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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
cooperation from a powerful person. How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things: Breaking the 8 Hidden Barriers That Plague Even the Best Businesses by Neil Smith (MBA 1984) with Patricia O'Connell (Palgrave Macmillan) The author identifies... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
leadership." In their introduction, coauthored with Linda S. Doyle, who worked closely with McArthur as associate dean and who is now CEO of the School's publishing operation, the editors describe McArthur as someone who excelled at... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Profile
Minal Mehta
live actively. Teaching classes also keeps me intimately connected with the product. After each class, I'm always thinking about how my team and I can make the BollyX experience even better. "One structural difference from all my past jobs is that my time spent in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations
invigorating the people, ideas, and physical environment of the School and retaining the best of Harvard Business School’s tradition of excellence while preparing for the future. Teaching and Technology With a goal of en-hancing the... View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
the role of organization in regard to a business unit's success, or in the choice of which structure to use, is intertwined with a large number of other important factors. These include the strategy of the business, the quality of its leadership and work force, the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
funding is renewed. "Over the long term," warns Grossman, "these experiments may be too few and too late for sustaining a large number of service delivery nonprofit organizations." To lead the charge for more broad-based change—or... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 20 Dec 2018
- News
Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni
signaled the start of an increased emphasis on alumni outreach.“This was a successful test of a new form of outreach to alumni and is likely the first of many webinars directed at HBS clubs,” says Haley. “Within 10 minutes of the end of the webinar, Curriculum and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Feedback
herbs. Every time we go to the US, we think how late the market is in getting out a good frozen food chain. I hope Luvo will soon become a household name even for cooks without a microwave. —Denise Dampierre (MBA 1988) via alumni.hbs.edu Online View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
community and examined paths to success in the new economy. Held during the last weekend in February, the three-day event, titled “The Digital Dilemma: Challenges to Excelling in the New Economy,” gave participants an opportunity to... View Details
- 07 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands
consumers and create a modern digital experience. I saw how the next generation of powerhouse brands are being built around consumer healthcare, and I saw a need for the delivery of healthcare services to evolve to fit into our lives in a... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
things. And I've heard all that schlock about how Lou Gerstner was a food company CEO when he took over and saved IBM. But I don't buy it. That was a different company, in a different situation, in a different time. IBM was in the process, then, of becoming a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
Fortune 500 company or becomes a partner at a well-respected professional services or private equity firm, she has excelled beyond the need for a training program. That is not to say that these programs... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
the Executive Education Program, including The CEO Transition Workshop, Managing Business Transformation, Leading Professional Services Firms, and Strategic Human Resource Management. His research on mid- and late-life transitions in... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
it's also the reason why many technically excellent innovations get stuck inside an organization and never make it to market. According to our studies, the most effective way for a leader to realign his company is to facilitate open and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
As we begin the new academic year, I welcome the opportunity to share the exciting initiatives and activities under way at Harvard Business School. All our efforts are designed to pursue with excellence the School’s mission: to educate... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- Blog Post
Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week
develop solutions—scalable and profitable business models and services bettering the lives of people,” said Professor George Serafeim at the opening of the Accelerating Climate Solutions alumni conference at the Harvard Business School... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
trading partners were also winners, receiving excellent value in the goods they imported from Japan. Other nations, such as South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore, as well as Hong Kong, have followed Japan's example with View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
CEO of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO), which supports its seventeen hundred members with a range of financial and business-related services for physicians in group and individual practice. The MGPO's mission is... View Details
- 06 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Black Investment Club
companies, a sale of a health care portfolio company, and several debt refinancings to facilitate portfolio company growth. This summer, Akapelwa expanded on his financial services experience at Kohlberg & Company serving as a Private... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
to excellence and lifelong learning in their careers and contributions to the community. The dinner was the first large-scale gathering for the Club since the end of the pandemic and attracted 400 alumni and guests to the Glasshouse in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley