Alumni Achievement Award - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

Professorship of Business Administration, "HBS alumni were directly involved in establishing the modern mutual fund industry and continue in prominent leadership positions today. Much like management consulting and venture capital,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

especially when it has long time horizons.—Kent Bowen At a mid-March HBS Centennial colloquium titled "Science-Based Business and the Business of Science," these and other ideas were batted back and forth by academics and scientists from across Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

28 Jun 2010
HBS Case

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

vision for the hospital as, "We will be the best at getting better." How CCHMC accomplishes just that is an object lesson for MBA students who hope to help lead substantive change in any sort of organization. The improvement effort at CCHMC gains real... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

Q: Which is harder: raising money, building a successful organization, or achieving real impact? A: They are all interrelated, but raising money is not the hardest of the three. Getting money is hard, but it is not more difficult than the... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

meaningful patterns have begun to emerge.” Such themes are striking in their contrast with the approaches taken by other mega-donors, who often establish perpetual foundations, focus on specific issues, and exercise considerable control through reporting requirements,... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran

02 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

TelePrompTer and TCI, nearly went bankrupt during the early 1970s due to excessive debt leverage. 20 The cash drain from building and operating cable franchises encouraged industry consolidation. Despite the fact that over three thousand separate franchises had been... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

personal connections amongst U.S. politicians have a significant impact on Senate voting behavior. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians are consistent predictors of voting behavior. We estimate sharp measures that... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

17 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees

seat at board meetings. “This stuff doesn’t cost a lot but requires people to get into a room and talk about how to meaningfully recognize performance and commitment, so even the process of creating non-monetary rewards is good for the company.” Hall says the best... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

20 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

women, three are African-American, and not one is an African-American woman. What’s going on? The authors studied the careers of the roughly 2,300 alumni of African descent who have graduated from Harvard Business School since its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

"Big labor unions are trying to achieve at the board table what they cannot achieve at the negotiating table, under the guise of shareholder protection," said David Hirschmann, president and CEO of... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

the R&D of incumbents do not achieve this objective because they encourage the survival and expansion of low-type firms. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44490 Does Financial Misconduct Affect the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

that was in my mind. In the course, so many of the people in the works of fiction we read—who aspire to greatness or who achieve greatness—end up badly. There is a quotation from F. Scott Fitzgerald: "Show me a hero and I'll tell you... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

and everywhere in between, "fundamental but highly controversial issues often are not surfaced," former Vietnam-era Secretary of Defense, Ford Motor Company president, and World Bank president Robert S. McNamara (HBS MBA '39) told the HBS View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

"revolutionize trade with Asia." To achieve the dramatic reductions in labor and dock servicing time, McLean was vigilant about standardization. The labor savings associated with McLean's intermodal transportation business was a... View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

risk, but also enhances shareholder value. The law isn't just for lawyers, either, she says. Managers must become more astute about the legal environment around them, and be willing to challenge and work with counsel to achieve best... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

02 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

innovation processes could be a major blind spot and a potential liability. Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

of influence. With this in mind, the paper seeks to achieve five objectives: (1) Define the domain of psychological influence as consisting of those tactics which do not require the influencer to change the economic or structural aspects... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

short, intensive course for MBA students called Anatomy of a Badass, which was a primer on being unapologetically authentic at work. Here, they talk with the HBS Alumni Bulletin about understanding differences in the workplace and the... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

05 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 5

Regulation? By: Drake, David F., and Robin L. Just Abstract—A regulator's ability to incentivize environmental improvement among firms is vital in achieving long-term sustainability. However, firms can and do respond to environmental... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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