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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Class All His Own
includes so many remarkable individuals,” he comments. “Keeping in touch with them is fun.” Brigham is forthright about using his position as a “quiet fundraising effort,” too. “I want to do anything I can to help the School,” he says.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Inside Executive Search
How do executive search firms work? It’s well known that most senior management, CEO, and board positions are filled by these organizations, but given the confidential nature of their work, they often conduct their business with utmost... View Details
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
A Chance to Thrive
after HBS and then joined Lehman Brothers, where she cofounded a group that focused on developing strategic opportunities for women and minority-owned financial services firms. At work as well as through her philanthropic activities,... View Details
- 20 May 2019
- Blog Post
Makeup: How Kenya Hunt Transformed Her Career Through Cosmetics
of job that could lead to.” Her parents suggested chemical engineering. “I thought it would be a good way to get through college and become self-sufficient.” At first, the plan seemed sound. An undergraduate internship with Chevron became the foundation for her first... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978)
what you pay. “Before we opened the first Panera Cares in Clayton, Missouri, in 2010, we’d focused on food-insecurity issues and given away hundreds of millions of dollars in product and donations,” says Shaich, founder, chairman, and CEO... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Driving the family business onto a global stage
vehicles, Mahindra has engineered mergers and acquisitions that have catapulted the Mumbai-based corporation onto the world stage. Today, the multibillion-dollar enterprise is involved in information technology, logistics, infrastructure development, and View Details
- Profile
Sekou Calliste
conviction. "I found HBS alums from Trinidad and contacted them – they all had leadership positions and were doing phenomenal things!" But taking the lead, Sekou has discovered at HBS, "is rarely a black-and-white issue.... View Details
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
perspective of the activist, termination via merger or acquisition additionally helps solve the problem of how to exit the sizable position in the target. In a merger or acquisition, the activist exits in cash or with stock of a larger,... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
BC Partners prefers to stick to its private-equity niche in Europe, looking for large, robust companies in strong competitive positions across a wide range of sectors. With 24 partners in offices in Milan, London, Paris, and Hamburg,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Decade of Change
LEADING CHANGE: With support from the HBS Leadership Fellows program, nine Class of 2012 MBAs will spend the coming year working in management positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations. This year’s Leadership Fellows are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
for decision-making and leadership, in these overlapping public-private realms.” Speaking at luncheon, on the opening day of the conference, Haass, a former State Department official, posited three possible scenarios for the world’s... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
firing the worst offenders and beefing up formal channels for complaint. Will that be enough to create positive work environments? I’m also concerned about lingering micro-insults that arrive in a less overtly sexual guise, often shrugged... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
flexible arrangements. 4. Recruit and promote from diverse pools of candidates. 5. Provide leadership education. 6. Sponsor employee resource groups and mentoring programs. 7. Offer quality role models. 8. Make the chief diversity officer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of multinational firms in comparison to the agglomeration of domestic firms? Using a unique worldwide plant-level... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2020
- Op-Ed
Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness
It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
School for alumni that can be taken on the road. The presentation was launched at a number of HBS clubs this spring and received positive response. It can be updated easily to ensure that the most current information is included. In... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
are due to attendance and are conditional on high levels of attendance and those holding leadership positions within the IETF. Surprisingly, standards endorsement is insignificant when controlling for simple physical attendance. These... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- What Do You Think?
Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?
to let customers acquire points or miles or any loot unconnected to the product they are using . . . It's about customers and suppliers caring for each other's success." As Alan de Winter put it, "A consistently well-delivered... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
experience I have had," he says. At 44, Dumon has had more experience than most. A self-described "Internet product guy," he has known both success and failure, and he believes that failure can be a good teacher. "Once, when we tried an... View Details
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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
into focus. And the constant search . . . for men of ability to fill positions of responsibility, assures him of recognition when he is ready for advancement.” 31 The publication featured photographs of men engaged or receiving training... View Details