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Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders - Course Catalog
people made and the paths they followed to rise to positions of prominence, You enjoy engaging in a spirited discussion about controversial topics, You want to be challenged to think about your own life and the career and the personal... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?
The controversial topic of offshoring U.S. jobs may have been shoved out of the headlines by recent events, but it remains front and center for senior business leaders operating in an increasingly global, competitive economy. To give MBAs... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
Since when do the taxman and the shareholder agree? IRS Commissioner Mark Everson and SEC Chairman Christopher Cox (MBA 1976) have advanced a simple, but controversial proposal. Companies would be required to disclose how much they pay in... View Details
- Profile
Hann Yew
organizing events, like Darwin's 200th birthday celebration, which intended to connect aspiring scientists. In response to Larry Summers' controversial comments about women in science, Hann wrote skits and participated in improv workshops... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
the Honeywell/GE merger for the Boston Consulting Group. Rather, she was assigned a client her bosses thought was more befitting a "lady": Mrs. Smith's Pie Company. Even that was a controversial assignment, her superiors fretted, because... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
leadership, the paper provided readers with courageous and award-winning editorial coverage of controversial issues such as the Watergate scandal and the Pentagon Papers. To succeed, not only did Graham have to acquire managerial... View Details
- Profile
Matt Oppenheimer
During the winter break, Matt participated in the East Africa trek with about forty HBS colleagues. Their trip to Kenya, just after the controversial elections, had special resonance. "It gave me a new perspective on how crises are... View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
asking that question through research on the controversial issue of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), agricultural products that are genetically altered to increase yield, incorporate pesticide properties, or exhibit other beneficial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
managers to prevent harm to society. They begin with a controversial definition of managerial responsibility. Managers must first act to protect individuals, employees, and society from the mistakes made by managerial decisions and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
New MBA Leadership Course
Pogossova (HBS ’05), LCA provided a richer understanding of complex issues and an international perspective. “In class, I could see where people were coming from and how their point of view is derived from their environment and their assumptions. I frequently had to... View Details
- Profile
Paul Lenehan
is built in; the confidentiality allows people to express controversial opinions. We can have passionate disagreements, but they don't get personal. We can still sit down to lunch together. And we do this every day, so it's like real life... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
My Misperceptions about HBS
sometimes controversial topics, and I appreciated the opportunity to learn so much about my friends and classmates. HBS has also been much more collaborative than I expected. I had heard rumors that classroom discussions would be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Booth Gardner’s Night at the Oscars
Junge, looks at both sides of the controversial assisted-suicide debate and offers an unguarded glimpse into Gardner’s daily circumstances of living with the increasing debilitation of Parkinson’s. When he talks to the camera, his speech... View Details
- 18 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 18, 2006
the way in which the conflicts of interest between owners and managers of firms are managed by the key intermediary institution of the board of directors. There has been increasing controversy over whether directors are playing the role... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2017
- Blog Post
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at HBS
side. As it turns out, it’s also been really amazing to speak up, take risks, and then see others back me up. I remember a few times speaking in class feeling like I was saying something controversial or out of the box and then having... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
the negative energy and animosity in DC towards the auto industry.” —John Smith (MBA 1976), group VP, global product planning, GM, on the controversial UAW jobs bank program “He did remarkable things. And the people who fired Rick had... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation By: Gartenberg, Claudine, and Julie Wulf Abstract—This study suggests that peer comparison affects both wage setting and productivity within firms. We report three changes in division manager compensation following a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
sequestration, grasslands, and the food and agricultural sector. Audience members also contributed climate-smart investment advice, ranging from the role of bicycles in cities to alternatives to plastic and “single-use stuff.” More View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Professors Fox, Mace Remembered
Boards of Directors of Small Corporations, the first of many books and articles he would write on corporate governance. His research on boards of directors -- he served on many himself -- created great interest and some controversy in the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
another study, I found that households that became newly eligible for food stamps in an expansion that started around 2000 were about 20 percent more likely to have an entrepreneur in the family. The social safety net can be a View Details