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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
boxing center. It’s all part of the regular outreach he conducts with local businesses to garner backing for the “support” side of the El Monte PD’s mission. Timken’s search for gang activity one recent afternoon includes using a digital... View Details
- 17 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?
thinking about yourself.” A central question for many is this: Should they fill their days with pleasure, like cruises, golf, and meeting friends for breakfast, or should they devote themselves to more purpose-driven, meaningful activities, like volunteering or... View Details
- Web
AASU50 - Alumni
the student organization, the African-American Alumni Association, and the faculty of the Leadership Initiative hosted a range of events focused on the advancement of African American business leaders. The activities culminated in a... View Details
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
conflicts of interest, myriad examples of bribery and extortion, unfair and predatory competition, theft and misappropriation of information, civic and environmental irresponsibility. Unfortunately, we have no reliable gauge of how the... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
them, do them differently, and supplement them with other activities that I discuss in the book. Also, required competencies are changing. Omnichannel buying makes the selling company more transparent to customers, who can “touch” that... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Web
Connell House | About
required all employees to adhere to a strict code of conduct. Connell’s business achievements were matched by his generous support of a broad array of civic and educational institutions in the Boston area. In addition to his giving at... View Details
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
the fear and psychosis of the moment. In my research, productivity went up when people went to remote work settings. But I would not like to compare those normal circumstances to this moment now, where general anxiety might affect productivity. The isolation and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
both nonprofits and corporations, a focus on EV and SV can enhance their reputation with consumers, government, and community. Corporations are seen as caring, and nonprofits are seen as efficient. Comparing Nonprofits And Corporations When comparing the social... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
education inadequate, ill-organised, arbitrary and useless,” he wrote in the book’s opening pages. “...[I]t pained me that this useful and necessary activity [trade] had fallen into the hands of such undisciplined and uncouth people, who... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and the Virginian-Pilot. Despite his youth, Batten gained the respect and admiration of his colleagues. He made ethical, careful reporting a top priority, strongly supported school desegregation, and encouraged View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
and incubators at local universities, which themselves enjoyed explosive growth. By 2017, Miami was ranked the number one city in America for startup activity by the Kauffman Foundation. "Each one is changing something about the... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- Web
Harvard Business School
Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years & View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Lewis and Primo Receive Recognition for Achievements
received the groups’ Professional Achievement Award, built Essence magazine into the leading lifestyle publication for African-American women. Primo’s real-estate investment and development firm has over $4 billion under management and projects under way in India and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Supporting Women in Leadership
while she was there as a student. Much has been accomplished, she acknowledges, but the fact that there's more work to be done inspired Kordestani and her husband, Omid, to establish the Gisel (MBA 2003) and Omid Kordestani Research Fund. It supports scholarship and... View Details
Keywords: W50
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
William F. Connell (MBA '63)
in 1968. Connell's prominence as head of one of the country's largest privately held companies has been matched by his involvement in a vast array of civic and philanthropic activities in the Greater Boston... View Details
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
bleep up.” Nancy Chorpenning joined the above discussion, saying, “That’s a pretty cynical view. If ‘corporations are people,’ do they not have civic responsibilities?” Jon Mertz opined that CEO activism... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
Nearly half of HBS’s 82 clubs and associations sponsor social enterprise programs that put alumni management and leadership skills to work on behalf of local communities and the School, according to a recent survey. Club activities fall... View Details
- 26 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Kurt Piemonte
reinventing itself. There have also been recent efforts among the civic leaders to offer incentives to encourage new industries to grow, and that is one of the reasons we are seeing a growing number of entrepreneurs in a place that had... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work
number of influential local and regional business and civic leaders participated in the weekend. "While some people are already involved in cross-border business, we wanted to use the HBS network to help expand business opportunities and... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
Apple's Tim Cook is one of an increasing number of CEOs using the corporate bully pulpit to promote social views. @iStock In their paper Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a Field Experiment, the researchers address two key questions: One, can CEO View Details