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- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
senior leadership team, and managers down the line. This won't happen without a collective, public conversation. Several levels of management across important functions and value-chain activities must be part of the conversation, and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
home." Having logged so many hours as a performer, he was self-confident and comfortable speaking his mind, and his natural proclivity for numbers and analytics served him well. "I loved business school," he reports. "Analyzing and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
emerged after the booming 1990s and the resulting public uproar that forced Congress to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act were eerily similar to the period leading up to the market crash of 1929. Coming out of that, the president of the New... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Parsec Ventures CEO Richard Steel (OPM 45, 2014) has had a wide range of professional experiences, including everything from running both private and View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
highest-ranking woman in the AOL Time Warner organization — oversees more than 130 popular magazines, including the company’s high-circulation weeklies Time, Sports Illustrated, People, and Entertainment Weekly, along with well-known View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
R. Cross reveals the man behind the art. It is the surprising story of a life led on the front lines of history. In that life, this Everyman made archetypal images of American culture, endowed with a force of moral urgency through which they View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
speaks passionately about his faith, the rights of others to their own beliefs, and the damage done by extremists: “It’s a clash of ignorance, that people don’t understand what Christianity or Judaism or the Muslim faith stands for,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
This study may have been more difficult to conduct if the authors were reliant on government grant funding, as is the case in many public health and medical schools. “We’re encouraged to study problems we think are important to address,”... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
younger brother grew up speaking French and a smattering of Arabic. Cohen’s father, whose family traces its roots to the Syrian trading center of Aleppo, started a successful import/ export business at age 30. After the Suez Canal crisis... View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
junctures along the three-year road to completing this case." Students Intrigued by First-Draft Case After two years of steady work, Koehn and Helms had enough material to complete a draft case based on the public sources. Koehn... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
that you have published on leadership and management, which one speaks most directly to the challenges you face as Dean? I’d say In Their Time because it highlights the importance of the broader context and how profoundly it shapes the... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
performances—while reaching out to the younger demographic and speaking to them in their own language. "Lincoln Center hadn't been cool for a very long time, but it's cool now," says Grossman, the MBA Class of 1957 Professor of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
community; understanding how Millennials are leading more effectively in today’s world; being an inclusive leader prepared to take on stakeholder challenges; and knowing when—and how—to speak out on today’s complex View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
of public leadership, in recent years. Perhaps in reaction to what we read about in the daily news, these very concepts are at the core of what seems to be an increasing amount of research ranging from marketing to leadership. Take this... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
of golf at nearby Pebble Beach. That unexpected outing speaks volumes about the state of venture capital in the midst of the worst “correction” in the industry’s nearly sixty-year history. “VCs venture capitalists didn’t have anything... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
In this episode of Skydeck, Lewin speaks with contributor April White about the impetus behind the pledge, what success might look like, and why she remains optimistic that real change is possible. Lisa Lewin (MBA 2003) READ MORE April... View Details
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
“It’s multifaceted.” With this key learning, Mbanusi joined a nonprofit organization, MDC, which equips Southern leaders, institutions, and communities to improve economic mobility and advance equity. The organization focuses on public... View Details
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
on an X-ray," says Quelch, who holds a joint appointment as Professor in Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. "Mental health conditions aren't so readily identifiable." It's clear from Quelch and... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics. Ebrahim teaches the required MBA course Leadership and Organizational Behavior, and chairs the Executive Education program Governing for Nonprofit Excellence. Q: Mario, tell us about Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
man-made," says Associate Professor Ramana Nanda, who studies entrepreneurial financing issues in the clean energy sector. "Depending on the person I speak to, I try to then make the following two arguments: "First, I point to data that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel