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- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
Lorsch: People talk about curbing the power of CEOs, but I frame the issue in terms of enhancing the power of boards. Over the last decade, I think there's been a lot of progress made in boardrooms. Problems remain, of course, but... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- Web
From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024
operations in a manner consistent with the intentions of donors and the terms of each gift. Harvard Endowment Returns FY24 9.6% FY23 2.9% FY22 -1.8% FY21 33.6% FY20 7.3% FY19 6.5% FY18 10.0% FY17 8.1% FY16 -2.0% FY15 5.8% The generosity... View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
three people to speak. You will be known, you will not be viewed as ‘What is she doing sitting there?’ and you will have helped chart the conversation from the beginning. And I think that is one of the things that HBS taught me in terms... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
on agribusiness, the term with which he has become synonymous. He currently teaches a food policy and agribusiness course at the Kennedy School, the Agribusiness Seminar at HBS, and a University-wide seminar on public issues facing the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
of online advertising.” The company’s technology led to more than a 100 percent lift in the performance of ads on the page, something that could benefit a lot of destination sites on the internet. We even had come to an agreement on investment View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
And the answer was not no. The answer was never a certain yes, but it wasn’t a no. And that’s inspiring: to be able to say we can look at an individual and try to develop a therapeutic for their specific form of the disease. Morrell: Talk about where you are in View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
especially when I am in transit. Is there a talent that you wish you had? There are many. I’d like to have been a long-distance runner. I wish I could read more quickly and retain every word. What makes you the proudest in your career to date? My two View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
Walt Whitman termed “the pulse of the continent.” As the century drew to a close, railroads dominated both freight and passenger traffic over long distances. But in densely populated cities, horse-drawn streetcars were still the most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
part, Chinese reformers who negotiated the terms of the WTO agreement made a calculated gamble that it would provide the necessary leverage to force policy changes necessary for homegrown businesses — including SOEs and TVEs — to adapt... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
identified and classified in terms of specifying, allocating, and utilizing capacity. The first two categories reflect challenges faced by infrastructure providers; the last category, challenges faced by airlines. Building Effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
any one time (hint: not in an office), it is all the more critical to know where they are in terms of their mindset. Burnout is running rampant. I’ve talked with senior vice presidents leaving for no apparent reason, as well as COOs and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
grading and attendance requirements— which had been affected by the tragedy— would be reimposed. "As a community, we are still struggling to come to terms with the impact the tragedies have had, and will continue to have, on our lives,"... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
or expertise,” Groysberg says, “but if your company is going to be disrupted, that may very well come from a player from outside your industry.” Having a diverse board, both demographically in terms of gender, racial background, and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
case: http://hbr.org/search/314043-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-022 Entrepreneurship in Healthcare IT Services (EHITS) Fall Term 2013: Course Outline and Syllabus This is the syllabus and course outline for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
impact." It's likely that another candidate chosen by GE management would have performed nearly or as well as he did. On the other end from low impact leaders are those whom Mukunda terms "extremes." These people, who slip through the... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
Many corporations have gotten good at pulling the levers of government to tilt the odds in their favor, weakening regulations or securing perks, justified or not, to further their business interests. Economists use the term... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
top-selling record sales—what are the implications for the recording industry in terms of strategy? A: Our research shows that people do not download entire CDs. They download a few songs, typically the hits that one would also hear on a... View Details
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
“shtetl-specific” model, referring to the Yiddish term for a small Jewish town. “We start by generating a surname frequency list,” he says. “In this way, we are able to appeal to the personal interests of an individual genealogist or... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
conditions. During normal or expansion periods in the economy, the dynamics of cost of capital generate an upward sloping term structure; however, in times of high economic uncertainty, the term structure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
masters. ... But as the military stalemate continued, the pressure on the president to seek settlement terms with the Confederacy increased. ...And the commander in chief began to waver. Perhaps, he told himself as he paced the White... View Details