)
ADHD in elementary school, and became an active disability advocate while an undergrad at Georgia Tech. My vision is that everyone who has a disability of any kind can not only receive the accommodations they need, but also feel proud of... View Details
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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online
and innovative problem-solving tools to solve business challenges and guide their organization’s strategy. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes and applying your knowledge... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
active HBS volunteer who is president of Houston's Simmons & Company International, an investment bank specializing in the oil service and equipment industry. "Education has always been very important to our parents," says Julia Simmons... View Details