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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog
turn to means for structuring decision making and the ways in which individual executives approached career-defining decisions. The principal purpose of the course is to improve students’ ability to make and... View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban
questions or concerns about your ability to re-enter the U.S., or if you attempt to return to the U.S. and you are not permitted to do so, contact Harvard Travel Assist, our 24/7 international emergency response program at +1-617-998-0000... View Details
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
On film, few characters are more obviously villainous than the extremely bad boss. There's Star Wars' Darth Vader (who manages a disrespectful underling by strangling him with his mind), Katharine Parker in Working Girl (who shamelessly... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Joel Bines
his new post as an account executive with Nike's largest client, Mont Blanc, the luxury pen manufacturer. His first day at work, however, everything changed. "The senior account executive invited me to lunch... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
the issue of top-management compensation? Brian Hall: As you all know, stock options were intended to give executives incentives to get share prices to rise, which in theory would create value for shareholders and society alike. That... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
the merit system was based on peer comparisons at the salaried level. There were no executive bonuses. Stock options were awarded as recognition. But there was also a lot of pressure in the company, said Beer. View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
administrators together for lively presentations by colleagues and a panel discussion on “The Market for Management Ideas,” moderated by Walter Kiechel (MBA '76/JD '77), senior vice president and executive... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Inciting Wonder
history. As the New York Times reported (December 14, 2008), “Ms. Rogers, an Obama fundraiser and an executive at Allstate Financial, will oversee every White House social event from Easter egg hunts to lavish state dinners (along with... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
Patricia F. Russo (104th AMP) is executive vice president of New Jersey-based Lucent Technologies, a $30 billion communications powerhouse, where she oversees corporate strategy, business development, and corporate operations. A widely... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
Revenues increased 115 percent year over year to $174 million, exceeding our forecast. Equally significant was the group’s ability to integrate the knowledge gained during the pandemic, complementing 116 residential programs with 52 fully... View Details
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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
the critical success factors for a TDABC analysis? A: There are four key success factors: executive support, a capable project manager, input from the finance team, and clinical buy-in. Q: What makes a successful TDABC project manager? A:... View Details
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Tyler Todd
look forward to leveraging my HBS management education and connections along with my background in engineering to identify and execute on compelling opportunities in the energy space in a safe... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ink: The Three-Step Startup
For the last two decades in his classroom at Brown University, Danny Warshay (MBA 1994) has been using a structured approach to teach entrepreneurship—what he calls “see, solve, scale.” But roles reversed when his students pointed out that the View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Making Finance Personal
continue as Intuit went public (in 1993), grew enormously (today, it has nearly 8,000 employees, and annual revenues are around $3.9 billion), and routinely won accolades as one of America’s most innovative companies. As chairman of the View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Entertainment Moguls Ponder the Future at HBS Conference
recent HBS conference on the media and entertainment industries. Sponsored by the HBS Entertainment and Media Club and Price Waterhouse, the March event - "A View from the Top" - brought together senior executives from several leading... View Details
Keywords: Paula Maute
- 25 Jul 2014
- News
Fostering connections with business leaders in India and South Asia
Anjali Raina (AMP 174, 2008), executive director of the India Research Center (IRC) since 2008, likens the center in Mumbai to an embassy for both HBS and Harvard University. "We bring the best of the region—not just India, but all of... View Details
- 02 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
The No. 1 Character Trait You Will Need to Succeed in Business
important quality to have. In fact, I think one of the most important things that courage can give to any businessperson is the ability to withstand the pressure to do something that is unwise, unethical or even illegal in the name of... View Details
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IT Strategy: IT Modernization Drives Academic Library Innovation | Information Technology
participants will benefit from the data democratization that will be the outcome of the data catalog effort,” says Ken Peterson, the executive director for Knowledge and Library Services at the Baker Library |Bloomberg Center at HBS.... View Details
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Extel | Baker Library
Staff Remote access available HBS Executive Education & Fellows In person access only HBS Alumni In person access only Harvard Faculty, Students, and Staff In person access only Visitors In person access only Additional Information Access... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
perspective. In the case of GE, the board deferred to the CEO, Welch, who selected someone who complemented him versus the strategy-focused successor GE needed. Companies choose an outsider who is a poor fit with the company’s culture. When the board decides to look... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George