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- 01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact
anticorruption benchmarks as determined by third-party data from organizations such as the International Finance Corporation, the World Health Organization, and the Heritage Foundation, among others. "It's become a valuable Good... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
spent about ten years in venture capital, working with various companies involved with health care, plastics, and packaging — all very useful experiences for running SmartPak. While they received their... View Details
- 31 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
that might be in or near or not even close to your professional network. Those are real learning opportunities for what might be needed from the companies that are out there.” Know how to connect the dots across sectors. Because business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
educating leaders who make a difference in the world. As I have said before, business is a powerful force for good in society. As one example: a recent Pitchbook survey found that between 2014 and 2024, nearly 1,900 HBS alumni founded View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7
health institute, the company assesses technology transfer and joint research under the agreement. GSK was selling its Synflorix vaccine (against pediatric pneumonia) at fixed prices even as it transferred... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
Image by John Ritter Professors Geoff Jones and Tarun Khanna had been toiling away from their respective HBS offices for many years, each of them interested in emerging markets but expressed through different disciplines: Jones, a historian, was studying how the world... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
We all know the importance of mentors and other early career experiences in shaping the kind of leaders we ultimately become. But how important to that development are the particular companies we work for? For Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008
which, as the former parent of Delphi, has agreed to fund a portion of the massive pension and retiree health care liabilities that Delphi incurred when it separated from GM in a prior spin-off. The company... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
economic turmoil creates both business destruction and opportunity is one of a series of insights emerging for readers of recent HBS interviews with two prominent Turkish business leaders: Hamdi Akın, chairman of Akfen Holding and Rahmi M. Koç, honorary chairman, Koç... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21
multiplier firms and megaprojects engaged in sustainability-related initiatives, we also explain the value of learning logic, in contrast to blueprint logic, for leading change for sustainability. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
7 Ways MBA Students Use Baker Library
number of these questions (in addition to those related to course work or independent projects) that focus on career research – helping students create target lists, and learning more about industries or the companies they’re interviewing... View Details
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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog
hierarchy, examining motivation challenges from frontline worker engagement to executive compensation, providing students with a comprehensive toolkit applicable across different organizational roles and at any career stage. Educational... View Details
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog
private equity and the industry has spawned a number of “unicorns.” We hope to engage not only with students interested in the restaurant industry, but also those interested in food and sustainability, applications of technology and,... View Details
- 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26
bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior appears to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
maximizing shareholder value as the primary focus and motivation for a corporation's existence” Topics tackled include how boards can most effectively oversee company strategy, CEO succession, and executive compensation. Also considered... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
Working PapersDishonest Deed, Clear Conscience: Self-Preservation through Moral Disengagement and Motivated Forgetting (revised) Authors:Lisa Lixin Shu, Francesca Gino, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract People routinely engage in dishonest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
neighborhoods, right as they’re experiencing the problem? Do it! Pre-HBS, I worked for 5 years at a company called Blue State Digital, a communications agency born out of the Howard Dean and Barack Obama presidential campaigns. Blue State... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
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Case Writing & Industry | Baker Library
Case Writing & Industry The case method is powerful because it allows students to grapple with problems as if they are the decision maker. In the end, they can actually imagine engaging with real solutions as leaders who can make a... View Details
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
these new practices actually alter company behavior, or create social value? How is and how should social value be defined and measured? In public markets, we evaluate the costs and benefits of negative screens, ESG integration, and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
companies that do business in emerging economies. “After I finished my negotiating role in the Middle East, I thought I’d hang up my spurs and relax,” he relates. “But my children decided that maybe I know something after all, so we... View Details