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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
companies gain flexibility in the range of projects they may undertake. "Hiring outside contractors is a way for managers to access the talent they need to get the work done," says Bradach. Independent contractors reported a greater sense... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
What a Difference a Community Can Make
financial goal but, in true HBS fashion, to exceed it. It has been a joy and a privilege to take part in such a broad, collective effort to ensure that HBS has the resources to remain the standard-bearer in View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
launching Anomalie in 2016, she was a supply-chain manager for Apple Watch—and a bride-to-be in search of a wedding gown. In the process, the self-described TOM nerd discovered that one city in China produces 75 percent of the world’s... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
professor Regina E. Herzlinger contended at a fall reunion presentation titled "The Four by Four Report: Effective Oversight of Nonprofit Organizations." An expert in health care and nonprofit management control, Herzlinger made the case... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
sometimes be skirted, frauds sometimes perpetrated, society’s resources misallocated, and the environment sometimes damaged. Managements are sometimes tolerated or even embraced who should not be—managements... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
A Righteous Path
disconnect between those who ran the homeless shelters, who typically had a background in social work, and those who made the decisions about funding and resources in the main office, who typically had a business background. Leimsider... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
learned at Harvard and at Goldman Sachs," he recalled. "Viewing nature through the lens of basic business principles—maximize returns, invest in your assets, manage your risks, diversify, and promote innovation—can open the door for... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
and leading others. This is a fundamental concept discussed in Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations (CCMO), one of the MBA Program's most popular electives. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Research Available on World Wide Web
will produce hundreds of new cases and dozens of books, as well as numerous articles and working papers. This activity covers an enormous variety of business and organizational issues; taken as a whole, it constitutes an unmatched View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
soon working side by side with its dynamic pastor, the Reverend Dr. Floyd H. Flake, to take Allen’s ministry outside the church walls. In 1986, after eight years as a senior executive at General Motors, Reed left GM to manage Flake’s... View Details
- 17 Sep 2015
- News
Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think not only of the challenges and opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
Most alumni gifts go to the HBS Fund, which provides flexible resources the School can spend immediately on both core priorities and new initiatives. Your gifts support the people and programs that have a tremendous impact on business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
gathered in Cumnock Hall. The world population is exploding, and resource use is skyrocketing, particularly in rapidly developing nations like China and India, said Nordan, president of the analyst group Lux Research. “If you do that math... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
Image courtesy BlackSky There was a time not too long ago, says Amy Minnick (MBA 2000), when only governments and the military had the hardware and human resources necessary to acquire and interpret satellite imagery. But times have... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
October Reunions Break Records, Strengthen Ties
"Nothing I taught you about technology in management information systems has any relevance whatsoever to the world we're living in today," stated F. Warren McFarlan, the School's senior associate dean for External Relations, in his... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming
University of California, San Diego. "It was clear," Bry says, "that growth in the old Navy town of San Diego was going to have to come from new technology companies. CONNECT was designed to link entrepreneurs with the resources they... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
and academia on issues including executive compensation, limits to board effectiveness, capital market intermediaries, and the role of management education. These highly informative sessions stimulated new thinking and will form a basis... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
the December/ January 2008 issue of the Academy of Management Journal in which they question the value of business school research. Henry Mintzberg of McGill University in Montreal devoted a book to his contention that “conventional MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
It's an international celebration of sport and goodwill whose humble beginnings date back two millennia. Today, with the vastly expanded modern Games, putting on the Olympics has become as much of a test of management skill as athletic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
alumni who are working to make a successful transition. The second program, Strengthening Your Role as a Nonprofit Board Leader, was available to all returning classes, and we believe it could become de rigueur for our graduates who are assuming major View Details